7/11/2019 Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon
We are very proud of a well done job. As Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith of the famous TV series "A Team" said
 

"I love it when the plans go well "

As it turns out, we have been collaborating with the Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon for 4 years, organizing and setting up more than 120 road bikes especially for triathlon for all the Win4Youth man and woman of the Adecco Group Foundation.

In case you didn't know, Win4Youth Adecco Group Foundation is the main sponsor of the Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon. Each year, a group of 70 Win4Youth Ambassadors are selected to face a sports challenge, the ambassadors come from different countries, and different brands within the Adecco Group, different sports backgrounds and different positions within the company; A great team that form the Adecco Group family.





On Saturday, October 26, after 5 months of training, 73 man and woman from all over the world from the Adecco Group Win4Youth program challenged themselves to complete a full Olympic triathlon.

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

We would like to thank all the athletes, and especially the Win4Youth program of the Adecco Group for trusting us. It was a great challenge for us to have all the bicycles ready. In total more than 120 special road bikes for the Triathlon, a great job by our technicians.

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

It should be noted that in the tent that we set up at the event, promoting the other great competition we organize, La Travesía Museo Atlántico, we were accompanied by the great Belgian cyclist Jonas Van de Steene, winner of a bronze medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio.

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

How was the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon?

On Saturday At 9:00, the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon was launched with the start of the swimming segment for the triathletes who faced the Half Distance. First the man and moments later the woman. The news that was coming from the sea was not very encouraging, a jellyfish plague forced several triathletes to abandon for bites, while the organization acted quickly and modified the departure of the rest of the categories using the auxiliary route prepared in the safety plan of the competition.

Nearly 700 participants went out to compete in a test where the absence of wind in Puerto del Carmen was linked to very different wind conditions in the cycling sector, to the calima, to the  humidity sensation and some gust of rain to give as a result a very complicated, competitive, hard and different test.

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

The last to leave were the first to reach the finish. It was the group of participants of the Super Sprint category, who faced 400 meters of swimming, 10 kilometers of bicycle and 2.5 kilometers running. Before left the Olympic category with 1.5 kilometers swimming, 45 kilometers biking and 10 kilometers running, while the first, and last to arrive, were participants of the half triathlon, with 1,9 kilometers swimming, 90 kilometers by bicycle and 21 kilometers running.

The step-by-step start allowed the arrival to be almost joint, intermingling athletes of all categories, ages and conditions, with Puerto del Carmen having an impressive sport life throughout the morning and part of the afternoon.

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

Papagayo Bike and the X Ocean Lava Win4Youth Lanzarote Triathlon

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