Roberto Sánchez seventh in the World Cup in South Africa

11 February, 2018Updated on February 11, 2018

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Today was the first round of the World Cup in Cape Town (South Africa) with a great comeback of the representative only Spanish representative.

The victory in the test has Richard Murray y Vicky Holland, followed by Schoeman and Pertl in the men's category and Stanford and Bragmayer in the women's event.

The South African event, which had local favorites Richard Murray and Henri Schoemann in the men's category, and the Japanese Ai UEda and the Dutch Rachel Kramer, was disputed over distance sprint where the only Spaniard has been Roberto Sánchez, and that he has achieved a great seventh position.

Roberto who finished strong last season, currently occupies the 107 position of the ITU ranking. In the words of his coach, Roberto Cejuela, "He is currently chaining a good period of training, has finished among the best 10 in Cape Town with a great seventh position"

Roberto last year got a fourth place in Altafulla, the sixth in the U23 European Championship and the seventh in the World Cup in South Korea

In the month of May the qualification period for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will begin and with this first round of the World Cup has begun the persecution of points by many triathletes to qualify for the fight for the Olympic qualification.

Male classification

Pos	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Richard Murray	RSA	0:52:15
2	Henri Schoeman	RSA	0:52:39
3	Lukas Pertl	TUE	0:52:49
4	Shachar Sagiv	ISR	0:53:02
5	Lukas Hollaus	TUE	0:53:08
6	Marco Van Der Stel	NED	0:53:09
7	Roberto Sanchez	ESP	0:53:12
8	Valentin Wernz	GER	0:53:13
9	Grant Sheldon	GBR	0:53:14
10	Bob Haller	LUX	0:53:20

Female classification

Pos	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Vicky Holland	GBR	0:58:18
2	Non Stanford	GBR	0:58:52
3	Zsanett Bragmayer	HUN	0:59:07
4	Simone Ackermann	RSA	0:59:28
5	Juri Ide	JPN	0:59:38
6	Rachel Klamer	NED	0:59:44
7	Chelsea Burns	USA	0:59:52
8	Melanie Santos	POR	0:59:59
9	Kirsten Nuyes	NED	1:00:07
10	Ai Ueda	JPN	1:00:21