Showing unbeatable form Spaniard\u00a0Mario Mola\u00a0is has won his second WTS race of the series and his third straight season win, after taking gold in the Mooloolaba World Cup.<\/p>\n
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Despite the heat, Mola was able to remain within the top tier from start to finish and then showcase his signature running speed in the final two and a half kilometres to bypass Great Britain\u2019s\u00a0Jonathan Brownlee\u00a0and compatriot\u00a0Fernando Alarza.<\/p>\n
Mola said: \u201cIt was really tough. Jonny was really strong during most of the run. I am very happy for Fernando that he got second place. I felt great during the whole race. I tried to stay in the front as much as I could on the bike in order to make it a 10k run and I think things went well and I am very happy with the result.\u201d<\/p>\n
Running past Brownlee in the final kilometre to earn the silver was Alarza, with Brownlee ending the day with bronze.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was an amazing final run, I thought I was only going to get the bronze medal and then when I saw that Jonny was down, I thought now, now now, so I am very happy with the silver medal,\u201d Alarza said. \u201cThis is for my family and for my girlfriend. I think this was my best swim, my best cycle and a good run so I am just so very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The top men all positioned themselves on the right side of the pontoon, to try and make the most of the current at the Broadwater Parklands. It was \u00a0Richard Varga\u00a0(SVK), as usual, who led out the swim, followed by\u00a0Igor Polyanskiy\u00a0(RUS),\u00a0Henri Schoeman\u00a0(RSA) and Jonny Brownlee.<\/p>\n
This leading pack were joined by seven others, including\u00a0Aaron Royle\u00a0(AUS), Ben Kanute (USA) and Alessandro Fabian (ITA), in the first bike lap to create a 12-strong lead pack on the bike.<\/p>\n
However\u00a0with Alistair Brownlee\u00a0(GBR),\u00a0Ryan Fisher\u00a0(AUS),\u00a0Ryan Bailie\u00a0(AUS),\u00a0Thomas Bishop\u00a0(GBR) and Mola in the chase group, the leaders were hard-pressed to make their break stick, and by the third lap the peloton then tallied 29.<\/p>\n
An episode of breakaway attempts then occurred in the latter half of the bike leg.\u00a0Alistair Brownlee\u00a0was first to enjoy a solo ride and his pushed through a lap on his own. But he retreated back to the pack when he was unable to gain any company.<\/p>\n
It was then that\u00a0Ben Shaw\u00a0(IRL) and\u00a0Tom Bishop\u00a0(GBR) went together on a breakaway push and were able to create a gap of 50 seconds and enter the second transition zone together with a slight advantage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
However Mola and Brownlee ran them down and running stride for stride, Mola and Jonny Brownlee stayed together for the first three laps of the run, before Mola was able to finally kick in some final energy in the final lap and bypass Brownlee and cross the finish line and claim his third straight victory of the season.<\/p>\n
Alarza found himself in a comfortable third place position for the first three fourths of the run, but when Brownlee started to run out of gas in the final kilometre, Alarza was able to come past him for silver.<\/p>\n
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Australian Bailie was fourth, cementing his place on the Australian Olympic team. He said, \u201cIt hasn\u2019t quite sunk in yet to tell you the truth, it has been a lot of hard work to get here. I knew what I had to do and I just wanted to take it out of the selector\u2019s hands. When Rio did not go quite as planned I knew this was the race that I wanted to peak for. I just can\u2019t believe it to tell you the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\nMario Mola
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\nFernando Alarza
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\nJonathan Brownlee
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\nRyan Bailie
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\nRyan Fisher
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\nJoe Maloy
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\nVicente Hernandez
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\nMarten Van Riel
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\nJacob Birtwhistle
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\nGregory Billington
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