Planet X team up with AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds

01 June, 2021

Planet X team up with AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds

Yorkshire-based bike and outdoor sport retailer, Planet X, have been announced as Official Event Partner for AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds.

Taking place in Roundhay Park on 5 and 6 June, the event will see a festival of triathlon take place across the weekend with junior, amateur and elite triathletes and paratriathletes competing in the park.

Planet X are an employee-owned company who sell a range of bike and outdoor sporting equipment and are one of the leading bike assemblers in the UK having designed the world’s first carbon fibre time-trial bar.

Part of the action on Sunday 6 June is the Yorkshire Championships, which provides participants who live in Yorkshire the opportunity to claim the title.

Through the partnership, Planet X will be providing a Pro Carbon Disc SRAM Rival 22 Road Bike for the fastest Yorkshire Championships participant through transition 2.

The Yorkshire Championships are taking place alongside the British Standard Distance Triathlon Championships, open standard distance triathlon and World Triathlon Championship Series on the Sunday.

Saturday 5 June will host open sprint distance, TriStar, youth, GO TRI and aquathlon racing, as well as the World Triathlon Para Series which will take place in Britain for the first time. Spectator tickets for the Saturday action, including the elite paratriathlon racing are available here

Planet X have also become a partner of British Triathlon, with British Triathlon Home Nation members receiving 10% off all Planet X products by logging into their Member Area. You can find out more about membership here.

Wayne Coyle, Event Director at AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds, said: “As a Yorkshire-based cycling and outdoor sport company, Planet X are a great fit for AJ Bell 2021 World Triathlon Leeds and we’re delighted to have them join us.

“Their support for the event as a whole and for the Yorkshire Championships is really beneficial in helping us to provide a great experience for participants across the weekend.

“In providing a prize for the fastest transition 2 in the Yorkshire Championships, they’re adding extra incentive to the fourth discipline of triathlon, helping to spur participants on to change from bike to run as quickly as possible.”

Trevor Parker, Chairman of Planet X, said: “The Team at Planet X are committed to our mission of placing customers at our very core. Many of our customers already participate in triathlon events. I’m delighted to support British Triathlon to encourage more people to get involved with multisports through their swim, bike, run initiative.” 

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