Long Extends His Challenge Family World Bonus Lead and Langridge Moves Up to Top Spot

Recent racing at Challenge Kaiserwinkl-Walchsee, Challenge Vansbro and DATEV Challenge Roth powered by hep has shaken things up in the US$125k Challenge Family Pro Athlete World Bonus with the big mover, Fenella Langridge, taking the top spot in the women’s rankings after her second place in Roth. With 900 points, she has a clear lead over Sara Perez Sala who sits at 650 while Lucy Buckingham and Anne Haug, winner at Roth, are tied for third with 600. Other movers are India Lee who moves up to seventh with 500 points after her win at Challenge Vansbro, tied with Laura Siddall who moves up following her fourth at Roth.

“I love being part of the Challenge Family races… so to be at the top of the rankings is a huge privilege and I feel a lot of pride,” said Langridge.

In the men’s rankings, Sam Long has further extended his lead with his second place in Walchsee and sixth place at Roth. At 875, he is 275 points clear of Magnus Ditlev whose Roth win has catapulted him up into second place with 600. Tied for third are Reinaldo Colucci and Patrick Lange on 500 points with their respective podium finishes in Roth.

“It feels good to be well on track in accomplishing one of the main goals I set out this year – to win the World Bonus,” said Long.

Challenge Family’s World Bonus provides professional athletes with the opportunity to race for a share of a US$125,000 end-of-season bonus as well as a prize purse at the races. The World Bonus starts with the first Challenge Family / Clash event in 2022 and ends with the last race taking place in 2022.

The US$125k bonus pays five deep across both men and women with the top ranked pros taking home $25k, second will earn $16.5k and third will win $12k, fourth $6k and fifth $3k.

Full current rankings can be found here.

A/A	Athlete (M)	Points	A/A	Athlete (F)	Points
1	Sam Long	875	1	Fenella Langridge	900
2	Magnus Ditlev	600	2	Sara Perez Sala	650
3	Reinaldo Colucci	500	3	Lucy Buckingham	600
3	Patrick Lange	500	3	Anne Haug	600
5	Thomas Steger	450	5	Emma Pallant-Browne	550
6	Gustav Iden	400	6	Lucy Byram	520
6	Caleb Noble	400	7	India Lee	500
8	Richard Varga	300	7	Laura Siddall	500
8	Ognjen Stojanovic	300	9	Margie Santamaria	475
8	Bradley Weiss	300	10	Els Visser	400
11	Clemont Mignon	275	10	Lotte Wilms	400
12	Tim van Berkel	250	10	Judith Corachan	400
12	Kristian Høgenhaug	250	13	Grace Thek	390
12	Mika Noodt	250	13	Svenja Thoes	390
12	Niek Heldoorn	250	15	Ashleigh Gentle	350
12	Nicolas Mann	250	16	Amelia Watkinson	250
12	Steve McKenna	250	16	Haley Chura	250
12	Antony Costes	250	16	Dimity-Lee Duke	250
12	Aaron Royle	250	16	Diede Diederiks	250
12	Pablo Dapena	250	16	Simone Kumhofer	250
12	Frederic Funk	250	16	Rebecca Clarke	250
12	Jesper Svensson	250	22	Pamella Oliveira	200
12	Robert Kallin	250	22	Chantel Sainter	200
24	Pieter Heemeryck	220	22	Manami Iijima	200
25	Fraser Walsh	200	22	Alexandra Tondeur	200
25	Matt Hanson	200	22	Tara Grosvenor	200
25	Jason West	200	22	Paulina Koftica	200
25	Roberto Sanchez Mantećon	200	22	Sara Svensk	200
25	Mattia Ceccarelli	200	29	Sarah Schonfelder	175
25	Kristian Grue	200	29	Magda Nieuwoudt	175
25	Nicholas Free	200	31	Romina Palacio Balena	150
25	Jack Hutchens	200	31	Maja Stage-Nielsen	150
25	Sergiy Kurochkin	200	31	Marta Bernardi	150
34	Thomas Davis	190	31	Aleksandra Jedrzejewska	150
35	Youri Keulen	180	31	Jihyun Lee	150
36	Joao Ferreira	175	31	Jenny Jendryschik	150
37	Max Neumann	150	31	Claire Weller	150
37	Luciano Taccone	150	31	Maria Czesnik	150
37	Ben Kanute	150	31	Amy Cymerman	150
37	Emil Holm	150	31	Jenny Nae	150
37	Andrea Salvisberg	150	41	Julia Skala	125
37	Florin Salvisberg	150	42	Renee Kiley	100
37	Miki Taagholt	150	42	Macarena Salazar Ezquerra	100
37	Lukas Hollaus	150	42	Samantha Kingsford	100
37	Milan Brons	150	42	Elisabetta Corridori	100
37	Jihyun Lee	150	42	Nicola Spirig	100
37	Harry Palmer	150	42	Valentina D-Angeli	100
37	Kacper Stepniak	150	42	Daniela Kleiser	100
37	Panagiotis Bitados	150	42	Nicole Falcaro	100
37	Gabriel Sandor	150	42	Johanna Ahrens	100
37	Ondrej Kubo	150	42	Rachelle Botti	100
52	Chris Mintern	125	42	Shiva Leisner	100