Eneko Llanos achieves his tenth victory in Zarautz

Under constant rain, Eneko Llanos achieved his tenth victory in Zarautz in a test scheduled as a triathlon that, due to the suspension of the swim segment, had the format of duathlon. They accompanied him on the podium Aimar Agirresarobe and Mikel Elgezabal in third position

 

 

The female sector was totally dominated by the Scottish Catriona Morrison, which had already been imposed here at 2011, followed by the Czech Czech Radka Vodicková and in third position Stefanía Gómez.

 

The twenty-seventh edition of the Triathlon of Zarautz He could not have more problems to get ahead. A tunnel along the coast road linking Zarautz with Getaria forced the organizers to design an alternative route against the clock.

 

Once the matter was resolved, doubts were raised about the swim test because the regulation requires that the water temperature is not less than 15 degrees. In addition, the swell was considerable at 24 hours of the start of the event. Even overcome this circumstance, being in the open sea and in view of its status, it was thought to cut the distance from 2.900 to 1.500 meters.

 

The swim test was suspended, after a meeting of organizers, judges and civil protection personnel, because of the jellyfish banks and their massive arrival at the beach. The painful bite of the species 'pelagio noctiluca' helped a lot in the suspension of the first of the three segments giving way, to save the event, to an unexpected duathlon test.

 

The competition, with 644 inscribed, ran under an imperturbable curtain of water. The rain made it epic and the audience responded by encouraging the participants. umbrella in hand in long rows along streets and avenues or from the windows of buildings.

 

Gwenael Ouilleres, from France, and the Alava Eneko Llanos gained a small advantage over Manu del Real and Mikel Elgezabal in liquidating the 10 kms.primeros of the race on foot. Llanos became head of the test before leaving the pits mounted on a bicycle and no one could give chase.

 

The 81 kilometers of cycling were disputed on an asphalt, sometimes wide, other narrow, and always loaded with water, which increased the risk of falls. Eneko Llanos embroidered it and the ex-professional cyclist Mikel Elgezabal persecuted him with as much determination as without success.

 

The French Ouilleres left in the streets of Zarautz, well mediated the second part of the race on foot, a segment in which the former Toulouse player Aimar Agirresarobe a brilliant performance rewarded with the second place and a final difference of 16 seconds with respect to the Vizcaya Elgezabal, who finished third ahead of the Navarrese Javier de Miguel and the Segovian Manu del Real.

 

As for women, the triumph of Cat Morrison -this winning season of the Saint Croix triathlon (Virgin Islands, USA) - can not admit doubts to be leader from start to finish, always with authority to finish 4 hours 9 minutes 16 minutes.

 

The Czech slender followed Radka Vodicková, with good skills for the duathlon, which accompanied him until shortly before the transition to the bicycle. Concluded 7 minutes 14 second of the winner. And the first Spanish and third on the podium, Estefanía Gómez.

Source: diariovasco.com