CHALLENGE RIMINI is ready to welcome a flood of triathletes from all over the world, heading to Italy to compete in the event that will crown the ETU European Half Distance European Champions.
More than 2,600 athletes from 25 countries will compete in what has become the leading half distance triathlon event in Italy.
As well as the European Championships, CHALLENGE RIMINI continues its celebration of triathlon across a number of distances, ages and abilities, in keeping with CHALLENGE FAMILY’s philosophy of inclusion.
On the starting grid there will be:
1600 athletes in the individual race in the Half Distance;
250 relay athletes in the Half Distance;
200 kids in the Junior Challenge event
further 600 athletes in the Sprint Distance.
Race Director Alessandro Alessandri said, “We are proud of these numbers. Numbers which confirm the appreciation for our work at TD SGR Rimini. A work we have started three years ago with this event and many more years ago in the duathlon and triathlon world. The European Triathlon Union has chosen to assign the European title here in Rimini and this proves the quality and reliability of the organisation that we have built up in the previous two editions of the race.
"Rimini is ready, together with us, to be the scenario of an event that, even more this year, aspire to impress and to inspire athletes and spectators. We are doing our best to offer an unforgettable experience and to crown the European Champions 2015”.
Male Pro:
1 Giulio Molinari ITA
2 Nikolay Yaroshenko RUS
3 Artem Parienko RUS
4 Bruno Pais POR
5 Massimo Cigana ITA
6 Andrej Vistica CRO
7 Alberto Casadei ITA
8 Marin Koceic CRO
9 Jonathan Ciavattella ITA
10 Ladislav Dvorak CZE
11 Matic Modic SLO
12 Jens Frommhold GER
15 Alberto Alessandroni ITA
18 Maxim Kuzmin RUS
19 Jure Majdic SLO
20 Filip Ospaly CZE
21 Emiliano Cuccì ITA
22 Patrick Dirksmeier GER
24 Gergo Badar HUN
25 David Plese SLO
26 Viktor Aloshyn UKR
27 Neil Eddy GBR
29 Pavel Simko SVK
30 Nils Svensson SWE
31 Ruedi Wild SUI
32 Bart Aernouts BEL
33 Nazariy Dorosh UKR
34 Denis Sketako SLO
35 Fernando Barroso ESP
36 Thomas Steger AUT
37 Brad Williams USA
38 Péter Szilágyi HUN
39 Timothy Van Houtem BEL
40 Paul Ruttmann AUT
41 Ritchie Nicholls GBR
42 Mattia Ceccarelli ITA
43 Cyrill Viennot FRA
44 Oleh Fedorenko UKR
Female Pro:
51 Kaisa Lehtonen FIN
52 Eva Potuckova CZE
53 Zeljka Milicic CRO
54 Sara Dossena ITA
55 Helena Herrero ESP
56 Martina Dogana ITA
57 Margie Santimaria ITA
58 Olga Dmitrieva RUS
59 Jeanne Collonge FRA
60 Ewa Komander POL
61 Beate Görtz GER
62 Elisabeth Gruber AUT
63 Catherine Jameson GBR
64 Simone Brändli SUI
65 Jenny Schulz GER
66 Eleanor Haresign GBR
67 Carolin Lehrieder GER
68 Giorgia Priarone ITA
69 Erika Csomor HUN
70 Vanessa Raw GBR