The German Thomas Hellriegel met all the forecasts and took the victory of the third edition of the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon. The triathlon event was held on the morning of this Saturday on the island of Lanzarote, taking the tourist resort of Puerto del Carmen as the epicenter of it. Thomas took revenge for the second place achieved in the 2011 edition and scored the victory in a third edition that had close to 250 participants.
At the 08: 00 hours the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon started at the Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen. It started with the dispute of Media Distance, consisting of 1,9 kilometers of swimming, 90 kilometers of bicycle segment and 21,1 kilometers of running. The mayor of Tías, Francisco Hernández, accompanied by several of the councilors of the corporation accompanied the triathletes at the start.
The German Thomas Hellriegel made a career of less to more, being in the segment of the bicycle in which he began to reduce differences with respect to Pavel Castro, leader for many kilometers, and opening a gap that was more than enough to cross the finish line. In the hard ramps of Femés, Thomas printed a devilish rhythm that none of his competitors could follow.
The winner of this third edition of the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon marked a time of 4 hours, 22 minutes and 53 seconds. The canary David Rodríguez was the second classified, improving the third place of the edition of last year, with a record of 4: 32: 12. The Lanzarote Gregorio Cáceres Triathlon Triathlon CD reappeared in the competitions and took third place. Goyo made a time of 4: 33: 19.
The women's category of the race was the most difficult, in which the Danish Maya Stage and the German Eva Böhrer maintained a hand to hand during a good part of the course. There were several changes in the lead of the race, although the distance between the two triathletes was only a few seconds. Eva Böhrer took the lead in the Timanfaya area. It was in the race on foot that Maya Stage took the lead and crossed the finish line in the first place.
The time used by the winner of the test was 4 hours, 44 minutes and 32 seconds. The German Eva Böhrer had to settle for second place in the general (4: 52: 39). And the podium was completed with the third place of Mareen Hufe (05: 01: 47).
Source: .lavozdelanzarote.com
