03 May 2012

Star Events and the whole organizational team want to thank all participants
of the inaugural edition of TriStar Cannes!

Find here some useful links to re-experience the past week end in Cannes:

★ Relive it Live
★ Results

Discover your personal Pictures and download your Finisher Certificate...

...and videos

★ A Saturday in Cannes
★ TriStar Cannes, the summary

This very first edition was a challenge for everyone!
All starters received an email invitation to answer a satisfaction survey and share their experience.

The whole organizational team is already eagerly working on the next edition taking into account all your impressions and continuing to offer you high quality events in picturesque and exceptional locations.

Yes You Cannes!

03 May 2012

29 April 2012

The inaugural edition of the TriStar Cannes was a great experience for over 1,000 athletes. The winners of this ‘movie triathlon’ in one of the most important European Cinema capital were two French ‘actors’: Guillaume and Pelletier, the great protagonist of the day. The swim start was cancelled by the marshals because of high waves for security reasons. So triathletes started the race from the swim exit. 


Romain Guillaume takes the win in the first TriStar111 Cannes (3:31:03) in a very challenging bike course. Daniel Fontan, one of the best Italian long distance athletes placed second (3:33:32). Swiss Olivier Marceau, winner of three TriStar races (Monaco, Mallorca and Nevis) fighted hard trying to overtake Fontana, but the Italian  pushed hard on the run and keeped the second position. Guillaume, second in TriStar Lyon 2011, showed a big smile after this important day. “It was my first victory ever as a profesional. I felt great since the begining of the race, beside Fontana. At the first hills I realized that I should ride faster to beat him. I pushed during the downhill and got more tan 4 minutes! After the second transition I tried to maintain the advantage running. I was very confident, and now I can only say thanks to all the supporters and to this organization; I love this format”.


In the women’s field, Delphine Pelletier (FRA) won for the inaugural edition of TriStar Cannes in the female category (4:00:07) before Austrian Lisa Hütthaler and Jeanne Collonge (FRA). It was a very exciting race with a great final sprint between Hütthaler and Collonge. “The cycling segment was quite tough and beautiful with some technical descents and hard ascents. It’s a great pleasure to win in Cannes!” said Pelletier, exhausted from the effort.

Overall, the TriStar111 race featuring unique distances was well received for the first time in Cannes in the Côte D’Azur.

Italian Rodolphe Jr Von Berg and French Marjory achieved the victory on the TriStar55.5 Cannes.

CELEBRITIES
When there is a triathlon close to Monaco, the famous Formula 1 drivers cannot be absent. The fastest pilots today were Alex Wurz who ranked 33th with 2:12:55 in the TriStar55.5 and Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi who finished 50th with 2:18:53. Jenson Button finally decided not to start the TriStar111 race.

Actor and driver Paul Belmondo, the TriStar Cannes Ambassador (314th overall) finished in 4:43:09 and achieved his goal: finish under 5 hours. Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg participated as a member of a team relay.

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28 April 2012

Cannes is ready to host the inaugural edition of the TriStar55.5 and TriStar111 Cannes formats on Sunday, April 29th, 2012, with 1,100 triathletes already registered. The start for the swimming is tomorrow at 8:30 on the “Qaui Laubeuf” beach. It will be a very interesting triathlon race because of its fun and easy recovery format and because of the impressive PRO start list in one of the best spots to start the European season this year: François Chabaud (FRA), Hervé Faure (FRA), Olivier Marceau (SUI), Daniel Fontana (ITA), Joe Skipper (GBR),  Jeanne Collonge (FRA) Delphine Pelletier (FRA), Simone Friis (DEN), Adeline Rausis (SUI) or Gabriella Zelinka (HUN) will participate tomorrow. There is also a great number of VIPs and former pro athletes from other sports enjoying this race as participants. Formula 1 drivers such as the Brit Jenson Button, Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi or Austrian Alex Wurz, and VIPs and former pro athletes as Paul Belmondo or Stéphane Diagana…

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