Jan Frodeno Ironman 70.3 World Champion
Jan Frodeno sweeps the IM 70.3 World Championship with Alistair Brownlee second and Javier Gómez Noya occupying the third final place
This morning has been disputed "the race of the century" in the IM 70.3 World Cup in South Africa, where Jan Frodeno the victory has been won, followed by Javier Gómez Noya y Alistair Brownlee.
The day dawned rainy and cold. At the 7: 30, there was a punctual exit with 1.900m swimming ahead, which swam very fast, at WTS pace, they were led by Ben Kanute who broke the group and reduced it to only 8 units, with the big three among them, Noya, Frodeno and Brownlee. Kanute I covered the swim segment in a time of 21: 53, followed by Frodeno and Noya. A few seconds later they made them Braden Currie, Alistair Brownlee, Ryan Fisher, Sam Appleton and Adam Bowden. The ninth place was for the blega Heemeryck half a minute and more back a minute ago he did Philip Azevedo and others of the top10 favorites. For its part Emilio Aguayo he was 17th in T1 at 1'22” from the head of the race.
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The cycling segment started very fast too, soon Frodeno Take command and start to set the pace. In km15 the head group was 9 units since Heemeryck He had managed to hunt down the favorites. When passing through the 30 km Frodeno I was still in the lead, flying over 46 km / h in that stretch and with its 8 teammates in a row, respecting the 12m distance of drafting. In km 40 it is Alistair who leads, reducing the group to 6 units since Currie y Bowden They began to give time.
When passing through the 60 the current Olympic champion was still in the lead, giving time to the 6 group, with Frodeno, Kanute, Appleton, Noya and Heermeryck. Further back, 2'30” was circulating Currie y Fisher, while the rest was more than 5 minutes. At this point Aguayo was 18º more than 9 minutes. The miles were passing and the 6 group was gradually increasing the advantage over their pursuers, without losing units the sextet arrived at the T2, with Appleton the first to get off the bike, followed by Frodeno, Alistair, Kanute, Noya and Heemeryck.
Jan Frodeno he was the fastest in the T2 and he started running first, Alistair stuck to it. Noya he left 10” in the transition and had to gradually recover them. Alistair takes the lead to shoot and passes leader by km 2 with Frodeno stuck and Noya a few seconds Soon after the three join in the head and it's Frodeno who took command, with Noya behind the. At km 8, only the two of them were left in the lead, with Alistair at 25 "yielding.
The German continued to lead the test, with Noya together with him. In the 12 km the difference with Alistair it was already 45”. but soon after Javier Gómez Noya gave way, with possibly flatulence problems and Jan Frodeno he goes alone in search of gold. Javi he slowed down a lot and was hunted by Alistair at km 17.
.@janfrodeno has made his move! ?
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Finally victory of Jan Frodeno with a time of 3: 36: 32, who was the strongest in the foot race, second was Alistair Brownlee (3: 37: 42), who in the final kilometers overtook Javier Gómez Noya who reached the finish line with a time of 3:38:27 The Spanish closed the podium and achieved his fourth medal in the IM 70.3 world championships. The other Spanish in competition Emilio Aguayo , 24º has finished.
TOP 5
- Jan Frodeno 3: 36: 32
- Alistair Brownlee 3: 37: 42
- Javier Gómez Noya 3: 38: 27
- Ben Kanute 3: 42: 43
- Pieter Heemeryck 3: 45: 05
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