{"id":17930,"date":"2019-10-31T13:40:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T13:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/a-spectacular-pro-field-lines-up-for-the-1st-edition-of-challenge-cape-town\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:46:13","slug":"a-spectacular-pro-field-lines-up-for-the-1st-edition-of-challenge-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/a-spectacular-pro-field-lines-up-for-the-1st-edition-of-challenge-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"A spectacular pro field lines up for the inaugural Challenge Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inaugural <\/b>CHALLENGECAPE TOWN\u00a0<\/i><\/b>will take place on Sunday November 10th. The first ever African race of the\u00a0<\/b>CHALLENGEFAMILY<\/i><\/b> series can expect an amazing pro race, as lots of very strong athletes from across the globe will be lining up at the start.<\/b><\/p>\n

CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>CAPE TOWN\u00a0<\/span><\/i>is this year’s newest addition on the\u00a0<\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>FAMILY\u00a0<\/span><\/i>world map and welcomes athletes from all over the world to experience racing in a truly unique setting. Located at the foot of the famous Table Mountain – one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature – the race will offer breathtaking scenic views and a vivid atmosphere around the historical sites of Cape Town. The Middle Distance race will provide athletes with a stunning and challenging swim course in the Atlantic Ocean, a flat and fast bike course along the coast line with views of Table Mountain and the ocean on the way back to Transition 2. The undulating run is a spectator friendly lap race, and supporters can line the route for multiple views of their favourite athletes. The run will pass iconic sites like Parliament, Cape Town City Hall and the historic Castle of Good Hope, and the tough climb will reward athletes with spectacular views of the City Bowl.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the men’s race, there are three really strong South African athletes, who will be racing in their home country:\u00a0<\/span>Matt Trautman<\/b>, winner of this year’s\u00a0<\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>ALMERE-AMSTERDAM\u00a0<\/span><\/i>in an amazing course record of 7:50:15,\u00a0<\/span>James Cunnama,\u00a0<\/b>former winner of\u00a0<\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>ROTH<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and, last but not least,\u00a0<\/span>Bradley Weiss<\/b>, who became the new XTERRA world champion just a few days ago. Capetonian Trautmann is looking forward to the race: “A Middle Distance triathlon in the Mother City has been a long time coming. It\u2019s going to be a privilege to share this beautiful backdrop with competitors from around the world.”<\/span><\/p>\n

However, we mustn\u2019t take for granted that the race will have a South African winner. One of the strongest competitors will be\u00a0<\/span>Pablo Dapena<\/b>, the 2018 ITU Long Distance World Champion. The winner of last year’s World Bonus crashed during\u00a0<\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>PEGUERA-MALLORCA\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and will be really eager to collect some points for this year’s World Bonus ranking. Another great athlete participating is\u00a0<\/span>Tim Don<\/b>. Don is a three time Olympian and one of the fastest athletes on the Full Distance with a personal best of 7:40:23. Other strong names to watch out for are <\/span>Evert Scheltinga<\/b>, winner of the first edition of\u00a0<\/span>THE<\/i><\/b>CHAMPIONSHIP,<\/span><\/i> as well as <\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>VIETNAM <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>KOREA<\/span><\/i> winner\u00a0<\/span>SteveMcKenna<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The women’s race promises to be really exciting as well. <\/span>Top favorite for the win will be <\/span>Emma Pallant<\/b>. Pallant won two middle distance races last month, so she\u2019s in great form. Earlier this year, she also won\u00a0<\/span>CHALLENGE<\/i><\/b>MOGAN GRAN CANARIA.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Other strong competitors are\u00a0<\/span>Laura Siddal<\/b>, former European Champion,\u00a0<\/span>Annah Watkinson\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0<\/span>Vicky van der Merwe<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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CHALLENGECAPE TOWN\u00a0is this year’s newest addition on the\u00a0CHALLENGEFAMILY\u00a0world map and welcomes athletes from all […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":17931,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17930","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nA spectacular pro field lines up for the inaugural Challenge Cape Town - Challenge Family<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/a-spectacular-pro-field-lines-up-for-the-1st-edition-of-challenge-cape-town\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A spectacular pro field lines up for the inaugural Challenge Cape Town - Challenge Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The inaugural CHALLENGECAPE TOWN\u00a0will take place on Sunday November 10th. 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