site.btaEl Tepe Cup Roller Ski Competition Draws 100 Athletes to Bansko

The international El Tepe Cup roller ski competition in Bansko has drawn 100 athletes from Bulgaria and eight other countries.

The two-day event is organized by El Tepe Ski Club, the Bulgarian Ski Federation and Bansko Municipality, with the support of Pirin National Park and Yulen AD.

The opening day featured a classical-style mass-start uphill race from Bansko to Shiligarnika.

Viktoria Todorova of Uzana 2007 and Emil Karanov of Panichishte 2009 won the girls' and boys' U12 events, respectively. Iliyan Cholakov of Rilski Skior and Spasimira Shopova of El Tepe took the boys' and girls' U14 titles.

Angelina Erol and Angel Mandaliev, both of Triton Extreme, won the girls' and boys' U16 races, while Maria Hinkova of Bansko and Petar Belokapov of Alexander Logistic topped the women's and men's U18 categories.

Spain's Luca Garcia Zoroquiain won the men's race.

Competition continues on Wednesday at Banderishka Polyana from 10 a.m., with an interval-start freestyle race.