Challenge Roth

Challenge Roth
venue	Roth Germany
First run	2002
organizer	Challenge Family GmbH
Records
distance	3.86 km 180.2 km 42.195 km
track record	Men: 7:35:39 h, 2016 Jan Frodeno   Women: 8:18:13 h, 2011 Chrissie Wellington
Website	Official website

Challenge Roth or " DATEV Challenge Roth " (until 2009 "Quelle Challenge Roth") has been the name of the world's largest long-distance triathlon competition in Roth in Central Franconia since 2002 . The triathlon over 3.8 km swimming, 180 km cycling and a marathon over 42.2 km is one of the most traditional and best-attended European events over this distance and was the first competition in the Challenge Family world series .

history

organization

The history of Challenge Roth goes back to 1984, when Detlef Kühnel , one of the first European participants in the Ironman Hawaii in 1982 and 1983, organized the Franconian Triathlon with 83 participants on September 22, 1984 with the triathlon department of TSV Roth, which he founded . From the beginning, Herbert Walchshöfer, deputy managing director of the Nuremberg Congress and Tourism Center, was responsible for press, marketing and moderation in the finish area. The Franconian Triathlon became the first Bavarian championship in 1985, German championships in 1986 with Scott Tinley and Dirk Aschmoneit at the top, and European championships in 1987. Kühnel signed a contract with Valerie Silk, which enabled him to use her trademark "Ironman" exclusively in Europe. Ironman Europe developed into by far the largest European triathlon event, which was shown live on television for almost ten hours at times. 4000 registrations for 2700 starting places were received by Kühnel in 1998 when registration forms were still being sent by post. The police regularly counted a six-digit number of spectators along the route, the international starting fields with u. a. Mark Allen , Peter Reid , Ken Glah , Luc Van Lierde and Paula Newby-Fraser , Heather Fuhr , Lori Bowden and Jan Wanklyn cheered.

See also : History of Ironman Europe in Roth

Information board on the A9 motorway near Roth

A reduction in the field of participants, a mass start instead of the traditional start groups as well as higher fees for the use of its Ironman trademark in the event name - no longer exclusive to Europe for a long time - was demanded by the rights holder in 2001. Kühnel and Walchshöfer then renamed the event Challenge Roth in 2002. B. Route and main sponsors Quelle and Post AG , but especially the several thousand volunteers and the number of spectators along the route remained unchanged. The main innovation was the addition of the participation option as a relay, with three people dividing the three disciplines. Herbert Walchshöfer took on the main responsibility for organizing the competition, which the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung headlined: "Triathlon in Roth is like tennis in Wimbledon". Detlef Kühnel remained involved in the background in the first few years and initiated e.g. B. 2003 the first series around the Challenge Roth.

Compared to previous years, the flood of registrations was initially reduced under the new name, but the field of participants was already fully booked six weeks before the starting shot in the first year. Even if the local conditions limit the maximum number of participants, in the following years possibilities for their optimization were regularly searched for and taken advantage of. Nevertheless, the time until all available starting places were taken decreased continuously. With 3400 individual starters and 1950 relay participants from over 60 nations and, according to the police, 260,000 spectators along the route, the event was honored as Germany's "Race of the Year" six times in a row from 2011 onwards.

For the first time in 2012, online registration was closed after less than 24 hours. A significant number of participants register in person for the following year on the day after the competition, the rush leads to queues several hundred meters long.

In 2015, the remaining starting places were taken within 70 seconds on the Internet. The contingent for German triathletes is limited to 60% of the starting places. The nations with the largest field after Germany in 2015 were Great Britain, France, Australia, the USA and Spain, which together had around 750 participants. Accordingly, the competition briefings before the event will be held in Spanish, French, English and German. In 2016, for the first time, 470 starting places for the Challenge Roth within the competitions of the Challenge Family series will be given to athletes who B. Engage in social networks, charity projects or the like as an ambassador for the Challenge Family. Since the competitions in the series mostly take place outside of Germany, this primarily affects the international starting place contingent.

In 2015, around 6,000 volunteers were involved in Challenge Roth, supplemented by 300 police officers, 600 helpers from 24 volunteer fire brigades and the local technical aid organization (THW), as well as 390 paramedics. 65 competition judges monitored compliance with the rules of the German Triathlon Union . The police counted a total of 260,000 viewers along the route, a market research company determined a further 7.3 million viewers in Germany in the TV reports, which added up to 21:41 hours of broadcasting time. 250 accredited journalists wrote articles that appeared in 359 newspapers and magazines.

From 2003 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2015, the German triathlon champions on the long distance were determined as part of the Challenge Roth . For 2012 the European Triathlon Union (ETU) awarded the organization of the European championships to the Challenge Roth, which have since taken place at changing European events of the Challenge Family series .

There was a particularly emotional moment at the Challenge Roth 2007 when Herbert Walchshöfer was rolled into the stadium on a wheelchair at the traditional fireworks at the finish line. Walchshöfer received a transplant in 2005 due to a lung disease and died in autumn 2007 at the age of 58. In 2008 the participants of the Challenge Roth wore black armbands with the inscription "Herbert Danke" when they crossed the finish line. Walchshöfer's wife Alice and his children Felix and Kathrin took over the organization of the event, which they expanded into one of the largest triathlon series with around 40 other competitions under the Challenge logo.

In 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and again in 2016, Challenge Roth was honored at the Sailfish Night of the Year with the Triathlon Award as Germany's “Race of the Year”, which the readers of Triathlon magazine vote for.

The Walchshöfer family withdrew from Challenge Family GmbH at the end of 2015, concentrated on Challenge Roth and since 2016 Zbigniew (Zibi) Szlufcik has been the sole managing director of Challenge Family GmbH.

Sporting highlights

In 2003 , the heart- stopping final between Lothar Leder and the 1997 World Short Distance Champion, Chris McCormack , went down in history: while François Chabaud and Bryan Rhodes struggled with technical defects on the bike, Leder and McCormack delivered each other for eight hours. Head race. In the last 400 meters, Leder finally looked for the decision and won in a sprint finish by 3 seconds. Along with Pauli Kiuru and Ken Glah at Ironman New Zealand in 1989, this finish was the closest decision in long-distance triathlon to date. Leder, who was the world's first triathlete to undercut the magical eight-hour mark on the Ironman distance in Roth in 1996, won for the fourth time in a row and for the fifth time overall in Roth. An hour later, his wife Nicole completed the success as the fastest woman.

Chris McCormack won the Quelle Challenge Roth for the fourth time in a row in June 2007

2007 marked the tenth anniversary of Luc van Lierde's course record with 7:50:27 h. Before his fifth start in Roth, Chris McCormack had confidently registered ambitions for the advertised premium of 100,000 US dollars for undercutting this record. Until the final discipline he was on course - pursued by Thomas Hellriegel - but then left a few minutes behind due to the high temperatures and crossed the finish line in his fourth victory in a row in Roth with a personal best of 7:54:23 h.

An hour later, at the anniversary "20 years of long distance in Roth", for which a congratulatory telegram from the Chancellor was even received, there was a surprise after all: the hitherto largely unknown Yvonne van Vlerken won her first start in Roth in 8 : 51: 53 h - just one minute above the world record set by Paula Newby-Fraser in 1994 on the same course . In 2008 van Vlerken delivered the headline of the day, not quite as surprisingly: After 8:45:48 h, she undercut the 14-year-old record. She was driven by the Hungarian Erika Csomor , who also stayed well below Newby-Fraser's record in 8:47:05 h.

This new world record held for a year - then came Chrissie Wellington in 2009 . The reigning world champion as well as the two-time winner of the Ironman Hawaii up to then undercut van Vlerken's best time by almost 14 minutes in 8:31:59 h. Rebekah Keat completed the sensation in 8.39: 24 hours. Michael Göhner also won the fourth fastest time ever run in Roth (7:55:53).

In 2010 Chrissie Wellington competed again and was not only able to win in Roth for the second time in 8:19:13, but also beat her own best time from the previous year by more than twelve minutes. Only six men ran before her that day. Runner-up Rebekah Keat ran in almost 33 minutes in 8:52:10, four years earlier this would have been the second fastest time ever achieved by a triathlete worldwide. In the men's race, Rasmus Henning missed the 1997 record in 7:52:36 by just over 2 minutes. In second place was Sebastian Kienle one, previously the eleven-year-old personal best of Jürgen Zäck could undercut on the bike course.

In 2011 , for the ten-year anniversary of the Challenge brand, two new records were set: Andreas Raelert won his Roth premiere with a fabulous time of 7:41:33 hours, almost 9 minutes faster than van Lierde in 1997, and Chrissie Wellington won her third start in Roth for the third time in a new world record. She was able to undercut her time from the previous year in 8:18:13 h by exactly one minute. Julia Gajer also set the fastest time ever for a triathlete to finish a long-distance debut.

In 2012 , official European long-distance triathlon championships were held for the first time in Roth and for the third time in Germany (after the Jümme Triathlon in 1995 and the Allgäu Triathlon in 2004) . European champions were Rachel Joyce and Timo Bracht , who finished second in the overall standings behind James Cunnama .

Even if the thirtieth birthday of the triathlon in Roth in 2014 was a top field with the winner Mirinda Carfrae (8:38:53 h) ahead of Rachel Joyce, Caroline Steffen , Yvonne van Vlerken and Julia Gajer as well as Timo Bracht (7:56: 00 h), Nils Frommhold , Eneko Llanos , Luke McKenzie , Pete Jacobs , James Cunnama and Dirk Bockel measured, this time the audience's interest was also in the midfield: “Ironnun” Sister Madonna Buder started in Roth for the first time, and organizer Felix Walchshöfer made a promise his father true to start one day in Roth himself. As a little boy, Walchshöfer belonged to the group of children who accompanied the top stars across the finish line with balloons. This time, when he arrived at the finish line, Nicole and Lothar Leder , Jürgen Zäck , Belinda Granger and Andreas Niederig led him over the last 200 m to the finishline.

In 2015 , Andrew Starykowicz undercut the best time set by Andreas Raelert four years earlier on the bike course by 2½ minutes, but was still not the first to go on the running course: A few seconds before him, Nils Frommhold got off his bike, who ultimately achieved the third fastest time in the History of the triathlon in Roth won.

In 2016 Olympic champion Jan Frodeno , two-time winner of the Ironman Hawaii , undercut the world best time of 7:35:39 h, which had existed since 2011 and was set by Andreas Raelert in Roth, by almost six minutes. Frodeno's main competitors were last year's winners Nils Frommhold, Dirk Bockel , Jan Raphael , Per Bittner , Tyler Butterfield , Cyril Viennot and Thomas Hellriegel . As the fastest woman, the reigning winner of the Ironman Hawaii Daniela Ryf , who had previously broken off the Ironman Frankfurt two weeks before due to hypothermia, remained just four minutes above the current world record in 8:22:04 h. Besides her, in addition to the three best of the previous year, Yvonne van Vlerken, Carrie Lester and Anja Beranek , Meredith Kessler , Erika Csomor and Michelle Vesterby were also among the favorites.

On July 9, 2017 , as in 2012, there was a clash between Challenge Roth and Ironman Germany , as the two largest long distance races in Germany took place on the same day. From the perspective of Frankfurter Rundschau , the situation was similar to that of the UEFA Champions League final and the European Championship final in football being played on the same evening. There had already been overlaps in previous years, and in 2003 the Challenge Roth z. B. therefore postponed his appointment.
As the top favorite among women, Daniela Ryf , who had announced that she wanted to attack Chrissie Wellington 's world record since 2011 , was again able to prevail. She was hunted by Laura Siddall and Lisa Roberts . A new best time could not be set. The third place, the US American Lisa Roberts, was subsequently deleted from the ranking due to a doping violation in November of that year and the Dutch Yvonne van Vlerken slipped up to third place. In the men's category, the Belgian Bart Aernouts won ahead of last year's runner-up Joe Skipper and Maurice Clavel .

In 2018 , at the 35th edition in Roth, both women's and men's titles went to German athletes for the first time since 2003: Sebastian Kienle (7:46:23 h) won the men's race and Daniela Sämmler improved with her winning time of 8: 43:42 h the German long-distance record by almost four minutes - Sandra Wallenhorst had set the current record at Ironman Austria in 2008 with 8:47:26 h.
On the occasion of the 35th anniversary, the prize money for the Challenge Roth was increased from 88,150 US dollars to 200,000 US dollars in 2018, more than doubling it. The men's and women's winners received $ 40,000 in prize money, with $ 25,000 for runners-up and $ 15,000 for third-placed winners. It was the highest prize money to date in a long-distance race in Europe and the second highest in the world after the Ironman Hawaii (since 2012: 650,000 US dollars).

For the year 2019 , the organizers had agreed on a common date solution: The race in Frankfurt took place on the last weekend in June and the Challenge Roth was held one week after the Ironman European Championship.

The 19th edition, originally planned for July 5, 2020, was canceled at the end of March due to the spread of the coronavirus . Registration for 2021 was activated on April 20, and 3400 individual starters and 650 relays registered for the race on July 4 within a very short time.

Route

• The 3.8 km swim course is located near the apex of the Main-Danube Canal , which will be closed to shipping for a few hours during the Challenge Roth. Start is at the Hilpoltstein canal site on the opposite side of the canal to Heuberg , the route initially leads approx. 1.5 km in a south-easterly direction to a turning point just before the bridge between Hilpoltstein and Altenhofen, then back under the bridge between Hilpoltstein and Rothsee to a second Turning point and back to the start.

Since the swimmers have an easier orientation through the canal bank and the numerous large buoys in the middle of the canal than in most other triathlon competitions, the swimming route is considered to be extremely fast. In addition, even in a hot phase, the water temperature can be regulated in advance via the locks, so that at Challenge Roth there has never been a temperature-related ban on wetsuits.

The start takes place in twenty starting groups, with the top 50 men and top 20 women starting first together with participants aged 65 and over. Women follow in two further start groups, and in start group four those athletes who have specified a finish time of less than nine hours when registering. The other starting groups go into the water every five minutes. In the starting groups 18 to 20, the relay starters start two and a half hours behind the top athletes. Large crowds of spectators are located along the swimming exit and transition area as well as on the canal bridge between Hilpoltstein and Rothsee and along the canal near Heuberg.

• The 180 km bike course (two laps of 86 km plus 8 km) extends over a varied landscape in the southern district of Roth . The route leads up the Selingstädter Berg past Rothsee and through wooded area via Eckersmühlen and the medieval Heideck . Into the valley of the Thalach , the vertical meters via Thalmässing can be converted again at speed until the southernmost point is Greding , which is still surrounded by a complete city wall .

On the Kalvarienberg in Greding around 10% gradient over 1.5 km has to be conquered. The route leads over several serpentines down to Obermässing , on via Karm , Weinsfeld , Eysölden , Steindl , Tiefenbach and the Kränzleinsberg back to Hilpoltstein. After a loop over Pierheim and Mörlach , the athletes come back to Hilpoltstein to pass the first transition area on the second round. On the third passage from Eckersmühlen, the route turns off to Roth to the second transition zone at the entrance to the village.

In addition to five refreshment points, there is a bike service at several points along the route (at 25 km / 110 km, at 50 km / 135 km and at 0 km / 85 km / 170 km). The hilly bike route has a total of approx. 1200 hm and is considered to be particularly fast, as short, steep climbs alternate with long descents.

Mood nests can be found in each of the above-mentioned places through which the route leads. The absolute highlights include a. the beer mile in Eckersmühlen, where there are several hundred meters of beer tables along the bike path, the “200 m from Thalmässing”, the “mountain of suffering” on the Kalvarienberg in Greding and the Kränzleinsberg just before Hilpoltstein. At the Solarer Berg in Hilpoltstein the spectators are so densely packed in several rows for around 2 km that the athletes only have a handlebar-wide gap to cope with the ascent.

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• The run course over 42.2 kilometers ran in 2017 initially to border Roth and some meters south of the Main-Danube canal, from there than twice the to be traversed Turning Point route through the old town of Rothenburg with one round through the marketplace to the Baroque fountains column Markgrafenbrunnen as well as along the half-timbered houses on Kugelbühlplatz to Büchenbach and back. After the fourth pass through the old town, the route leads into the city park to the finishline in the triathlon stadium.

In the years before, the running route led first to Lände Roth and from there flat along the canal to the first turning point in Schwand , back to Haimpfarrich , through Eckersmühlen over the Main-Danube Canal to the second turning point in the forest between the canal and Eichelburg . From the Lände Roth, the athletes ran with a loop through the old town of Roth to the finish in the city park. Large nests of mood were among others. a. at Lände Roth as well as in Schwand, Haimpfarrich, Eckersmühlen and the old town of Roth.

Winners list

Men

Women

N ° Date / year First place Second place third place 19th 04th July 2021 18th 07th July 2019 Andreas Dreitz Jesper Svensson Cameron Litter 17th 01st July 2018 Sebastian Kienle Andreas Dreitz Jesse Thomas 16 0July 9, 2017 Bart Aernouts Joe Skipper Maurice Clavel 15th 17th July 2016 Jan Frodeno (SR) Joe Skipper Nils Frommhold 14th July 12, 2015 Nils Frommhold Timo Bracht David Dellow 13 20th July 2014 Timo Bracht Nils Frommhold Eneko Llanos 12 July 14, 2013 Dirk Bockel James Cunnama Timo Bracht 11 0July 8, 2012 James Cunnama Timo Bracht Mike Aigroz 10 July 10, 2011 Andreas Raelert Sebastian Kienle Keegan Williams 9 July 18, 2010 Rasmus Henning Sebastian Kienle Eneko Llanos 8th July 12, 2009 Michael Göhner Pete Jacobs Richard Ussher 7th July 13, 2008 Patrick Vernay Pete Jacobs Torbjørn Sindballe 6th June 24, 2007 Chris McCormack -4- Eneko Llanos Pete Jacobs 5 0July 2, 2006 Chris McCormack -3- Faris Al-Sultan Kieran Doe 4th 0July 3, 2005 Chris McCormack -2- Alexander Taubert Timo Bracht 3 04th July 2004 Chris McCormack Faris Al-Sultan Timo Bracht 2 0July 6, 2003 Lothar leather -2- Chris McCormack François Chabaud 1 0July 7, 2002 Lothar leather Cameron Brown Thomas Hellriegel   German championship long distance     European championship long distance

year First place Second place third place 2021 2019 Lucy Charles-Barclay Sarah Crowley Daniela Bleymehl 2018 Daniela Sämmler Lucy Charles Kaisa Sali 2017 Daniela Ryf -2- Laura Siddall Yvonne van Vlerken 2016 Daniela Ryf Carrie Lester Yvonne van Vlerken 2015 Yvonne van Vlerken -3- Carrie Lester Anja Beranek 2014 Mirinda Carfrae Rachel Joyce Caroline Steffen 2013 Caroline Steffen Yvonne van Vlerken Julia Gajer 2012 Rachel Joyce Sonja Tajsich Julia Gajer 2011 Chrissie Wellington -3- (SR) Julia Wagner Rebekah Keat 2010 Chrissie Wellington -2- Rebekah Keat Tereza Macel 2009 Chrissie Wellington Rebekah Keat Catriona Morrison 2008 Yvonne van Vlerken -2- Erika Csomor Gina Ferguson 2007 Yvonne van Vlerken Joanna Lawn Belinda Granger 2006 Joanna Lawn Belinda Granger Karen Holloway 2005 Belinda Granger Nicole leather Ute Mückel 2004 Nicole leather -2- Belinda Granger Ute Mückel 2003 Nicole leather Heike Funk Erika Csomor 2002 Nina Kraft Erika Csomor Nicole leather

→ For the winners of the events before 2002 see Ironman Europe .

Records

Course records in Roth

Jan Frodeno	7:35:39 h	(2016, world record)
Chrissie Wellington	8:18:13 h	(2011, world record)

Discipline records in Roth

swim			To go biking			To run
Michael Prüfert	0:43:35 h	(1997)	Cameron Litter	4:05:36 h	(2018)	Luc Van Lierde	2:36:49 h	(1997)
Lucy Charles	0:46:48 h	(2018)	Daniela Ryf	4:31:29 h	(2016)	Chrissie Wellington	2:44:35 h	(2011)

Web links

Commons : Challenge Roth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Challenge Roth (Official Website)
• Documentation of the DATEV Challenge Roth 2015 on YouTube (Team Challenge GmbH)
• Junior Challenge Roth
• Challenge Women
• Challenge Roth Special on Tri2b.com ( live ticker and media partner)
• Photo report Challenge Roth 2011 (report by a participant of Challenge Roth 2011)
• Challenge Roth bike course on OpenStreetMap
• Challenge Roth running route (until 2016) on gpsies.com
• Challenge Roth running route (2017) on gpsies.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Datev becomes the new sponsor of Challenge Roth . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . February 15, 2013.
2. ↑ DATEV becomes the title sponsor of Challenge Roth . Team Challenge GmbH. February 15, 2013.
3. ↑ Gottfried Oliwa, Axel Müller: 30 years of triathlon in Roth - goose bumps and passion (TV report in the media library) In: Bayerisches Fernsehen . July 11, 2015. Archived from the original on July 15, 2015 .: “From the Franconian Triathlon to a global brand - 30 years after the first race on September 22, 1984, the development up to the“ Challenge ”in Roth has become an unparalleled success story. "
4. ↑ Markus Kaiser: The media's “wish-maker” never sees the races . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . 4th July 2012.
5. ^ Result booklet Ironman Europe 1998 . Leisure and Sport Promotions GmbH.
6. ↑ Steffen Gerth: The Hessians are coming - all too late for Roth? . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 9, 2001.
7. ↑ Ralf Weitbrecht: Triathlon in Roth is like tennis in Wimbledon . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 14, 1991 ( facsimile in the results booklet of Ironman Europe 1991)
8. ↑ Markus Kaiser: "I was a sporty jack-of-all-trades" . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . July 2, 2003.
9. ↑ Quelle Challenge Roth fully booked with over 2000 athletes . In: tri2b.com . May 23, 2002.
10. ↑ ^{a b} Challenge Roth again “best race of the year” . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . November 28, 2016.
11. ↑ 11. Challenge Roth fully booked in a new record time . In: tri2b.com . July 19, 2011.
12. ↑ André Ammer: Challenge Roth 2015 sold out after 70 seconds . In: Nürnberger Zeitung . 29th July 2014.
13. ↑ ^{a b} Press kit Challenge Roth 2016 . Team Challenge GmbH. November 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Jan Sägert: 470 starting places for enthusiasts . In: tri-mag.de . April 23, 2015.
15. ↑ Oliver Kubanek: Long and middle distance EM 2012 in Roth and Kraichgau . In: German Triathlon Union . February 22, 2012.
16. ↑ Thomas Scharrer: A satisfied farewell to the triathlon . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . October 27, 2007.
17. ^ Mourning for Herbert Walchshöfer . In: tri-mag.de . October 27, 2007.
18. ↑ Harald Eggebrecht: Felix Walchshöfer: 2008 was the most emotional year for me . In: tri2b.com . April 21, 2011. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ Jens Sägert: triathlon awards 2012 to Haug, Kienle and the Challenge Roth . In: tri-mag.de . November 26, 2012.
20. ↑ The most popular athletes and races of the year . In: tri-mag.de . 2nd December 2013.
21. ^ Nis Sienknecht: Challenge Roth again "Race of the Year" . In: tri-mag.de . November 29, 2014.
22. ↑ Cheers in Roth: DATEV Challenge Roth "Race of the Year" for the fourth time . Team Challenge GmbH. 1st December 2014.
23. ^ Fabian Fiedler: Roth and Hamburg defend their titles . In: tri-mag.de . November 28, 2015.
24. ↑ The Walchshöfer family withdraws from the Challenge Family (December 15, 2015)
25. ↑ Steffen Gerth: Source Challenge Roth 2003: The duel . In: tri2b.com . July 6, 2003.
26. ↑ Sebastian Moll: Eisenmann disregards any training theory . In: The world . August 24, 1996.
27. ↑ Steffen Gerth: Source Challenge Roth 2003: Nicole Leder wins . In: tri2b.com . July 6, 2003.
28. ↑ Chris McCormack wants the record . In: tri2b.com . March 1, 2007.
29. ↑ McCormack celebrates fourth Ironman victory in Roth . In: Focus . June 24, 2007.
30. ↑ Triathlon: "Can be even faster" - McCormack gives up - German men disappoint . In: Main-Echo . July 14, 2008.
31. ↑ Jan Sägert: Wellington breaks the record . In: tri-mag.de . July 12, 2009.
32. ↑ Sina Horsthemke: New world record for Wellington . In: tri-mag.de . July 18, 2010.
33. ↑ Andreas Raelert Breaks World Record At Challenge Roth ( English ) In: triathlon.competitor.com . July 10, 2011.
34. ↑ Carola Felchner: Women's race with a double record . In: tri-mag.de . July 11, 2011.
35. ↑ Bracht and Carfrae win triathlon challenge in Roth . In: The time . 20th July 2014.
36. ↑ Liz Hichens: Timo Bracht, Mirinda Carfrae Victorious At Challenge Roth ( English ) In: triathlon.competitor.com . 20th July 2014.
37. ↑ Pain can be so beautiful. In: dcr.challenge-roth.com. Team Challenge GmbH, July 21, 2014, accessed on July 21, 2014 . 
38. ↑ Nils Frommhold wins Challenge Roth . In: The time . July 12, 2015.
39. ↑ Triathlon: Ironman world champion Frodeno starts in Roth . In: Handelsblatt . February 10, 2016. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
40. ↑ Nils Flieshardt: Frodeno starts in Roth . In: tri-mag.de . February 10, 2016.
41. ↑ Daniel Eilers: Jan Frodeno wins Challenge Roth in world record . In: tri-mag.de . 17th July 2016.
42. ↑ Simon Müller: Ryf wins and just misses the world record . In: tri-mag.de . 17th July 2016.
43. ^ Fabian Fiedler: Frankfurt and Roth in the Terminzoff . In: tri-mag.de . June 22, 2016.
44. ↑ Frank Hellmann: Almost like a religious war . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . November 28, 2016.
45. ↑ Challenge Roth evades . In: tri2b.com . October 4, 2002.
46. ↑ http://datev-challenge-roth.r.mikatiming.de/2017/?content=downloadable_files&action=download&id=31730
47. ↑ Rule violation: Roth third Lisa Roberts deleted from the evaluation (November 13, 2017)
48. ↑ http://datev-challenge-roth.r.mikatiming.de/2017/?content=downloadable_files&action=download&id=31729
49. ↑ SEBASTIAN KIENLE WINS CHALLENGE ROTH (July 1, 2018)
50. ↑ Daniela Sämmler from Darmstadt wins Roth triathlon in record time - Kienle wins men's race (July 1, 2018)
51. ↑ Prize money doubled: Challenge Roth increases significantly (January 19, 2018)
52. ↑ Challenge and IRONMAN agree on race dates (June 14, 2017)
53. ↑ Due to coronavirus: Challenge Roth canceled (March 26, 2020)
54. ↑ Challenge Roth 2021 fully booked in less than 60 seconds (April 20, 2020)
55. ↑ Challenge Roth with a new running route (October 28, 2016)
56. ↑ Andreas Dreitz comes second | Sebastian Kienle wins Challenge Roth . In: triathlon - Insider. Coach. Expert. ( tri-mag.de [accessed on July 1, 2018]).