David Castro 5º and Antonio Serrat 9º at the Cagliari World Cup

Great performance by David Castro 5º and Antonio Serrat 9º with a great bike battle and a sensational comeback on foot of the two have allowed them to be top10 in this world cup.

One hour after finishing the exciting career of the girls, Turn for the boys, where the favorites were the Italian Fabian, the French Raphael, the South African Sullward, the winner in Madrid, the Norwegian Blummenflet. The Spanish team was represented by six triathletes: David Castro, Nan Oliveras, Antonio Serrat, Emilio Aguayo, Diego Paz and Genis Grau.

Aurelien Raphael was the first to arrive at the T1 with David Castro the best Spanish 11º at 20 ''. In the early stages of cycling, a group of some 15 units was formed with David Castro among them, more behind in a second platoon were Serrat, Grau and Aguayo.

Halfway through the cycling sector the race situation was maintained in the following way, a front group of 13 triathletes commanded by the Norwegians Iden and Blummenfelt, with David Castro as the only Spaniard. A 30 '' in the second platoon of 18 units was Antonio Serrat and 1 'from the head of Aguayo and Grau group.

At the start of the third round, Castro's group was reduced to 10 units and increased the advantage over the group of Serrat to 45 '' and compared to that of Aguayo and Grau to 1'15 ''. Diego Paz moved in a more backward group to more than 2'30 ''. The last kilometers of cycling were exciting, breaking the front group, 5 triathlete arrived escaped to the T2, the French Vian and Raphael, the Norwegians Blummenfelt and Iden and the Luxembourger Zachaeus. Castro arrived at 9ª position to 45 '' and further back the rest of Spaniards.

The two French and Blummenfelt were in the lead from the first stride, on the 3 km Blummenfelt He pulls out and goes alone to achieve the victory in the Cagliari World Cup, the second and third were the French Raphael y Vian.

 Behind a great race of David Castro y Antonio Serrat They have made a great comeback on foot, being 5º and 9º respectively. The rest of Spaniards finished 34º Genis Grau, 53º Emilio Aguayo and 55ºDiego Paz.

 We have not heard from Nan Oliveras during the whole race ... when we have the information we will complete it.

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