Stockholm Replaces Lausanne on the ITU World Series Calendar
Stockholm will now host the mixed relay world champs as well as the sixth round of the ITU World Series
Stockholm has replaced Lausanne on the ITU World Series Circuit after the Swiss city had to withdraw from the series due to insufficient funding.
The event will still take place on 25-26 August but will now be hosted in the Swedish capital. A total prize purse of $170,000 USD will be on offer across the two races. It’ll be the first time since 1997 that Stockholm has hosted and ITU race, and is seen as a great boost for the profile of triathlon in the Nordic region.
The revised schdule for the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series is:
April 14 – Sydney, Australia
May 11-12 – San Diego, California
May 26-27 – Madrid, Spain
June 23-24 – Kitzbuelhel, Austria
July 21-22 – Hamburg, Germany
August 25-26 – Stockholm, Sweden
September 30 – Yokohama, Japan
October 20-22 – (Grand Final) Auckland, New Zealand
Matt Baird
Editor of Cycling Plus magazine 
