Challenge Forte Village Middle Distance

Challenge Forte Village Middle Distance

Transition opens at 06:45 and closes at 07:30. Pro men start at 08:00, pro women at 08:02, age-group men at 08:05 and age-group women at 08:07. The swim is a single 1,900-metre lap in the sea in front of the resort. The bike is a single 90-kilometre lap that the organiser describes as entirely closed to traffic, through the municipalities of Pula, Domus De Maria, Teulada and Sant’Anna Arresi, so there is no lap counting on the bike.

The run is two laps of 10.5 kilometres along the coastal road at Cala d’Ostia. The organiser expects the first athletes in around 11:50 and the last by 16:15, with bike check-out from 13:30 and the award ceremony at 17:30. The race briefing, in Italian and English, is at 14:00 on Saturday, and bike check-in runs from 15:00 to 19:00 that day. The middle distance is listed as an official qualifier for The Championship.

On Livebib the athlete shares a link to their own broadcast. Family and friends open it in a browser, with no account or app, and see the position on the course line, distance covered and a finish estimate that updates through the day. On a single 90-kilometre bike lap away from the resort, that is how those at home know where the athlete is. Where the phone loses signal, the position is carried forward along the course and marked as estimated.