Même si la saison touche à sa fin, les points olympiques se font toujours autant désirer. Les dernières coupes du monde réunissent des plateaux très denses puisque pour les athlètes qui frappent aux portes des TOPs 10 de la série mondiale (WTS) voient dans le niveau inférieur une meilleure opportunité de ramasser des points.
iInvité surprise, Richard Murray (AFS), récent 4e au classement final de la série mondiale prenait part à cette course. Sa première participation se conclura par une inévitable victoire. Il monte pour la quatrième fois consécutivement sur le podium d’une course ITU. À l’approche des Jeux olympiques, l’Africain du Sud est de plus en plus constant dans ses performances et semble toujours trouver une façon de revenir dans les courses malgré un niveau en natation ne lui permettant toujours pas de se joindre au premier groupe à la sortie de la T1. Sa victoire sera tout de même indiscutable. Que cela lui ou Mola (gagnant à Nice), ils sont tout simplement au dessus du lot en course à pied.
Malgré les efforts d’Andrea Salvisberg (SUI) pour faire la sélection en natation, le scénario habituel en coupe du monde se répétera. La réunion massive à vélo est inévitable. Comme toujours, le manque de connaissance entre les athlètes joue.
La course se jouera donc à pied. Même si les deux athlètes locaux, soient Crisanto Grajales et Irving Perez (MEX) sont alors très attendus pour faire face à la chaleur étouffante, c’est Kyle Jones (CAN) qui s’emparera de la seconde place. Pour notre Canadien, cette performance vient sauver sa saison et mettre un terme à ses nombreuses malchances (blessure à Auckland, chute aux Jeux PAN AM). Ce résultat lui permet de se relancer dans le projet olympique. Est-ce que le Canada peut encore rêver à obtenir 3 dossards?
L’hongrois Gabor Faldum complétera le podium. C’est d’ailleurs son second podium consécutif en coupe du monde.
On remarquera la 5e place du jeune belge, Jelle Geens ainsi que le retour réussi de l’Allemand, Jonathan Zipf.
Rares francophones dans cette course, Bob Haller (LUX) prend une 11e place.
| Pos | First Name | Last Name | Country | Time | Swim | T1 | Bike | T2 | Run | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard | Murray | RSA |  |
00:55:03 | 00:09:52 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:01 | 00:00:24 | 00:14:55 |
| 2 | Kyle | Jones | CAN |  |
00:55:14 | 00:09:37 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:28 | 00:00:27 | 00:14:51 |
| 3 | Gábor | Faldum | HUN |  |
00:55:15 | 00:09:28 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:27 | 00:00:25 | 00:15:04 |
| 4 | Jonathan | Zipf | GER |  |
00:55:17 | 00:09:36 | 00:00:49 | 00:29:25 | 00:00:27 | 00:15:00 |
| 5 | Jelle | Geens | BEL |  |
00:55:18 | 00:09:44 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:12 | 00:00:27 | 00:15:03 |
| 6 | Premysl | Svarc | CZE |  |
00:55:19 | 00:09:32 | 00:00:56 | 00:29:21 | 00:00:30 | 00:15:00 |
| 7 | Joe | Maloy | USA |  |
00:55:20 | 00:09:28 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:28 | 00:00:27 | 00:15:06 |
| 8 | Leonardo | Chacon | CRC |  |
00:55:21 | 00:09:45 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:11 | 00:00:29 | 00:15:04 |
| 9 | Crisanto | Grajales | MEX |  |
00:55:23 | 00:09:31 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:34 | 00:00:31 | 00:14:57 |
| 10 | Kevin | Mcdowell | USA | |
00:55:24 | 00:09:34 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:24 | 00:00:27 | 00:15:09 |
| 11 | Bob | Haller | LUX |  |
00:55:26 | 00:09:42 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:11 | 00:00:26 | 00:15:16 |
| 12 | Andrea | Secchiero | ITA |  |
00:55:28 | 00:09:31 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:32 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:06 |
| 13 | Manuel | Huerta | PUR |  |
00:55:29 | 00:09:32 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:26 | 00:00:26 | 00:15:13 |
| 14 | Thomas | Springer | AUT |  |
00:55:30 | 00:10:00 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:00 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:11 |
| 15 | Sam | Ward | NZL |  |
00:55:31 | 00:09:33 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:24 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:12 |
| 16 | Irving | Perez | MEX | |
00:55:32 | 00:09:28 | 00:00:48 | 00:29:41 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:07 |
| 17 | Andreas | Schilling | DEN |  |
00:55:33 | 00:09:32 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:27 | 00:00:29 | 00:15:11 |
| 18 | Lukas | Hollaus | AUT | |
00:55:35 | 00:09:45 | 00:00:56 | 00:29:08 | 00:00:31 | 00:15:15 |
| 19 | Amitai | Yonah | ISR |  |
00:55:40 | 00:09:46 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:20 | 00:00:37 | 00:15:05 |
| 20 | Brendan | Sexton | AUS |  |
00:55:46 | 00:09:50 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:03 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:31 |
| 21 | Aleksandr | Latin | EST |  |
00:55:47 | 00:09:49 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:05 | 00:00:29 | 00:15:30 |
| 22 | Diogo | Sclebin | BRA |  |
00:55:48 | 00:09:48 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:14 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:24 |
| 23 | John | O’Neill | USA | |
00:55:50 | 00:09:56 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:12 | 00:00:34 | 00:15:16 |
| 24 | Patrick | Rhyner | SUI |  |
00:55:51 | 00:09:53 | 00:00:54 | 00:28:55 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:41 |
| 25 | Eder | Mejia | MEX | |
00:55:55 | 00:09:34 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:25 | 00:00:29 | 00:15:34 |
| 26 | Jason | Wilson | BAR |  |
00:55:56 | 00:09:31 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:28 | 00:00:26 | 00:15:39 |
| 27 | Massimo | De Ponti | ITA | |
00:55:57 | 00:09:41 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:24 | 00:00:30 | 00:15:32 |
| 28 | Gianluca | Pozzatti | ITA | |
00:56:02 | 00:09:29 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:28 | 00:00:27 | 00:15:47 |
| 29 | Edson | Gomez | MEX | |
00:56:04 | 00:09:28 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:37 | 00:00:30 | 00:15:37 |
| 30 | Pablo | Dapena Gonzalez | ESP |  |
00:56:08 | 00:09:29 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:34 | 00:00:31 | 00:15:40 |
| 31 | Ron | Darmon | ISR | |
00:56:11 | 00:09:37 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:23 | 00:00:32 | 00:15:47 |
| 32 | Lukas | Pertl | AUT | |
00:56:15 | 00:10:02 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:02 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:50 |
| 33 | Wian | Sullwald | RSA | |
00:56:16 | 00:09:26 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:27 | 00:00:27 | 00:16:04 |
| 34 | Tamás | Tóth | HUN | |
00:56:17 | 00:09:33 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:21 | 00:00:29 | 00:16:02 |
| 35 | Carlos Javier | Quinchara Forero | COL |  |
00:56:18 | 00:09:41 | 00:00:57 | 00:29:17 | 00:00:31 | 00:15:52 |
| 36 | Rodrigo | Gonzalez | MEX | |
00:56:19 | 00:09:55 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:08 | 00:00:30 | 00:15:56 |
| 37 | Eli | Hemming | USA | |
00:56:20 | 00:09:49 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:08 | 00:00:27 | 00:16:05 |
| 38 | Danylo | Sapunov | UKR |  |
00:56:21 | 00:09:34 | 00:00:56 | 00:29:26 | 00:00:33 | 00:15:52 |
| 39 | Lawrence | Fanous | JOR |  |
00:56:22 | 00:09:49 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:13 | 00:00:30 | 00:15:58 |
| 40 | Sean | Jefferson | USA | |
00:56:23 | 00:09:55 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:08 | 00:00:35 | 00:15:50 |
| 41 | Ognjen | Stojanovic | SRB |  |
00:56:26 | 00:09:49 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:10 | 00:00:30 | 00:16:04 |
| 42 | Franz | Loeschke | GER | |
00:56:28 | 00:09:58 | 00:00:51 | 00:29:03 | 00:00:30 | 00:16:06 |
| 43 | Mateusz | Kazmierczak | POL |  |
00:56:36 | 00:09:53 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:09 | 00:00:27 | 00:16:14 |
| 44 | Alexandre | Nobre | POR |  |
00:56:36 | 00:09:51 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:09 | 00:00:28 | 00:16:14 |
| 45 | Matthew | Wright | BAR | |
00:56:45 | 00:09:54 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:11 | 00:00:28 | 00:16:18 |
| 46 | David | Mendoza | MEX | |
00:56:46 | 00:09:37 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:22 | 00:00:32 | 00:16:22 |
| 47 | Matthias | Steinwandter | ITA | |
00:56:48 | 00:09:39 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:22 | 00:00:32 | 00:16:23 |
| 48 | Shachar | Sagiv | ISR | |
00:56:50 | 00:09:49 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:14 | 00:00:28 | 00:16:29 |
| 49 | Danilo | Pimentel | BRA | |
00:56:55 | 00:09:34 | 00:00:55 | 00:29:29 | 00:00:31 | 00:16:26 |
| 50 | Felipe | Van De Wyngard | CHI |  |
00:57:04 | 00:09:48 | 00:00:57 | 00:29:11 | 00:00:33 | 00:16:35 |
| 51 | Ivan | Vasiliev | RUS |  |
00:57:08 | 00:09:36 | 00:00:57 | 00:29:23 | 00:00:31 | 00:16:41 |
| 52 | Jan | Volar | CZE | |
00:57:09 | 00:09:40 | 00:00:55 | 00:29:19 | 00:00:30 | 00:16:45 |
| 53 | Sergio | Sarmiento | MEX | |
00:57:14 | 00:09:43 | 00:00:58 | 00:30:14 | 00:00:28 | 00:15:51 |
| 54 | Miguel | Arraiolos | POR | |
00:57:23 | 00:09:57 | 00:00:50 | 00:29:09 | 00:00:34 | 00:16:53 |
| 55 | Cameron | Todd | NZL | |
00:57:25 | 00:09:36 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:21 | 00:00:28 | 00:17:07 |
| 56 | Brian | Moya | COL | |
00:57:28 | 00:09:46 | 00:00:48 | 00:29:17 | 00:00:30 | 00:17:07 |
| 57 | Sylvain | Fridelance | SUI | |
00:57:40 | 00:09:52 | 00:00:52 | 00:29:14 | 00:00:26 | 00:17:16 |
| 58 | Dan | Mcintosh | USA | |
00:57:43 | 00:09:58 | 00:00:58 | 00:30:05 | 00:00:29 | 00:16:13 |
| 59 | Andres | Cabascango | ECU |  |
00:57:56 | 00:09:50 | 00:00:55 | 00:30:12 | 00:00:30 | 00:16:29 |
| 60 | David | Castro Fajardo | ESP | |
00:58:01 | 00:09:29 | 00:00:55 | 00:29:25 | 00:00:31 | 00:17:41 |
| 61 | Hernan Dario | Rubiano Valero | COL | |
00:58:05 | 00:10:09 | 00:00:55 | 00:29:50 | 00:00:33 | 00:16:38 |
| 62 | Yegor | Martynenko | UKR | |
00:58:06 | 00:09:40 | 00:00:55 | 00:29:23 | 00:00:37 | 00:17:31 |
| 63 | Billy | Gordon | PAN |  |
00:58:08 | 00:10:00 | 00:00:55 | 00:30:01 | 00:00:28 | 00:16:44 |
| 64 | Alexander | Hinton | CAN | |
00:58:24 | 00:10:00 | 00:00:53 | 00:30:03 | 00:00:28 | 00:17:00 |
| 65 | Jarrod | Shoemaker | USA | |
00:58:48 | 00:09:46 | 00:00:59 | 00:31:35 | 00:00:26 | 00:16:02 |
| 66 | Valentin | Meshcheryakov | KAZ |  |
00:59:29 | 00:09:54 | 00:00:56 | 00:29:09 | 00:00:38 | 00:18:52 |
| 67 | Juan Sebastian | Rubio | COL | |
00:59:41 | 00:09:51 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:08 | 00:00:32 | 00:19:17 |
| 68 | Gil | Maia | POR | |
01:02:41 | 00:10:34 | 00:00:53 | 00:33:20 | 00:00:28 | 00:17:26 |
| DNF | Andrea | Salvisberg | SUI | |
DNF | 00:09:23 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:27 | 00:00:29 | 00:00:00 |
| DNF | Felipe | Barraza | CHI | |
DNF | 00:09:34 | 00:00:53 | 00:29:18 | 00:00:28 | 00:00:00 |
| DNF | Cesar | Saracho | MEX | |
DNF | 00:09:42 | 00:00:52 | 00:33:14 | 00:00:31 | 00:00:00 |
| DNF | Michel | Gonzalez | CUB |  |
DNF | 00:09:41 | 00:00:53 | 00:00:00 | 00:00:00 | 00:00:00 |
| DNF | Wesley | Matos | BRA | |
DNF | 00:09:38 | 00:00:55 | 00:30:27 | 00:00:29 | 00:00:00 |
| DNF | Mauro | Cavanha Conceicao | BRA | |
DNF | 00:10:04 | 00:00:54 | 00:29:59 | 00:00:30 | 00:00:00 |