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Riesler (GER) and Vistica (CRO) earn maiden Long Distance European Championship titles

By David Peddie | 02 Sep, 2013

Diana Riesler (GER) and Andrej Vistica (CRO) were crowned ETU European Long Distance Champions at Challenge Vichy on Sunday.

Both athletes endured over eight hours of swimming, biking and running, to become European Champions for the first time.

Riesler, who finished 9th overall, completed the gruelling 3,8km swim, 180km bike and 42.195km in just under 9hrs – 8:59:49

Vistica, who finished 12th at the ITU World Long Distance Championships in Belfort in June and whose previous best in European Long Distance competition was 8th in 2010, completed the course in 8:21:17 – and had the honour of being the first competitor across the finish line.

Related Event: 2013 Vichy ETU Challenge Long Distance Triathlon European Championships
01 Sep, 2013 • event pageall results
Results: 20-24 Female AG
1. Soline Benoit FRA 12:31:38
2. Léa Beving FRA 13:14:43
Results: 20-24 Male AG
1. Frédéric Garcia FRA 09:14:54
2. Duy Thien Do BEL 09:35:41
3. Thibaut Frumento FRA 10:33:06
4. Florent Martins FRA 11:13:54
5. Kévin Magnien FRA 11:19:15
6. Romain Cosquer FRA 12:35:46
7. Sylvain Capart FRA 12:43:52
Results: 25-29 Female AG
1. Emilie Lacourt BEL 11:05:37
2. Anne Sophie Poyet FRA 13:20:02
Results: 25-29 Male AG
1. Guillaume Crozet FRA 09:23:25
2. Luc Groliere FRA 09:38:47
3. Sven De Langen NED 10:01:41
4. Pierre Chartron FRA 10:16:56
5. Axel Mathy BEL 10:41:53
6. Akhil Viz GBR 10:48:03
7. Nicolas Roux FRA 10:50:01
8. Mathieu Poyet FRA 11:33:38
9. Hugo Guglielmi FRA 11:37:16
10. Damien Pulin FRA 11:46:12
Results: 30-34 Female AG
1. Adeline Beauchet FRA 10:25:11
2. Tasja Stenum DEN 10:47:53
3. Kylie Mansfield GBR 10:54:24
4. Karin Augsten GER 10:55:49
5. Kelly Stokes GBR 11:06:24
6. Maryline Perat FRA 11:44:55
7. Krista Terämaa FIN 11:53:34
8. Delphine Marin Cudraz FRA 12:17:01
9. Marie Delsert FRA 12:21:51
10. Patricia Van Uffelen NED 12:26:34
Results: 30-34 Male AG
1. Zoltán Petsuk HUN 09:20:53
2. Nicolas Gerbaux FRA 09:23:38
3. Pierre Robert FRA 09:29:54
4. Leslie De Cuyper BEL 09:30:25
5. Steeve Brugiere FRA 09:32:36
6. Dimitri Pennings NED 09:56:17
7. Laurent Guilloteau FRA 10:00:45
8. Romuald Colineau FRA 10:08:59
9. William Grialou FRA 10:10:44
10. Bertrand Monneau FRA 10:18:08
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