Clemente Alonso and Eva Wutti break the time at IROMAN Barcelona

Both triathletes have managed to break the record of the test that was already broken in the last edition.

 

 

Yesterday, the first edition of the IRONMAN Barcelona in the Catalan town of Calella, where heavy rains forced the delay of the test.

 

Near 2.500 triathletes from 59 different countries faced the 3,8 km of swimming, 180 km of cycling by the Maresme region to finish with 42 km of running race along the coast.

 

Clemente Alonso had in his possession the best mark this circuit in 2011 until last year that Sergio Marques broke the record.

 

Pure triathlon, so it can be called what we saw yesterday in this test, where the winners of this edition Clemente Alonso (8:04:13) has managed to beat the record of the last edition that Sergio Marques achieved (08:05:21). For her part, the Austrian Eva Wutti (8:49:21), has once again beaten his own mark achieved in the last edition of Challenge Barcelona (08:51:01).

 

 Already in the race, Clemente Alonso completed the 3,8 km of swimming in the lead. In a rapid transition, the Italian Alberto Casadei was the first to start the cycling sector.

 

During the 180 km of the cycling sector Alberto Casadei, Konstantin Bachor, Bas Diederen, Mark Oude Bennink, Andres Niedrig and the Spaniards Clemente Alonso and Miquel Blanchart imposed a strong rhythm that allowed them to take the lead of the test. Finally, Kostatin Bachor with a great rhythm managed to reach T2 first, followed almost 6 minutes later by Clemente Alonso, Niedrig, Blanchart, Diederen and Alberto Casei.

 

The race on foot was exciting from the beginning as Miquel was cutting the 6 minutes of advantage he had over the Dutch to be placed in the lead next to him, Cemente was also cutting until in the third round the two Spaniards were placed at the head of career.

 

From there, it was a duel between the two, who were together until the last kilometers where Clemente made an attack that allowed him to reach the finish line alone and get the new circuit record with a time of 8: 04: 13. Miquel Blanchart (8: 04: 38) entered the finish line at 25 seconds and the third final position went to Kostatin Bachor (8: 09: 42).

 

Clemente made the best time in the marathon with a time of 2: 46: 14.

 

The rest of the Spanish Eric Gussinyer finished in 19th position, Alejandro Jiménez entered 23rd, Eduardo González 24th and Sergio Gamazo, achieved 25th place in the classification.

 

TOP 10 Male

NAME	COUNTRY	FINISH
Alonso McKernan, Clemente	ESP	8:04:13
Blanchart Tinto, Miquel	ESP	8:04:38
Bachor, Konstantin	DEU	8:09:42
Casadei, Alberto	ITA	8:10:49
Diederen, Bas	NLD	8:11:26
Skipper, Joe	GBR	8:20:39
Hast, Jarmo	END	8:23:49
Snilstveit, Gudmund	NOR	8:26:20
Blokhin, Anton	UKR	8:26:50
Lyatskiy, Andrey	RUS	8:32:15

 

Eva Wutti, 2 victoras, 2 record

The Austrian Eva Wutti it has taken the victory in the elite female competition, setting a new record by completing the test in a final time 8: 49: 21.

 

 

In this way Wutti has previously beaten the best record of the circuit achieved by the Austrian herself, cementing her triumph in her strong race on foot.

 

The Danish Camilla Pedersen she has become the true protagonist during the initial third of the women's competition. Pedersen has set the pace in the wake of the swim segment and the first half of the ride, with Wutti and Regula Rohrbach following in their wake.

 

The winner of the Ironman 70.3 Barcelona last May and great connoisseur of the circuit of Calella, has been noticing the wear made and mediated by the cycling sector Wutti has managed to overtake her. Since then, the Austrian has not yielded the leadership, commanding the competition with a clear superiority.

 

Behind, Pedersen and Rohrbach have tried to keep their options open, but Wutti has not allowed any rival to overshadow him and already entered the race on foot has continued to offer the great level shown during the cycling sector.

 

Wutti has climbed to the top of the podium after a spectacular competition, which has managed to overcome positions after leaving behind the water performing the best time in the marathon (3: 04: 02) that has served to beat the record again Of the test.

 

The second place has been reserved for Camilla Pedersen, which has once again stood out in Calella and a surprising Susie Hignett He has taken the bronze medal, after performing a splendid marathon.

 

The Spanish Anna Rovira He could not finish the test.

 

TOP 10 Feminine

NAME	COUNTRY	FINISH
Wutti, Eva	TUE	8:49:21
Pedersen, Camilla	DNK	8:58:46
Hignett, Susie	GBR	9:03:32
Gruber, Elisabeth	TUE	9:15:35
Lindholm, Camilla	SWE	9:19:37
Neuscheler, Evi	DEU	9:22:34
Roberts, Darbi	USA	9:23:39
Walther, Kathrin	DEU	9:25:22
Grossrieder, Monique	CHE	9:27:11
Holmgren, Lena	SWE	9:28:57

 

Classifications: http://www.ironman.com/es-es/triathlon/coverage/athlete-tracker.aspx?race=barcelona&y=2014#axzz3FFf8cuvp