If Sardinia looks like the Garden of Eden for its amazing contrast of red rocks and green forests on one side and turquoise seas and white sands on the other, the south west end of the island seems drawn for triathlon.
This crystal clear water is worldwide renowned as one of most colorful and perfectly combines with the white beach of the Forte Village Resort in Santa Margherita di Pula.
Here the Athletes of the Challenge Family will go through the first transition in the middle of a 47 hectares of gardens, surrounded by 15,000 trees and around 2 million plants, from Aloe Vera to Yucca, Bougainvillea, Eucalyptus, Palms and Hibiscus.
Once on the bike, the course will gently climb over Domus De Maria to enjoy a breathtaking downhill until Teulada before heading along the spectacular costal road back to T2.
The final run will head along the coast before finishing in the heart of Forte Village.
Male Pro:
Fabrizio Baralla ITA
Niels Brandt-Jørgensen DEN
Massimo Cigana ITA
Alessandro Degasperi ITA
Neil Eddy GBR
Markus Fachbach GER
Marco Fedeli ITA
Joe Gambles AUS
Davide Giardini ITA
Martin Jensen DEN
Christian Lorber AUT
Julien Marcq FRA
Giulio Molinari ITA
Albert Moreno Molins ESP
Ritchie Nicholls GBR
Filip Ospaly CZE
Christian Otto GER
Alberto Perassi ARG
Zoltan Petzuk HUN
Cyril Pochon FRA
Pierluigi Senor ITA
Nicola Sessini ITA
Karl Shaw GBR
Kevin Thornton IRE
Female Pro:
Marta Bernardi ITA
Carina Brechters GER
Susie Cheetham GBR
Martina Dogana ITA
Jennifer Fletcher CAN
Annie Thorén Hälsningar SWEDEN
Catherine Jameson GBR
Kim Morrison GBR
Eimear Mullan GBR
Vanessa Raw GBR
Georgie Ruthenford GBR
Ulrike Schwalbe GER
Maja StageNielsen DEN
Sara Tavecchio ITA
Gabriella Zelinka HUN