Gurutze Frades 2ª and Sara Loehr 3ª at the Challenge Mogán Gran Canaria

September 18, 2016Updated on January 4, 2024

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In the Uxío Abuín men's category I finish 5º and Roberto Corujo 10º.

Yesterday the first edition of this new test of the Challenge circuit was held in the town of Mogán, on the island of Gran Canaria. The victory went to the Swiss Emma Bilham in the female category and for the Austrian Thomas Steger in masculine

The Swiss dominated the competition from the start, after the swim 1,9km their advantage with the Spanish was 4 '. Gurutze and Loehr left the water together and stayed that way until the last kilometers where the Basque escaped arriving with 1 'of advantage over Loehr to the T2. At the start of the race on foot Bilham had a big advantage over Frades who could only cut him 1 'in the 21,1km race. While Sara suffered a lot on foot to maintain the third position.

Top3 female:

1.- Emma Bilham 4: 42: 30

2.- Gurutze Frades 4:50:13

3.- Sara Loehr 4: 55: 11

After the race we were able to talk to the Spaniards who told us how they were in competition, Gurutze Frades told us: "It was a race with some hard circuits that at first I was not very good at.

I think I have done a good swim where we have left the third, fourth and fifth together and by bike I have been gradually trimming. In the race on foot despite being a hard circuit I made a good partial and can finish in second position.

After the race we have flown to Madrid and we will start our trip to Hawaii".

Meanwhile Sara Loehr said: "It was a very tough race, one of the toughest triathlons I've ever done. I went out with Guru from the water and we were able to go together on the bike until the last kilometers that escaped me. In the race on foot I suffered a lot especially in the last kilometers that the fourth stepped on my heels, but finally I was able to hold the third position. I am very happy with my career"

In the men's competition the victory was for the Austrian Thomas Steger, followed by the Swiss Manuel Kúng and from Italian Domenico Passuello. The best Spaniards were Uxío Abuín 5º and Roberto Corujo 10o.