Xavi Llobet, winner of the Valencia Triathlon

This morning, the Catalan triathlete

Today's winner, team winner in 2010 and Olympian in Athens, has imposed his power in the foot race, after suffering a problem in the last transition when he left the bicycle to start the third test. This mishap has caused him to lose valuable seconds and has led to a claim. For this reason, Llobet's mark is not yet official, as he fell to the ground after finishing the test exhausted and was treated for some severe muscle pulls.

In second place has finished the manisero Víctor Candel, one of the revelations of the Valencia Olympic triathlon, since he has surpassed the other top favorite, the Antella triathlete Jordi Pascual, third in the national ranking of this sport.

A total of 2.200 athletes have participated between yesterday and today in the different modalities of the Valencia Triathlon, which this year has managed to double the number of registered triathletes.

At eight in the morning, when dozens of young people were leaving the nightclubs in the Port area and the beach, the Olympic category triathletes were already in the water to cover 1.500 meters in the dock. In this first part of the competition, the swimmer from Burjassot has stood out Emilio Aguayo, who in the end was left off the podium due to plantar fasciitis. Then they did the 40 km by bike and finished with the 10 km run on foot.

Source: lasprovincias.es