About 3,400 individual participants and 650 relay teams from more than 80 nations, a high-class field of participants and around 260,000 spectators along the race course and at the triathlon stadium: This is DATEV Challenge Roth, the world’s biggest long-distance triathlonevent. And the race has long become a legend: The famous triathlon festival in the European triathlon metropolis of Roth there takes place for more than three decades (first edition: 1984).
The competition starts with a 3.8 kilometers swim in the Main-Donau- Canal, followed by a 180 kilometers bike race and a marathon run of 42 kilometers. The unbelievable world’s best time established by Jan Frodeno in Roth in 2016 is 7:35:39 hours.
Roth will experience a spectacular high-class sports event under the Challenge brand. At the same time, DATEV Challenge Roth is a big family festival, including a great surroundingprogram, e. g. triathlon expo at the Roth Triathlon Park (Thursday to Monday), NightRun, Junior Challenge and Challenge forAll, Challenge Women run and a Finish-Line Party on
race day. DATEV Challenge Roth starts in the early morning at 6.30 a.m. with the swim in the Main-Donau- Canal (near the Hilpoltstein landing stage) and ends with a spectacular fireworks display at the Roth triathlon stadium at 11 p.m.
