A thousand athletes gathered last weekend in Ametlla to participate in the fifth edition of the Tuna Race Balfegó, despite the changing weather conditions, which had occupied the organization looking for alternative formulas, although ultimately only affect the holding of the Triathlon, which became duathlon to annul the test swim in the open sea. A half marathon, one attends 10k, Olympic distance duathlon and sprint revolved around the competition in, única prova en territori espanyol per realitzar la sortida des de la mar (tant en la de 2500m com en la de 5000m).
2.5 Km i 5 Km a mar obert
Tant en la prova d’aigües obertes com en la duatló es van donar cita reconeguts esportistes de l’esport espanyol. Així doncs en natació, Adrián González (0:53:43), Pol Gil (0:53:44) i Jordi Bosch (0:53:46), es van fer amb el podi masculí a la cursa de 5 Km. Els primers participants locals van ser Rafel Martí(39), Albert Bardí(40) i Macià Garcia(53). A la prova femenina la primera classificada fou Aida Bertran (01:08:01), seguida de Mireia Gómez(01:08:08) i Gemma Zapater (01:16:35). A la cursa de 2500m el podi va estar format per Roger Rabassa (0:18:29), Adrián González (0:18:30) i Pol Gil (0:18:30,). Els primers locals foren Lluís Francès(38), seguit de Franc Samarra(73) i David Morillo(121). El podi femení el van completar, Aida Bertran (0:21:42), Mar Rodríguez (0:24:16) i Sabina Martínez(0:25:15). The first local women were Nerea Cervera(112) i Judith Biosca(122). As for the Double Crown, the sum of the best times in both tests, the men's podium was, Adrián González (1:12:13), Pol Gil (1:12:14) i Jordi Bosch (1:12:20), while the women were the first three places for Aida Bertran(1:29:43), Margarita Llorens veteran (1:45:54) i Almudena Prior (1:54:33).
Biathlon Sprint
The test duathlon (raised a triathlon but converted a duathlon due to rough seas), the winner was Marc Marin (01:43:44), followed by Gerard Figueres(01:44:13) i Edu Lopez (01:44:45). The first premises were David Morillo(11), Ramon José Chimeno (60) i Joan Ferri(87). In the women's podium was for Aida Fabregas (01:56:07), Ma Carmen Ballesteros (02:05:40) and Cristina Solé (02:06:24). In Sprint mode was attended by Alberto Parreño (who again took first place in the sprint category with a time of 30: 53:06), followed by Pol Gimeno (0:53:15 i Óscar Martínez (0:53:16), the Anna Flaquer (absolute winner in the female category with a time of 30:58:00) Olive ahead of Anna (01:04:19) i Helena Artacho (01:10:04).
Half Marathon 10 Km
Saturday 7 May also played Half Marathon races(21 Km) i 10 Km. In the Half Marathon podium formed José Manuel Viet(01:11:36), Francesc de Lanuza (01:12:49) and Fernando Torres (01:14:35). The first premises were Norbert Callau(26), Edgar Aliau(29) i David Morillo(46). In the women, the podi the van form Estefania Guinobart(01:27:37), La Calera Lourdes Nunez(01:34:58) i Andrea Drago (01:38:48).
To traverse 10 Km in the men won lluisma Mas (0:33:31) ahead of Sergio Solanas (0:34:44) i Juanma Martínez(0:34:45). The first premises were Jordi Martí(7), Jordi Borras(13) Sergi Coll(14). As for the women, Perez was the winner Piluka (0:46:59), Batiste ahead of Genius (0:47:46) i Leticia Elvira (0:49:08). The first premises were classified Marta Gutierrez(56), Maite Ponce(57) and Ruth Llambrich(59).