Challenge Salou: Best Bike Tour at the Challenge Family Awards 2024
Today the results of the Challenge Family Awards 2024, and Challenge Salou celebrated the great news of his award Best Tour in Bicycle.
This distinction confirms that the Costa Dorada race in Tarragona continues to position itself as one of the favourites among national and international triathletes.
The organization wanted to share the satisfaction of a recognition that comes directly from the evaluations of the participants.
The circuit, completely closed to traffic, stands out for its flat profile that allows you to maintain a good pace and seek personal bests.
Some triathletes come to Salou with the aim of pushing their cycling skills to the limit, while others want to experience riding on a motorway without having to worry about vehicles.
With this award, Challenge Salou joins a select group of award-winning races in the different sections of the Awards, which also includes another Spanish venue: Challenge Peguera-Mallorca, named Best Race of the Year.
An award that recognizes cycling excellence
El Best Bike Tour It is one of the most highly valued prizes for triathletes, since the cycling sector is usually decisive in the final result of the competition.
For Challenge Salou, the fact of closing the motorway completely and designing a fast and flat route is a great success. Those who have participated in previous editions highlight the feeling of freedom that comes from riding without traffic, allowing them to focus on strategy and performance.
The fastest and safest route for triathletes
One of the biggest attractions of this race is the feeling of riding on wide, smooth asphalt, where each triathlete can set their own pace without being hindered by vehicles or intersections.
The concept of “flat and fast” does not mean the absence of complexity, since maintaining a high speed requires good physical condition and control of pedaling cadence. For beginners, this circuit is an incentive, since it eliminates the factor of steep slopes that sometimes generate uncertainty.
In addition, the route design seeks to provide participants with strategic refreshment areas and volunteer staff on hand to deal with any unforeseen events.
The spirit behind the event is “All about the athlete”, the motto of Challenge Family. In the end, not only speed and competitiveness are rewarded, but also the idea that each person enjoys the experience of being a triathlete for a day to the fullest, sharing the same asphalt with athletes of different profiles.
Preparations for the 10th anniversary in 2025
The award comes at a very special time for the Challenge Salou team: the next edition, scheduled for May 11th 2025, will mark the 10th anniversary of the race.
Over the course of a decade, thousands of participants have been part of the history of this event, which has become a point of reference for both those new to middle distance racing and for more experienced triathletes.
The organizing team would like to express its gratitude to those who voted in the Challenge Family Awards.
They have commented that this recognition is the best motivation to continue polishing details and provide the triathlon community with an increasingly complete test.
Plans for the 2025 edition include possible improvements to the expo, more parallel activities in the transition area and a welcome for participants that highlights the festive nature of this important date.
This is how the prizes were awarded in Challenge Family 2024
The 2024 Challenge Family Awards span multiple categories and reflect the diversity of middle-distance races on the circuit.
These are some of the main distinctions announced at the event:
- Race of the Year: Peguera-Mallorca Challenge (Spain)
- Best Race Place: The Championship (Slovakia)
- Best New Career: Challenge Xiamen (China)
- Best Swimming Course: The Championship (Slovakia)
- Best Cycling Tour: Challenge Salou (Spain)
- Best Running Course: Challenge Almere-Amsterdam (Netherlands)
- Best Party at the Finish Line: Peguera-Mallorca Challenge (Spain)
- Best Fans: DATEV Challenge Roth (Germany)
- Best Pasta Party: Peguera-Mallorca Challenge (Spain)
- Best Post-Race Meal: DATEV Challenge Roth (Germany)
- Best Video Content: DATEV Challenge Roth (Germany)
- More Ecological: Challenge Wānaka (New Zealand)
- More Familiar: Challenge Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee (Austria)
Seeing two Spanish events in the top positions is evidence of the commitment that is being made in our country to this sport, with a public and an environment dedicated to supporting the participants. Salou and Peguera-Mallorca shine for their organizational virtues, the beauty of their coastal landscapes and the hospitality towards those who compete.
The Challenge Salou team already has its sights set on the 10th anniversary, an event that promises to bring together triathletes from different countries in an unbeatable environment for cycling, swimming and running.
