Video highlights of the 2012 Grand Final Elite Men Race in Auckland
At the start of the race, it looked like Jonathan Brownlee had set himself up for success. Staying on the feet of Richard Varga, a fellow Brit and training partner, Brownlee put in a sizeable chunk ahead of the rest of the field, including one of his biggest threats, Spaniard Javier Gomez, who got out of the water with the massive chase pack 36 seconds behind. The British pair swam under 17 minutes.
Brownlee and Varga led by themselves for the majority of three laps (of eight), but the first chase pack of about 20 was cutting about five seconds per lap. In spring-in-Auckland fashion, the weather would go from raining to pleasant to pouring as the race progressed. The wetness added a layer of difficulty to the game, given the tight corners and steep climbs followed by equally steep descents, but the Brownlee brothers are known to thrive in rainy weather.
After three laps, the gap decreased to 19 seconds. Gomez and New Zealand’s Bevan Docherty, who helped design the tough course, put in some hard efforts to reel in the leaders. By the start of the fourth lap, the chase pack caught the duo and formed a lead group of 15. Gomez tried to make a break off the front, but Brownlee wouldn’t have it and stuck by his side. Alexander Bryukhankov, who was rated third in the ITU rankings, dropped out due to a mechanical, leaving an open spot for the third place on the world championship podium.
Kiwi Kris Gemmell pulled away during lap six and powered up the course’s three big hills to create a sizeable gap, milking the crowd through the grandstands during the last ITU event of his career. It appeared that Docherty was working to slow down the chase pack to help his teammate.
The crowd went wild as Gemmell flew into T2 all by himself, with almost a minute buffer to start the run.
Brownlee, Gomez and Swiss Sven Riederer led the men onto the run course, with Gemmell in sights. Around a corner, Gemmell slipped on the wet roads and fell down in the first lap, reminiscent of Alistair Brownlee’s fall last year. By the end of the first lap, the trio left Gemmell in the dust. By the 6K mark, Riederer had fallen off pace and Gomez took the front to set the pace, a bit of déjà vu from the Olympics where Gomez outran Brownlee to take silver.
Gomez and Brownlee continued to battle it out, with frequent surges and responses and position changes. Every time one of them would appear in control, the other would be right on his shoulder. With 1K to go, the pair appeared to be sprinting to the finish, both not letting the other one go.
In the end it was Gomez who had the fresher legs and he sprinted his way to the win. Brownlee took second and cemented his spot at the top of the ITU World Triathlon Series rankings. Riederer claimed third.
2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand – Oct. 22, 2012
1.5K swim, 40K bike, 10K run
Men’s Race
1. Javier Gomez (ESP) 2:00:30
2. Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) + 00:01
3. Sven Riederer (SUI) + 00:48
4. Steffen Justus (GER) + 01:10
5. Gregor Buchholz (GER) + 01:15
6. Kyle Jones (CAN) + 01:18
7. Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) + 01:20
8. Ivan Rana (ESP) + 01:25
9. Richard Murray (RSA) + 01:30
10. David McNamee (GBR) + 01:37
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Pos First Name Last Name Country Time Swim T1 Bike T2 Run
1 Javie Gomez ESP 02:00:29b 00:17:44 00:01:04 01:10:36 00:00:31 00:30:34
2 Jonathan Brownlee GBR 02:00:31 00:17:00 00:01:11 01:11:11 00:00:33 00:30:34
3 Sven Riederer SUI 02:01:18 00:17:45 00:01:10 01:10:28 00:00:33 00:31:20
4 Steffen Justus GER 02:01:40 00:17:43 00:01:06 01:10:36 00:00:35 00:31:39
5 Gregor Buchholz GER 02:01:46 00:18:19 00:01:07 01:10:20 00:00:32 00:31:26
6 Kyle Jones CAN 02:01:48 00:17:42 00:01:11 01:10:33 00:00:32 00:31:48
7 Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 02:01:50 00:17:39 00:01:08 01:10:40 00:00:38 00:31:43
8 Ivan Raña ESP 02:01:56 00:17:41 00:01:12 01:10:30 00:00:32 00:31:59
9 Richard Murray RSA 02:02:00 00:18:18 00:01:02 01:10:26 00:00:35 00:31:36
10 David McNamee GBR 02:02:06 00:17:38 00:01:07 01:11:02 00:00:32 00:31:46
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Gomez Takes Win In Auckland, to Brownlee (2nd) that Earns World Championship
Gomez second in world championship
Spain’s Javier Gomez out-sprinted Great Britain’s Jonathan Brownlee to take the win at the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final in Auckland, New Zealand. Brownlee’s second-place finish easily gave him the win in the series and the world championship title. Last year’s world champion and Olympic gold medalist (and brother to Jonathan) Alistair Brownlee did not race due to an appendix surgery he had a few weeks ago.
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Triathlon: Gomez pips Brownlee in sprint finish
Spain's Javier Gomez has won the Barfoot & Thompson World Triathlon Grand Final in Auckland this afternoon after beating Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee in a sprint finish.
Gomez, who won silver at this year's London Olympics, finished in a time of 2 hours and 30 seconds in wet conditions.
Despite the second place, Brownlee still takes out the world series title.
Switzerland's Sven Riederer finished third. Ryan Sissons was the top New Zealander in 11th place.
Bevan Docherty finished two minutes and 20 seconds behind Gomez in 14th place while Kris Gemmell, who led at the end of the bike leg, was 20th.
Results:
Javier Gomez (ESP) 2:00.31, 1; Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) +2s, 2; Sven Rederer (SUI) +48, 3.
Final world series standings:
Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) 4935 points, 1; Javier Gomez (ESP) 4845, 2; Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) 3883, 3.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10841967
http://triathlonlive.tv/live_event/13590/
Bike35k
1. KRIS GEMMELL NZL 01:19:23
2. Jonat. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:42
3. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP + 00:42
4. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:42
5. BEVAN DOCHERTY NZL + 00:43
6. IVAN RANA ESP + 00:43
7. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 00:43
8. KYLE JONES CAN + 00:44
9. RICHARD VARGA SVK + 00:44
10. ALEs. FABIAN ITA + 00:44
T2
1. KRIS GEMMELL NZL 01:28:57
2. JONA. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:58
3. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP + 00:58
4. IVAN RANA ESP + 00:58
5. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 01:00
6. BENJAMIN SHAW ITU + 01:00
7. KYLE JONES CAN + 01:02
8. BEVAN DOCHERTY NZL + 01:02
9. ALES. FABIAN ITA + 01:02
10. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 01:04
Run5k
1. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP 01:45:02
2. JONAT. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:00
3. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:00
4. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 00:16
5. IVAN RANA ESP + 00:20
6. DMI. POLYANSKIY RUS + 00:34
7. KYLE JONES CAN + 00:36
8. RICHARD MURRAY RSA + 00:38
9. GREGOR BUCHHOLZ GER + 00:42
10. RYAN SISSONS NZL + 00:47
Run6.25k
1. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP 01:49:07
2. JONAT. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:00
3. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:02
4. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 00:29
5. IVAN RANA ESP + 00:32
6. DM. POLYANSKIY RUS + 00:48
7. RICHARD MURRAY RSA + 00:51
8. KYLE JONES CAN + 00:52
9. RYAN SISSONS NZL + 01:03
10. CHRI. PROCHNOW GER + 01:03
one lap to finish, the title of world champion , will be into gomez or brownlee...
Run7.5k
1. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP 01:52:43
2. JON. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:00
3. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:13
4. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 00:38
5. IVAN RANA ESP + 00:43
6. DM. POLYANSKIY RUS + 00:58
7. RICHARD MURRAY RSA + 01:01
8. KYLE JONES CAN + 01:01
9. GREGOR BUCHHOLZ GER + 01:05
10. RYAN SISSONS NZL + 01:14
last km !
Run8.75k 1. JONATHAN BROWNLEE GBR 01:56:50
2. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP + 00:00
3. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:26
4. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 00:52
5. IVAN RANA ESP + 01:02
6. DM. POLYANSKIY RUS + 01:13
7. KYLE JONES CAN + 01:15
8. RICHARD MURRAY RSA + 01:16
9. RYAN SISSONS NZL + 01:26
10. DAVID MCNAMEE GBR + 01:26
brownlee leads for 2 m.
gomez in front!
Run
1. JAVIER GOMEZ ESP 02:00:30
2. JON. BROWNLEE GBR + 00:01
3. SVEN RIEDERER SUI + 00:48
4. STEFFEN JUSTUS GER + 01:10
5. KYLE JONES CAN + 01:18
6. DM. POLYANSKIY RUS + 01:20
7. IVAN RANA ESP + 01:25
8. RICHARD MURRAY RSA + 01:30
9. DAVID MCNAMEE GBR + 01:37
10. RYAN SISSONS NZL + 01:44
gomez wins in auckland and the champion is brownlee
Our overall 2012 ITU World Triathlon Series podium, 1st. Jonathan Brownlee, 2nd. Javier Gomez, 3rd. Dmitry Polyanskiy
the Spanish national anthem sounds in auckland , bravo Javi ! and now the "god save the queen" in honor of jonathan brownlee... .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
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Gomez sprints to Grand Final title, Jonny keeps world title in Brownlee family
By Paula Kim on 21/10/12 at 10:40 am
Highlights of the 2012 Grand Final Elite Men Race in Auckland
The race was set up as an all-star clash of triathlon titans and Javier Gomez (ESP) and Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) did not disappoint today in Auckland against tough, wet conditions. With the 2012 ITU World Championship at stake, the Olympic medallists produced one of the most exciting finishes in ITU World Triathlon Series history. With three lead changes in the final three hundred metres, Gomez charged to his first ITU Grand Final victory and finished the season as the overall World Championships silver medallist.
“This race was really tough, all the conditions, the course the wind the rain made it really hard for everyone but I felt good it was a good way to finish the season.” said Gomez. Brownlee settled for second place after being out-sprinted by Gomez, but the podium finish was more than enough to secure his first elite World Championship, ensuring the title stays in the family after his brother Alistair won in 2011. He also joins Alistair and Gomez as they only men to win an under23 and elite world championship.
“It’s great to keep the title in the family, pretty special,” said Brownlee. “It was a tough day. I thought when woke up this morning that the weather was bad and it was going to be a hard pure triathlon and that’s what it was.”
While the overall gold and silver were locked up, bronze was very much up for grabs and the battle came down to Sven Riederer (SUI) and Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS). While Riederer took the final spot on the Grand Final podium, the Russian claimed World Championship bronze after his seventh place finish gave him just enough points to finish third in the series.
A dreary day welcomed the elite men but it wasn’t nearly enough to stop swim powerhouse Richard Varga (SVK) who blew the rest of the field out of the water. Brownlee was on his heels as the only one to keep up and the pair left T1 with a 37-second lead.
Out onto the hilly and rain-soaked 40km bike course, the chase group immediately began chipping away at the Varga-Brownlee lead. With Gomez, and Kiwis Kris Gemmell and Bevan Docherty doing the bulk of the work, the group closed the gap to the leaders. Gemmell managed to bridge up solo and was soon joined by the rest of the group.
Gemmell, competing in what is likely his final ITU race, put on a good show for the Auckland faithful as he went off the front alone in the fifth lap. He continued to hammer away up the hills and built a lead of almost a minute going into T2. A huge cheer went up for him as he headed out onto the 10km run course on his own, ahead of his pursuers that included Gomez, Brownlee, Steffen Justus (GER), Polyanskiy, Docherty, Riederer, and Kyle Jones (CAN).
It didn’t take long for Brownlee and Gomez, along with Riederer, to pull even with Gemmell, who was overtaken by the end of the first lap.
After chasing down Gemmell early in the run, the race for the ITU World Triathlon Series Grand Final podium fell to three men: Gomez, Brownlee and Riederer. The Swiss fell off the pace on the third lap, leaving the two Olympic medallists to duel it out in a battle that will go down as one of the best of the year.
With a few hundred metres to go, Gomez made his move, before Brownlee responded at the end of the grandstand with the finish line in sight. With one final incredible surge, Gomez pulled level and then rocketed ahead for good to win by two seconds, in a time of 2 hours and 29 seconds.
“I had a feeling I had something left on the last lap,” said Gomez. “So I waited for my moment and maybe with 200 metres to go, I said ‘okay now we go with everything as fast as I can’, and it worked well.”
Brownlee admitted the work he had done early in the bike had taken its toll on him. “I started the run and I was really tired and Javier pushed on after about 5km and I stayed with him,” said the newly crowned ITU World Champion. “I was tactically very bad in the end, I let him out and he came past me. Well done to him. It was a pure, triathlon course and he was great today.”
Riederer coasted home for the bronze, his second straight Grand Final podium and finished fourth overall in the series for the second consecutive year.
Justus came across in fourth place while German teammate Gregor Buchholz finished fifth, a career best for him in the ITU World Triathlon Series.
Jones also recorded a career best, finishing in sixth place and jumping to 15th in the overall rankings.
Ryan Sissons was the top Kiwi in 11th place, while double Olympic medallist Docherty finished 14th. After a monster performance on the bike, Gemmell finished up in 20th place, one of four from New Zealand in the top 20.
Alexander Bryukhankov (RUS) entered the Grand Final ranked third but was forced to pull out of the race due to a mechanical issue on the bike. As a result, he dropped to seventh in the overall series rankings.
Elite Men
1. Javier Gomez ESP 02:00:29
2. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 02:00:31
3. Sven Riederer SUI 02:01:18
4. Steffen Justus GER 02:01:40
5. Gregor Buchholz GER 02:01:46
6. Kyle Jones CAN 02:01:48
7. Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 02:01:50
8. Ivan Rana ESP 02:01:56
9. Richard Murray RSA 02:02:00
10. David McNamee GBR 02:02:06
Rankings Men
1. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 4935
2. Javier Gomez ESP 4845
3. Dmitry Polyanskiy RUS 3822
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JONATHAN BROWNLEE, SEGUNDO, SE PROCLAMÓ CAMPEÓN.Gómez Noya vence en Auckland y se proclama subcampeón del mundo
Es el primer título de campeón del mundo del menor de los Brownlee.
EUROPA PRESS 21/10/12 - 14:27.
El español Javier Gómez Noya ha logrado, tras un sprint espectacular, la victoria en la última cita de las Series Mundiales de Triatlón, celebrada en la localidad neozelandesa de Auckland, por delante del británico Jonathan Brownlee, que a pesar de ser segundo ha conseguido amarrar el título de campeón del mundo y ha condenado al gallego al subcampeonato.
De esta manera, el menor de los Brownlee consigue su primer título de campeón del mundo, mientras que Gómez Noya se alza con el subcampeonato tras una temporada de ensueño, con la conquista de la medalla de plata en los pasados Juegos Olímpicos de Londres. El tercer clasificado del ranking mundial es el ruso Dmitry Polyanskiy.
En la carrera, el gallego Iván Raña logró entrar en el 'top 10' tras finalizar en la octava posición. Por su parte, el mallorquín Mario Mola conseguía la 24ª posición.
La jornada ha estado marcada por las adversas condiciones meteorológicas, que se sumaban a un circuito de extrema dureza. El eslovaco Richard Varga estableció las diferencias desde el principio del tramo de natación, consiguiendo una brecha de más de 18 segundos tras la primera de las dos vueltas. A continuación, el británico Jonathan Brownlee, Petzold, Gemmell, Vasiliev y Bryukhankov seguían su estela. Al final del sector, Varga y Brownlee se dirigían a la T1 en cabeza con una ventaja considerable.
El gallego Iván Raña fue el mejor español en este segmento, al concluir en 17º posición. Por detrás, Gómez Noya terminaba 21º, a más de 46 segundos de los líderes, y Mario Mola salía del agua en 25º lugar, un hecho que les obligaba a remontar posiciones.
El ferrolano dio el golpe de efecto en el tramo de los 40 kilómetros ciclistas para enlazar con el grupo de cabeza. El pelotón perseguidor, formado por el propio Gómez Noya, Raña, Gemmell, Bryukhankov y Fabian, entre otros, trabajó arduamente para ir recudiendo las distancias con los líderes, mientras la lluvia arreciaba en el circuito neozelandés.
Entrada la cuarta vuelta y tras un gran trabajo, el pelotón perseguidor dio caza a Brownlee y Varga para formar un grupo de unos 15 triatletas al frente de la competición. Al poco, el local Gemmell se escapó del resto y logró hacerse con una renta de 22 segundos; a falta de dos vueltas, el triatleta de Ordes también se zafaba del resto en busca del triatleta local.
Sin embargo, la prueba empezó a tomar forma en la carrera a pie, cuando Gómez Noya, Brownlee y Riederer remontaban hasta alcanzar al neozelandés, para a continuación disputarse las medallas entre ellos. Por detrás, Raña se mantenía en la lucha en los primeros puestos del grupo perseguidor.
Al final y tras un duelo titánico, Gómez Noya atacaba a falta de 200 metros en un emocionante sprint final, para cruzar la línea de meta en primera posición y proclamarse campeón de la Gran Final de Auckland. Mientras, Brownlee entraba en segundo lugar a escasos segundos del gallego, en tanto que el suizo Sven Reiderer se colgaba la medalla de bronce.
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International Triathlon Union
Australia's Aaron Royle is the 2012 Men's Under23 ITU World Champion! Royle outsprinted Spain's Fernando Alarza and Great Britain's Thomas Bishop down the final finishing chute, in a thrilling finish to the final event for Saturday. Full results here soon, http://www.triathlon.org/results/event/2012_itu_world_triathlon_grand_final_auckland/1796 , stay tuned for photo galleries, full race recaps and video highlights on http://www.triathlon.org from all of today's world title action in Auckland!
Australia’s Aaron Royle too strong in 2012 Men’s Under23 ITU World Championship By Merryn Sherwood on 20/10/12 at 9:31 am
Highlights of the 2012 Auckland U23 Men Race
An all-round strong performance across the three disciplines carried Australia’s Aaron Royle to his first ITU World Championship, and broke a 10-year drought for Australian men in the Under23 category in Auckland on Saturday.
Royle was in the lead group across the swim, bike and run and out-sprinted Spain’s Fernando Alarza and Great Britain’s Thomas Bishop in a frenetic finishing chute finale to win in 1 hour 57 minutes and 17 seconds, just three seconds ahead of Alarza.
Royle said his strategy to hold back until the end paid off, as he became the first Australian man since Brad Kahlefeldt in 2002 to win the category and the first Australian man to win a world title since 2005.
“I had to stay relaxed during that run. I just wanted to watch from the back and see how everyone is looking, my plan was to wait until that very last minute and try and hold on for the sprint,” Royle said. “It’s sometimes hard to do that because you can get a little bit anxious but I just stayed patient and it worked out for me today.”
In a race where the contenders were decided early, Royle was one of the leaders out of the water beside teammates Ryan Fisher and Joshua Amberger, and South Africa’s Henri Schoeman and Russia’s Igor Polyanskiy.
But with the first 31 men out of the water within 20 seconds of the leaders, a large lead group of just over 20 athletes started to form on the first lap of the bike. However Amberger, Bishop and New Zealand’s Tom Davison made sure they didn’t hang around long, setting a blistering pace at the front on the hilly bike course. Within two laps, the lead group had dwindled to nine athletes, including the three Australians, Davison, Bishop, Polyanskiy, Alarza and Frenchmen Pierre Le Corre and Anthony Pujades.
Apart from Jason Wilson (BAR) bridging up solo at the halfway mark, that’s how the lead group stayed for the 40km bike as they continued to increase their lead on the chase group. While those ten entered T2 together, they started to peel away soon after as Fisher set the pace up front. While Le Corre tried to make a move in the third lap of the run, he was reeled back in by Bishop. On the final run lap Fisher dropped, leaving a four-man race for the title between Le Corre, Royle, Bishop and Alarza.
But with a few hundred metres to go, it was clear it was Royle’s race as he played out his plan to perfection and powered away from Alarza. Bishop finished just one second behind the Spaniard to claim his second consecutive ITU Under23 World Championship bronze medal. He said he deliberately hammered the bike to try and fend off his competition, but it didn’t quite work.
“The bike course is awesome, I wish more races were like that,” Bishop said. “I tried my hardest to hurt the legs of the guys and take the kick out of them but I didn’t quite do it and I got third again, but I tried my hardest and I’m content with that, getting a medal at a world championships is pretty good.”
The 2011 Under23 World Champion Matthew Sharp had a tough race after missing out on the lead bike group, but did post the equal fastest run split of the day of 31:04 to run through the field and finish sixth, while the USA’s Gregory Billington and Australia’s Ryan Bailie also made up significant time in the run to put themselves into the top ten.
U23 Men
1. Aaron Royle AUS 01:57:17
2. Fernando Alarza ESP 01:57:20
3. Thomas Bishop GBR 01:57:2
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