Wasle, Batelier win European Cross Tri Titles

by Brad Culp on 22 Jun, 2010 10:45 • Español

Myjava, located in the White Carpathian Mountains of Northwest Slovakia, played host to the ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships last weekend, with France’s Franky Batelier and Austria’s Carina Wasle taking top honours. Wet, wild and cold conditions made the 800-meter swim, 30-km mountain bike and 10-km trail run even more difficult for the off-road competitors.

The first-ever ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship will take place April 30, 2011 in Extremadura, Spain.

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Wasle entered the women’s contest as the pre-race favourite and did not dissapoint. The Austrian exited the water in third place, just a few seconds back of swim leader Brigitta Poor of Hungary. Onto the bike, Wasle pulled away, towing Maud Golsteyn of the Netherlands with her. The pair of leaders easily distanced themselves from the pack, opening up a gap of ten minutes on the competition throughout the muddy, 30-km mountain bike ride. Onto the run it was all about Wasle, who pulled away with the fastest run of the day to win in 2:53:09, 61 seconds ahead of Golsteyn. Judy Van Der Berg, also of the Netherlands, finished third, over 13 minutes behind Golsteyn.

In the men’s race, Batelier dominanted from start to finish, exiting the water alongside the leaders before pulling away on the bike and never looking back. The Frenchman, who also won the XTERRA Triathlon European Championship earlier this year, posted the best bike split of the day (1:35:24), en route to entering T2 witha massive lead on the competition. Batelier broke the finishing tape in 2:19:42, over four minutes ahead of runner-up Victor Manuel del Corral Morales of Spain, who posted the fastest run-split of the day (26:08). Slovakia’s Tomas Jurkovic rounded out the podium.

The first-ever ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship will take place on April 30 of next year in Extremadura, Spain. For more information on the inaugural event, click here

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Related Event: 2010 Myjava ETU Cross Triathlon European Championships

19 - 20 Jun, 2010 • event page • all results

Results: U23 Women
1.	Kairi Schmidt	EST	03:07:30
2.	Helen Schmidt	EST	03:14:59
3.	Svetlana Liparova	SVK	03:56:36

Results: U23 Men
1.	Peter Mosny	SVK	02:24:57
2.	Tomas Matera	CZE	02:34:10
3.	Jonas Vojtech	CZE	02:39:25
4.	Jozef Tomasovic	SVK	02:46:10
5.	Sébastien Antony	FRA	02:59:40

Results: Elite Women
1.	Carina Wasle	AUT	02:53:09
2.	Maud Golsteyn	NED	02:54:10
3.	Judy Van Den Berg	NED	03:07:36
4.	Brigitta Poór	HUN	03:17:22
5.	Dagmar Sverakova	CZE	03:22:48

Results: Elite Men
1.	Franky Batelier	FRA	02:19:42
2.	Victor Manuel Del Corral Morales	ESP	02:24:03
3.	Tomas Jurkovic	SVK	02:25:20
4.	Jan Kubicek	CZE	02:26:35
5.	Mikko Vastaranta	FIN	02:27:29