Orihuela hosts the Spanish Long Distance Triathlon Championship on Sunday

Orihuela is already preparing thoroughly to receive next weekend the more than 150 participants who will take the start in the “Viento del Pueblo” National Triathlon Championship, which will make the capital of Vega Baja the focus of attention at the national level of this sport.

The participants, of whom a third are triathlon professionals and the rest amateurs, will arrive in the municipality next Saturday on what will be the day before the competition.

El calendar The plan includes a cultural visit to the city during that day, during which training sessions, the delivery of bibs and a technical talk by experts to the athletes will also take place.

All this will be completed with an exhibition of sports equipment that can be visited in the Palacio del Agua.

On Sunday the 6th, at six in the morning, buses will transport participants from their accommodation to the La Pedrera reservoir, where the four-kilometre swimming section will take place from eight in the morning. The subsequent route will be bike The route will be 120 kilometres long and will pass through various municipalities in the region such as Hurchillo, Bigastro, San Miguel de Salinas, Torremendo and Rebate. This section will end at the Palacio del Agua, where the running segment will begin. Participants will have to cover a total of 30 kilometres divided into two circuits, one along the riverbank and the other through the historic centre of Orihuela, to complete the race.

It is expected that professional athletes will take approximately six hours to complete the entire route of the three sectors, while popular participants could take up to ten hours.

The trophy presentation will take place around three in the afternoon at the Palacio del Agua and the rest of the prizes will be awarded at six in the afternoon.

Source: diarioinformacion.com