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La Squadra Italia beats Germany in tight Mixed Team Relay battle in Kitzbuhel

By David Peddie | 22 Jun, 2014

By Hans Cleemput

The Italians secured the last of the European titles in Kitzbuhel, outsprinting Germany in an exciting run final of the Mixed Team Relay competition. Charlotte Bonin, Alessandro Fabian, Annamaria Mazzetti and Matthias Steinwandter were extremely satisfied with the win. “We kept the gold medal for last so we could enjoy it even more”, laughs Alessandro Fabian. “It’s so great becoming European champions with this strong team”, says Annamaria. “Will we become world champions as well? We’ll see, but to finish on the podium would already be great. Here in Kitzbuhel it was a tough race, after the last two days of racing. But we’re really happy that we can sing our national anthem out loud on the podium today.”

Italy and Germany made a break when Hanna Philippin and Annamaria Mazzetti worked together on the bike, dropping off Hungarian Margit Vanek. She would be caught before the end of the bike leg by Great Britain, Ukraine, Russia and Czech Republic, making it an exciting battle for bronze.

Italy and Germany came into the final transition together with a lead of 1’12. In a neck-and-neck-race the final 2,5 km run would be all decisive. Matthias Steinwandter sprinted faster than Germany’s Justus Nieschlag and made Italy the new European champions Mixed eam Relay.

Nieschlag was not too disappointed. “It’s great to win silver today with our team. I gave it all, but Matthias is a very strong runner. We are looking out for a big party tonight, with both gold for our junior team and silver for us. All in all I am satisfied with my races here. It has been a good season so far and I am confident for my next race in Hamburg. That will be a big race for us Germans,” he said.

Matthew Sharp had to fight off Hungarian Gabor Faldum to take the bronze medal for Team GB. Hungary and Great Britain also entered the final transition side by side. Sharp was delighted. “That was a pretty fast and hard run, yes. But I really need to thank my team mates Lois Rosindale,  Marc Austin and Holly Lawrence for bringing us in the front. Yesterday was a hard race and I really felt my legs burn in the downhill sections on the run today. I know they were counting on me to finish it off, but I love to do the last leg, so I’m pretty excited that we won bronze.”

Related Event: 2014 Kitzbühel ETU Triathlon European Championships
20 - Jun, 2014 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Alistair Brownlee GBR 01:54:08
2. Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 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
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
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
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
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
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
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