Rubén Ruzafa Spanish Champion of XTERRA

With this victory he has achieved his qualification for the World Championship in Maui

It adds and continues and there are already countless victories harvested within the international panorama by Rubén Ruzafa. The Rincón de la Victoria triathlete has once again demonstrated why it is the current XTERRA World Champion. 

He came to Extremadura to continue testing his fitness after the last victory at XTERRA Portugal held in Golega and here, before the Spanish fans, he has done it again. In its weakest segment, swimming, it left the waters of the Jerte River with something more than two minutes of disadvantage compared to the head of the race led by Roger Serrano, but as soon as he left the 1 transition and tackled the bike segment he demonstrated all its value on two wheels quickly hunt Serrano and not leave until the finish line that position in front of Albert Soley and the own Roger Serrano

"The objective today was to survive and reach the goal as much as possible because it had to be regulated since the end of the race on foot was very hard, I managed to regulate myself in swimming and not lose too much time with respect to Roger (Serrano) and already in the first flat segment of the bike we have coincided JanPyott, Carloni and I and we have been able to cut time at the head of the race until hunting Serrano and in the first technical descent I have been left alone and from there until the end regulating face to not have any physical problem in the part of the race on foot that was very hard "expressed nothing more final triathlete malagueño triple world champion XTERRA with a cumulative 2 hours, 59 minutes and 6 seconds. In second and third position have finished Albert Soley and Roger Serrano after maintaining a tough struggle between them until the last meters of the route from Extremadura.

TOP 10 Male

Erbanova, like at home

In the female category,  Helena Erbanova victory has been taken ahead of Brigitta Poory Louise Fox respectively. The Czech triathlete feels at home every time she visits Spain and in Extremadura she has once again demonstrated the idyll she has with our country; His victory was not easy as he had to give his best on the bike to recover the disadvantage he had with respect to the head of the race and endure the harshness of the attacks by Poor and Fox who tried to hunt him down without actually to get it.

Open

Spanish triathlon in general and Extremadura in particular did not want to miss this magnificent event to see live and close to some of the best athletes of today as, for example, Ruben Ruzafa himself, Albert Soley, Xavier Jove, Roger Serrano, FrancoisCarloni or the Swiss JanPyott. And not only triathletes have been the different segments of the tour but crowd of local public has witnessed and encouraged the more than 320 participants who have met in any of the modalities Open, Championship or Kids of which has been this XTERRA Extremadura Spain Tour Championship of Spain.

Extremadura, international media reference of Cross Triathlon

An authentic sports show worthy of the highest level like the one that has been played in Plasencia could only have the best and maximum impact possible. The images of the competition will reach thousands and thousands of homes around the world and, in Spain, will have an audiovisual dissemination of the highest level that can be seen in the different thematic channels of Canal + and national and regional televisions with summaries of the event during the days after the race.

The XTERRA Spain Championship is possible thanks to the Directorate General of Tourism of the Government of Extremadura, Plasencia City Council, Cáceres Provincial Council, Extremadura Sport from the Base, Pimentón de la Vera, Cooperativa Agrupación Valle del Jerte, El Periódico de Extremadura, GR100 , Bikes Kilometer 0, Hero, Menges de Deus, Fruits Law, Fruit Trops, Costa del Sol, 3GO, Powerade, Skechers, Squirt, Clinics Corner, Spanish Triathlon Federation, Vitalsport, OXD Care, Nordwik, Bryton, Cebé, Catlike, Bodegas Muñana and Extremadura Triathlon Federation.