{"id":17061,"date":"2018-07-06T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/sebastian-kienle-takes-the-lead-in-the-challenge-family-world-bonus-after-his-victory-at-challengeroth\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:46:47","slug":"sebastian-kienle-takes-the-lead-in-the-challenge-family-world-bonus-after-his-victory-at-challengeroth","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/sebastian-kienle-takes-the-lead-in-the-challenge-family-world-bonus-after-his-victory-at-challengeroth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sebastian Kienle takes the lead in the Challenge Family World Bonus after his victory at CHALLENGEROTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sebastian Kienle takes the lead in the Challenge Family World Bonus after his victory at <\/strong><strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yvonne van Vlerken still at the top<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>It was an amazing weekend for Sebastian Kienle. The German triathlete took the win at <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH<\/em>and earned enough points to take the lead in the <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY <\/em>World Bonus. In the women\u2019s standings, it&#8217;s Yvonne van Vlerken still at the top, but it was Daniela S\u00e4mmler who took the win in Roth.<\/p>\n<p>As always,<strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH<\/em>was an exciting race. German athletes primarily dominated the men\u2019s race with Sebastian Kienle first to cross the finishline (500 points) and Andreas Dreitz coming close behind in second place (400 points). Jesse Thomas from the USA was the third man on the podium and earned 300 points.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to his result in Roth, Sebastian Kienle has now taken the lead in the Challenge Family World Bonus. After his victory at <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>HEILBRONN <\/em>(250 points) and second place at The Championship (300 points), he currently has 1050 points in total. He\u2019s overtaken Dylan McNeice (1000 points) and Pablo Gonzales Dapena (900 points), who both chose not to compete in Roth at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>You can check the full male standings here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/world-bonus\/\">http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/world-bonus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Despite Daniela S\u00e4mmler\u2019s win in Roth, Van Vlerken holds her postion at the top of the women\u2019s rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s race at <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH<\/em>was a real close one. Lucy Charles was in the lead for almost the whole race, but it was Daniela S\u00e4mmler who caught up at the end of the run and and claimed victory (500 points) in Roth. Lucy Charles finished just 9 seconds behind her and came second (400 points). After a very strong race, Kaisa Sali crossed the finishline in third place (300 points).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the results at the weekend, Yvonne van Vlerken is still at the top of the <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>FAMILY <\/em>World Bonus. She finished <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH <\/em>in fifth place, her fifteenth sub 9-hour race, and earned 150 points with this result. Van Vlerken now has 925 points in total. She earned points at<strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROMA<\/em>, <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>GRANCANARIA<\/em>, <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>RICCIONE<\/em>and<strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>HEILBRONN <\/em>earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Charles\u2019 second place at <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>ROTH<\/em>has moved her up to second place in the rankings with a current total of 775 points. Daniela S\u00e4mmler has progressed to third place and now has 750 points in total.<\/p>\n<p>You can check the full female standings here:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/world-bonus\/\">http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/world-bonus\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next opportunity to earn points will be at <strong><em>CHALLENGE<\/em><\/strong><em>SANGIL<\/em>. This race takes place in Mexico on the 8th July 2018. The $165kend-of-season bonus will pay five deep across both male and female with the top ranked Pro taking home $30k. Second place will carry a bonus of $20k, third, fourth and fifth positions will pay $15k, $12k and $5k accordingly. Ranking will be decided through a fair points system based on placings earned. This system is explained fully here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/pro-athletes\/\">http:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/pro-athletes\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the event of a tie, the prize money will be averaged between the two athletes and corresponding places.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Kienle takes the lead in the Challenge Family World Bonus after his victory at CHALLENGEROTH Yvonne van Vlerken still at the top \u00a0It was an amazing weekend for Sebastian Kienle. The German triathlete took the win at CHALLENGEROTHand earned enough points to take the lead in the CHALLENGEFAMILY World Bonus. 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