A strong friend of PRO and age-group professionalathletes are preparing for the next race on the Challenge Family calendar, as Challenge Barcelona welcomes practically 3,500 hopefuls to the Catalan capital this Sunday (3 November).
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Alistair Brownlee was 2nd in the guys’s race last year, with Imogen Simmonds topping the females’s field.
This year, Challenge Barcelona functions a brand-new run course and over 70 expert triathletes, with 5 Olympians among them.
Jess Learmonth, a gold medallist for Team GB in the blended relay at the Tokyo Olympics, takes top billing, along with fellow Brit Sam Dickinson, who made a bronze medal in the exactsame occasion at Paris, and has now moved up to middle range.
Start time and how to watch
Challenge Barcelona is set to start at 8.00am regional time (CET) on Sunday 3 November – that’s 7.00am GMT and 2.00am EST.
The male ‘Short’ PRO range race will be the veryfirst occasion , with the PRO Wprophecy heading off 2 minutes lateron.
The ‘Short’ Open race then starts at 8: 05am and the Aquathlon at 8: 45am. An hour lateron at 9: 45am, the Olympic Distance federated, relay and set races start with the non-federated occasions 2 minutes lateron. Sprint range races start at 12: 00pm, with the Junior Challenge at 1: 15pm.
There is no live broadcast of Challenge Barcelona 2024, however you can follow the race with live timing updates HERE.
Men’s PRO start list
Olympic bronze medalist Sam Dickinson will be confident of a huge efficiency in the Catalan capital.
In his finished 2024 races, Sam has endedup in the top-ten every time. Notable results consistof success at the 2024 Europe Triathlon Cup Kielce when he beat Jonny Brownlee to all however seal that Paris location.
Germany’s Justus Nieschlag would haveactually been one of the favourites after his exceptional 3rd location at T100 Lake Las Vegas however he’s been required to withdraw after losing 3kg, mostlikely due to either food poisoning or a infection.
“Right now I feel really weak and I puton’t believe it makes sense to start in Barcelona,” he stated. “The race was suggested as part of my accumulation for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championships, which is my leading objective for this year. I desire to recuperate well and then total a strong last training block.”
Other huge names consistof Tom Hug, who will be hoping to construct on his current Challenge Peguera Mallorca win which saw him climb evenmore up the Challenge Family’s World Bonus rankings in pursuit of its $100,000 reward handbag. He presently sits 3rd after that triumph at as well as one at St Pölten and a second-place surface at Walchsee.
And Spanish professionalathlete Guillem Montiel, who took veryfirst location at Challenge Salou earlier this year, is enjoying taking on the huge names, stating: “Competing in Barcelona is constantly unique, and even more so with s