Madrid once again hosts a Triathlon World Cup, in qualifying format
This eliminatory format, aims to show and make the triathlon known to many more people
The ITU has published that this 2020 Madrid will once again have a proof of Triathlon World Cup. It will be the September 26 with a new eliminatory format
Once again, the event it will be held in Casa de Campo with a new knockout format with semifinals and finals that will provide spectacle and excitement for the elite triathletes from all over the world who participate in it.
The format and its distances is not official yet, and we will have to wait for the ITU to publish it, although sources indicate that it may be similar to that of the Super League Triathlon.
Madrid, is a city with long experience hosting ITU tests
Madrid has a long tradition of ITU tests, and specifically in the Casa de Campo that has witnessed several WTS tests, as well as World Cups in recent years.
This 2020 will offer a different opportunity for triathletes to enjoy this new qualifying format, with a competition where the steep and challenging climbs of the Cuesta de la Vega will be decisive.
This year, the Cup was decided by centimeters
In the last edition of the World Cup in Madrid, in May of 2019, it was the French Emilie Morier who beat her teammate, Sandra Dodet, in what was her first victory in a World Cup, with the Italian Angelica Elm third on the podium.
In the men's event, an exciting race ended with two Germans deciding victory by inches, with Justus Nieschlag overtaking his teammate Lasse Luhrs, right at the finish line. The Spanish Roberto Sánchez Mantecón occupying the third place.
Surely Madrid, with this new format will be a world reference point for triathlon and we will see some of the best trialtets of the international scene competing in our country.
There are no previous results.
