Challenge Rimini

Challenge Rimini
venue	Rimini Italy
First run	2013
Last event	2017
organizer	Challenge Family GmbH
Records
distance	1.9 km 90 km 21 km
track record	Men: 4:01:57 h, 2013 Chris McCormack   Women: 4:34:50 h, 2017 Anja Beranek
Website	Official website

The Challenge Rimini is a former triathlon event over the middle distance. It has taken place annually since 2013 in the Italian city ​​of Rimini on the Adriatic coast and was part of the Challenge Triathlon World Series .

history

The Challenge Rimini first took place in 2013 and was the first Challenge race in Italy. In the first edition, the Hungarian Erika Csomor and the Australian Chris McCormack won .

In 2015, the European Triathlon Union (ETU) held the European Championships on the middle distance here. The last race was here on May 7, 2017.

After five events, the Challenge Rimini 2018 was replaced by the Challenge Riccione . Here again the Italian Giulio Molinari won the first edition.

Route

Rimini beach

• The swimming distance of 1.9 km was in the Mediterranean. The start and changing area were on the beach in Rimini, not far from the port.

• The 90 km bike route initially led south from Rimini. Via Coriano and San Saviano , the route continued along the Conca River and upstream through the towns of Santa Maria del Piano and Mercatino Conca . There the athletes briefly left the main road and drove on via Monte Grimano . The turning point of the route was finally in Monte Cerignone . From there the bike route ran back through the Concatal to Coriano . Finally, it led north of Riccione back to the beach and from there along the Adriatic back to Rimini.

• The running route over the half marathon distance had to be completed on the beach promenade in Rimini. It was a turning point route that had to be completed three times. It led from the transition area at Parco Fellini south to Viale Rimembranze . The destination was in Parco Fellini .

Results

Challenge Riccione

In May 2019 the race in Riccione was held for the second time.

Men	Women
Date / year First place Second place third place 05th May 2019 Mattia Ceccarelli Thomas Steger Frederic Funk 0May 6, 2018 Giulio Molinari (SR) Thomas Steger Frederic Funk	year First place Second place third place 2019 Elisabetta Curidori Margie Santimaria Bianca Steurer 2018 Yvonne van Vlerken (SR) Margie Santimaria Bianca Steurer

(SR - course record)

Challenge Rimini

Men	Women
Date / year First place Second place third place 0May 7, 2017 Giulio Molinari -2- Thomas Steger Stefan Schmid 0May 8, 2016 Giulio Molinari Per Bittner Filip Ospalý May 24, 2015 (EM) Filip Ospalý Giulio Molinari Bart Aernouts May 10, 2014 Domenico Passuello Andreas Giglmayr Ritchie Nicholls May 26, 2013 Chris McCormack (SR) Daniel Fontana Alessandro Degasperi	year First place Second place third place 2017 Anja Beranek (SR) Judith Corachán Sara Dossena 2016 Yvonne van Vlerken Leanda Cave Julia Vernier 2015 Kaisa Lehtonen Sara Dossena Vanessa Raw 2014 Eimear Mullan Tine Deckers Daniela Sämmler 2013 Erika Csomor Diana Riesler Camilla Lindholm

(EM - European championship; SR - course record)

Web links

• Official homepage of the organizer (Engl./Ital.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ETU: Middle Distance European Championships 2015 in Rimini ( Memento of the original from February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. ↑ New race in Italy - CHALLENGE RICCIONE REPLACES CHALLENGE RIMINI (December 15, 2017)
3. ↑ Steurer and Steger on the podium at Challenge Riccione (May 6, 2018)
4. ↑ Steger with 2nd place in Challenge Riccione - Bianca Steurer with 3rd place in the women's race (May 5, 2019)