Ibiza ETU Multisport European Championships Festival Update
ETU Cross Duathlon European Championship News
Having raced on the road over Sprint (Saturday) and Standard distance (Sunday) formats, the final run-bike-run discipline of the Ibiza ETU Multisport European Championships Festival took place on Tuesday. Off-road and mountian bikes this time for the ETU Cross Duathlon European Championships – with Cross TRIathlon to follow on Thursday – the event was held at Puerto de Sant Miquel de Balansat, with the transition area, start and finish on the beach.
Second at the ITU Cross Triathlon World Championships in Fyn, Denmark earlier this year, it would not be a good day for British Elite athlete, Nicole Walters. Well off the pace and sixth at the finish, she’s got 48 hours to put that behind her and come back stronger in her preferred swim-bike-run format. After a good season including wins on the XTERRA Tour, she has the ability to do that.
The British Age-Group team added a further 10 medals to the huge haul already collected in the road format. The fastest British female Age-Grouper, Kim Baptista (18-19), added Gold in Cross Duathlon to her Silver on Saturday in the Sprint Duathlon. That makes her the first Brit – so far – to collect two medals at the Festival.
Silver for Kim Baptista in the European Duathlon Champs in Spain pic.twitter.com/7GBbqcSSIv
— TeamTorelli (@TeamTorelli) October 21, 2018
All of the reports and news from Ibiza:
- Age-Group Duathlon (Sprint Distance)
- Age-Group Duathlon (Standard Distance)
- Cross Duathlon (Age-Group and Elite)
- Aquathlon (Age-Group and Elite)
- Cross Triathlon (Age-Group and Elite)
- Middle Distance Triathlon (Age-Group and Elite)
- Age-Group Aquabike
Ibiza ETU Cross Duathlon European Championships – Sunday 21st October 2018
6.3km / 18km / 4.2km
ELITE MEN
1st – Tim Van Hemel (BEL) – 1:19:48
2nd – Camilo Puertas Fernandez (ESP) – 1:20:44
3rd – Andreas Silberbauer (AUT) – 1:20:57
13th – Doug Hall (GBR) – 1:27:50
ELITE WOMEN
1st – Kristina Lapinova (SVK) – 1:36:59
2nd – Daria Rogozina (RUS) – 1:38:01
3rd – Sanne Broeksma (NED) – 1:38:23
6th – Nicole Walters (GBR) – 1:42:37
FASTEST BRITISH AGE-GROUP ATHLETES OVERALL
MEN
1st – Jim Mcconnel (45-49) – 1:29:53
2nd – Richard Long (25-29) – 1:33:32
3rd – Rob Parry (35-39) – 1:33:55
WOMEN
1st – Kim Baptista (18-19) – 1:47:52 – second fastest overall
2nd – Kirsty Prior (45-49) – 1:54:54
3rd – Amanda Whitehouse (40-44) – 1:57:55
GB AGE-GROUP MEDALS (10)
GOLD (4)
Kim Baptista – 18-19 Female AG
Nicola Dinsdale – 30-34 Female AG
Kirsty Prior – 45-49 Female AG
Nicola Dick – 55-59 Female AG
SILVER (1)
Colin Hunt – 65-69 Male AG
BRONZE (5)
Kelly-Marie Briggs – 35-39 Female AG
Amanda Whitehouse – 40-44 Female AG
Julie Bratton – 45-49 Female AG
Jim Mcconnel – 45-49 Male AG
William Hammerton – 70-74 Male AG