Olympic Champion Alistair Brownlee took his fifth victory in Kitzbuehel and claimed his third European gold medal on Saturday. Although a big lead pack of 53 athletes entered T2, after a fast transition Brownlee immediately opened up a gap over eight athletes. Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) and Vicente Hernandez (ESP) were the fastest runners of this chase pack and sprinted to silver and bronze, respectively.
The weather conditions were nothing like the women’s race on Friday. The sun was out all day, warming up the Schwarzsee lake in Kitzbuehel to make these European championships a non-wetsuit swim.
The Polyanskiy brothers were the first ones to exit the water after the 1500m two-lap swim, but they were closely followed by a big pack of 25 athletes, with favorites Brownlee, Hernandez, Fernando Alarza, Joao Pereira, and Alessandro Fabian close behind.
At the halfway point of the bike course, two big groups came together to form one big lead pack of 54 athletes. Despite a few breakaway attempts, the lead group stayed together and entered T2 for a fast and nervous transition.
From there it was a one man show for Brownlee who showed he’s back at almost full strength. Matthew Sharp initially led the chase for Great Britain, with Russians Polyanskiy and Bryukhankov, along with Alarza, Hernandez, Pereira and David Mcnamee (GBR).
One after one they dropped off because of the fast running pace from Hernandez, Polyanskyi and Alarza. In the finish chute it was Polyanskyi who took a well deserved silver medal, while Hernandez took his very first major international elite medal with bronze.
Related Event: 2014 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships
Results: Elite Men | |||
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1. | Alistair Brownlee | GBR | 01:54:08 |
2. | Dmitry Polyanskiy | AIN | 01:54:35 |
3. | Vicente Hernandez | ESP | 01:54:39 |
4. | Fernando Alarza | ESP | 01:54:54 |
5. | Alexander Bryukhankov | RUS | 01:55:07 |
6. | David McNamee | GBR | 01:55:17 |
7. | Alessandro Fabian | ITA | 01:55:25 |
8. | Ivan Tutukin | KAZ | 01:55:36 |
9. | Justus Nieschlag | GER | 01:55:45 |
10. | Matthew Sharp | GBR | 01:55:48 |
Results: Elite Women | |||
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1. | Nicola Spirig | SUI | 02:10:24 |
2. | Sophia Saller | GER | 02:10:40 |
3. | Annamaria Mazzetti | ITA | 02:10:58 |
4. | Hanna Philippin | GER | 02:11:16 |
5. | Lois Rosindale | GBR | 02:11:35 |
6. | Rachel Klamer | NED | 02:11:47 |
7. | Charlotte Bonin | ITA | 02:11:53 |
8. | Elena Danilova | RUS | 02:11:54 |
9. | Sara Vilic | AUT | 02:11:57 |
10. | Mateja Šimic | SLO | 02:12:00 |
Results: Junior Men | |||
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1. | Raphael Montoya | FRA | 00:57:43 |
2. | Antonio Serrat Seoane | ESP | 00:57:47 |
3. | Maxime Hueber-Moosbrugger | FRA | 00:57:53 |
4. | Lasse Lührs | GER | 00:58:16 |
5. | Bence Bicsák | HUN | 00:58:22 |
6. | Jorik Van Egdom | NED | 00:58:24 |
7. | Léo Bergere | FRA | 00:58:28 |
8. | Lucas Jacolin | FRA | 00:58:30 |
9. | Jonathan Wayaffe | BEL | 00:58:33 |
10. | Ron Lewinsohn | ISR | 00:58:35 |
Results: Junior Women | |||
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1. | Laura Lindemann | GER | 01:03:14 |
2. | Audrey Merle | FRA | 01:03:19 |
3. | Cassandre Beaugrand | FRA | 01:03:29 |
4. | Ditte Kristensen | DEN | 01:04:22 |
5. | Carmen Gomez Cortes | ESP | 01:04:42 |
6. | Sophie Coldwell | GBR | 01:04:54 |
7. | Angelica Olmo | ITA | 01:05:11 |
8. | Therese Feuersinger | AUT | 01:05:23 |
9. | Flóra Bicsák | HUN | 01:05:54 |
10. | Lena Meißner | GER | 01:06:04 |
Results: 16-19 Female AG Sprint | |||
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1. | Hannah Moser | AUT | 01:15:21 |
2. | Lisa Totschnig | AUT | 01:16:32 |
3. | Rosie Lindsay | GBR | 01:19:11 |
4. | Emily Alderson | GBR | 01:19:53 |
5. | Mona Ritter | AUT | 01:21:15 |
6. | Sina Hinteregger | AUT | 01:21:59 |
7. | Vivien Ploner | AUT | 01:23:53 |
8. | Clover Murray | GBR | 01:24:37 |
9. | Chanette Rog | AUT | 01:26:54 |
10. | Carolina Sandhofer | AUT | 01:29:53 |
Results: 16-19 Male AG Sprint | |||
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1. | Tom Stead | GBR | 01:05:12 |
2. | Marcel Pachteu | AUT | 01:05:36 |
3. | Tautvydas Kopustas | LTU | 01:05:40 |
4. | Michael Singer | AUT | 01:07:01 |
5. | Massimo Köstl | AUT | 01:07:41 |
6. | Angus Smith | GBR | 01:08:02 |
7. | Fergus Robinson | GBR | 01:08:09 |
8. | Sean Wylie | GBR | 01:08:13 |
9. | Julian Höllmüller | AUT | 01:08:49 |
10. | Christopher Davies | GBR | 01:09:07 |