{"id":19304,"date":"2023-06-18T11:45:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T11:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/uncategorized\/wins-from-stepniak-reischmann-at-gdansk\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T15:32:25","slug":"wins-from-stepniak-reischmann-at-gdansk","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.challenge-family.com\/challenge-family\/news\/wins-from-stepniak-reischmann-at-gdansk\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning Wins from St\u0119pniak and Reischmann at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning day\u2019s racing that saw fierce and close battles for the podium in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races, Kacper St\u0119pniak (POL) and Anne Reischmann (GER) ultimately took top honours at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk in 3:44:25 and 4:12:58.<\/p>\n<p>Menno Koolhaas (NED) started his bid for three wins in three weeks well, leading out of the water in 23:37, neck and neck with Kacper St\u0119pniak (POL), closely followed by Sergiy Kurochkin (UKR) and Ognjen Stojanovic (SRB). Australia\u2019s Nicholas Free was just seven seconds down and the scene was set for a battle on the fast highway of the Gda\u0144sk bike course. The end of the first of three laps put St\u0119pniak firmly in the lead, chased by Free and Stojanovic. Meanwhile Koolhaas hat trick seemed to be slipping away, losing two minutes in the first lap. By the midway point, St\u0119pniak had further extended his lead to nearly three minutes but Koohaas was back in the game catching back up with Free and Stojanovic. However, St\u0119pniak was no match on the bike for the chasers and he came into to T2 with a 5:14 lead. But it wasn\u2019t going to stay comfortable for him for long. Behind him Bolbat, Koolhaas and Stojanovic were chasing hard and by the end of the first lap had already reduced the lead to 3:44. However the pace proved too much for Koolhaas, leaving Bolbat and Stojanovic in the battle for the podium. By the halfway point, running neck and neck, they had reduced St\u0119pniak\u2019s lead to 2:24 and with 2km to go, it was at just 59 seconds. However, St\u0119pniak held on to take the win in 3:44:25 while Stojanovic outsprinted Bolbat to take second in 3:45:11 by just seven seconds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was tough! The run was so hard!\u201d said St\u0119pniak. \u201cThey were getting closer and closer and at the halfway point the gap had already halved. It was very scary but in the second half I ran a little bit faster and I made it!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Kacper St\u0119pniak wins at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-byfY29h9rI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In the women race, Rosie Weston (GBR) led out of the swim in 25:55 with fellow Brit, Megan McDonald, just five seconds behind with a big gap on third place Marta Lagownik who was 2:09 down. Within the first kilometre showed she meant business and by 16km had put 1:28 into Weston. As she completed the first lap with a 1:55 lead, behind her it was all change with Polish Olympian, Agnieszka Jerzyk moving up into second with Lagownik pushing Weston down into fourth. By the end of the second lap Anne Reischmann (GER) who had been progressing up the field, had taken the lead over McDonald, a position she was never to relinquish. She came off the bike with just under a minute on Jerzyk with McDonald in third 3:23 down. By 8km Kleiser had moved up into third, just under four minutes behind Jerzyk. While Reischmann\u2019s lead was never under threat, Kleiser was running considerably faster than Jerzyk and looked to be challenging for second place. However, she ran out of road and finished in third, just 19 seconds behind Jerzyck who took second in 4:14:32 with Reischmann taking the win in 4:12:58.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a very lonely swim in the middle of the field,\u201d said Reischmann. \u201cOn the bike I just tried to catch up and get to the front which was my plan. I came here with the goal to win so I put some pressure on myself. I got to the front but I had to dig really deep. I loved the bike, it was really well organised and I don\u2019t think I have ever seen such a fair pro race with men and women racing together so really well done to the organisation. On the run the first two laps were fine but then I started to break down and it got really hard at the end. The run course is tough, it\u2019s flat but it\u2019s not easy!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Anne Reischmann Wins Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2FS2tYFuyP4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For full results, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/live.sts-timing.pl\/challenge-gdansk2023\/day2\/\">https:\/\/live.sts-timing.pl\/challenge-gdansk2023\/day2\/<\/a>. For further information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.challenge-poland.com\">www.challenge-poland.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a stunning day\u2019s racing that saw fierce and close battles for the podium in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races, Kacper St\u0119pniak (POL) and Anne Reischmann (GER) ultimately took top honours at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk in 3:44:25 and 4:12:58. Menno Koolhaas (NED) started his bid for three wins in three weeks well, leading out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":19305,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19304","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stunning Wins from St\u0119pniak and Reischmann at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk - 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\/wins-from-stepniak-reischmann-at-gdansk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stunning Wins from St\u0119pniak and Reischmann at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk - Challenge Family\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a stunning day\u2019s racing that saw fierce and close battles for the podium in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s races, Kacper St\u0119pniak (POL) and Anne Reischmann (GER) ultimately took top honours at Lotto Challenge Gda\u0144sk in 3:44:25 and 4:12:58. 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