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Kalkar – Duathlon Capital of Europe (probably the World) this weekend

By Paul Groves | 15 Apr, 2016

Run bike run – the biggest event of the ETU year in terms of numbers comes this weekend to Kalkar in Germany.


As athletes from all over Europe descend on the ancient town of Kalkar, the weather was looking decidedly uninviting. Not much we can do about the weather but this will ensure that medals won this weekend are truly worth all the effort.

Where will they race? Well, at a Nuclear Reactor. Why not?

The history behind this lies in the not so recent desire for energy but with plans set and construction well underway, there was the terrible disaster in Chernobyl in April 1986. That one incident 30 years ago caused a massive rethink by the government and the site, never used for its intended purpose, was converted into an amusement park, the Kern-Wasser Wunderland.

The Parade of Nations is underway and the Opening Ceremony and pasta party will see the hundreds of athletes well hosted by the German Federation who have put a huge team onto the start lists.
Tomorrow will see the Age Group and Para-athletes battle for medals and glory over the Sprint and Standard distances, with the Elite, Juniors and U23 racing on Sunday.

Who is racing? Well, Europe’s very best. The complete start lists are available here.
The Elite Women will see defending Champion, Sandra Levenez FRA face a challenge by Powerman athlete from Denmark, Susanna Svendsen. France’s European Champion, Benoît Nicolas will seek to defend his title.

The Age Group athletes’ ages range from 16 to over 80 and for this weekend the global capital for Duathlon will be Kalkar, Germany.

ETU wishes all athletes, coaches, managers, organisers, spectators and officials a great weekend of racing. Click this photo for the opening speech.

ETU President, Renato Bertrandi honoured the event by attending. In front of the packed crowds he thanked the city of Kalkar for hosting the event and welcomed all athletes to the city. The first medals of the competition were presented by him to the Mayor and to the DTU President. 17 National Federations will be racing. Team GB was once more the biggest contingent, with over 200 in the Sprint but the Irish Team were certainly louder and in high spirits. The German flags were raised high by their 154 athletes and with late spring sunshine above them, the ETU 2016 Duathlon Championships were declared open.

Related Event: 2016 Kalkar ETU Duathlon European Championships
16 - Apr, 2016 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Jorik Van Egdom NED 01:47:04
2. Benoit Nicolas FRA 01:47:37
3. Yohan Le Berre FRA 01:47:46
4. Emilio Antonio Martin Romero ESP 01:48:01
5. Angelo Vandecasteele BEL 01:48:31
6. Emmanuel Lejeune BEL 01:49:21
7. Jonas Hoffmann GER 01:49:34
8. Philip Wylie GBR 01:49:39
9. John Heiland GER 01:49:58
10. Tobias Hibbe GER 01:50:10
Results: Elite Women
1. Giorgia Priarone ITA 01:58:59
2. Lisa Sieburger GER 01:59:37
3. Sandra Levenez FRA 01:59:42
4. Julie Chuberre Dode FRA 02:00:28
5. Paula Garcia Godino ESP 02:02:39
6. Susanne Svendsen DEN 02:02:59
7. Lesley Smit NED 02:03:46
8. Jony Heerink NED 02:04:24
9. Sara Baumann GER 02:04:44
10. Sophie Van Der Most NED 02:09:51
Results: U23 Men
1. Jorik Van Egdom NED 01:47:04
2. Jonas Hoffmann GER 01:49:34
3. Nicolas Tilman BEL 01:52:01
4. Attila Daniel ROU 02:01:04
DNF. Jonathan Wayaffe BEL DNF
DNF. Lucas Abel GER DNF
Results: U23 Women
1. Sara Baumann GER 02:04:44
2. Sophie Van Der Most NED 02:09:51
Results: Junior Men
1. Moritz Horn GER 00:54:42
2. Noah Servais BEL 00:54:48
3. Matevž Planko SLO 00:54:57
4. Arnaud Dely BEL 00:55:00
5. Philipp Wiewald GER 00:55:08
6. Frederic Funk GER 00:55:24
7. Federico Spinazzé ITA 00:55:40
8. Will Crudgington GBR 00:56:04
9. Anton Schiffer GER 00:56:50
DSQ. Gergő Soós HUN DSQ
Results: Junior Women
1. Lisa Tertsch GER 01:03:09
2. Lena Neuburg GER 01:03:56
3. Francesca Crestani ITA 01:04:04
4. Lina Völker GER 01:04:11
5. Delia Sclabas SUI 01:04:24
6. Hannah Hobbs GBR 01:04:48
7. Serena O'Connor GBR 01:05:01
8. Loanne Duvoisin SUI 01:05:42
9. Mala Schulz GER 01:05:55
10. Dorottya Petrov HUN 01:06:23