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Jonathan Brownlee pips brother Alistair to World Tour Series gold in Hamburg

By Adam Petrie on 20/07/13 at 9:59 am
Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) produced a thrilling finish to pip brother Alistair Brownlee (GBR) to claim victory in the World Tour Series in Hamburg.
I thought it was going to be Alistair’s day – I thought I’d never beat him. He’s gone into this pretty unprepared but I knew I had to give everything,” Jonny said.
He was hanging on through the whole run. Alistair doesn’t like to run behind people, he likes to run upfront. I got to the last bit and he got past me. I was pretty feeling comfortable. I was thinking the whole way round I couldn’t remember if I was meant to finish on the right hand side or the left hand side but it was all good.”
The Brownlee brothers and Javier Gomez (ESP) dominated throughout and were still shoulder to shoulder as the race entered the last kilometre of the 5km run. Gomez started to fall back as the Brownlees upped the pace and it looked like Alistair would claim his first victory in Hamburg, edging ahead of Jonathan in the closing stages.
“I think I went a bit too early on that last corner. I was a bit confident but Jonny’s a clever old sod and he kept a bit back,” Alistair said.
But younger brother Jonathan found one final burst of energy on the blue mat to snatch victory in a blistering 51 minutes and five seconds. Alistair registered the same time to claim silver, while Gomez finished in 51:14 for bronze. In doing so Gomez maintain his position at the top of the rankings.
With nine of the top ten ranked athletes appearing in Hamburg, it promised to be a strong race, which proved to be the case from the start in an extremely fast swim. Richard Varga (SVK) was first out of the water in 8:42, closely followed by Henri Schoeman (RSA) and both Brownlee brothers.
Hamburg signalled the first time the Brownlee brothers and Gomez – medallists at London 2012 – had competed against each since the Olympic Games. The trio are also the only athletes to have won a WTS event in 2013 and it didn’t take long before the three were in prime position for the podium again.
By the half-way stage of the 20km bike, the Brownlees and Gomez formed the front of a breakaway group of nine which had created a 20-second lead. Alessandro Fabian (ITA) and Ryan Sissons (NZL) were also part of the leading group, with Fabian edging in front as the pack began the third of four laps.
“I wanted to get away on the bike and push on and we managed to do that but the other guys in the group didn’t work with us,” Alistair Brownlee said. “If any of them want to learn how to ride a bike, ring me up and I’ll give them some tips because they didn’t know what they were doing out there today.”
The nine-strong group entered transition together, with the Brownlees, Gomez and Schoeman gaining a few metres advantage in the early stages of the 5km run.
Gomez, who won the Hamburg race in 2010, continued to stay with the British brothers as they quickened the pace in the last kilometre before the brothers’ epic finale. His third place performance was the fourth time he’s made the podium in Hamburg.
Elite Men
1. Jonathan Brownlee GBR GB 00:51:05
2. Alistair Brownlee GBR GB 00:51:05
3. Javier Gomez ESP ES 00:51:14
4. Richard Murray RSA ZA 00:51:42
5. Mario Mola ESP ES 00:51:46
6. Sven Riederer SUI CH 00:51:50
7. Aurelien Raphael FRA FR 00:51:53
8. Alessandro Fabian ITA IT 00:51:55
9. Ryan Sissons NZL NZ 00:52:00
10. Jan Frodeno GER DE 00:52:02

http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/Jonathan_claims_gold_in_Hamburg

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Javí Gómez Noya y Mario Mola lideran el ranking de las Series Mundiales
Javier Gómez Noya y Mario Mola lideran el ranking provisional del las Series Mundiales ITU tras la prueba disputada este sábado en Hamburgo y donde Noya obtuvo el tercer puesto y Mola el quinto.

Por detrás de ellos se encuentra el surafricano Richard Murray, aunque la principal amenaza para los españoles son los hermanos Jonathan y Alistair Brownlee. Tres pruebas han disputado cada uno de ellos y tres veces han obtenido el primer puesto, exceptuando el segundo de Alistair de este sábado en Hamburgo, la única de las seis pruebas del circuito disputadas hasta el momento en la que ambos han coincidido.

Los españoles por su parte han necesitado participar en una prueba más que los británicos para obtener la ventaja suficiente que les coloca de momento en lo más alto de la clasificación para optar al Campeonato del Mundo ITU.

Faltan tan solo dos pruebas para finalizar el circuito, la de Estocolmo en el último fin de semana de agosto y la gran final de Londres en septiembre. El gran estado de forma de los Brownlee ha quedado más que contrastado por lo que tanto Noya como Mola están obligados a seguir manteniendo su regularidad en los puestos delanteros para poder conservar el liderazgo hasta la meta de Londres.

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Position First Name Last Name Country Events Points
1. Javier Gomez ESP 4 2965
2. Mario Mola ESP 4 2699
3. Richard Murray RSA 4 2501
4. Joao Silva POR 4 2422
5. Jonathan Brownlee GBR 3 2400
6. Alistair Brownlee GBR 3 2340
7. Sven Riederer SUI 4 2023
8. Ivan Vasiliev RUS 4 1814
9. Ryan Sissons NZL 4 1619
10. Henri Schoeman RSA 3 1542
ttp://www.triathlon.org/rankings/itu_world_triathlon_series/male