4 TOP-10 finishes for the Triarmada at the Miyazaki World Cup
Santamaría, fifth in a very competitive race
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The 2025 Miyazaki World Cup yielded excellent results for the Spanish women's team, with Cecilia Santamaría finishing fifth and María Casals tenth in the women's race. Andrés Prieto and Eloy Canales both achieved top-ten finishes in the men's event.
Riasova and Studer shine in Miyazaki with a great Spanish performance
The circuit of Miyazaki (Japan) It brought together a large part of the international elite once again in one of the last World Cups of the 2025 season, marked by humidity, intermittent rain and the always demanding curves of the coastal route.
Spain presented a broad bloc with 13 triathletes, which left very positive feelings at the close of calendar internationally.
Santamaría, fifth in a very competitive race
In the female category, the victory was for Valentina Riasova (AIN), which stopped the clock in 1:00:05, winning with a solid run (16'36") after a very close battle with the British Jessica Fullagar y Tilly Anema, second and third respectively.
The Madrilenian Cecilia Santamaría He once again demonstrated his consistency and completed an excellent performance to finish farmjust 32 seconds shy of gold. She delivered a very solid bike segment, integrated into the leading group, and finished with a split of 17'12" in the final 5 km.
Its result implies the best position of the season in the World Cup after nearly reaching the podium weeks ago in Tenerife.
Completing the great women's day, Maria Casals was ª 10confirming its international growth, while Noelia Juan (15th), Marina Muñoz (17th), Natalia Castro (20th), Alejandra Seguí (23rd) y Maite Jiménez-Orta (37th) They completed the national participation.
Women's Top-10 – World Cup Miyazaki 2025
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 1 | Valentina Riasova | AIN | 1:00:05 |
| 2 | Jessica Fullagar | GBR | 1:00:08 |
| 3 | Tilly Anema | GBR | 1:00:11 |
| 4 | Diana Isakova | AIN | 1:00:33 |
| 5 | Cecilia Santamaría | ESP | 1:00:37 |
| 6 | charlotte derbyshire | AUS | 1:00:48 |
| 7 | Yuko Takahashi | JPN | 1:00:54 |
| 8 | Kira Hedgeland | AUS | 1:01:00 |
| 9 | Sophie Malowiecki | AUS | 1:01:10 |
| 10 | Maria Casals | ESP | 1:01:18 |
Prieto and Canales, among the ten best in the world
In the men's event, the Swiss Max Studer He took the victory with a record of 54:51, followed by the French Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger (+4”) and from the British Michael Gar, who debuted on the podium at the World Cup.
The race, very tactical and fast, was decided in the final meters thanks to Studer's strong 5km split (14'16”).
The Spanish Andres Prieto y Eloy Canales They delivered a brilliant performance, entering 9º and 10º respectively, confirming the high level of the national group at the end of the year.
Both exited the water in leading positions and managed to stay with the main cycling group, finishing the run with splits of 14'36" (Prieto) y 14'43" (Canales).
They also competed Vicente Hernández (21st), Hector Tolsa (22nd), Esteban Basanta (39th) y Eduardo Blanco (47th), all completing the race in good times despite the wet asphalt.
Men's Top-10 – World Cup Miyazaki 2025
| Pos | Athlete | Country | Time |
| 1 | Max Studer | SUI | 54:51 |
| 2 | Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger | From | 54:55 |
| 3 | Michael Gar | GBR | 54:59 |
| 4 | Shachar Sagiv | Marking | 55:06 |
| 5 | Tom Lerno | From | 55:13 |
| 6 | Nathan Grayel | From | 55:15 |
| 7 | Nils Serre Gehri | From | 55:16 |
| 8 | Yanis Seguín | From | 55:17 |
| 9 | Andres Prieto | ESP | 55:18 |
| 10 | Eloy Canales | ESP | 55:20 |
A positive end to the winter
With these results, Spain bids farewell to the Asian tour with three triathletes in the TOP-10 and clear growth in the new generation.
The next goal for many of them will be to prepare for the start of the 2026 season, with their sights set on the World Series (WTCS) and the first World Cups on the European calendar.
