Challenge Heilbronn
Challenge Heilbronn (official spelling " hep CHALLENGE HEILBRONN powered by Audi ") was the name of a triathlon event from 2015 to 2020 , including over the short and middle distance in Heilbronn , in Zabergäu and in Kraichgau in Baden-Württemberg. Previously, this event was held from 2010 to 2014 under the name Sparkassen CityTriathlon Heilbronn .
organization
The CityTriathlon Heilbronn started in 2010 under the concept "In the middle of the city" with a start, transition area and finish just a few hundred meters apart in the center of a large city.
A shortened middle distance (2 km swimming, 70 km cycling and 15 km running) as the main competition as well as an Olympic distance (1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling, 10 km running) and a people's distance (500 m swimming, 20 km cycling) were offered , 5 km run). 1200 participants registered for the 2010 premiere, internationally known professional triathletes such as Daniel Unger Timo Bracht , Andreas Böcherer , Sebastian Kienle , Lothar Leder and Felix Schumann as well as Nicole Leder , Heidi Jesberger and Sonja Tajsich were at the start and, according to the police, let themselves be Cheer for 20,000 spectators.
In the following year, the CityTriathlon Heilbronn 2011 was the venue for the Baden-Württemberg Championships over the middle distance and alongside Sebastian Kienle and Andi Böcherer, Michael Raelert , Caroline Steffen , Daniela Sämmler , Meike Krebs , Natascha Badmann and Katja Rabe also stood on the starting line. A few months before the start of the second edition, the contingent of 1500 participants was booked out. Audi was won as the main sponsor and an Audi A6 3.0 TDI was available as a bonus for the winners.
In 2013, the City Triathlon Cup Germany was launched together with the Frankfurt City Triathlon , and the starter continent was expanded to 1650 participants. A school triathlon the day before completed the program.
In July 2014 it was announced at a press conference of Challenge Roth that the event will be part of the Challenge Family World Series as Challenge Heilbronn from 2015 . The length of the main competition was changed to 1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running. The Baden-Württemberg Triathlon Association again awarded the organization of state championships to the Challenge Heilbronn.
At the first start under the new label Challenge Heilbronn , a renowned top field entered the showdown in 2015 : The reigning winner of the Ironman World Championships , Sebastian Kienle , stepped among others. a. against Michael Raelert , Andreas Dreitz , Nils Frommhold , Andreas Böcherer , Maurice Clavel , Horst Reichel , Ronnie Schildknecht and Giulio Molinari . Among the women were u. a. Anja Beranek , Svenja Bazlen , Laura Philipp , Jenny Schulz , Ricarda Lisk , Daniela Sämmler , Katja Konschak and Natascha Badmann at the start.
In addition to the traditional route formats over the Olympic distance and the people's distance as well as the school triathlon, the supporting program of the Challenge Heilbronn also included a women's run.
For 2016, the German Triathlon Union awarded the German championships over the middle distance to the Challenge Heilbronn. The championship, which was awarded here for the first time in June 2016, had to be held as a duathlon due to the weather - but the DTU decided to let the result count as DM. With Laura Philipp and Andreas Böcherer, the winners from the previous year were able to successfully defend their titles for both women and men and thus secure the championship title. In May 2019 the DTU German Championship in the middle distance was held again.
The event originally planned for June 21, 2020 had to be canceled in April as the coronavirus pandemic spread . On May 12, 2020, the organizer announced that the event could no longer take place in the future because an appeal for solidarity, which was supposed to plug the financial holes, had not had enough success.
Route
- The swimming stretch of 1.9 km began a few meters south of the Friedrich-Ebert-Brücke and, as a turning point, led through a branch of the Neckar to Wertwiesenpark and back, from the exit on the Hefenweiler Island it went over the Kraneninsel past the Hagenbucher to the transition area at Wilhelm Canal . The Challenge Heilbronn was one of only a few triathlon events in Germany with a swimming course in the middle of a big city, where urban flair and the atmosphere of a large city park were mixed, both on both sides of the Neckar arm and on the Friedrich-Ebert -Brücke and Rosenbergbrücke created a great atmosphere for several thousand spectators.
- In 2018, the 90 km bike course led over a changed route for the first time and instead of two loops in the Zabergäu before, the athletes only drove one large bike lap, which now also included the Kraichgau .
- The running route over three laps with a total of 21.1 km led initially via Kaiserstraße , including the 11th-century Kilian's Church, to Heilbronn's old town and through the pedestrian zone via Kiliansplatz and Allerheiligenstraße back to Altneckar. On the western bank promenade of the Altneckar, the athletes ran to the Sontheimer Bridge and after crossing the Wertwiesen Park behind the Villa Mertz back to the old town. The destination on the Heilbronn market square was framed by the historic Käthchenhaus , the town hall dating back to the 16th century , the Zehender house and the Kilian's Church.
Winners list
Challenge Heilbronn (since 2015)
Swimming 1.9 km, cycling 90 km and running 21.1 km
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Olympic distance
1.5 km swimming, 38 km cycling, 10 km running
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CityTriathlon Heilbronn (2010-2014)
Middle distance
2 km swimming, 70 km cycling and 15 km running
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Olympic distance
1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running
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Web links
- www.challenge-heilbronn.de (official website)
- www.citytriathlon-heilbronn.de (official website) . Archived from the original on November 11, 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ City Triathlon Heilbronn . In: tri2b.com . January 17, 2010.
- ↑ Christian Friedrich: Nicole and Lothar Leder start at the 1st Sparkassen City Triathlon Heilbronn . In: triathlon.de . April 27, 2010.
- ^ Meike Maurer: Baden-Württemberg Championships at the Sparkassen CityTriathlon Heilbronn . In: triathlon.de . January 7, 2011.
- ↑ Meike Maurer: How fit is Michael Raelert? . In: triathlon.de . May 26, 2011.
- ↑ Ralph Schick: CityTriathlon Heilbronn wins Audi as main sponsor . In: triathlon.de . December 22, 2011.
- ↑ Meike Maurer: CityTriathlon Heilbronn: The happy owners of the Audis A6 are called Kienle and Wutti . In: triathlon.de . June 24, 2012.
- ↑ Ralph Schick: City Triathlon Cup Germany: Heilbronn and Frankfurt go together . In: triathlon.de . December 14, 2012.
- ↑ Ralph Schick: CityTriathlon Heilbronn 2013: Bazlen and Schildknecht get the Audi . In: triathlon.de . June 23, 2013.
- ↑ Christine Waitz: City Triathlon Heilbronn: The young stars are chosen before the big ones . In: triathlon.de . March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Heilbronn: From City Triathlon to Challenge . In: tri2b.com . 17th July 2014.
- ↑ Christine Waitz: Challenge Heilbronn becomes masterly: Baden-Württemberg Championships 2015 in Heilbronn . In: triathlon.de . 22nd November 2014.
- ↑ Nis Sienknecht: The stars come to Heilbronn for the premiere . In: tri-mag.de . June 11, 2015.
- ↑ Oliver Kubanek: News: Heilbronn is the venue for the DTU German Triathlon Championships 2016 . German Triathlon Union . September 11, 2015.
- ↑ Lennart Klocke: DTU rewards Challenge Heilbronn . In: tri-mag.de . September 11, 2015.
- ↑ CHALLENGE HEILBRONN: ANDI BÖCHERER AND LAURA PHILIPP DUPPING THE COMPETITION (June 19, 2016)
- ↑ DTU German Championships 2019 . German Triathlon Union. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
- ↑ Rejection "hep Challenge Heilbronn powered by Audi" 2020 (April 1st, 2020)
- ↑ Simon Müller: Result of the corona crisis: Challenge Heilbronn will be permanently discontinued. In: tri-mag.de. May 12, 2020, accessed May 14, 2020 .
- ↑ Challenge Heilbronn swim course . In: runmap.net .
- ↑ Challenge Heilbronn running route . In: runmap.net .