Andreas Dreitz wins the IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella with Alistair Brownlee comeback

Today, the second edition of the IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella has been deputized, where this year there was a large list of professionals.

Alistair BrownleeHe was not lucky today, although he came out of the water in first position, in the first kilometers of the cycling segment he realized that his helmet was broken and he was forced to stop to fix it. Later he suffered a problem on the bicycle that in total made him lose about 7 minutes in the first 18 km of the cycling segment.

There were doubts about his form after the injury that he has been dragging, it has made it clear that he is recovered after the comeback in the cycling sector and in the foot race to finally finish in second position. The Briton has made the mEdia Marathon in 1: 11: 03 at an average pace of 3:23 min / km

Ivan Raña I was racing again after IM 70.3 Campeche just before participating in his first IM of the season taking this test as a test. As for the favorites besides the British and the Spanish they were Andreas Raelert, Andreas Dreitz o Chris Leiferman among others.

Andreas Dreitz , after the incident Brownlee took the lead and left alone to get to the T2 with 6: 30 minutes ahead of Domenico Passuelo. In the 21 km on foot race he kept his advantage to take the victory in a time of 3: 56: 48.

Alistair Brownlee (4: 01: 00) has been second staying at just 4: 12 from Dreitz. The third position has been for Domenico Passuelo (4: 03: 40), recent winner of the Portocolom International Triathlon

Here is the #IM703Marbella Champion: @andi_dreitz takes the win in 3: 56: 48 pic.twitter.com/cd6Lbb3Hk1

- IRONMANLive (@IRONMANLive) April 27th 2019

Ivan Raña it seems that he has withdrawn from the test in the first kilometers of the race on foot

Male classification

1 Dreitz 3: 56: 48
2 Brownlee 4: 01: 00
3 Passuello 4: 03: 40
4 Vandendriessche 4: 05: 21
5 Kalistratov 4: 05: 41
6 Svenningsson 4: 05: 56
7 Giglmayr 4: 10: 13
8 Rundstadler 4: 10: 49