Pablo Dapena favorite at the Lisbon Challenge
After winning the Challenge Mogan test and getting a second place in Rome, he will attempt to get his second Challenge victory this season
This Saturday 19 of May celebrates a new edition of the Challenge Lisbon, competition that in addition to having the star test of the medium distance triathlon, will also be a super sports festival compound six different competitions.
Everything is prepared in the capital of Portugal to host the second edition of the Challenge Lisbon, a test that has hung the Poster of "full" sI'm going worldwide triathletic reference.
Not in vain last year had two luxury winners. In the male category the Portuguese won Joao Pereira, who weeks later would achieve the double of ITU European championships, winning consecutively in seven days in the sprint and in the Olympic distance. For its part in the female category it was the international explosion of the British Lucy Charles, who would later proclaim herself world champion in The Championship, the world cup of the franchise Challenge Family, in addition to shine in many other international tests.
The Challenge Lisboa is made up of six different competitions, where the test will be the Half Challenge Lisbon, with its characteristic distances of 1.900m of swimming, 90 km of cycling and 21,1 km of running.
The test presents very fast circuits in the three segments. The 1.900m of swimming takes place in the estuary of the Tagus River, with very calm waters. Afterwards the cyclist segment is 4 turned to a fast circuit parallel to the river and practically flat, until completing the 90km, to finish with 21km of 2 on foot 10,5km laps completely flat and also parallel to the Tagus
In the male category, the presence of Pablo It's pitiful, recent winner of Challenge Mogan - Gran Canaria and second in the Challenge of Rome. In addition to Galician, other favorites to victory are the Swiss Sven Riederer and the Germans Lukas Chandler, Mahr Sebastian y Patrick Dirksmeier
In the female category the British Alice Hector is the big favorite, along with the French Corinne Abraham and the Belgian Sofie Goss.
The challenge of Vanessa Fernandes
Vanessa Fernandes is the best Portuguese triathlete in history, world champion in 2006, Olympic runner-up in 2008 and five times champion of Europe.
The Portuguese triathlete will make a peculiar challenge under olympic distance plus, an 1.500m swimming triathlon, 45km of cycling and 10,5 km of running on foot in which will face a relay team composed Helena Oak who will do the swimming, Katarina Larsson cycling and Agnes Olive tree the race on foot.
This challenge has the peculiarity that Vanessa Fernandes belongs to the Sport Lisboa Benfica club, while the three relievers are from the Sporting Club of Portugal, which will be a small incentive to this particular challenge.
Vanessa herself has declared: "The challenge proposed by the organization of the Challenge Lisboa is different from what I am used to running, I accepted it with pleasure, being a nice way to compete against three friends and colleagues"
The competition will start the 07: 30 in the morning local time.
The rest of the competitions that make up the Challenge Lisboa are:
The Collage Cup:
a competition with relay format in the distances of 1.5km swimming, 45 km of cycling and 10.5 km of race to foot, where the university students will be able defend the colors of your university.
Battle of the sexes:
A competition where Women will be the first to start the race. Later 16'15” later the men will do it. The first person to reach the finish line will be the winner of the competition, with a prize of €750. The distances will be 1,5km of swimming, 45km of cycling and 10,5km of running.
The Corporate Cup:
The Corporate Cup is also Team competition of three members where each of them will cover one of the segments of the middle distance triathlon, that is, a reliever will swim 1900m, another reliever will pedal during 90km and the third will run 21,1 km. The team of the winning company of The Corporate Cup will receive the trophy that credits it as winner
Team Relay:
Un triathlon by relays, by teams formed by 2 or 3 participants, which will cover the distances of 1500m of swimming, 45km of cycling and 10,5 km of running foot.
Family relay:
On Sunday 20 will take place the competition "Family Relay" which is a relay family triathlon And for all the family.
Photo: Challenge Mogan
There are no previous results.
