How to register for the 2023 European Aquabike Championships

The 2023 European Aquabike Championships will be held in Menen (Belgium) on August 27^th. And this is definitely a race to look forward for aquabike athletes, as the organizers are obviously paying much more attention to aquabike athletes as in previous World or European Championship races.

If you would like to compete in the Europeans but have not yet raced in an international championship race before, you might not be aware of how to register for it. Because the registrations for those events are processed through the national federations – and this is a bit different in every country. In this article we collected information about the top 15 European countries in the Aquabike.World country ranking about the registration process but also about the deadlines which are coming up pretty soon in some countries.

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Bike Course & Finish at the 2023 European Aquabike Championships

You might think it´s a bit exaggerating to write an article about the finish of an aquabike race. Well, after repeated issues with the location of the finish line in recent championships, most of all the disaster at the World Championships in Ibiza a few weeks ago, I think it´s well worth to take a closer look about this in future events.

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New #1 in Men´s Aquabike.World Ranking

The Long Distance World Championship in Ibiza was the biggest aquabike race since the 2019 World Championships in Pontevedra. Not only because of the big number of starters, but also because of the quite demanding course there were big points to grab for the best athletes in the race (read more about how points are calculated). So it´s no surprise that we saw big changes in the Aquabike.World Ranking after the race. All athletes inside the top 10 were competing in Ibiza. But it´s not the new World Champion who is now holding the top spot in the rankings.

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2023 Aquabike World Championships Ibiza Race Report

186 male and 127 female athletes finished the Long Distance Aquabike Championships last Sunday in Ibiza. After smaller fields of starters in the previous editions this was the biggest aquabike race since the 2019 World Championships in Pontevedra (where they will again be held in 2025). After the 3 km swim athletes had to tackle a quite demanding 116 km bike course under perfect weather conditions – except maybe for the wind which certainly didn´t make the bike leg easier. The race was perfectly organized – apart from one little (or maybe not so little) thing. But more about that a bit later…

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2023 Aquabike World Champoinships Ibiza Race Preview

In most parts of North America and Europe the Triathlon and Aquabike racing season has not started yet. For many athletes it will start with the biggest race of the season. After the Multisport World Championships had to be split up to several events the last two years, there will be a fully packed racing programme this week in Ibiza with Duathlon, Aquathlon, Cross Triathlon and Duathlon, Mixed Relay and the Grande Finale on Sunday, May 7^th – the Long Distance Triathlon and Aquabike World Championships.

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Would you rather race for money or for glory?

It might sound weird to ask this question on an aquabike website. As aquabike athlete you have some chances to race for glory at National Championships but also at European and World Championships. There is however no option to race for money. But there will be one exception in 2023.

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2022 Aquabike Review, Part V – Impressive Wins & Thrilling Races

In the last part of our 2022 Aquabike Season Review we take a look at the races with the smallest and biggest winning margins. Last year we saw some quite impressive performances with comfortable victories and also races with only a few seconds between first and second place. We show you the closest and clearest wins in aquabike races in 2022.

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2022 Aquabike Review, Part IV – The biggest races

Which aquabike races had the most finishers in 2022? It´s not a big surprise that the World, European and US National Championships are the aquabike races which attract the most athletes. But there are also some other events all around the world with a significant number of aquabikers competing. It´s great to see that not only the number of events is growing continuosly. Also the size of some races show how fast this multisport discipline is growing.

So let´s take a closer look…

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2022 Aquabike Review, Part III – most active & most successful Athletes

In todays review of the 2022 aquabike season we take a look at the most active and most successful aquabike athletes of the year. With a much bigger choice of races it´s not a surprise that the athletes with the most races and also with the most wins in 2022 came from the United States and Great Britain. The athletes who raced the most in terms of racing distance however do not come from any of those countries.

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2022 Aquabike Season Review, Part II – Some Statistics

In 2022 we had 871 aquabike races taking place worldwide. The biggest number – not very surprising – in the United States, with a total number of 542 races (83 more than in 2021). We had 127 races in the UK (+22), 61 in Canada (+48), 42 in Australia (+13), 24 in New Zealand (+8) and 15 in Spain (+10). As pleasant as those growing numbers are you should keep in mind that in 2021 the racing season still was a bit shortened due to covid restrictions. This is especially the case in Canada where the 2021 racing season started pretty late.

A total number of 7365 athletes finished an aquabike race. That´s 34% more than in 2021. The share of participating men and women didn´t change much. With 55,8% male aquabike finishers we had a slight shift towards the male side here (55,6 % in 2021). The explanation is probably that we had quite a few new aquabike races in countries where the share of male aquabikers is much bigger in general, which is especially the case in southern and eastern Europe. In the following chart you can see the different distribution in agegroup of male and female athletes.

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