My Week in Tri: 12 June

Zarauzko Triathlon: Full results here

The favorites Sala and Kienle took gold. Veteran Eneko Llanos came 5th in what was his farewell race.

Challenge Wales: Full Results here

Byram had the fastest bike split by 9min and Bishop by 7min. Byram backed this up with the fastest run by 3min. Palmer had the fastest men’s run but Bishop was only 30s slower. Strange that Byram’s tri-suit has no sponsor logos on yet after her 3rd win of the year and being ranked 36th.

Boulder 70.3: Full Results here

Knibb beat Lawrence by 8min - using PTO Ibiza as a crude benchmark, she would have come out with LCB on the swim, had the fastest bike and just stayed ahead of Gentle on the run to take 2nd (pure speculation but a fun exercise). Long was too strong - unbelievably dominant on the bike out splitting Sanders by 4min and running 1min quicker than him. Sanders had a sprint finish just nudging ahead of Leiferman. Shout out to under-the-radar Tomas Rodriguez who came 4th with his strong running ability. Read about Appleton’s drafting penalty here - I may sound melodramatic but it’s a similar theme as Hamburg: narrow over-crowded roads and high speeds…just without the tragedy.

Switzerland 70.3: Full Results here

Cycling masterclass by Ryf who put over 6min into Gentle and only gave up 4min on the run.

Women

🥇 Daniela Ryf (4:04:32)

🥈 Ashleigh Gentle (4:06:55)

🥉 Anne Reischmann (4:17:47)

Challenge Cagnes-Sur-Mer: Full Results here

A foreshadowing race for World Champs Nice with a very technical and mountainous bike course. Frenchman Mennesson rode 7min into the chasers and Free ran strong to jump from 6th to 2nd after losing 10min on the bike to the leader. The steep downhills are where the gaps are made as highlighted by Free after the race: “We have no mountains like that in Australia… they were flying downhill. I was really afraid they were going so fast, but these guys are not afraid of anything, and they just pass me so fast!!”

Challenge Geraardsbergen: Full Results here

Skipper was upbeat “only” coming 3rd as he strongly favours the full distance over this shorter distance. Costes got a flat 11km into the bike and rode most of the way with 2bar pressure - he ran himself from 16th to 11th. He also gets the award for steamiest Instagram profile picture here.

Staffordshire 70.3: Full Results here

Another strong showing by Teagle after finishing 7th at LD World Champs a month ago. Fastest run of the day off the 2nd fastest bike enabling the win.

Men

🥇 James Teagle (3:53:53)

🥈 Josh Lewis (3:56:30)

🥉 Benjamin Goodfellow (3:58:30)

Warsaw 70.3: Full Results here

Big comeback race for Buckingham after having a herniated disc in July last year. She dominated with the fastest swim, 3rd fastest bike and fastest run. Stepniak outclassed the rest on the bike and held on to win from a fast-charging Taagholt behind who ran 4min quicker.