Mario Mola repeats victory in the Hamburg World Series
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Fernando Alarza suffers a fall in the 1º bike tour that forces him to retire.
After the female test where a great Flora Duffy has achieved his third victory this season, it was the boys' turn, where all eyes were on the top three rankings, Fernando Alarza, Mario Mola y Javier Gómez Noya. Vicente Hernández y David Castro They completed the Spanish representation.
With the absence of Jonathan Brownlee's last minute, the test was set for a fight between the triarmada for victory, although the South Africans Richard Murray, Henri Schoeman, Englishmen Tom Bishop y Adam Bowden, the French Vicent Luis, the Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt or the Portuguese Joao Pereira among others, one should also take them into account. Last year Mario Mola got the victory and Javier Gómez Noya won in 2016 and 2010.
At the 16: 00 gave the sprint distance test begins, in a swimming where the great dominator of this segment was not Richard Varga and where the fastest to leave the water was the Australian Matthew Hauser, followed closely by Hevin Mcdowell and by Jonas Schomburg to 13 seconds, Noya and Mola went to 21 seconds. Alarza and Castro to 24 and Hernández to 26.
Already on the bike a group was formed at the head of 49 members with all the favorites inside it, where in the first step by goal Fernando Alarza suffered a fall along with Pierre Le Corre that forced him to withdraw from the test.
#WTSHamburg Fall from @Fernando_Alarza on the 1º bike tour pic.twitter.com/iYjYWMc97T
- Triathlon News (@triatlonnoticia) July 15, 2017
Fernando Alarza on Instagram commented “Everything is fine. Scratches and some bumps. Hungry for the next one. Thank you all"
The great platoon continued to run fast with Mario Mola in the head of the peloton until the final part, where several attacks were made in search of starting the race on foot with advantage over the best of the segment.
The great platoon continued to run fast with Mario Mola in the head of the peloton until the T2 arrived. David Castro in the last part of the segment was delayed a few seconds about the large group.
In a quick transition to start the race on foot, the Spaniard Mario Mola was well placed and quickly was climbing positions to reach the first position of the race in the absence of 4,5 km from the end, leaving alone with a strong race pace.
Behind Javier Gómez Noya reached the leading group reaching second position to go in search of the Mallorcan along with Ryan Sissons.
When passing through the first round Mario Mola stepped into the head of the race with a lead of 6 seconds over Javier Gómez Noya and Ryan Sissons and behind a group with Murray to 10 seconds.
Finally, Mario Mola He managed to maintain the advantage and achieved his second consecutive victory in this race with a time of 00: 54: 07.
In the fight for second place we could see an exciting duel between Javier Gómez Noya, Ryan Sissons, Jacob Birtwhistle and Vicent Luis where finally Jacob Birtwhistle surpassed everyone and got the second final place. Ryan Sissons it was third, Vicent Luis fourth and Javier Gómez Noya He occupied the fifth final place. Vicente Hernández ended in the 13ª plaza and David Castro in the 48ª final position
Top 10
Mario Mola 00:54:08 Jacob Birtwhistle 00:54:20 Ryan Sissons 00:54:23 Vincent Luis 00:54:26 Javier Gomez Noya 00:54:28 Dorian Coninx 00:54:29 Richard Murray 00:54:31 Léo Bergere 00:54:36 Kristian Blummenfelt 00:54:39 Vicente Hernandez 00:54:47 David Castro Fajardo 00:57:51 Fernando Alarza DNF
World ranking
After this test the Spaniards continue to lead the world ranking of triathlon where Mario Mola has risen to the first position, with Fernando Alarza second and Javier Gómez Noya third
#WTSHamburg @mariomola Leader of the Ranking ,. @Fernando_Alarza 2º and @Jgomeznoya 3º ???https://t.co/lkGK8ag6LA pic.twitter.com/dPeFFTwsUU
- Triathlon News (@triatlonnoticia) July 15, 2017
The next appointment of the circuit will be in Edmonton (Canada) the next July 15.
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