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Previous Championship of Spain of Duathlon MD of Orihuela

Gustavo Rodríguez who is registered will be out due to an injury, so of the six 2017 medalists, only Rubén Peñuela will be at the Orihuela event, very open competitions are expected in both the men's and women's categories.

The next 4 Sunday of March for the fifth consecutive year the Duathlon of Orihuela 90.0 Winds of the Town, in the city of Alicante Orihuela which will be Spain Middle Distance Duathlon Championship (in previous years of LD) with a large participation in both male and female categories. The test will also be the first test of the No Drafting Series circuit, it belongs to the Duathlon MD Cup of Spain and is organized by A300w.

In the men's category the current champion Gustavo Rodríguez  It is low last minute, who is recovering from a fiber break that prevents him from running. He has been training the Pulpí these days where he has only been able to swim and bike. Therefore, the main favorite is Rubén Peñuela bronze medal last year, Ibai Alba, Sergio Juan, Mikel Elgezabal o Ramon Ejeda, they are serious aspirants also to vitoria. On the other hand, we must take into account Joan Nadal Silver medal in 2016 already Domenico Passuello winner in 2014.

Male start list

As regards the women's competition, the absence of the 2017 podium (Mavi García, Yessica Pérez and Ana Revilla) makes a very open competition also present itself. María Remedios Carrasco 4ª last year starts with number 1. Along with it, other candidates for the triumph and the medals with Sonia López, Alba Reguillo, Cristina Roselló, Sonia Julia, María Pujol or Helena Herrero.

Female start list

The race consists of 16km of running races followed by 66 cycling to finish with 8km of running race. The competition will start the 9: 00 with the male elite start, 5 'will be the elite female start, 2' after the paratriathletes and finally the ggee.

More information: http://www.nodraftingseries.com/ 

Photo: runner's word

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