Gustavo Rodríguez third in the Embrunman

The Embruman is one of the toughest triathlons in the world

Today has been played in the French Alps, one of the toughest races in the world, The EmbrunmanWhere Gustavo Rodríguez has achieved the third place, improving its sixth position last year and has joined the Spanish Marcel Zamora y Víctor del Corral who have already participated in the podium test.

The test consisting of 3,8 km of swimming, 188km of cycling with 3..800 m of unevenness and 42 km of running on foot has been dominated by James Cunnama who has achieved the victory with a final time of 9: 35: 45, followed by Adrej Vistica (9: 50: 54) and Spanish Gustavo Rodríguez (9: 59: 30) with the third final position.

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About the Embrunman

The Embrunman is the most known and important ironman of those who do not belong to any of the two great franchises (Challenge and Ironman), has more than 30 years of history, practically conserving the same routes.

Swimming is done two laps in Lake Embrun. Then the triathletes face 188km durísimos where they accumulate more 3800m of unevenness. The most charismatic point of this test is the top of the Coll del Izoard at 2362m altitude, is crowned around the 100 km of cycling. Finally the marathon is two laps of 21km around Embrun, with continuous climbs that total 600m of unevenness in each of the laps.