Mario Mola 2018 World Champion

With today's second place in the Grand Final, the Spaniard has achieved his third consecutive world title. The day began cool and windy, with an ambient temperature of around 20 degrees and the water at 22º, with a less choppy sea than that of yesterday's elite women's race. After the starting horn all the triathletes began to swim very fast and it was the Slovakian Richard Varga who was the first to lead the group, with Vicent Luis at his feet stretching the group a lot. Swimming exit video On the quest for another World Title, it's the men's turn to take on #WTSGoldCoast! In the water, it's time to tune in to https://t.co/2ovyglEZh9 NOW for 2 hours of exciting Grand Final racing! pic.twitter.com/jSvtvZeDCl — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 The passage through the first buoy in the first meters of the swim was very hard, with all the triathletes practically together which caused many blows, especially in the rear of the group. After this moment, Luis began to pull the group, with Varga on his feet. The Frenchman was the first to cover the first lap, with a time of 9:27, with Varga second and Shoeman third close behind him. Along with them was also Jonathan Brownlee while Mario Mola was 13th, 14'' behind Luis. Behind Mario, a few seconds away were the rest of the Spaniards, Alarza, Godoy, Uxío and Vicente. Video passing buoy, disqualification Alistair Brownlee for jumping a buoy The footage that shows @AliBrownleetri and @russellwhitetri not going around the swim buoy and therefore both will get a DSQ for today's #WTSGoldCoast race. pic.twitter.com/zEksnMahA3 — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 Frenchman Luis continued pulling alone in the lead, swimming parallel to the coastline, with Varga and Shoeman at his feet, and the rest of the triathletes , very stretched. Finally, after the 1.500m swim, Varga was the first to leave the water, after overtaking Luis. After a quick transition, the Slovakian was the first to get on the bike, along with Luis and Shoeman. Fernando Alarza was the best Spaniard 17th in T1, 29'' behind Varga, with Vicente Hernández close behind him. For his part, Mario Mola took the bike in 31st position, 40'' behind the leader. In the first meters of the cycling segment, a group of 7 units was formed where Vicent Luis, Jonathan Brownlee, Henri Shoeman and Marten Van Riel were the ones taking the reins of the breakaway. Behind them, a group formed with Mola, Alarza, Birtwhistle and Blummenfelt, who were little by little reciting time with the head of the race. Going through the first lap, the difference between both groups was 20''. The forward group was reduced to five units, Luis, Coninx, Jonathan, Van Riel and Shoeman. In the 9 km of cycling, Luis suffered a fall, got up quickly and continued the march, but this caused the front group to break. Van Riel and Shoeman gained a few meters advantage, but were soon caught by their three escape companions. Behind them, the group led by the Norwegians, the Australians and Mola continued to cut time. Going through the second lap, Van Riel was leading alone, with his four breakaway companions 5'' away and the large group close behind them 10'' behind the Belgian. A few meters later the escapees merged with Mola's group, except for Van Riel who remained alone in the lead with a 10'' advantage over the group of favorites, where the Norwegians continued to push. The Belgian passed only the third lap, and remained the leader at km 18, but halfway through the cycling segment, at km 20 an acceleration by Bluemmenfelt caused Van Riel to be caught, which caused a break in the group of favorites. Later there were some small attacks from the Norwegian and Van Riel, but they couldn't open much of a gap, their advantage at km 26 was only 10''. Australia's @JakeBirtwhistle leads the chase group of men out onto the final lap with @mariomola in tow. The pace is going to be pushed for this final stage of the bike.This is going to come down to a blistering running race!#WTSGoldCoast pic.twitter.com/HJFd2CFr6d — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 Behind you I saw an imperial Mario Mola, leading the group of favorites. The Spaniard was always in the first positions of this group, which favored him to avoid jerks and possible falls that could occur in the further back positions of the group. Van Riel and Bluemmenfelt were passing through km 35 of the class in the lead with a 34'' advantage over the group of favorites. Finally, the Norwegian reached the second transition alone, as Van Riel suffered a mechanical breakdown and lost a few seconds. A little more than half a minute behind Bluemmenfelt, the large group arrived, which included Mola, Alarza, Birtwhistle, Luis and the rest of the favorites. After a quick transition of 20'' Bluemmenfelt began to run the 10.000m alone. Following him came Van Riel with a few seconds advantage over Birtwhistle, Shoeman and Murray who were pulling the group of favorites in the first meters of the foot race. Going through the first lap, Bluemmenfelt was still the leader with 20'' of the group of favorites where Mario Mola had already taken the lead, followed by Luis, Birtwhistle, Murray among others. Fernando Alarza was 15'' behind. At km 3,5, Mola accelerated and caused Birtwhistle to give up time. At km 4, Bluemmenfelt only had a 10'' advantage over the quintet of Mola, Luis, Murray, Shoeman and Le Corre. Mario Mola took the lead at kilometer 4,25, chasing Bluemmenfelt who was trying to follow him. Going through the second lap, midway through the running segment at km 5, Mola was leading the leading sextet, formed by Bluemmenfelt, Murray, Luis, Le Corre and Shoeman. Birtwhistle and Jonathan Brownlee were 15'' behind them. Video step race on foot We are at the halfway point in the 10km run in #WTSGoldCoast with the leading 6, with @mariomola leading the charge, it is looking like he has secured his third World Champion Title! https://t.co/2ovyglEZh9 pic.twitter.com/xYVww5Wfbr — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) 16 de septiembre de 2018 Mola seguía liderando el grupo, que se mantenía compacto al paso por el km 6, pero 500m después, Luis cambiaba el ritmo, lo que provocaba que el grupo se redujera a cuatro, junto a él, solo aguantaban Mola y los sudafricanos. At the beginning of the second lap, at km 7,5, Luis accelerated again and Shoeman lost a few meters... just like Mola and Murray. Bell lap & it's @vincentluistri who has taken the lead with @RD_murray @mariomola tucked right behind.@H_Schoeman @kristianblu @PRLECORRE holding on.@JakeBirtwhistle has dropped back & is running with @jonny_brownlee #WTSGoldCoast pic.twitter.com/Ubjq1d1gbk — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 Mola continued leading the group, which remained compact at km 6, but 500m later, Luis changed the pace, which caused the group to be reduced to four, along with him , only Mola and the South Africans could hold out. At the beginning of the second lap, at km 7,5, Luis accelerated again and Shoeman lost a few meters... like Mola and Murray. Finally Vicent Luis took the victory in the WTS Grand Final with a time of 1:44:34, Mario Mola (1:44:48) was second and achieved his third world title while Richard Murray (1:44:56) achieved third position on the Gold Coast. Fernando Alarza was eleventh, Vicente Hernández 18th and Uxío Abuín 46th Video goal CHAMPION!Frenchman @vincentluistri has produced a worldclass performance to claim the victory #WTSGoldCoast #GrandFinal GOLD?! pic.twitter.com/zswwT2Fhuk — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 Video of Mario Mola reaching the finish line What an accomplishment to win three-straight World Titles in a row! @mariomola joins WTS history as only the second man to ever do that. Here is what he had to say after his second-place finish in #WTSGoldCoast pic.twitter.com/p3PsjaOgI8 — TriathlonLIVE (@triathlonlive) September 16, 2018 Photo: ITu Wagner Araujo SANTINI was born with the aim of offering unique garments to the athletes passionate about cycling and triathlon. Enjoy a unique experience in comfort while wearing garments with an exclusive style and the highest technology that guarantee greater performance.

Mario Mola 2018 World Champion

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