Challenge Roth

The Challenge Roth ( officially since 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth) is the follow up to the Ironman Triathlon Europe, which also took place from 1988 to 2001 in Middle Franconia Roth. The competition is part of the comprehensive to date 12 races Challenge World Series.

History

As the organization in Roth the contract with the Ironman brand licensed companies, the World Triathlon Corporation, not extended, the Challenge Roth as the new event was launched, who served until 2010 as the German championship on the long distance.

This change had the effect that a qualifier for the Ironman Hawaii in Roth is no longer possible. Nevertheless, the interest of the athletes remained large. For 2006, the 2500 starting places were already booked late December 2005. The 500 launch sites in parallel event relay competition ( here, three athletes divide the total distance by discipline separately ) were still out earlier.

There are still many of the top athletes to Roth, which can also be seen at the winning times in recent years, which was almost always less than eight hours in men and in women below the magic limit of 9 hours that has been undercut twelve times.

Roth is known for its fast bike course triathletes. This is reflected in the numerous requirements herein bests. In 1996, Lothar Leder broke through in 7:57:21 h for the first time regarded as magical 8- hour mark. A year later, the Belgian Luc Van Lierde squeezed the best time to 7:50:27 h (up to 2011, the world record at the Ironman distance ). On 10 July 2011, the German Andreas Raelert achieved with a time of 7 hours 41 minutes and 33 seconds a new track record in Roth, who is also the current world record at the Ironman distance.

On July 12, 2009 Chrissie Wellington has asked the Quelle Challenge Roth with a time of 8 hours 31 minutes and 59 seconds a new women's world record over this distance on. This world record they undercut in the subsequent Challenge Roth 2010 by more than 12 minutes and on 10 July 2011 for a further minute. The new women's world record is thus at a time of 8 hours 18 minutes and 13 seconds. Second, while most German 2011, Julia Wagner, who came up with the current world record holder Chrissie Wellington with 28 minutes down on the winner.

The race was between the years 2002 and 2009 after the sponsor officially Quelle Challenge Roth. After the Arcandor insolvency and subsequent liquidation of Quelle GmbH sponsors name was deleted from the name of the event. Consequently, the race was called from 2010 to 2012 only Challenge Roth. For the years 2013 to 2015, the organizers were able to win with the Datev eG in Nuremberg a new title sponsor. Since then, the event is called DATEV Challenge Roth.

For the German Triathlon Championship on the long distance to 2010 Challenge Roth had commanded for eight years, the scope and 2011, the DM is first held under the Cologne Triathlon ( Cologne226 ) in September. Consideration is now of the organizers of the World Challenge series, which align " German Championship Challenge " and this perhaps. Well as a double rating of the two races in Roth and Kraichgau

In July 2012, the European the European Triathlon Union ( ETU) was first held as part of the Challenge Roth in its 11th edition.

The Challenge Roth was elected for the second time in 2012 for the episode " race of the year ." The award is the Triathlon Award for Best triathlon event.

Route

The swim course is about 3.8 km in the Main- Danube Canal at Hilpoltstein.

The bike course over 180 km (two laps of 86 km plus 8 km) over the calvary at Greding, the Solar Mountain (mood highlight of the route) and Eckersmühlen (mood Nest beer mile ) back to Roth.

The distance run the 42.195km is a double turning point distance along the Main -Danube Canal and ends in Roth. Since 2010 there before the finish at the Rother fairground still a sprawling city round of the Rother downtown.

List of winners

→ For the winner of the previous events see Ironman Europe.

Records

• Germany Andreas Raelert 7:41:33 h (2011, world record )

Swimming:

• Germany Michael Prüfert 0:43:35 h (1997)
• Germany Ute Mückel 0:47:45 h (2000)

Cycling:

• Germany Andreas Raelert 4:11:43 h (2011)

Running:

• Luc van Lierde of Belgium 2:36:49 h (1997)