Gomez on top again in ITU World Championship Series in London
It was a day of high octane racing and high drama at the 4th round of the Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship in London's Hyde park today.
Javier Gomez won a thrilling race in 1:42:08 from Jonathan Brownlee and Jan Frodeno, as race favorite and brother of Jonathan. The year's most dominant ITU triathlete, Alistair Brownlee, ran out of gas in the final 500 meters.
Things started well enough for the 22-year-old world champion. Despite losing his goggles half way through the second lap of the swim, he led out in 17:57, closely followed by Maik Petzold of Germany and Frederic Belaubre of France.
With the rest of the field not far behind, Alistair Brownlee was anxious to push the pace on the bike. He seemed increasingly frustrated as the leading group failed to take advantage on the bike...which soon became a procession. Only on the last lap was there a significant break as eight men (led by Stuart Hayes and including Brazillian Reinaldo Colucci) took flight and gained a 30 second lead going into T2.
With so many fast runners in the chasing group, the slim advantage was never going to be enough and by the end of the first lap the early leaders from the bike had been caught.
To do this the the leading quartet of Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, Javier Gomez and Germanys Jan Frodeno had to ran 3.3k in 19:29.
With less than a mile to go Gomez pushed the pace to try to break the lead runners
Frodeno who had been looking comfortable up until to now was dropped, but the Brownlee brothers stuck like glue and it looked liked a three way sprint finish was in the cards. But with just 500 meters to go, Alistair Brownlee started to fade and Gomez took his second ITU win in as many weeks and consigned Alistair Brownlee to his first defeat in ITU racing.
An ecstatic Gomez said after the race, “I’m really happy. Two wins in two weekends is fantastic."
He added, "We were running pretty fast the whole time and I had reached my limit at the end. On the final lap I decided to go as hard as I could. I looked back with 300m to go and realized I was running by myself.”
A spokesman for Alistair Brownlee said “ Alistair is fine but exhausted. There is no cause for concern”.
To sum up...A great win for Javier Gomez ,disappointment for Alistair Brownlee, and a breakthrough for his brother Jonathan.
Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London
London, United Kingdom
25 July 2010
Elite Men Results
1. Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:42:08
2. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1:42:14 +6
3. Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:42:30 +22
4. Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 1:42:44 +36
5. Mario Mola (ESP) 1:42:54 +46
6. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:42:57 +49
7. Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:42:59 +51
8. Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:43:04 +56
9. Steffen Justus (GER) 1:43:05 +57
10. Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:43:08 +60
Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Rankings (after race 5 of 7)
1. Jan Frodeno (GER) 2766
2. Javier Gomez (ESP) 2573
3. Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 2388
4. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 2135
5. Steffen Justus (GER) 2111
With the rest of the field not far behind, Alistair Brownlee was anxious to push the pace on the bike. He seemed increasingly frustrated as the leading group failed to take advantage on the bike...which soon became a procession. Only on the last lap was there a significant break as eight men (led by Stuart Hayes and including Brazillian Reinaldo Colucci) took flight and gained a 30 second lead going into T2.
With so many fast runners in the chasing group, the slim advantage was never going to be enough and by the end of the first lap the early leaders from the bike had been caught.
To do this the the leading quartet of Alistair Brownlee, Jonathan Brownlee, Javier Gomez and Germanys Jan Frodeno had to ran 3.3k in 19:29.
With less than a mile to go Gomez pushed the pace to try to break the lead runners
Frodeno who had been looking comfortable up until to now was dropped, but the Brownlee brothers stuck like glue and it looked liked a three way sprint finish was in the cards. But with just 500 meters to go, Alistair Brownlee started to fade and Gomez took his second ITU win in as many weeks and consigned Alistair Brownlee to his first defeat in ITU racing.
An ecstatic Gomez said after the race, “I’m really happy. Two wins in two weekends is fantastic."
He added, "We were running pretty fast the whole time and I had reached my limit at the end. On the final lap I decided to go as hard as I could. I looked back with 300m to go and realized I was running by myself.”
A spokesman for Alistair Brownlee said “ Alistair is fine but exhausted. There is no cause for concern”.
To sum up...A great win for Javier Gomez ,disappointment for Alistair Brownlee, and a breakthrough for his brother Jonathan.
Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship London
London, United Kingdom
25 July 2010
Elite Men Results
1. Javier Gomez (ESP) 1:42:08
2. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 1:42:14 +6
3. Jan Frodeno (GER) 1:42:30 +22
4. Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 1:42:44 +36
5. Mario Mola (ESP) 1:42:54 +46
6. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 1:42:57 +49
7. Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) 1:42:59 +51
8. Stuart Hayes (GBR) 1:43:04 +56
9. Steffen Justus (GER) 1:43:05 +57
10. Alistair Brownlee (GBR) 1:43:08 +60
Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series Rankings (after race 5 of 7)
1. Jan Frodeno (GER) 2766
2. Javier Gomez (ESP) 2573
3. Alexander Brukhankov (RUS) 2388
4. Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS) 2135
5. Steffen Justus (GER) 2111
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