Agirresarobe, Atkinson, Gomes, Elgezabal, Cubero ... dynamite for the IV. edition of the Bilbao Triathlon

The Bilbao Triathlon will celebrate its IV. edition on Saturday 24 of May of the 2014 and will also be the headquarters of the Euskadi Middle Distance Championship.

The IV. edition of Bilbao Triathlon, which will be held on Saturday 24 May in the heart of the Villa, already has a powerful list of confirmed triathletes who will fight to register his name in the list of winners. Thus, Aimar Agirresarobe, will have to give the maximum before rivals like the Australian Atkinson, the Portuguese Gomes, Elgezabal, Gómez Cubero o Calle, if you want to repeat your brilliant 2013 triumph.

Aimar Agirresarobe he has won in his own right the head of the list of first swords after his brilliant 2013, in which in addition to winning in Bilbao, he finished 2º in the Zarauzko Triatloia after Eneko Llanos and he took bronze in the Cto. of Spain of Long Distance. The tolosarra will be one of the most watched at the exit of El Arenal.

Among the favorites to take the 'txapela' has entered the triathlete Orbea Orca Triathlon Team Courtney Atkinson. The 'aussie' enjoys an enviable track record with a double '20 top' in the Olympic Games in Beijing and London, 7 wins in various World Cup events, 16 podiums, 4 national titles, in addition to victories in the XTerra Australia, and the 70.3 Ironmans of Cairns (Australia) and the Philippines.

Another of the names is the Portuguese Pedro Gomes, who last June left in Euskadi samples of their potential after devastating the Challenge of Vitoria, in addition to also winning the Ironman Kalmar (Sweden) and make podiums in the from Florida (USA) and Austria. In that list of candidates always have to consider the gernikarra Mikel Elgezabal, winner of the Bilbao Triathlon in 2011 and 2012, who will want to remove the bad taste in his mouth last year in the last sector of the test.

We can not forget either Fernando Gómez Cubero from Alcarria, who after his two second places in 2012 and 2013 seeks to win the victory once and for all, or Richard Calle, who after doing 6º, 5º and 3º in the Bilbao event, will try to take the Bilbao Triathlon, with the moral rearmament that has earned him the title of long distance Spain champion achieved at 2013 in Calella.

Schulz, Gómez, Mintegui and Gaztañaga will fight for the 'txapela'

In the female category, the Orbea Orca Triathlon Team will bring this year to Bilbao the German Jenny Schulz, double podium in the duathlon world championship and double champion of his country in the specialty. In front will have the Cantabria Estefanía Gómez, who in 2013 made second after being overtaken by the winner Âsa Lundström.
Also noteworthy are the names of the Guipuzcoan Maider Gaztañaga, recently proclaimed Spanish Winter Triathlon champion, who already knows what it is to do a podium in Bilbao (2ª in 2012) and conclude 5ª el Cto. Del Mundo, as well as Alava Arrate Mintegui, and many other candidates for the triumph that will be confirmed in the coming weeks, and whose goals have once again marked the Bilbao Triathlon in red. 

Nearly half a thousand registered
In the absence of more than three months for the celebration of the event, there are almost half a thousand the number of athletes who have already registered and will be launched at the Ría de la Villa with the aim of becoming 'finishers' of a test that it has been characterized lately by its hardness, which reflects the fidelity and enthusiasm with which the Biscayan appointment among the popular triathletes is received every year.

"The physical demand, together with the beauty of competing in the center of Bilbao, in the incomparable setting of the Guggenheim Museum, the Uribitarte promenade, the Euskalduna Palace or the Nervión Estuary, and a first level organization, are the factors what athletes value most when it comes to registering ", explains Andrés Novo, organizer of the event.

More information: www.bilbaotriathlon.com