Lisbon comes alive with the Lycra invasion

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By Paul Groves | 26 May, 2016

This morning saw a massive police closure of roads in downtown Lisbon as the athletes “en masse” took to the roads for the bike familiarisation. From all over Europe they have come to race the Sprint and Standard distance events. As they waited for the start signal the excitement was electric.

Old friends met and new friends were made.

Under the watchful eyes of their team managers, they waited for the police to confirm that they could set off and then, with Jean-Marc Aebischer leading them – the roads filled.

Lisbon is triathlon central this weekend and the Portuguese Federation have opened their arms to welcome almost 2,000 athletes. All over the city there are national uniforms to be seen. As the athletes rest and prepare, it is time for the National Federation Presidents and Secretaries General to get down to the hard work of reviewing the past and planning for the future.

36 National Federations and a large number of guests from ITU attended the Congress. A great attendance of over 90 people filled the congress hall to hear the latest news from the ETU Executive Board.

A warm welcome was given to all by Fernando Henriques Feijão, the Portuguese Federation president.

Then we heard from Marisol Casado, ITU President. She gave a really positive account of the progress made by ITU and the plans for the future. She was full of praise for the way that our sport is being run in Europe. With European athletes making up the lion’s share of major events and with ETU athletes taking over 30 places in both the women’s and men’s Olympic start lists, it is a clear signal that ETU is getting it right. In this, an election year, we heard just how successful the continuing development of our sport has been under her leadership.

ETU President, Renato Bertrandi thanked both Marisol and Fernando, welcomed everyone to the Congress and then the hard work started. It really is satisfying to see so many federations meeting, discussing, developing and planning for the future.

The future looks good. The future is ETU!

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Related Event: 2016 Lisbon ETU Triathlon European Championships

26 - May, 2016 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:49:30
2.	Dmitry Polyanskiy	AIN	01:50:09
3.	Andrea Salvisberg	SUI	01:50:32
4.	Alessandro Fabian	ITA	01:50:37
5.	Igor Polyanskiy	RUS	01:50:38
6.	Joao Pereira	POR	01:50:39
7.	Joao Silva	POR	01:50:40
8.	Francesc Godoy Contreras	ESP	01:50:48
9.	Rostislav Pevtsov	AZE	01:51:01
10.	Grant Sheldon	GBR	01:51:05

Results: Elite Women
1.	India Lee	GBR
2.	Yuliya Yelistratova	UKR
3.	Zsófia Kovács	HUN
4.	Vendula Frintova	CZE
5.	Anne Haug	GER
6.	Alexandra Razarenova	RUS
7.	Heather Sellars	GBR
8.	Mariya Shorets	RUS
9.	Agnieszka Jerzyk	POL
10.	Lucy Buckingham	GBR

Results: Junior Men
1.	Javier Lluch Perez	ESP	00:58:03
2.	Samuel Dickinson	GBR	00:58:04
3.	Emil Deleuran Hansen	DEN	00:58:08
4.	Vasco Vilaca	POR	00:58:12
5.	Alex Yee	GBR	00:58:18
6.	Jack Willis	GBR	00:58:25
7.	Alberto Gonzalez Garcia	ESP	00:58:26
8.	Ran Sagiv	ISR	00:58:27
9.	Bence Lehmann	HUN	00:58:31
10.	Maxime Fluri	SUI	00:58:35

Results: Junior Women
1.	Cassandre Beaugrand	FRA	01:02:42
2.	Lisa Tertsch	GER	01:02:54
3.	Lena Meißner	GER	01:03:14
4.	Ines Santiago Moron	ESP	01:03:26
5.	Emilie Morier	FRA	01:03:51
6.	Alberte Kjær Pedersen	DEN	01:04:01
7.	Sian Rainsley	GBR	01:04:08
8.	Cecilia Santamaria Surroca	ESP	01:04:12
9.	Eva Skaza	SLO	01:04:15
10.	Carmen Gomez Cortes	ESP	01:04:22

Results: Men's PT1
1.	Jetze Plat H2	NED	00:57:52
2.	Geert Schipper H2	NED	01:01:48
3.	Joseph Townsend H2	GBR	01:02:47
4.	Giovanni Achenza H1	ITA	01:04:09
5.	Phil Hogg H1	GBR	01:06:22
6.	José Vicente Arzo Diago H2	ESP	01:09:46
7.	Benjamin Lenatz H1	GER	01:10:23
8.	Kim Plovier H1	BEL	01:17:07
9.	Pierre Ouellet H1	CAN	01:19:27

Results: Men's PT2
1.	Andrew Lewis	GBR	01:10:19
2.	Stephane Bahier	FRA	01:11:07
3.	Michele Ferrarin	ITA	01:11:46
4.	Lionel Morales	ESP	01:13:56
5.	Stefan Loesler	GER	01:15:04
6.	Giovanni Sasso	ITA	01:15:34