Challenge Fuerteventura

Challenge Fuerteventura
venue	Fuerteventura Spain
First run	2011
Last event	2016
organizer	Challenge Family GmbH
Records
distance	1.9 km 90 km 21 km
track record	Men: 3:57:16 h, 2012 Rasmus Henning   Women: 4:26:35 h, 2013 Lisa Nordén
Website	Official website

The Challenge Fuerteventura is a former triathlon event over the half distance (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21 km running). It took place annually from 2011 to 2016 on the Spanish Canary Island of Fuerteventura and was part of the Challenge Triathlon World Series .

organization

The Challenge Fuerteventura took place for the first time in 2011 and the winners of the first edition were the Spaniard Eva Ledesma and the Dane Rasmus Henning .

At the competition in 2014, the Dane won Camilla Pedersen and the German Andreas Dreitz . The Formula 1 driver Jenson Button was among the starters .

2016 was the last event here and in 2017 the race was replaced by the Challenge Mogán on Gran Canaria .

Route

Gran Tarajal coast

• The swimming distance of 1.9 km went over a lap in the Atlantic in front of the seaside resort of Las Playitas in the municipality of Tuineje .
• The 90 km bike course led from Las Playitas on a circular route first in the direction of La Pared, then back to Las Playitas via the towns of Pájara and Tuineje. The route included three major climbs at km 35 to Tesejerague, after 50 km and at km 70 before Tuineje . The participants had to overcome a total of 1208 m.
• The running route over 21 km is located between the towns of Las Playitas and the coastal town of Gran Tarajal and has to be completed two and a half times. On the first lap, the triathletes turn around in the later destination and return to Las Playitas. From there they complete a shortened second lap with another return to the starting point. On the third lap, the goal was then in Gran Tarajal.

Course records

Track records Fuerteventura

• Rasmus Henning 3:57:16 h (2012)
• Lisa Nordén 4:26:35 h (2013)

Disciplinary records Fuerteventura

Swim: Rasmus Henning 21:42 min (2011) Lisa Nordén 24:30 min (2013)

To go biking: Rasmus Henning 2:19:20 h (2012) Lisa Nordén 2:35:09 h (2013)

To run: Joerie Vansteelant 00:44:49 h (2013) Eimear Mullan 1:20:29 h (2014)

Results

Men

Women

Date / year First place Second place third place 23 Apr 2016 Andreas Böcherer Will Clarke Timo Bracht Apr 25, 2015 Jonathan Ciavattella Ritchie Nicholls Patrik Nilsson Apr 26, 2014 Andreas Dreitz Sylvain Sudrie Horst Reichel Apr 13, 2013 Jens Toft Joerie Vansteelant Konstantin Bachor Apr 14, 2012 Rasmus Henning -2- (SR) Daniel Halksworth Victor Del Corral Morales 0May 1, 2011 Rasmus Henning Martin Jensen Stephen Bayliss

year First place Second place third place 2016 Anja Beranek Emma Bilham Emma Pooley 2015 Daniela Ryf Anja Beranek Eimear Mullan 2014 Camilla Pedersen Eimear Mullan Daniela Sämmler 2013 Lisa Nordén (SR) Eimear Mullan Daniela Sämmler 2012 Emma-Kate Lidbury Lucy Gossage Eva Nyström 2011 Eva Ledesma Erika Csomor Edith Niederfriniger

Web links

• Official homepage of the organizer (English / Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pedersen and Dreitz take victory at Challenge Fuerteventura. (No longer available online.) April 27, 2014, archived from the original on May 2, 2014 ; accessed on May 1, 2014 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ challengefuerteventura.com: Courses ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)