Dates and Facts DATEV Challenge Roth 2017 (Modifications and additions reserved) Race Long Distance Triathlon 3.8 km swimming 180 km cycling 42,195 km running Date: Sunday, July 9, 2017 Location: City and County of Roth Race Course: Start at 6.30 a.m at the Europakanal, Hilpoltstein. Leaving transition area 1 at the Europakanal in Hilpoltstein, athletes tackle two laps on the bike course each of about 85.5 km - additionally they take 9 km to transition area at the park-and-ride lot at the Hilpoltsteiner Straße in Roth. The bike run is followed by the marathon on a new route. It links the towns of Roth and Büchenbach, together with the canal in a T-shaped course, which is completed twice. Participants: About 3.400 single starters and 650 relays Nations: Athletes from 71 nations Duration: Maximum finish time is 15:00 hours for single starters, 13.45 hours for relay teams. Roth 2016: Spectators, Media, Organisation Spectators Spectators during the race about 260,000 according to police information Media (Dates & Facts 2016) TV reports national Broadcast stations 19 Air-time total (in hours) 33:52:31 Viewers 30,98 Mio. Advertising medium contacts 189,01 Mio. TV reports international Broadcast stations 168 Air-time total (in hours) 263:16 Viewers 9,15 Mio. Advertising medium contacts 201,17 Mio. Newspapers and magazines Publications 364 Press articles 846 Advertising Media contacts 73,19 Mio Web-coverage www.challenge-roth.de Unique visitors on raceday 387.000 Page impressions 2.8 Mio. Accreditation Accredited journalists about 300 Organisation, rescue and assistance services Volunteers 7,000 Police Officers 400 Firefighter 600 Fire Departments 27 Clubs 53 Race Marshalls 65 Rescue Service 420 Central Medical Care 20 doctors 48 beds (+s 20 reserve) additionally 3 intensive care beds, 1 surgical treatment bed Time Table DATEV Challenge Roth 2017 Thursday, July 6 11.00 a.m. Press conference in the “Kulturfabrik” Roth 12.00 a.m. - 06.00 p.m. Registration at the registration tent / Triathlon Park 12.00 a.m. - 06.30 p.m. Triathlon Expo in the Triathlon Park 05.00 p.m. “Erdinger Urweisse” Party at the Expo 05.30 p.m. “Bambini” run Hilpoltstein 08.15 p.m. “Nightrun” from Hilpoltstein to Roth, Finish Triathlon Park Friday, July 7 06.30 a.m. - 09.00 a.m. blueseventy swim training in the Main-Donau-Kanal / swim start 08.30 a.m. - 09.00 p.m. Triathlon Expo in the Triathlon Park 09.00 a.m. - 09.00 p.m. Registration at the registration tent / Triathlon Park 09.00 a.m. “Morning Run with Frodo” Run with Triathlon World Champion Jan Frodeno along the Main-Donau-Kanal after the swim training 10.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m. For media: press centre (Schützenhaus) open 03.00 p.m. - 04.00 p.m. Autograph session with Jan Frodeno at Allianz Versicherungsbüro Leidl + Inderst, Hilpoltsteiner Str. 10 04.00 p.m. - 05.00 p.m. The city of Roth presents itself - Triathlon Park 05.00 p.m. - 12.00 p.m. Welcome-Party, powered by BAYERN 3, market square 05.45 p.m. - 10.00 p.m. Challenge-forAll in the public baths of Roth 06.00 p.m. - 08.00 p.m. Bernbacher Carbo Party at the festival tent Saturday, July 8 06.30 a.m. - 09.00 a.m. blueseventy-swim training in the Main-Donau-Kanal / Swim Start 08.30 a.m. - 07.00 p.m. Triathlon Expo in the Triathlon Park 08.45 a.m. - 02.30 p.m. Junior-Challenge, public baths of Roth 09.00 a.m. - 02.00 p.m. Registration at the registration tent / Triathlon Park 10.00 a.m. - 03.00 p.m. Challenge childcare 10.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m. For media: press centre (Schützenhaus) open 10.15 a.m. Start Challenge Women 11.45 a.m. “Beneflizz”, Bike Marathon 11.30 p.m. - 04.00 p.m. Bike Check-In and “HIP-Lounge” at the swim start 12.00 a.m. Race Briefing (spanish) in the festival tent 03.00 p.m. Race Briefing (french) in the festival tent 04.00 p.m. Race Briefing (german/english) for individuals in the festival tent 05.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Autograph session with Jan Frodeno at the Challenge merchandising tent 05.00 p.m. Race Briefing (german) for relay teams in the festival tent 06.15 p.m. Race Briefing (english) for relay teams in the press centre/ Schützenhaus 07.30 p.m. - 12.00 p.m. Countdown Party in Heideck with BAYERN 3 Sunday, July 9 06.30 a.m. Start of DATEV Challenge Roth 2017 TOP 50 men, athletes elder than 65 years, participants for 30th time, participants with disabilities, SUB 9 06.35 a.m. Start group 2 TOP 25 women 06.40 a.m. Start groups 3-5 men / in 5 minutes intervals 06.55 a.m. Women group 07.00 a.m. Women group 07.05 a.m. Start groups 8 - 18/ in 5 minutes intervals 08.50 a.m. Start group 19 (relay teams) 08.55 a.m. Start group 20 (relay teams) 09.00 a.m. Start group 21 (relay teams) 10.00 a.m. - 08.00 p.m. Press centre open 10.00 a.m. - 09.00 p.m. Triathlon Expo in the Triathlon Park 11.00 a.m. - 06.30 p.m. Challenge childcare about 02.05 p.m. Finish of the race winner male about 02.53 p.m. Finish of the race winner female about 04.04 p.m. Finish of the winning relay team about 05.00 p.m. Press conference (Schützenhaus) 08.00 p.m. Winners’ Award Ceremony for the first three trophy relays (at the finish line area) 09.00 p.m. Finishline Party 10.55 p.m. Official end of the DATEV Challenge Roth 2017 Fireworks Monday, July 10 09.30 a.m. Registration for the DATEV Challenge Roth 2018 at the festival tent 10.00 a.m. – 01.00 p.m. Triathlon Expo in the Triathlon Park 11.00 a.m. Winners’ Award Ceremony DATEV Challenge Roth at the festival tent 01.30. p.m. Winners’ Award Ceremony Firefighter World Championship (Feuerwehrhaus Roth) 07.00 p.m. Volunteers’ Party in the festival tent Sponsoring Partners DATEV eG N-ERGIE AG new balance NBR GmbH Sparkasse Mittelfranken-Süd Versicherungskammer Bayern Speck Pumpen Walter Speck GmbH & Co. KG Memmert GmbH + Co. KG SCOTT SPORTS SA SQUEEZY Auto-Fiegl GmbH BAYERN 3 blueseventy UVEX SPORTS GmbH & Co. KG Germania Airline mbH Pyraser Landbrauerei GmbH & Co. KG Erdinger Weißbräu Frankenbrunnen GmbH + Co. KG Red Bull Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co KG Josef Bernbacher & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG Friedrich Hofmann Betriebsgesellschaft mbH Apotheker Walter Bouhon GmbH ARNDT Sicherheit und Service GmbH + Co. KG Reithelshöfer GmbH Guttenberger und Partner GmbH Burkhartsmaier GmbH Jura-Kälte Kälteanlagenbau GmbH TechniSat ARVENA PARK Hotel Nürnberger Nachrichten VIPA GmbH BMW Motorrad Zentrum Deutsche Lufthansa Qualitel Hotel Stadt Roth Landkreis Roth Stadt Hilpoltstein Nations 2017 Nr. Nationalität 1 Deutschland Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und 2 Nordirland 3 Frankreich 4 Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika 5 Spanien 6 Österreich 7 Italien 8 Schweiz 9 Australien 10 Belgien 11 Dänemark 12 Israel 13 Niederlande 14 Brasilien 15 Polen 16 Portugal 17 Südafrika 18 Neuseeland 19 Irland 20 Kanada 21 Tschechische Republik 22 Mexiko 23 Schweden 24 Russische Föderation 25 Thailand 26 Luxemburg 27 Finnland 28 Ungarn 29 Slowakei 30 Südkorea 31 Norwegen 32 Singapur 33 China, Volksrepublik 34 Island 35 Türkei 36 Slowenien 37 Vietnam 38 Japan 39 Kroatien 40 Rumänien 41 Lettland 42 Estland 43 Griechenland 44 Malaysia 45 Bulgarien 46 Chile 47 Hongkong 48 Ukraine 49 Venezuela 50 Ägypten 51 Algerien 52 Armenien 53 Bahrain 54 Belarus (Weißrussland) 55 Bolivien 56 Botswana 57 Dominica 58 Ecuador 59 Fidschi 60 Guam 61 Guatemala 62 Liechtenstein 63 Malta 64 Mazedonien 65 Peru 66 Puerto Rico 67 Schottland 68 Serbien 69 Taiwan 70 Tunesien 71 Vereinigte Arabische Emirate Starter, Finisher and Winning Times 1988 - 2016 Number of Number of Winning times Year starters finishers Men Women 1988 706 587 08:13:11 10:07:35 1989 1036 916 03:59:59 04:31:04 1990 1349 1085 08:21:13 09:21:29 1991 1303 1129 08:04:54 08:55:29 1992 1584 1428 08:06:12 08:55:00 1993 1603 1431 08:03:19 09:18:49 1994 1864 1674 08:01:59 08:50:53 1995 1903 1447 08:08:07 09:06:34 1996 2229 2056 07:57:02 09:21:30 1997 2506 2324 07:50:27 08:59:31 1998 2550 2301 08:03:59 09:27:43 1999 1796 1655 07:56:00 09:26:59 2000 2586 2374 08:19:38 09:32:08 2001 2465 2330 08:10:39 09:24:29 2002 1340/1566 1232/1521 08:17:25 09:12:41 2003 1504/1125 1282/1038 08:11:50 09:15:01 2004 1744/1641 1701/1635 07:57:50 09:13:57 2005 1990/1497 1848/1452 07:58:45 09:14:06 2006 2325/1680 2160/1674 08:00:52 09:01:17 2007 2376/1524 2246/1506 07:54:23 08:51:55 2008 2510/1644 2293/1635 08:09:34 08:45:48 2009 2.487/1.638 2.357/1.611 07:55:53 08:31:59 2010 2.836/1.806 2.678/1.746 07:52:36 08:19:13 2011 2.982/1.881 2.790/1.821 07:41:33 08:18:13 2012 2.977/1.932 2.754/1.887 07:59:59 08:45:04 2013 3.141/2.121 2.883/2.073 07:52:01 08:40:35 2014 3.179/1.956 2.668/ 1.893 07:56:00 08:38:53 2015 3.161/2.097 2.734/2.010 07:51:28 08:50:53 2016 3.173/2.040 2.931/2.019 07:35:39 08:22:04 1989 = Half Distance (2,5 km swimming, 93 km cycling, 22 km running) World’s Best Times at Roth 1988 Axel Koenders (NL) 08:13:11 1991 Thea Sybesma (NL) (first athlete in the world less than 9 hours) 08:55:29 1992 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 08:55:00 1994 Paula Newby-Fraser (ZIM) 08:50:53 1996 Lothar Leder (D) (first athlete in the world less than 8 hours) 07:57:02 1997 Luc van Lierde (B) 07:50:27 2008 Yvonne van Vlerken (NL) 08:45:48 2009 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:31:59 2010 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:19:13 2011 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:18:13 2011 Andreas Raelert (D) 07:41:33 2016 Jan Frodeno (D) 07:35:39 Winners (male) in Roth Men 1988 Axel Koenders NL 08:13:11 1990 Pauli Kiuru SF 08:21:13 1991 Pauli Kiuru SF 08:04:54 1992 Jos Everts NL 08:06:12 1993 Christian Bustos CHL 08:03:19 1994 Jürgen Zäck D 08:01:59 1995 Jürgen Zäck D 08:08:07 1996 Lothar Leder D 07:57:02 1997 Luc van Lierde B 07:50:27 1998 Jürgen Zäck D 08:03:59 1999 Jürgen Zäck D 07:56:00