Mario Mola beats Javier Gómez Noya in New Plymouth. Fernando Alarza 4º

Mario Mola wins by 2 seconds to Javier Gómez Noya getting his second victory this season.

 

A new and magnificent round of the ITU World Cup with the victory of a Mario Mola that does not cease to give us unforgettable performances, such as the victory achieved on March 15 in Moodoolaba , And a Javier Gómez Noya who debuted this season in ITU tests, and who got a brilliant silver medal. They joined a splendid Fernando Alarza that achieved the fourth place, staying at the doors of the bronze.

 

 

The event has been held in New Zealand lands in the town of New Plymouth, surrounded by impressive mountains and a complicated circuit, which this time was held in sprint distance.

 

After the 750 m of swimming the American Tommy Zaferes led the 75 participants to the T1, to start a cycling sector that presented from the first round a platoon in very broad head, with some 35 triathletes and in which the Spaniards figured.

 

The eventual bronze medalist, Joao Silva was in the top positions from the beginning. While Mola and Noya worked to position themselves better during the transition and thus faced the decisive 5 km of running in a group that came out in the lead and included Laurent Vidal, Fernando Alarza and Vincent Luis.

 

Here Gómez Noya quickly moved to the front, but Mola did not give in and followed the lead of the Galician, becoming the clear dominator in the course of much of this third sector.

 

Thus, he reached the finish area and in a last push managed to prevail to conquer his second, and consecutive, ITU World Cup, splendid conditions and excellent form at this beginning of the season. Once again, both triathletes have once again offered us a magical and historical duel.

 

Next, he arrived at the goal zone and in a final push Mola managed to impose entering with an advantage of only 2 seconds apart. Behind, Alarza He climbed up positions until entering fourth, six seconds behind the bronze. While Vicente Hernández 49º ended and Cesc Godoy 57o.

 

In this way, a new international competition concludes, in which the Spaniards have shown their splendid conditions and excellent form at the beginning of the season.

 

Men's Classification

Mario Mola	ESP		00:52:30
Javier Gomez	ESP		00:52:33
Joao Silva	POR		00:52:56
Fernando Alarza	ESP		00:53:03
Brendan Sexton	AUS		00:53:08
Ryan Sissons	NZL		00:53:10
David Hauss	FRA		00:53:11
Kyle Jones	CAN		00:53:13
Dan Wilson	AUS		00:53:22
Laurent Vidal	FRA		00:53:26

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