Rubén Ruzafa Fourth in the XTERRA World Championship
The victory went to Arthur Serrières and Solenne Billouin
Today, the XTERRA World Cup 2023 in the city of Trentino, Italy, where the victory went to the Frenchman Arthur Serrières
Among the favorites for the medals was the Spanish Rubén Ruzafa, several times world champion of the specialty.
The test was held over a distance of 1,5 km of swimming, 32 km of mountain biking and 10 km of running.
This type of Cros Triathlon is especially challenging and tests the endurance and technical skills of the athletes.
The first to get out of the water was Michele Bonacina closely followed by Jens Roth and by Sam Osborne
After the cycling segment Felix forissier arrived first at T2 followed by Arthur Serrières just 9 seconds apart. The Spanish Rubén Ruzafa was third, 29 seconds behind the leader.
On the first lap of the foot race, Felix forissier maintained his lead by passing with 11 seconds of advantage over Arthur Serrières and with 1 minute advantage over Jens Emil Sloth
in the lap Arthur Serrières took the lead and reached the finish line with a final time of 2:38:53. Felix forissier (2: 39: 21) came second followed by Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen (2: 41: 22) third.
Rubén Ruzafa (2: 41: 47.) entered fourth position 2:53 behind the winner .
These are Rubén's statements at the finish line
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Top 10 closet
| Job title | Athlete | Nationality | Final time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arthur Serrières | FRA | 2:38:53 | - |
| 2 | Felix forissier | FRA | 2:39:21 | + 27s |
| 3 | Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen | THE | 2:41:22 | + 2m 29s |
| 4 | Rubén Ruzafa Cueto | ESP | 2:41:47 | + 2m 53s |
| 5 | Sullivan Middaugh | USA | 2:43:36 | + 4m 42s |
| 6 | Lukas Kocar | CZE | 2:44:14 | + 5m 21s |
| 7 | Michele Bonacina | ITA | 2:44:36 | + 5m 42s |
| 8 | Theo Dupras | FRA | 2:46:46 | + 7m 52s |
| 9 | Sebastian neef | GER | 2:47:00 | + 8m 6s |
| 10 | Jules Dumas | FRA | 2:47:05 | + 8m 12s |
In the women's category, the French Solemn Billouin of the SCO ANGERS TRIATHLON team took the victory with an impressive time of 3:06:12.
He followed Alizée Paties, also from France, with a time of 3:08:10, almost two minutes behind the leader.
The third position went to Diede diederiks from the Netherlands, who completed the test in 3:10:49, more than four and a half minutes behind Billouin.
Top 10 Feminine
| Job title | Athlete | Nationality | Final time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solemn Billouin | FRA | 3:06:12 | - |
| 2 | Alizée Paties | FRA | 3:08:10 | + 1m 58s |
| 3 | Diede diederiks | NED | 3:10:49 | + 4m 37s |
| 4 | Sandra Mairhofer | ITA | 3:12:20 | + 6m 8s |
| 5 | Lesley Paterson | GBR | 3:13:44 | + 7m 32s |
| 6 | Martha Menditto | ITA | 3:13:56 | + 7m 44s |
| 7 | Loanne Duvoisin | SUI | 3:15:58 | + 9m 45s |
| 8 | Maeve kennedy | AUS | 3:22:06 | + 15m 53s |
| 9 | Anna Zehnder | SUI | 3:23:17 | + 17m 5s |
