The rowing season begins in Madrid
The Eusko Label and Euskotren leagues travel to Buitrago del Lozoya this Sunday to play the inuagural rendezvous of the 2026 season.
This year's rowing season begins in Madrid, in the Buitrago del Lozoya. The women's Euskotren and men's Eusko Label leagues will move away from the Cantabrian ledge and play their first regatta of their 2026 season in the Madrid region. On Thursday morning, the flags were presented.
The top twenty ships, twelve male and eight female, will compete in the waters of Madrid on the opening date of an intense season of 2026, which will end in the third week of September, after the Flag of La Concha, with the usual appointments of Bermeo and Portugalete.
The Sunday day will begin at 11:20 a.m. with thefirst regatta of the Euskotren League. The Canal de Isabel II-175 Anniversary flag will be put into play and Donostia Arraun Lagunak will be the great favorite to win.
The Lugañene , champion of the last three editions of the Euskotren League, arrives in Madrid after winning the championships of Gipuzkoa, Euskadi and Spain.
Tolosaldea, Orio, the newly promoted San Juan and the pitchersof Astillero, the only non-Guipuzcoan team, will be the closest rivals and will try to enter the honor batch of each regatta. Also those who will try to surprise one of the 17 dates that this first female category has . Zumaia, Hibaika and Donostiarra complete the competition.
Orio is the big favorite.
Orio is the current champion and the great favorite to win the Flag of the Living Peoples of the Community of Madrid (12:15) .
The San Nicolás has also won the triple crown of the Gipuzkoa, Euskadi and Spain championships before the first day and is the great favorite to win the league. Donostiarra is the other candidate to question the possible victories of the squad trained by Iker Zabala.
Zierbena, who was second in the league in 2025, and Bermeo-Urdabai are the other two trainees who can speak. They are expected to compete for flags without distracting the always competitive Hondarribia and Getaria .
Secondly, Lekittara, Ondarroa, San Juan, Ares and the newly promoted Santurtzi andtwo historic Chapela, Kaiku and Cabo are the vessels that will try to avoid the last two places of descent.
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