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ETU Rankings - the season is fast drawing to a close

By Paul Groves | 03 Sep, 2014

Well, what a weekend of racing that was! Stunning performances by athletes over in Edmonton draws to a close the WTS hunt for points.  With Gwen Jorgensen (USA) and Javier Gomez Noya (ESP) declared champions they might well now be taking a well-earned rest but athletes around Europe are still looking at the way to earn points and to prepare themselves for the ETU Triathlon Series that reaches its final in Madrid on 21st September where extra points can be won. The season is determined by the ETU Triathlon Final event. Any events taking place after the Final will be included in the next season.

The ETU European Triathlon Series has been devised to find the best performing triathletes of the season and this year there will be the added incentive of a pool of prize-money for individual elite athletes and for the National Federation in the Junior Category. The Prize-Money will be distributed after the last scoring event according to the European Triathlon Series Rankings.

PRIZE MONEY CHART - Elite

Position                           Men (Euros)      Women (Euros)
    1                                    3125                   3125
    2                                    2500                   2500
    3                                    1875                   1875
    4                                    1250                   1250
    5                                    1000                   1000
    6                                      875                      875
    7                                      750                      750
    8                                      500                      500
    9                                      375                      375
  10                                      250                      250

POINTS AND SCORING:

Scoring events:

There will be 4 levels of events included in the European Triathlon Series Rankings:

  • The ETU Triathlon Continental Championships
  • The ETU Triathlon Final event - Mandatory
  • The ETU Triathlon Premium Continental Cup events
  • The ETU Triathlon Continental Cup events
  • The ETU Triathlon Regional Championships

Points

The points earned by the best athlete for each event will be:

  • 600 for the ETU Triathlon Continental Championships
  • 500 for the ETU Triathlon Final event
  • 400 for the ETU Triathlon Premium Continental Cup events
  • 250 for the ETU Triathlon Continental Cup events
  • 100 for the ETU Triathlon Regional Championships

The points table for each level of event will be from:

  • 1st to 40th for the ETU Triathlon Continental Championships
  • 1st to 30th for the ETU Triathlon Final event
  • 1st to 20th for the ETU Triathlon Premium Continental Cup events
  • 1st to 20th for the ETU Triathlon Continental Cup events
  • 1st to 10th for the ETU Triathlon Regional Championships

In order to earn points, athletes must finish within the cut-off time which will be determined by adding 5% to the winner’s time in the men’s events and 8% in women’s events. The total score will be obtained by adding the points gained at the ETU Triathlon Final event plus the 4 best scores obtained in the rest of the scoring events of the season.

So how do the rankings look at the moment? (Based upon rankings on 10th August, 2014)

For the Junior athletes, based upon the performances of the best three men and women, we have 28 nations with points enough to secure a place on the ranking list. At present the lead nation is France, with a massive 5,365. Hungary has pushed both Belgium and the Netherlands aside to secure second place with 3642 but with Belgium close behind and 3547 points and the Netherlands on 3250 there is still work to be done.  The coming weeks could, with strong performances and the prize money is far from secure. For the Juniors, ETU have secured €10,000, which will be distributed, €5,000 to the winning team, €3,000 to the second team and €2,000 to the third-placed team.

The Elite rankings are pretty much open in the top three positions for the women, with Ukraine’s Yulia Yelistratova leading Petra Kurikova from the Czech Republic and French athlete Alexandra Cassan-Ferrier.

The men have Ukrainian representation from Yegor Martynenko, but he is being led by Russian Dmitriy Polyanskiy and Ivan Tutukin. Behind him lie Danylo Sapunov, the Bryukhankov brothers from Russia and German athlete Justus Nieschlag.

So, keep your eyes posted. Points are still to be won. What better chance than this weekend in Romania at Constanta-Mamaia.