Welcome to the 27th edition of Triathlon de Gerardmer event with over 4600 athletes during the weekend. Another impressive Pro field assembles for the Triathlon XL 2015. On women side, Defending Champion, danish athlete Camilla Pedersen is there to defend her title. Main french hopes will remain on Alexandra Louison and Charlotte Morel. Now, Vanessa Raw (Eng) will be also there to challenge the danish athlete.
On the men side, the competition to prevent french athlete Sylvain Sudrie to grab a 5th title on Triathlon XL starts to be really strong. Athlete of the new Bahrain Endurance 13 team, Joe Gambles, will be there, plus Filip Ospaly (Cze) and Nicolas Fernandez (Fra). Now, it’s time for Danish Martin Jensen to register. This excellent swim-bike combo athlete can be a great help for Sudrie in order to have a maximum lead at T2 against the fastest runners.
The event starts with a 1900m swim in the clear water of the Gerardmer lake Start in one wave out of the water for one loop of 1400m before a short run to finish by 500m swim
The bike is 3 loops of 31km in the heart of National Parc of Vogesen. The bike course is totally closed to traffic
The run consists of 3 loops of 7km around the lake of Gerardmer. Hilly on the first part and flat on the second half.
Professionals compete for $50,000 prize purse.
Male Pro:
Sylvain Sudrie FRA
Joe Gambles AUS
Filip Ospaly CZE
Martin Jensen DEN
Ritchie Nicholls GBR
Manuel Küng SUI
Mathias Hecht SUI
Hector Guerra ESP
Nicolas Fernandez FRA
Female Pro:
Camilla Pedersen DEN
Jeanne Collonge FRA
Alexandra Tondeur BEL
Eimear Mullan IRL
Diana Riesler DEU
Céline Schärer SUI
Vanessa Raw GBR
Kristin Möller DUE
Alexandra Louison FRA
Nicole Hofer SUI