British star Lucy Charles-Barclay backed up her maiden T100 win in London last month with a second T100 title in Oropesa Del Mar in Spain today. By topping an all British podium that featured Kate Waugh in second and Jessica Learmonth in third, Charles-Barclay looks to be hitting prime form as the T100 Race To Qatar turns into the home straight, with only three races to go – in Wollongong (18 October), Dubai (13-16 November) and the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (10-13 December).
Winner Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR):
“Yeah that was pretty epic actually, a really nice day out there. From the beginning, it was a pretty smooth swim, pretty calm in the sea. And then, just trying to go hard on the bike, see what happens, and then I felt pretty strong on the run. A good day all around, really.”
New Zealand’s Hayden Wilde turned on his afterburners to run away from the pre-race T100 Race To Qatar rankings leader Jelle Geens, to win the Spain T100 Triathlon in Oropesa Del Mar in impressive style today.
Wilde outpacing the Belgian #1 ranked runner in searing Spanish heat to register four T100 wins from four T100 starts, to go with his victories this season in Singapore, London and the French Riviera.
The win helped Wilde overtake Geens in the T100 Race to Qatar with just three races to go – in Wollongong (18 October), Dubai (13-16 November) and the Qatar T100 Triathlon World Championship Final (10-13 December).
German Jonas Schomburg put in a lung bursting performance to round off the podium in third, just one week after competing in Nice at the Ironman World Championships.
Winner Hayden Wilde (NZL):
“Yeah, it was pretty challenging I’ve got to admit. Jelle should go for a Guinness World Record of putting socks on because I was right beside him [in T2] and I was like “Wow, he’s already gone” and I’ve got one sock on already. So he put 15 seconds onto me at the start of the run and I just made sure I was relaxed and I slowly caught up to him which was nice. Once I caught up to him I could see it turn into a bit of a tactical race. Around lap four I decided to put the afterburners on just to see how he was feeling and yeah, I was able to drop him. I just kept the pace there.”