The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has confirmed the outline race schedule for Junior triathletes in 2013. The ETU notes that this remains a provisional list at this stage; but it is anticipated there will be 10 ETU Junior European Cups in addition to the ETU Junior European Championships in 2013.
Some of the Junior events will be held in conjunction with an ITU European Cup Elite race. Here, Turkey is a popular destination for the circuit with events in Antalya, Istanbul and Alanya (European Championships), alongside Tiszaujvaros in Hungary. The Tiszaujvaros event will be in a semi-final/final format as it was previously.
Amongst old favourites such as Antalya, Brno and Tabor, there are several new and exciting locations for Junior athletes.
Vierzon (FRA) and Eton Dorney (GBR), the 2012 Olympic rowing venue, will host an International race for the first time; and the ETU will return to Athlone (IRL) for the first time in three years.
The first confirmed Junior Cup of 2013 will be in Antalya, Turkey, on the weekend of 27-28 April. The inaugural race in Vierzon is scheduled for the weekend of 11-12 May before the calendar returns to Brno in the Czech Republic for the first time since 2011 on 25 May 2013.
A week after the European Championships in Alanya, Kupiskis in Lithuania will once again host a European Cup in the Baltics on the weekend of 22-23 June.
Athlone will host its first ETU Junior European Cup on 6 July, the first race here since the 2010 European Championships; it has previously hosted two Elite European Cups in 2008 and 2009.
Tabor (CZE) will host its fourth Junior European Cup in a row on 28 July.
Then, in a packed August schedule, there will be further Junior European Cups in Istanbul, Turkey, (3-4 August); Tiszaujvaros, Hungary (10-11 August); and Eton Dorney (31 August).
Eton Dorney was the 2012 Olympic rowing venue and has hosted many domestic triathlon events in Great Britain. This will be the first time the course will have hosted an International European Cup.
The full list of ETU Junior European Cups are available on the Events page of the ETU website.
The ETU would like to stress that this remains a provisional list and further confirmation will be issued in due course.
