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The inaugural edition of the TriStar Cannes was a great experience for over 1,000 athletes. The winners of this ‘movie triathlon’ in one of the most important European Cinema capital were two French ‘actors’: Guillaume and Pelletier, the great protagonist of the day. The swim start was cancelled by the marshals because of high waves for security reasons. So triathletes started the race from the swim exit. 


Romain Guillaume takes the win in the first TriStar111 Cannes (3:31:03) in a very challenging bike course. Daniel Fontan, one of the best Italian long distance athletes placed second (3:33:32). Swiss Olivier Marceau, winner of three TriStar races (Monaco, Mallorca and Nevis) fighted hard trying to overtake Fontana, but the Italian  pushed hard on the run and keeped the second position. Guillaume, second in TriStar Lyon 2011, showed a big smile after this important day. “It was my first victory ever as a profesional. I felt great since the begining of the race, beside Fontana. At the first hills I realized that I should ride faster to beat him. I pushed during the downhill and got more tan 4 minutes! After the second transition I tried to maintain the advantage running. I was very confident, and now I can only say thanks to all the supporters and to this organization; I love this format”.


In the women’s field, Delphine Pelletier (FRA) won for the inaugural edition of TriStar Cannes in the female category (4:00:07) before Austrian Lisa Hütthaler and Jeanne Collonge (FRA). It was a very exciting race with a great final sprint between Hütthaler and Collonge. “The cycling segment was quite tough and beautiful with some technical descents and hard ascents. It’s a great pleasure to win in Cannes!” said Pelletier, exhausted from the effort.

Overall, the TriStar111 race featuring unique distances was well received for the first time in Cannes in the Côte D’Azur.

Italian Rodolphe Jr Von Berg and French Marjory achieved the victory on the TriStar55.5 Cannes.

CELEBRITIES
When there is a triathlon close to Monaco, the famous Formula 1 drivers cannot be absent. The fastest pilots today were Alex Wurz who ranked 33th with 2:12:55 in the TriStar55.5 and Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi who finished 50th with 2:18:53. Jenson Button finally decided not to start the TriStar111 race.

Actor and driver Paul Belmondo, the TriStar Cannes Ambassador (314th overall) finished in 4:43:09 and achieved his goal: finish under 5 hours. Formula 1 driver Nico Rosberg participated as a member of a team relay.

All the results and photos can be found at www.tristarlive.com and tristarcannes.com

Live Rankings and full results, Leaderboards, Updates and images on www.TriStarLive.com and www.tristarcannes.com

TheTriStar label is presented by Star Events, a Monaco based company specializing in organizing high quality sports events that are focused on fun, social responsibility and environmental protection. The TriStar Series has grown to 27 races in these 14 destinations in less than three years: Nevis (St.Kitts and Nevis), Mallorca and Madrid (Spain), Lyon, Deauville and Cannes (France), Split (Croatia), Worms-Germany (Germany), Salzkammergut and Kufstein (Austria), Milton Keynes (United Kingdom), Estonia-Otepää (Estonia), Minnesota (USA), Monaco (Monaco). TriStar has introduced new distances to the sport of triathlon (A/N: 111km and 222km), officially recognized by ITU, as well as a brand new Team Racing ConceptT5. More Info: www.tristarseries.com and www.star-events.cc

Photos for media: ©Tinefoto.com
Gillaume, the winner of the TriStar111 Cannes
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Pelletier, female winner of the TriStar111 Cannes
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More pictures for press
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TriStar Cannes (TriStar111 and TriStar55.5)
www.tristarcannes.com

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The Run course of TriStar Cannes will take athletes out to the city centre of Cannes. Enjoy one of the most beautifull run race courses of all the International TriStar Series.

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Guillaume Romain (FRA) is leading the bike leg at the 18km, with some other triathletes pretty close to him! #tristarcannes

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Environmental Care:

As an athlete you have to take care of your body every day. As a triathlete you enjoy yourself swimming in clear waters, cycling across lush countryside and running while breathing fresh air. That's why Star Events pledges to protect the environment in partnership with the 4vita Foundation.Take care of nature as you would your body. You want to benefit from it all your life!

4vita is the environmental plan which includes environmental and health actions during each Star Events race.

4Vita at TriStar Cannes

In collaboration with Cannes town council, the 4vita waste disposal plan: Ensure that all waste is accounted for through the collection mangagement schem. That all athletes are aware of the importance of the Eco-Zones and do away with their waste there and only there.

4vita support the "Bouchons d'Amour" foundation which helps gather and collect plastic bottle-tops, by collecting funds, to help handicapped athletes.

4vita.org

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Performance Nutrition team Relay team. This team will also do TriStar Deauville and TriStar Monaco. Thanks!!!

BIB R13

Benjamin Sanson : SWIM
Meilleur performeur à l’IRONMAN France en 2011
1er swim à l’IRONMAN Hawaï en 2009
3ème à l’IRONMAN Brésil en 2009

Christophe Agnolutto : BIKE
Vainqueur à une étape du Tour de France en 2000
Vainqueur du Tour de Suisse en 2001
A participé à 7 Tour de France

Mickael Damian : RUN
Demi-finaliste aux Jeux Olympiques d’Atlanta 1500m
Recordman 1500m
3ème au Championnat de France Cross Tour

Written by Daniel Quintero | 29.04.2012 @ 09:31

The start from the beach was cancelled by the Marshals because of high waves, for security reasons #TriStarCannes

All the athletes started running from the exit of the swim area and went running to the Transition 1 to start the bike leg.

Written by Daniel Quintero | 29.04.2012 @ 08:55

TriStar has a slight focus on the bike section of each race, which is quite obvious when looking at the breakdown of the distances. Additionally, all races try to feature special bike layouts that remain in people's heads.

TriStar Cannes Bike Course is specially demanding and tough!

Here's the bike map:

And the corresponding profile:

Written by Daniel Quintero | 29.04.2012 @ 08:17

Tha participants start at 8:30 rom the water with the pros ahead - they wear differently colored swimcaps so they are easier to distinguish. It's a swim around 3 buoys before the athletes can exit the water. 1000m for the TriStar111 athletes and half the distance for the 55.5, with the same start and exit areas.

TriStar 55.5 will start at 11:00 only, so there's enough time to cheer on the 111 athletes in the meantime! Here's the 55.5 map:

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You could follow us on Twitter (@TriStarLive and @Stareventsintl). If you want to show your feedback please feel free to use the hashtag #tristarcannes

thanks and Good luck athletes and supporters!

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It's raining here in Cannes after a quiet night - athletes went to bed earlier than usual, and have gotten up earlier than usual, too. Well, not as early as in other races most probably, that's thanks to shorter distances in TriStar! :-)

The bike park is opened for the 111 athletes, and they will pump their tyres, prepare the bikes and get ready for the race while wishing each other a good day.

We're looking forward to an exciting race with the impressive start list we'll have, and it will certainly be an exciting day, also here on TriStarLive.com. Thanks for being here!

Written by Daniel Quintero | 28.04.2012 @ 20:14

Swimming:

The start to the swimming at 8:30 on the "Quai Laubeuf" beach Cannes for 1 km lap. Group start on the beach (with the PROs ahead). Water temperarture varies between 15 and 20 degrees Celsius on race day. Wetsuits are allowed if the temperarture is below 24ºC. The final decision will be taken by the marshalls on the morning of the race

Transition 1. Swimming/Cycling

After leaving the water on the Quai Laubeauf beach you have to get to the transition area installed on the Pantiero Square, pick up your bike bag (red) then you change in the transition tenth. Then, off to the bike park to get your bike and leave on the North-East side.

Cycling 100 km

The cycling route starts on the infamous Croisette of Cannes on the way to Grasse. The serious stuff starts next on the splendid inland roads with the ascent of "Cabris-St Vallier" and of "Tanneron" in particular before riding bak to Cannes.

Running 10 km

Running takes place over 2 laps on the famous "Croisette" of Cannes! From the Festival Hall to Palm Beach, you will take advantage of the most famous avenue of the "Côte d'Azur" in the steps of the celebrities of the Film Festival! The complete running course is open to supporters!!!

Transition 2 Cycling / Running

After 100 km of cycling, lay your bike down in the bike park, retrieve your Running bag (green) in the transition area and go and change under the transition tenth. When leaving the tenth, put your bag in the Drop-Off area. You can start your last challenge: the 10 km of running

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TriStar Cannes is a great sports gathering. One of the corner stones of the Star Events organisation is Social Responsability. "Sport plays a part in each of our lives!". That's why, TriStar Cannres in partnership with the Peace and Sports Foundation strives to promote organized sport and its values, as a tool for educating the up and coming generations, as a vector of social stability, of gathering and binding between communities.

Available at the Star&Co Village, the TriStar-Peace and Sport encourages you, your friends and family to make a difference to someone's life. Look out for the Peace and Sport team or come and meet them on the information stand to take part in the various events offered by the Foundation. Thank you!!!

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Manuela Garelli, Race Director
“This is a unique format, in a unique place, for a unique race. TriStar111 Cannes offers all athletes its traditional triathlon: 1 km of swimming in the crystal waters of the Mediterranean, followed by breathtaking cycling through picturesque villages and on top of all, a running course of 10 km in the center of Cannes arriving at the steps of the Festival Hall. Welcome to Cannes to all the athletes and organizers and thanks in advance for a great day tomorrow.”
Laurent Gauthier, President of Star Events (organizer)
“We are so glad to organize this great race in one of the best destinations in France. Cannes, Deauville and Lyon are three of the TriStar events with most participants. Local and international triathletes definitely know what TriStar stands for and that they will have a high quality event organized for them. Everyone will feel like a pro athlete.”
Olivier Marceau (SWI), World Champion, olympic and three times TriStar winner
"I’m looking forward to racing ‘at home’ tomorrow. I perfectly know these roads, these streets and I would like to ride and run fast to try to keep the victory at home. It’s going to be very tough as the bike course is demanding and the start list is full of great athletes.”
Daniel Fontana (ITA), Olympic and 8:18:00 Ironman competitor
“My background is similar to the one of Marceau as I also came from the Olympic distance and I feel that this format suits me perfectly. I don’t know the bike course, I only saw the maps on the internet and it looks very tough. The bike is going to be the key factor for sure to fight for the podium tomorrow.”
Adeline Rausis (SUI), pro triathlete
“I have planned to participate in some other TriStar races this year (Lyon, Deauville and Monaco). I really like the format and these races are perfect to compete, to train and to get an extra motivation to keep practicing triathlon.”
Paul Belmondo, former pro athlete, professional driver and TriStar Ambassador
“As an official TriStar Ambassador I can’t wait to start racing tomorrow in Cannes. I train here a lot, and I will try to finish under 5 hours… Hope the forecast is wrong and we will see the sun tomorrow and enjoy Cannes this international triathlon”.
Lucas Di Grassi (BRA), F1 driver
“I have already participated in a TriStar race in Monaco in 2010, and then triathlon became my hobby. I love the way TriStar is organizing sport events this is why we merged forces and we started up Star Events South America, based in Brazil. Together we created a good team which will announce a TriStar111 in Brazil for 2012 this season very shortly. I cannot compete with the PRO athletes I’m just here to have fun, to practice a lovely sport as a good way to stay fit for the Formula 1 and to share this experience and great moments with some friends.”
Stéphane Diagana (FRA) former pro athlete and Olympic gold medallist:
“I’m part of a Relay Team, I will swim 1 km –my first time in the sea!– and then my mates will finish the race. We will cross the finish line together. I’m so excited, and I will try to do my best and have a really nice day!”

Live Rankings and full results, Leaderboards, Updates and images on www.TriStarLive.com

TheTriStar label is presented by Star Events, a Monaco based company specializing in organizing high quality sports events that are focused on fun, social responsibility and environmental protection. The TriStar Series has grown to 27 races in these 14 destinations in less than three years: Nevis (St.Kitts and Nevis), Mallorca and Madrid (Spain), Lyon, Deauville and Cannes (France), Split (Croatia), Worms-Germany (Germany), Salzkammergut and Kufstein (Austria), Milton Keynes (United Kingdom), Estonia-Otepää (Estonia), Minnesota (USA), Monaco (Monaco). TriStar has introduced new distances to the sport of triathlon (A/N: 111km and 222km), officially recognized by ITU, as well as a brand new Team Racing ConceptT5. More Info: www.tristarseries.com and www.star-events.cc

Written by Daniel Quintero | 28.04.2012 @ 15:25

Cannes is ready to host the inaugural edition of the TriStar55.5 and TriStar111 Cannes formats on Sunday, April 29th, 2012, with 1,100 triathletes already registered. The start for the swimming is tomorrow at 8:30 on the “Qaui Laubeuf” beach. It will be a very interesting triathlon race because of its fun and easy recovery format and because of the impressive PRO start list in one of the best spots to start the European season this year: François Chabaud (FRA), Hervé Faure (FRA), Olivier Marceau (SUI), Daniel Fontana (ITA), Joe Skipper (GBR),  Jeanne Collonge (FRA) Delphine Pelletier (FRA), Simone Friis (DEN), Adeline Rausis (SUI) or Gabriella Zelinka (HUN) will participate tomorrow. There is also a great number of VIPs and former pro athletes from other sports enjoying this race as participants. Formula 1 drivers such as the Brit Jenson Button, Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi or Austrian Alex Wurz, and VIPs and former pro athletes as Paul Belmondo or Stéphane Diagana…

This exciting new international event in the Côte D’Azur has been officially presented today at the Radisson Hotel.

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Stay tuned, soon you could see the full TriStar photo shooting with Till Schramm, new TriStar Ambassador... really nice and fun!!! Here you are a short preview of the 'making off' of the photo session with the great tinefoto.com

Written by Daniel Quintero | 28.04.2012 @ 09:52

We are setting up all the stuff for the TriStar Cannes Official Press Conference at the Radisson Hotel&Thalasso Cannes, starting at 11:00! Some of the best professionals will be here! With Tinefoto.com we are doing some nice photo shooting these days ;) Stay tuned and soon you can preview the "Making off"

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German Pro Athlete Till Schramm becomes new TriStar Ambassador! Welcome on board! We love fun and sporty people like you, good mood, energy and triathlon style!

Written by Daniel Quintero | 27.04.2012 @ 15:13

Located on the Côte d'Azur, Cannes is a very dynamic and attractive town for its cultural life and its touristic side. It is also the venue of one of the most famous international festivals; and actually, Cannes itself could be described as "giant cinema scenery". TriStar Cannes is positioned at the top of the European calendar for 2012, and brings a unique opportunity to start the season in France offering athletes and their families the possibility to enjoy this little paradise on the Mediterranean coast. Fun is guaranteed and triathletes can show their qualities in the same streets as those walked by the actors during the Cannes Film Festival.

Written by Daniel Quintero | 27.04.2012 @ 12:47

Paul Belmondo is going to race TriStar111 Cannes on Sunday, and welcomes all the athletes to Cannes! Belmondo is one of the official TriStar Ambassador

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Welcome to the inaugural edition of the TriStar Cannes2012! The next live Event covered on TriStarLive.com will be TriStar Cannes this weekend!

We're looking forward to welcoming you back on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for rankings, times, results, live updates, videos, photos...

Enjoy the race, have fun!

PS: This impressive destinatino is waiting for you, triathlete! ;)

Written by Daniel Quintero | 27.04.2012 @ 00:00

Following the success of the TriStar series in France in 2011 and the massive participation of professional and amateur athletes, the TriStar Cannes comes this year as the major event of the start of the season, and will be held on Sunday 29th from 8:30 AM
1 km long swimming part takes place on the beach in the quay Laubeuf in Cannes. The loop of 100 km bike ride starts on the Croisette and takes competitors to Grasse and rugged mountains of the hinterland. The breathtaking views and picturesque villages of the bike ride are some of the highlights of this triathlon in Cannes. The 10 km running part is made of two loops round trip on the well-known promenade Croisette, starting from the famous Palais des Festivals going to Palm Beach and will lead participants to the Finishline located on the Esplanade de La Pantiero.

And the Nominees are:
Among the favorites for victory, there are many French athletes belonging to the world's top in long distance. The French contingent will be represented among others by François Chabaud and Hervé Faure, respectively second at Ironman France and winner of last year’s Embrunman. The Franco-Swiss Olivier Marceau, already a triple-winner in TriStar races (Monaco in 2010, Mallorca in 2011 and Nevis in 2012), will surely excel on the track he knows by heart, living currently on Côte d’Azur. The foreign forces, including Daniel Fontana (ITA) and Joe Skipper (GBR), will also want to have a say at the second TriStar in European season that already promises an exciting show!

As for women, the suspense will be just as intense: will it be one of the French triathletes Jeanne Collonge or Delphine Pelletier, the Danish Simone Friis, the Swiss triathlete Adeline Rausis, or the Hungarian  Gabriella Zelinka that will be able to win this inaugural TriStar Cannes? Looking at the relays, two French professional triathletes Alexandra Louison and Charlotte Morel will be fighting for a victory in the mixed relays category.

A MOVIE TRIATHLON! VIPs and F1 drivers
As the red carpet suggests, many celebrities will be present to open the first TriStar Cannes. Among them, Paul Belmondo, patron of the event, well used to the 111 distance, who has already raced TriStar111 Monaco twice and TriStar Nevis at the very beginning of this year’s season. Stéphane Diagana, one of the most charismatic French athletes of his generation will be on the start line and goes straight for the king distance, since the former World Champion in 400m hurdles chose to go for the 111 kilometers. Several racing drivers will also participate in the 29 April race on the Croisette. The former world champion Jenson Button (Great Britain), Lucas Di Grassi (Brazil) and Alexander Wurz (Austria) will be ready to fight amidst of thousand participants of the event.

Live Rankings and full results, Leaderboards, Updates and images on www.TriStarLive.com

TheTriStar label is presented by Star Events, a Monaco based company specializing in organizing high quality sports events that are focused on fun, social responsibility and environmental protection. The TriStar Series has grown to 27 races in these 14 destinations in less than three years: Nevis (St.Kitts and Nevis), Mallorca and Madrid (Spain), Lyon, Deauville and Cannes (France), Split (Croatia), Worms-Germany (Germany), Salzkammergut and Kufstein (Austria), Milton Keynes (United Kingdom), Estonia-Otepää (Estonia), Minnesota (USA), Monaco (Monaco). TriStar has introduced new distances to the sport of triathlon (A/N: 111km and 222km), officially recognized by ITU, as well as a brand new Team Racing ConceptT5. More Info: www.tristarseries.com and www.star-events.cc

Written by Daniel Quintero | 13.04.2012 @ 21:10

It's time to venture a look at the upcoming days and what will be happening here on TriStarLive.com. We are based in La Croissette in Cannes!!! Come and visit us ;)

Tomorrow Saturday...

The first edition of the Akileïne Escarpins Tour starts at 14:00, you could register from 12:00 at the Star&Co Expo. Star Events together with Sports Akileïne will launch in France a new spirit in the running world by organising races of women in heels!

From 15-18h00, the bikes and bags check in will take place, while the Star&CO Village will be open from 9-19h00.

We'll try to follow through the day's events and keep you updated throughout Sunday.

On Sunday...

The races will start from 8h30 (111 individuals)... and we'll cover the race online. There will be:

• Live RANKINGS and LEADERBOARDS straight from our TIMING
• TWEETS from the spotters with info on leaders
• PHOTOS from our official photographer and from our mobile phones ;)
• Some short video clips of some of the day's highlights.

Click here for the entire schedule of events at TriStar Cannes

Looking forward to having you here on TriStarLive.com, and thanks for your help spreading the message and the link to this website.

Yes, you can! ;)