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The Kraichgau Triathlon, a popular triathlon festival set on the home turf of legendary triathlete Thomas Hellriegel, has become the latest event to join the Challenge family, organizers announced this week. The event, set in the gorgeous Baden-Wurttemberg region of southern Germany, just celebrated its fourth running on 8 June with Aussies Chris McCormack and Belinda Granger taking out the middle distance events in their run up to racing at the Quelle Challenge Roth.

The race will cover a 1.9km/90km/21km course. Race day will be June 14, 2009, giving athletes preparing for the Quelle Challenge Roth a great opportunity to test their training before the race in Roth on July 12, 2009.

Race director Stefan Hellriegel said joining TEAMChallenge was a natural for his event, which is all about the passion of triathlon - a passion for the sport he shares with TEAMChallenge.

"Nearly everyone in our team has raced in Roth many times - and when we were not racing, we were standing on the race course as spectators," Hellriegel said. "Roth was always a special triathlon experience for us - whether as participants or spectators. It was the race that brought this sport to Europe and its tremendous success helped shape triathlon here.

"The Challenge in Roth is a triathlon of the heart. It was in this spirit that we organized the Kraichgau Triathlon," he said. "We were inspired not only by their organization but also by the spirit of the race."

As the Challenge organization sought a middle-distance race that could serve as a good preparation race within Germany, it was a natural choice to look to Kraichgau, said Roth race director Felix Walchshofer. "We think that the spirit of Kraichgau fits very well together with us."

There's more information about the Sparkasse Challenge Kraichgau here: www.challenge-kraichgau.com.