Marten Van Riel wins the T100 World Tour Triathlon in Dubai

Today the men's Grand Final of the T100 Triathlon World Tour in Dubai where Marten Van Riel has achieved victory and the title of first World Champion of the series, in a race that was decided in the final part.

Van Riel demonstrated his great ability in swimming, cycling and running, standing out as the best of the day in the harsh weather conditions of the desert.

Swimming

The event began with a two-lap swimming event in water temperatures close to 31 degrees Celsius.

From the first moment, Marten Van Riel He positioned himself at the front, leading the initial group along with Aaron Royle y Alistair Brownlee,

Meanwhile Sam long He was already beginning to fall behind, losing more than two minutes in the first lap.

Cycling

After the transition, Van Riel stayed close to the leaders, but the lead was taken by Mathis Margier, Rich Bogen y Fred Funk, who shared the workload in the first kilometers.

One of the most critical moments of the test occurred when Magnus ditlev, who was trying to join the leading group, but suffered a problem with his saddle, which forced him to stop and he lost more than two minutes.

As the kilometers passed, only six triathletes remained in the lead of the race with over Van Rail, Smith, Bow, Funk, Margier, Brownlee who arrived together at T2

Race on foot

The running race was, without a doubt, the most exciting part of the day. Marten Van Riel He came out of the transition determined to seek victory and the title.

Rich Bogen was the only one able to maintain Van Riel's initial pace, while Alistair Brownlee, who had had some difficulties in the transition, was looking to regain positions from behind.

The race was very close between Van Riel and Bogen and with 2,5 km to go, the Belgian managed to leave his opponent behind to finally take the victory with a time of 3:09:17, followed by Rich Bogen to 22 seconds and by  Alistair Brownlee  (3: 10: 25) in third position.

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