Challenge Roth

The Challenge Roth, is a triathlon race in and around Roth, Germany. It is held annually in July.

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

• Official website