Category: Bundesliga

This weekend the Bundesliga season will kick off in the familiar location of Kraichgau. Unlike last season, in which the funky 2+2 format was on offer as the teams tackle the “2+2 format“, this edition of the race will be a normal Sprint distance affair with an 800m swim, 20km bike and 5km run. Although several top names will instead race at WTCS Cagliari, a good start list has been attracted. On paper, there is no overwhelming favourite on the team front in the women’s race, although there are several…

The first race of the 2024 Bundesliga season is now less than two months away. Before the first division teams descend upon Kraichgau, though, there has been plenty of action in the transfer window. More than perhaps any year in recent memory, this winter truly has been a “silly season” of switches like no other. Among the biggest recent announcements was that David Cantero del Campo has signed to race for Köln. Cantero dramatically out-kicked Lasse Nygaard Priester on his way to victory at the Valencia World Cup last September.…

WTCS medallist Annika Koch has found her new home in the Bundesliga. After her previous team, women’s champions EJOT-Team TV Buschhütten, folded at the end of the 2023 season, Koch was forced to search for a new team. She had ended the 2023 campaign on a high having won the final round in Hannover. It has now been revealed that Koch will be starting for triathlon.one Witten this year. Although they enjoyed a difficult season last year, Witten have previously contended for the overall podium in the series. Koch brings race-winning…

While other teams have focused on bolstering their ranks through recruitment drives, two Bundesliga teams will be merging ahead of the upcoming season. Karlsruhe Lemminge finished 12th overall in the women’s series. The team were promoted after the 2022 season and had a successful first year in the top division. In the men’s competition, Sportunion Neckarsulm took 6th place. Heading into the final round, Neckarsulm sat in 4th place. However, a sub-optimal day at the last round in Hannover saw them drop two places. While Karlsruhe did not have a…

The men’s 2023 European champion will be suiting up in the colours of Absolute Teamsport KTT 01 in next season’s Bundesliga. David Castro Fajardo, the gold medallist at the European Championships in Madrid, has been revealed as the latest signing of the KTT 01 men’s team. The winner of the World Cup in Huatulco this year and the World Cup in Vina del Mar in 2022, Castro brings a wealth of experience to the team. More pertinently, he also instantly provides a race-winning threat to the KTT 01 squad. With…

The schedule for the first division in the 2024 Bundesliga is starting to take shape. The competition will kick off in Kraichgau on 25th May, marking the ninth time that a stop has been held at the venue. Tübingen will also return after hosting a successful round in 2023. Next year it will welcome the teams on 21st July and the event will represent the seventh time Tübingen has appeared on the circuit.   The timing may prevent any of Germany’s Olympic qualifiers from racing in Tübingen seeing as the Games will…

Mey Post-SV Tübingen have announced that they will be pulling out of the women’s Bundesliga next season. In 2023, the team finished 8th overall having claimed 7th place in both 2021 and 2022. In that time, athletes like Pia Wolf, Alina Würth and Greta Groten have became consistent performers for the team. Going forward, however, they will have to look for a new outfit. Tübingen thus becomes the second team to withdraw from next year’s first division. In a previous major shock the defending men’s and women’s champions, EJOT Team…

Fresh off their double triumph in the 2023 Bundesliga, EJOT Team TV Buschhütten have sent a shockwave though German triathlon. Effective immediately, they have disbanded their men’s and women’s Bundesliga teams. In addition, the Buschhütten Triathlon will be discontinued For almost 35 years, Buschhütten has been a hot-bed of triathlon in the country. However, the news comes on the back of the retirements of Rainer and Sabine Jung. The pair were instrumental in the rise and prolonged success of Buschhütten. The remaining executive board decided on the new course for…