{"id":7535,"date":"2021-03-13T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=7535"},"modified":"2021-03-13T22:19:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T22:19:43","slug":"mario-mola-wins-hamburg-world-triathlon-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=7535","title":{"rendered":"Mario Mola wins Hamburg World Triathlon Series"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2016, 2017, 2018\u2026 it\u2019s a THREE-PEAT! What a come-from-behind performance by @mariomola to win #WTSHamburg for the third straight year! pic.twitter.com\/W38KA1BmNM<\/p>\n

\u2014 World Triathlon (@worldtriathlon) July 14, 2018<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Mario Mola underlined why he\u2019s the firm favourite to win a third consecutive world title with victory in Hamburg.<\/p>\n

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The north German city has proven a happy hunting ground for the 28-year-old Spaniard, who relied on his formidable leg speed on the 5km run to come from behind and triumph for the third straight year.<\/p>\n

Britain\u2019s Jonny Brownlee raced aggressively to forge a three-man breakaway on the bike, but was eventually out-sprinted by France\u2019s Vincent Luis and South African Richard Murray and had to settle for fourth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe atmosphere is unbelievable,\u201d Mola said of the city where he\u2019s enjoyed such success. \u201cI enjoy the course and the venue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very happy with how things have gone, but know from past experience it\u2019s not decided until the end. I just have to keep doing the work and hopefully will be at my best in [Gold Coast in] September.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamburg is the longest-standing venue on the ITU World Triathlon Series calendar, having hosted events since 2002. It reverted to sprint distance in 2012 and consistently draws crowds of thousands.<\/p>\n

Mola went into the race with a commanding lead over Luis in the series thanks to a win in Yokohama, runners-up spots in Abu Dhabi and Leeds, and a fourth place in Bermuda.<\/p>\n

Tom Bishop was the highest-ranked Brit in 14th, with Brownlee having competed just once in an injury and illness-ravaged season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Belgium\u2019s Marten van Riel and Slovakian Richard Varga led out the 56-strong field over the 750m swim, which included a short, dark tunnel section before they reached the ramp to T1.<\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s Ryan Sissons also marked his 50th WTS race by joining Australian Ryan Bailie in picking up a 10sec penalty for a false start.<\/p>\n

After the race looked like it might come together on the flat, city centre course, Kristian Blummenfelt, Luis and Brownlee managed to make a breakaway stick and grew the lead to 15secs halfway into the 20km and retained the advantage into T2.<\/p>\n

Brownlee (2013) and Luis (2014) had both won previously in Hamburg, and Norwegian Blummenfelt had recorded four runners-up spots in his past seven WTS races, so it looked as if all three were strong podium contenders.<\/p>\n

But on the first lap of two on the run, Blummenfelt pulled up with what looked like a stomach issue, and Murray and Mola all but eroded the lead of Luis and Brownlee.<\/p>\n

The four came together with just 2km to go, before it was Mola who seized the initiative to ease clear clocking a 13.59 5km split, with Luis just having the speed to pip Murray for second. Bishop finished 17th with Sheldon being lapped out on the bike.<\/p>\n

The team mixed relay takes place tomorrow and the next stop on the World Triathlon Series is Edmonton on July 27-29, with Montreal and the Grand Finals at Gold Coast to finish the season.<\/p>\n

Hamburg WTS: Race result.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Mario Mola, 53.24<\/p>\n

Vincent Luis, +5sec<\/p>\n

Richard Murray, +8<\/p>\n

Jonny Brownlee, +12<\/p>\n

Jacob Birtwhistle, +18<\/p>\n

Series standings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mario Mola, 4641pts<\/p>\n

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Vincent Luis, 3133<\/p>\n

Richard Murry, 2507<\/p>\n

Jacob Birtwhistle, 2389<\/p>\n

Pierre Le Corre, 2226<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2016, 2017, 2018\u2026 it\u2019s a THREE-PEAT! What a come-from-behind performance by @mariomola to win #WTSHamburg for the third straight year! pic.twitter.com\/W38KA1BmNM \u2014 World Triathlon (@worldtriathlon) July 14, 2018 Mario Mola underlined why he\u2019s the firm favourite to win a third consecutive world title with victory in Hamburg. Advertisement The north German city has proven a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7535\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}