Challenge edition of the Madrid Challenge

He is breaking all the records with a full in the MD and with more than the 50% of the seats of the long distance test.

31 March, 2019Updated on January 4, 2024

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Cano Foto Sports / Challenge Madrid goal at Puerta del Sol

This year with the change of routes and la medium distance test is breaking all records with a full on the MD and with more than the 50% of the seats of the long distance test.

Challenge Madrid It will be held on September 22, 2019, this time in the Sierra Oeste of the Community of Madrid starting in San Martín de Valdeiglesias and finish line at Km0 of Puerta del Sol in the capital of Spain

This edition of the 2019 has brought us many novelties, on the one hand the announcement of the MD test, where registrations only lasted 45 hours, the change of date to September 22 and the change of route through the Sierra Oeste of the Community of Madrid , with a total success where they are expected to hang the "complete" poster in the two tests

This year's circuits

The swimming segment will be developed in the Beach of the New Virgin (also known as "the beach of Madrid"), which in 2018 was declared Blue flag, as a hallmark of the standards of clarity that the City of San Martín de Valdeiglesias proposed and achieved. It's about the first indoor beach with blue flag of the Community of Madrid.

The new Long distance cyclist circuit will maintain the hardness in its layout with a positive slope of 2.400 meters, while the middle distance travel will only have 1.000 meters of positive height difference.

After leaving the bike at the Casa de Campo, you will travel 10 Km through this area until you reach the river area, crossing the Puente del Rey and going up to the downtown area through the Cuesta de la Vega and it is there where they will have to do the kilometers of the race on foot.

The route in the center will be of 4 turns that goes mainly through the Main Street, La Cathedral of the Almudena, Royal Palace, Spain Square, ride of Camoens and the Temple of Debod. In his final, on the last lap, the race on foot will enter the Puerta del Sol for his arrival at "Km 0", where the Meta will be located.