Magnus Ditlev will go after a 3rd succeeding Challenge Roth title this season, after the Danish star was revealed as the leading star in a stacked males’s field bound for Bavaria on July 7.
After safeguarding his title in emphatic style last season, Ditlev went on to complete on the podium at the IRONMAN World Championship. Far in 2024, the uberbiker has not set a foot incorrect, winning the very first T100 Tour race of the year in Miami.
Signing Up With Ditlev in Roth on the males’s side is a start list filled with leading names, such as in 2015’s runner-up Patrick Lange, who is going back to race in front of a home crowd one year on from running a mind boggling 2:30 marathon off the bike.
“This race holds such an unique location in my heart”
For Ditlev, Roth is an extremely unique location and after his wins in 2022 and 2023, the PTO World # 2 confessed was difficult to withstand the attraction of returning for a chance at the three-peat in 2024.
Magnus Ditlev commemorates another dominant win [Photo credit: Challenge Roth]
“I’m delighted to reveal I will attempt a three-peat at Challenge Roth this summer season! This race holds such an unique location in my heart, the incredible environment, the fantastic individuals of Roth and naturally, a quick and tough course that fits me. I can’t wait to toe the line once again versus a stacked field and offer my finest again.”
For Lange, the race has a likewise wonderful hang on him, with the two-time IRONMAN World Champion prepared to provide it his all in 3 months time to distress Ditlev and offer the home crowd a significant cause for event.
“40 years of triathlon in Roth. Naturally I will exist. This race holds an unique location in my heart because 2021, and I can’t wait to dive into the amazing environment with devoted volunteers, a roaring fan crowd, and perfect company.”
Endless competitors for the podium
What makes Challenge Roth so unique is the amazing fields the race handles to bring in every year, with 2024 no exception. On the guys’s side, there are at least 10 world class professional athletes efficient in completing on the podium on their day.
Rudy von Berg wins in a brand-new course record at IRONMAN Florida 2023 [Photo Credit – IRONMAN]
American Rudy von Berg, 4th at the IRONMAN World Championship in 2015, is one such professional athlete, as is Daniel Baekkegard, who directly lost out on the podium with a 4th location surface in 2015.
Pieter Heemeryck, a real fan preferred and among in 2015’s most significant stars, will likewise begin in Roth. Other leading experts such as Frenchmen Leon Chevalier and Clement Mignon will likewise be aiming to make an effect.
British previous brief course professional athlete Tom Bishop will contend in his 2nd ever complete range occasion.
