With a start list of over 40 professional athletes at Lotto Challenge Gdańsk in Poland, the middle distance race on Sunday, June 18, 2023, is expected to see some tough battles among the elite field.
Heading the field and fresh from his win at Challenge Geraardsbergen last weekend is Menno Koolhas (NED). Also doing back-to-back races are more Geraardsbergen athletes, runner-up Ognjen Stojanović (CZE) and Antony Costes (FRA) as well as Nicholas Free (AUS) who place second in Challenge Cagnes-sur-Mer. They are joined by local athlete Kacper Stępniak.
In the women’s field, Anne Reischmann (GER) will have fellow German, Daniela Kleiser to contend with as well as Megan McDonald (GBR).
Lotto Challenge Gdańsk starts on the beach with a swim in the Baltic Sea followed by a fast flat bike taking in both Energa Stadion, the arena of EURO 2012, and through the tunnel that goes under the Vistula River.
The run takes athletes alongside the Gdańsk Beach to the finisher zone on Gdańsk Pier. Now in its third year, Challenge Gdańsk scooped the award of Best Challenge Family Race in its inaugural year, and Best Finisher Zone in 2022 as voted by the athletes in the Challenge Family Awards.
The start gun goes off at 08:00 CET on June 18 with live updates and timing at www.challenge-family.live.
