Historic double by Javier Gómez Noya and Pablo Dapena in the Challenge of Prague

{wbamp-meta name"image" url"images/stories/noticias_08/javier-gomez-noya-challenge-praga.JPG" width"300" height"150"} Galician double in the Challenge Prague, with Javier Gómez Noya taking the victory thanks to an imperial foot race and with Pablo Dapena second, 6' behind his partner and friend. Today the Prague Challenge was held, in the capital of the Czech Republic, in another of the great events of the Challenge Family circuit that is committed to holding its competitions in large state capitals, as are the Challenge Lisbon or the Challenge Madrid. . The test began at an unusual time, at 12:00 noon with a 1.900-meter swim in the Vltava River. From the first strokes the Spaniards take the lead, with Javier Gómez Noya leading the swim and Pablo Dapena close at his feet. Swimming start 1500 athletes started today at @challengeprague follow the pro race on social. pic.twitter.com/3UPHjc6za8 – Challenge Family (@Challenge_Famil) July 28, 2018 Both world champions arrived together at the first transition, with a minute advantage over Belgian Pieter Heemerych and two minutes ahead of a group of seven triathletes where the Germans Clavel and Bock were among others. Noya and Dapena began the cycling segment in which they rode the 90 km together, always respecting the 20-meter distance to avoid drafting. From behind, the Belgian little by little was cutting their time. At kilometer 18, the Galicians had only 30'' ahead of Heemerych while behind the Clavel group, they were 1'30'' behind the leaders. At kilometer 45, in the middle of the cycling segment, the differences remained the same, Javi and Pablo in the lead with the Belgian half a minute behind and a trio behind with the Germans Block, Clavel and the Austrian Birngruber 1'20'' behind. of career. At kilometer 62'' the differences stabilized between the leading six but in the last kilometers Noya and Dapena slowed down a bit before the race on foot and this was taken advantage of by the Belgian Heemeryck to give chase, getting off first of the bike with Noya and Dapena next to him. For their part, the chasing trio also cut time and left the bike 1' behind the leaders. Transition Javier Gómez Noya Heemeryck leaves transition first. pic.twitter.com/bss8Na330a – Challenge Family (@Challenge_Famil) July 28, 2018 In the foot race Noya imposes a very hard pace from the beginning, in true WTS style, where he is the best in history in Olympic distance and he goes alone in search of victory. At kilometer 5, his income was already over a minute over Heemeryck, who remained in second position. For his part, Pablo Dapena was third, less than 20'' behind the Belgian. Behind the Germans and the Austrian ran at a slower pace than the leading trio. At kilometer 10, Noya continued to lead with authority, while Pablo Dapena climbed to second place, to the detriment of the Belgian who was third. At km 15 Noya continued "comfortably" in the lead, marking by far the best partial on foot. For his part, Pablo Dapena maintained the second position with a rhythm identical to the Belgian Heemeryck. Behind the Portuguese Azevedo had risen to fourth place with a great run and fifth was the Czech Kocar. Finally, victory for Javier Gómez Noya, who adds his third victory in Challenge Family circuit events, along with Wanaka this season and the 2013 Challenge Barcelona. Noya's finish time was 3:44:40. Second position for an impressive Pablo Dapena (3:50:53) getting his fifth podium on the Challenge circuit this season and third was the Belgian Pieter Heemeryck (3:51:55) with a great race against the world champions.

Historic double by Javier Gómez Noya and Pablo Dapena in the Challenge of Prague

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