Mario Mola continues to head the World Championship just to 303 points Javier Gómez Noya
The Galician showed yesterday with an exhibition that can fight for the world in the absence of 2 tests, both in Olympic distance
Meanwhile Mario Mola After winning four World Triathlon Series races so far this year, he could not reach the city of Montreal this time in good condition at the end of the race and fight for victory.
The Mallorcan was dropped after the first transition, exiting the water almost a minute behind, and felt the effects of the 40km bike ride during the run. He tried to set a strong pace, pushing himself to the limit, but this ultimately took its toll in the final two kilometers, leaving him completely exhausted and finishing in 14th place.
"I didn't have a good day of competition. These things happen, and above all I want to congratulate Javier Gómez Noya For their victory today. I fought my hardest trying to close the gap, and in the end, I was completely exhausted from so much effort. It was an ambitious challenge to try and catch them, but I had to try, and I fought until I couldn't anymore."He explained at the end.
The second of the Canadian World Series events could not be solved better for Javier Gómez Noya, since in addition to the victory (second of the season with the one of Abu Dhabi) it has gone up to the second place of the general one surpassing Fernando Alarza and has approached the leadership of Mario Mola since the other two Spaniards did not have a good day and did not score points for the classification.
"I am very happy and proud of how the triathlon has developed. We went to the top of the bike to get an advantage to the third stage and I felt very good and I was able to achieve victory. After a bad result in Edmonton and a week in which I have not been able to train well, here everything went wonderfully".
Fernando Alarza, who does not finish leaving bad luck had mechanical problems on the bike and could not do anything but finish the test as he could, on social networks said:
"There are days and weeks in which things are not going to come out as one likes ... today mechanical problems leave me out of everything in the km20 ... I am positive and I think that this streak of bad luck has to happen at some point. Now, the mind more than the body, ask for a few days of total disconnection, forget a few days everything that happened last weeks and return with more ambition and desire than ever"
Despite the bad day, Mario Mola continues to be the leader of the world rankings in the absence of two tests of the World Triathlon Series 2017: Stockholm - 27 in August - and the grand final of Rotterdam - 17 in September where he has the clear objective of To proclaim himself triathlon world champion for the second year in a row.
In principle, Javier Gómez Noya's next competition will be on September 9 in the USA, at the Middle Distance World Championships. Ironman, one week before the World Series final in Rotterdam. Until then, he will return to his home in Pontevedra where he will continue his training for the final phase of the season.
Classification Ranking
- Mario Mola (Esp) - 3664 points
- Javier Gómez Noya (Esp) - 3361 points
- Richard Murray (RSA) - 3197 points
- Fernando Alarza (Esp) - 3172 points
- Kristian Blummenfet (Nor) - 2860 points
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