Mario Mola wins the Edmonton World Series
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The Spaniard has achieved his third victory in the WTS 2018 and getting closer to his third world cup
The big favorite Mario Mola has not disappointed and has achieved its second consecutive victory after Hamburg two weeks ago, a great Fernando AlarzaIt has been fourth.
Video summary of the test
The test began at 3: 21 Spanish time with the 750 meters of swimming where the fastest to leave the water was Vicent Luis, followed by Jonathan Brownleey at 2 seconds and Jonas Schomburg at 4. Mario Mola went to 17 seconds, Cesc Godoy to 18, Fernando Alarza to 34 and Vicente Hernández to 41.
video swimming outing
Now it's the men's turn to take on the sprint course in #WTSEdmonton! They are in the water, who will take the crown? Tune in to find out NOW on https://t.co/2ovyglEZh9 pic.twitter.com/PGQE7ONUn3
- TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) July 28, 2018
In the 20 km of the cycling sector, a group in the lead was formed with 5 units where were Vicent Luis, Jonathan Brownlee, Marte Van Riel, Marco Van de Stel and Tayler Reid, surpassing the chasing group of Mario Mola by about 20 seconds.
Who has the legs after that tough 20km of cycling? All the top names are in the bunch as the men's field makes their way through T2. Who will come out on top? Watch the run and finish on https://t.co/2ovyglEZh9 pic.twitter.com/CHAOxJyIKG
- TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) July 28, 2018
Little by little the group of Mola was cutting differences to reach them and finally arrive the platoon united to the T2.
In the 5 km of running on foot, a group was quickly formed in the lead with Mola, Luis, Fernando Alarza, Jonathan Bronwlee and Kristian Blummenfelt that they were together practically until the end where Mario Mola responded to Blummenfelt's attacks to finally claim victory in a time of 51:15, followed by Kristian Blummenfelt () and by Jacob Birtwhistle () occupying the third final position. A great Fernando Alarza has entered fourth staying at 2 seconds from the podium and Jonathan Brownlee fifth
Vicente Hernández y Cesc Godoy It was 27th and Vicente Hernández 37th
Results: Elite Men 1. Mario Mola ESP 00:51:15 2. Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 00:51:18 3. Jacob Birtwhistle AUS 00:51:22 4. Fernando Alarza ESP 00:51:24 5. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 00:51:25
Mario Mola getting closer and closer to his third world title
After this victory, Mario Mola increases its advantage in the Ranking and adds 4.850 points ahead of Vicent Luis in 1.040 points. The third classified is Jacob Birthwistle with 1.605 points less than Mola. Fernando Alarza recover the fifth position staying at 298 points on the podium.
Mario has 3 wins this season (Edmonton, Hamburg and Yohokama), a second place (Leeds) and a fourth (Bermuda), this being his worst result to date
In the absence of just 2 tests, the WTS of Montreal and the Grand Final in Gold Coast Mario have practically in their hands the 3 ° world always.
First Name Last Name Country Total Events World Cups Points Mario Mola ESP 5 4850 Vincent Luis FRA 5 3810 Jacob Birtwhistle AUS 4 3245 Richard Murray RSA 5 3085 Fernando Alarza ESP 5 2947 Marten Van Rail BEL 5 2290 Pierre Le Run FRA 5 2226 Jonathan Brownlee GBR 3 2149 Kristian Blummenfelt NOR 3 2096 Photo: ITU Wagner Araujo
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