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The Challenge Roth, is a triathlon race in and around Roth, Germany. It is held annually in July.
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Course
The distance is the Ironman distance, even though the race is not part of the official Ironman series.
The first part of the race, the 3.86 km swim event, takes place in the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal around 10 km outside Roth.
The subsequent 180 km bike course uses a two-lap course on the countryside, mostly south of Roth. The souternmost point is Greding. The course is mostly relatively flat with a tougher hill once per lap.
The final marathon running goes once around a course with several turning points. Mostly the course goes on the same road after each turning points, so competitors meet each other. A major part of the course is along the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal. The finish is in central Roth.
History
The race has been held since 1990 on the Ironman distance, and since 1984 on short distance. It was formerly part of the Ironman series, until 2001. It has been held independently from WTC since 2002. The number of participants has been high and is around 2500, limited by crowding.
World records set in Challenge Roth
- Andreas Raelert, 2011 - 7:41:33
- Chrissie Wellington, 2011 - 8:18:13
Results
Men's results
YEAR NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY SWIM BIKE RUN WINNING TIME 2011 Andreas Raelert Germany
46:18 4:11:43 2:40:52 7:41:33 2010 Rasmus Henning Denmark
46:57 4:23:25 2:39:43 7:52:36 2009 Michael Göhner Germany
50:30 4:21:25 2:41:17 7:55:53 2008 Patrick Vernay France
48:47 4:30:28 2:47:36 8:09:35 2007 Chris McCormack Australia
49:45 4:16:31 2:45:12 7:54:23 2006 Chris McCormack Australia
46:53 4:26:25 2:44:54 8:00:52 2005 Chris McCormack Australia
47:33 4:23:07 2:45:33 7:58:45 Women's results
YEAR NAME ATHLETE COUNTRY SWIM BIKE RUN WINNING TIME 2011 Chrissie Wellington Great Britain
49:49 4:40:39 2:44:35 8:18:13 2010 Chrissie Wellington Great Britain
50:28 4:36:33 2:48:54 8:19:13 2009 Chrissie Wellington Great Britain
50:28 4:40:28 2:57:32 8:31:59 2008 Yvonne van Vlerken Netherlands
53:47 4:54:11 2:54:22 8:45:49 2007 Yvonne van Vlerken Netherlands
57:55 4:51:48 2:58:55 8:51:55 2006 Joanna Lawn New Zealand
50:56 4:55:59 3:11:21 9:01:17 2006 Belinda Granger Australia
54:07 4:55:31 3:21:06 9:14:06 External links
Categories:- Triathlon competitions
- Challenge Series
- Sports event stubs
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