Amongst hundreds of age group athletes, TriStar Monaco attracts every year a list of celebrities and VIPs, former professional athletes from many different sports and also current active athletes from the worlds of motor sports, cycling, etc.
For a day, both age groupers and professional triathletes share the exciting ‘starting grid’ of TriStar111 Monaco, billed as the Formula 1 of Triathlon. As race organiser Star Events points out, the event has ‘many famous people looking for a fun-triathlon experience in one of the most glamorous and glittering spots in the world.’
All celebrities, former and current athletes are helping to raise the profile of this increasingly iconic event. The 2012 event takes place on Sunday 2 September. The Star&Co Expo for Sunday’s race is already open, enticing athletes with a range of multisport goods and services.
The 111km race (1K swim, 100K bike and 10K run) will be tackled by celebrities such as Paul Belmondo (former F1 driver, athlete, actor and TriStar ambassador) and French TV star Marc Toesca. There are several former pro cyclists on board, such as Christophe Agnolutto – winner of the Tour de Suisse and stage winner of the Tour de France, alongside Geoffroy Lequatre (ex Cofidis, Radio Shack…). Former French rugby players Sébastian Viars and Stéphane Ougier will also fight to become finishers of the 2012 TriStar111 Monaco.
For the second year TriStar111 Monaco will be raced by the Champions for Peace team, representing the Peace and Sport organization, which has partnered with TriStar Monaco ‘promoting the practice of structured sport and sporting values to educate young generations and help foster social stability, reconciliation and dialogue between communities.’
Star Events, the company behind the international TriStar series, proposes triathlon also as a team-sport accessible for everyone, with the participants having the opportunity to discover triathlon in a new eco-friendly and charity driven way.
TriStar111 Monaco’s 1K swim takes place in the Larvotto Bay, just off the Larvotto Beach in the Southeast of the Principality. The 100K bike leg will take athletes out of Monaco heading to Roquebrune and up the steep mountains of the hinterland. Breathtaking views and picturesque villages of the bike ride have always been a centrepiece of the triathlon in Monaco. The 10K run will be accomplished in two and a half loops on the world famous Formula 1 circuit featuring the Tunnel, the Port, the Gardens of the Casino and the hairpin bend.
