Preliminary Startlists for Challenge Dubai 2015 (February 27th)

Here’s a look at the preliminary startlists for Challenge Dubai (also showing how the participants did in Challenge Bahrain last December). Dubai has a prize purse of $300.000 paying ten deep, with each winner earning $65.000.

Update Feb21st: Unfortunately, there were a few withdrawals from the race – most notably Andreas Dreitz, Jan Frodeno and Mel Hauschildt. But there are also some interesting additions to the field, such as Ivan Rana, Richie Cunningham or Will Clarke.

Male Race Participants

There are quite a lot of notable additions to the Bahrain field, among them are Javier Gomez, Jan Frodeno (who was a DNS last December), Terenzo Bozzone, Luke McKenzie, Andy Potts, and Bart Aeronauts. From the Bahrain Top 10 only Tim Don, Jeff Symonds and Luke Bell are not returning – probably Dubai does not fit well into their season planning.

Female Race Participants

As for the men, there are great additions to the Bahrain field, Daniela Ryf, Yvonne Van Vlerken, Leanda Cave, Michelle Vesterby, Heather Wurtele, Anja Beranek , Eva Wutti and Svenja Bazlen are some of the added contenders for one of the money spots. From the Bahrain Top 10 Rachel Joyce, Angela Naeth, and Jodie Stimpson are not returning.