A beautiful Mediterranean island, a spectacular and challenging course and a strong field of pro athletes: this Saturday it’s showtime at CHALLENGE PEGUERA-MALLORCA!
Among the women, most eyes are on two Swiss and two British athletes. Representing Switzerland is Nicola Spirig, who won ANFI CHALLENGE MOGÁN–GRANCANARIA and the European Championship at CHALLENGE KAISERWINKL-WALCHSEE earlier this season. In addition, she also took part in her fifth Olympic Games in Tokyo. Her compatriot Imogen Simmonds will undoubtedly also do everything in her power to finish on top of the podium, perhaps even more so after she was overtaken by Anne Haug in the closing stages of CHALLENGEST.PÖLTEN and watched the gold medal slip past her.
As mentioned, the British women will also be strong, including Jodie Stimpson, who won CHALLENGE DAYTONA late last year. Fellow Brit, Lucy Hall, will be one of her biggest rivals as she aims to continue her podium streak (third at CHALLENGE SALOU, first at CHALLENGE BUDVA-MONTENEGRO). Other serious female contenders include Manon Genêt (FRA), Marta Bernardi (ITA), Alexandra Tondeur (BEL), Lena Berlinger (DEU) and Margie Santimaria (ITA).
In the men’s race, an exhilarating battle awaits Magnus Ditlev (DEN), Frederic Funk (DEU), Kyle Smith (NZL), Maurice Clavel (DEU), Thomas Davis (GBR), Ruedi Wild (SUI) and Collin Chartier (USA). The latter won CHALLENGE SALOU in style two weeks ago. The same goes for Ditlev, who proved to be the strongest athlete during CHALLENGE BUDVA-MONTENEGRO last weekend winning his first CHALLENGE FAMILY event. Frederic Funk is an athlete who is always strong but had a disappointing run at CHALLENGE SALOU after dominating the bike. He will undoubtedly want to make amends at CHALLENGE PEGUERA-MALLORCA.
CHALLENGE PEGUERA-MALLORCA starts this Saturday 16 October 9:00am CEST. Watch the free livestream at www.challenge-family.live and follow the race ticker on Twitter @ChallengeFamily.
Hannah Arlom
Nick Emde
Scott Haeberle
Biel Garcias Font
Chantal Cummings
Simon Huckestein
Hana Kolarova
Simona Krivánková
Tara Grosvenor
Timo Krelle
Amy Van Tassel
Joe Arundel
Lena Berlinger
Jonas Hoffmann
Jodie Stimpsom
Robbie Deckard
Thomas Davis
Collin Chartier
Lucy Hall
Claire Weller
Joan Nadal Clar
Sam Wade
Youri Keulen
Ian Dempsey
Nicklas Nygaard
Venla Koivula
Lena Gottwald
Frederik Funk
Marta Bernardi
Lina Kristin Schink
Jenny Schulz
Leanne Fanoy
Corina Hengartner
Joel Wooldridge
Simon Henseleit
Margie Santimaria
Tim Van Hamme
Dries Matthys
Will Draper
Andrea Pizzeghella
Henrik Goesch
Franziska Reng
Pavel Hradil
Maximilian Sperl
Nicola Spirig
Albert Moreno Molins
Mathias Petersen
Julia Hauser
Ruedi Wild
Xesc Artigues
Reinaldo Colucci
Willy Hirsch
Mauro Pera
Dina Monsted
Jesse Hinrichs
Bence Lehmann
Lukas Kocar
Manon Genet
Lucy Byram
Luisa Baptista
Manoel Messias
Magnus Ditlev
Philip Pertl
Imogen Simmonds
Noah Servais
Sylvain Fridelance
Arne Leiss
Maurice Clavel
Patrik Nilsson
Pacome Thibault Lopez
Guillem Soler Buades
Fabian Dutli
Rostislav Pevtsov
Kyle Smith
Fernando Toldi
Alexandra Tondeur
Gregor Payet
Valentina D'Angeli
Adriano Engelhardt
Roger Manya
India Lee
Nils Frommhold