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Vídeo TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana

Scritto da Daniel Quintero | 13 Gennaio 2010

Aquí tienes todo lo que deparó la edición 2009 del TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana.

¡Ya hemos entregado los dos Polar RS800CX Limited Edition Triathlon!

Scritto da Daniel Quintero | 06 Ottobre 2009

¡Ya hemos entregado los dos Polar RS800CX Limited Edition Triathlon a Rafael Amazares y a Juan Andrade! Estos dos participantes en categoría individual del TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana 2009 han sido los afortunados en el sorteo Polar. Los dos han recogido ya este exclusivo ingenio tecnológico que les facilitará en adelante sus entrenamientos y sus competiciones.

Polar es el nuevo partner del TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana. Polar es líder en tecnología de instrumentos deportivos y en el control de la frecuencia cardíaca, y dispone de los mejores pulsómetros que los atletas necesitan para participar en todas las competiciones de tipo ‘endurance’ y triatlón. Sin duda, esta es el arma secreta para convertirse en un finisher del TriStar200 Andalucía: el Polar RS800CX Limited Edition Triathlon.

TriStar200 Andalucía opens!

Scritto da André Karsai | 10 Settembre 2009

Andrea DiBernardo, Norbert Langbrandtner, Mirco Orsato, Martina Dogana

The expo of the TriStar200 Andalucía opened its doors today in Jerez de la Frontera. Athletes can find numerous booths with sports equipment and products for cyclists, swimmers and runners. At the bike service booth, you can do the last checkup of your bike.

Registration and pickup of race packs starts tomorrow Friday at 10h00. After having picked up the race numbers and presents as well as all stickers and bags, athletes can check in their bikes from 15h00 to 18h30 at the Hotel Tryp. Items to be checked in are the bike and the transition bags SWIM and RUN.

At 19h00, the official Race briefing will get you ready for the race on Sunday before you get a good night’s sleep.

On Race Day morning, athletes will be transferred from Jerez (departure 5h30 in front of the Hotel Tryp) to Cádiz to the start line. This is where the streetwear bags can be handed in – you will receive the bags after the Finishline so do not put anything in that you might need during the race, and do not leave valuables in there.

Welcome to TriStar200 Andalucía dear athletes, you will participate in Saturday’s adventure race under the sun of Andalusia!

Yes, you can!

And you can check out all the photos here.

Paul Amey and girlfriend

Sailfish Wetsuits partner with TriStar

Scritto da André Karsai | 22 Agosto 2009

Sailfish Wetsuits are the new partner for TriStar200 Andalucía, and the Sailfish Blade is the official wetsuit of TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana. Sailfish Wetsuits provide all the swimsuits athletes need for a best performance in their triathlons and swim competitions.

Sailfish Wetsuits present the Sailfish Blade, the official wetsuit of TriStar, a neoprene 1mm thick and of much greater use than traditional neoprenes, ideal for Sprint triathlons, training in cold swimming pools or open waters during the summer. It is the perfect wetsuit for the TriStar200 Andalucía Doñana Challenge, the ideal complement to cross the Guadalquivir River.

The Sailfish Blade wetsuit is made of a special type of neoprene called smoothskin and it helps to keep the body temperature of the upper body and the thighs to the knees. Composed with the exclusive Sailfish Ergofit Cut technology this material ensures a maximum of flexibility and comfort so that this one-piece wetsuit perfectly adapts to your body.

The Blade also features the Power Slide Zipper technology, a technology implemented at the top class neoprenes in the market. This Zipper without seams offers exceptional hydrodynamic characteristics.

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Do you want to know what other triathletes think about TriStar200?

Scritto da Daniel Quintero | 23 Novembre 2009

After the race we sent a feedback poll to all participants of the TriStar200 Andalucía. We wanted to know your opinion about the event and to see it with your eyes. By now we received lots of answers and we’re very glad you give us your feedback. Thanks a lot for filling in the feedback forms and by this giving us your compliments, criticism and suggestions! That will help us enourmously to improve the race further on and lift it to the next level.
But do you want to know the opinion of professional athletes like Martina Dogana, Marcel Zamora or Alejandro Santamaría which we have found on their blogs?
Here you can find links to their personal blogs:

Blog of Marcel Zamora
“The first kilometres served a lot of amateur athletes to ride next to the Pro athletes to get in touch with them for a short talk. One guy said to me ´I have registered only for this moment to ride next to you´. As I had race number 1 I had some athletes around me making the joke about helping me to win.”
“I observed the race as unbelievable and I salute the organization because at the end of the race all talked about it brilliantly. Although it was very hard we came to the conclusion to come back next year for sure.”
Link

Blog of Alejandro Santamaría
“Desafío achieved: third place in Desafío Doñana. After 169km of cycling, a 1km swim and 30km of running I arrived at the finish of this great race in third position.”
Link

Blog of Martina Dogana
“To be honest it was a very hard competition. In the running part you were only accompanied by the noise of the waves and some seagulls flying very lowly…A lot of loneliness but also a lot of concentration, which was an excellent training with an eye towards Kona. The last metres were fantastic; the Spanish people are unique in animating. So I really enjoyed the finishline ¨between two rows of spectators and the music after the silence of Doñana.”
Link

Blog of Andrés Carnevali (photograph and triathlete)
Here you have more photos of TriStar200 Andalucía and of the young and fantastic photograph from Andalucía itself, who also is a triathlete.
Link

Amey y Dogana, las primeras estrellas del TriStar200 Desafío Doñana

Scritto da Daniel Quintero | 12 Settembre 2009

Paul Amey, el ganador de la primera edición: “Es más divertido incluso que un Ironman”.
Los participantes alabaron el nivel organizativo de la prueba.

La edición inaugural del TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana se ha desarrollado de manera espectacular uniendo las provincias de Huelva y Cádiz a través del Parque Nacional de Doñana. El británico Paul Amey y la italiana Martina Dogana son los primeros vencedores de una competición única en el mundo y que ha tenido una aceptación enorme entre los más de 200 participantes, que esperaban con expectación este nuevo formato competitivo.

Una de las grandes novedades, el inicio de la prueba en bicicleta y en pelotón, ha propiciado una bonita batalla entre varios corredores que decidieron romper la carrera en plena subida a Medina Sidonia. Tomas Darby coronó el puerto con 12 segundos de ventaja sobre Ramón García y algunos más sobre el austriaco Frank, aunque Paul Amey tomaría las riendas de la competición a partir del kilómetro 110. En categoría femenina Tina Boman, Martina Dogana, Christel Robin y la andaluza Nieves Infante dominaban el sector ciclista.

Tras cruzar el Guadalquivir Paul Amey decidió romper la carrera nuevamente y ninguno de sus perseguidores, incluido Marcel Zamora, que le recortó distancia en los últimos kilómetros a pie (de 6 minutos pasó a entrar en meta en menos de 2), no pudo con el reputado triatleta británico, que completó los 200 kilómetros del Desafío Doñana en 6:09:40. “Ha sido fantástico, es más divertido incluso que un Ironman, ha sido un desafío de verdad, se siente la soledad en Doñana, y correr sobre la arena de la playa ha sido una nueva experiencia. Definitivamente voy a participar en más eventos de la serie mundial TriStar”. Por su parte, Marcel Zamora, se mostró también muy satisfecho por su participación en el TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana y remarcó “que es un acontecimiento interesantísimo y muy atractivo, atraerá en pocas ediciones a muchísimos deportistas, está perfectamente organizado”. Tercero en la línea de meta fue Alejandro Santamaría, a tres minutos de Zamora.

La italiana Martina Dogana (6:55:48) se ganó la simpatía del numeroso público congregado en la línea de meta ubicada en plena playa de Matalascañas, Almonte, tras hacer un sector de carrera a pie impresionante, distanciándose de la finlandesa Tima Boman en casi siete minutos, a pesar de que incluso sufrió una dura caída con la bicicleta. “Ha sido impresionante el nivel de la prueba, me he quedado realmente impresionada. El sector ciclista ha sido precioso, estoy encantada de haber venido a Andalucía y haber ganado esta interesantísma”.

Uno de los objetivos prioritarios para los organizadores del TriStar200 Andalucía Desafío Doñana, Star Events y la Empresa Pública de Deporte Andaluz, con la iniciativa de la Consejería de Turismo, Comercio y Deporte de la Junta de Andalucía, era la de crear una prueba deportiva de primer nivel con vocación de permanecer en el calendario muchos años y con la atención puesta en la defensa del medio ambiente y en el desarrollo sostenible, así como en contribuir a la sociedad mediante acciones solidarias y benéficas. Por un lado, se han implementado las soluciones eco-responsables de 4vita y, por otro, 30 euros de cada inscripción se van a destinar a Livestrong, la Fundación de Lance Armstrong para luchar contra el cáncer.

Tras 169 kilómetros en bicicleta por las carreteras de la provincia de Cádiz (Cádiz-Sanlúcar), los participantes nadaron 1 km para cruzar el río Guadalquivir en su desembocadura, y salvar su corriente. Después de salir del agua, los deportistas recorrieron a pie 30 kilómetros por la arena de la playa del Parque Nacional de Doñana, en la provincia de Huelva, para finalizar en la playa de Matalascañas, en el término municipal de Almonte.

masculinos
1 PAUL AMEY 06:09:40
2 MARCEL ZAMORA PEREZ 06:12:31
3 ALEJANDRO SANTAMARÍA 06:15:12

femeninos
1 MARTINA DOGANA 06:55:48
2 TIINA BOMAN 07:02:32
3 MARÍA BRAVO ZÚNIGA 07:56:13

relevos
1 GARCIA QUESADA-MARTIN MARTIN-MORÓN GONZÁLEZ 06:08:30
2 OLIVER CALERO-ORTEGA GORDILLO-LORENZO PRIETO 06:12:44
3 CASTILLA MANCILLA-TAPIA MOLINA-CABELLO SÁNCHEZ 06:21:06

RESULTADOS COMPLETOS

FOTOGRAFÍAS (in halta resolución) (c)JJUbeda

Paul Amey and Fançois Chabaud participate in the Donana Challenge

Scritto da André Karsai | 24 Agosto 2009

Paul Amey from Great Britain has 3 ITU World Champion titles on his record, and he will participate in the inaugural TriStar200 Andalucía on 12 September. "I enjoy competing in various distances of events and I love to travel to new and beautiful locations. TriStar events provide everything that I'm looking for outside of the normal Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races I compete in each year," he confirms his motivation to be part of the new adventure race in the south of Spain.

"With the global need for more exciting and challenging multisport events around the World, the TriStar events offer something for everyone and not only the best Professional athletes," Amey says, "TriStar is going to pave the way for a new format of multisport event that will entice competitors from all sporting backgrounds and abilities giving the competitor more choice in events they can do throughout the year."

Francois Chabaud from France thinks "The key for TriStar's success is the mix of athletes of all levels and the participation of some cycling stars." Chabaud will also be on the starting line of the first event of the new series that puts environmental consciousness and the fun factor in the focus of attention.

Each entrant also automatically supports Livestrong - the Lance Armstrong Foundation - with a donation of 30 EUR to help fight cancer.

Entries are still open until 5 September for individuals and relay teams, and a total prize purse of 70.000 EUR for both professional and amateur athletes will attract many more athletes in the coming days.