May 13, 2023
Max Neumann and Anne Haug take out the PTO European Open; Spivey, Rappaport, Knibb, Pearson, Rider and McQueen in Yokohama. Boulder 70.3 bike clinic and more this week.
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European Open 2023 triathlon titles - Full results from Ibiza
Neumann upstaged Olympic triathlon champions Kristian Blummenfelt, Jan Frodeno, and Alistair Brownlee to triumph in Ibiza with Haug dominating the women's race.
Max Neumann and Anne Haug came out on top in Ibiza to claim inaugural Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) European Open triathlon titles on Saturday (6 May).
The races were of the PTO standard distance of 100km comprising a 2km swim, 80km cycle, and 18km run.
The men's race was billed as a clash between the last three Olympic champions - Germany's Beijing 2008 hero Jan Frodeno, double gold medallist Alistair Brownlee, and reigning champion Kristian Blummenfelt.
Brownlee was looking good at the front on the early stages of the run, but nearly collided with a passerby who wandered out onto the course while looking at his phone in Ibiza Town.
The man thankfully stopped just before there was contact, and it had little bearing on the double Olympic champion, who was soon caught by Neumann with the Australian moving clear 10km from home.
The Briton clearly went out too hard and struggled badly after that, dropping back with Blummenfelt and Denmark's Magnus Ditlev quickly passing him.
Norwegian Blummenfelt was unable to bridge the gap as Neumann took the biggest victory of his career in 3:13:45.
Blummenfelt jogged home to finish 27 seconds behind with Ditlev rounding out the podium in third almost two minutes off the pace.
Frodeno - like Blummenfelt a subsequent Ironman world champion - was fourth in his first race after almost two years out through injury with Jason West fifth and Brownlee back in sixth place.
Speaking afterwards to PTO, Neumann said, "You don't get many chances to race these guys. They're what's made triathlon and it's just a privilege to go up against Jan, Ali, Kristian. They literally made the sport for us guys. I'm quite emotional about it.
Haug flies home for women's victory
Anne Haug surged clear in the women's race with just 12 out of the 26 men's starters clocking a faster run leg than the German two-time Olympian.
Lucy Charles-Barclay had a lead of over a minute and a half as she transitioned off the bike, but Haug took over less than midway through the run and gave her British rival a respectful tap on the side as she went past.
When Australia's Ashleigh Gentle - another two-time Olympian - moved ahead of Charles-Barclay into second place, she was over a minute down on Haug who was fairly powering on at the front.
The 2019 Ironman world champion won by a two and a half minutes in the end, crossing the line in 3:38:00.
Haug invoked the spirit of Forrest Gump in her post-race interview, saying, "I compete against the best of the world and that really pushes me to get the best out of me.
"I had a fantastic race, I must say. My swim was OK, I felt very strong on the bike, and I knew I could run pretty quick but you never know. It's the first race of the year against the best in the world, you never know where you are, it's always a box of chocolates. I tried my best and you always have to believe that you can make it."
The next PTO Tour triathlon is the US Open in Milwaukee on 4-5 August. Same weekend as AG Nationals.
Results from PTO European Open, Ibiza, Spain - 6 May 2023:
Men's race:
Max Neumann (AUS) 3:13:46
Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) +27"
Magnus Ditlev (DEN) +1'50"
Jan Frodeno (GER) +2'16"
Jason West (USA) +2'19"
Alistair Brownlee (GBR) +3'17"
Women's race:
Anne Haug (GER) 3:38:00
Ashleigh Gentle (AUS) +2'30"
Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) +2'56"
Emma Pallant-Browne (GBR) +4'19"
Paula Findlay (CAN) +5'34"
Tamara Jewett (CAN) +5'51"
On Related News - PROFESSIONAL TRIATHLETES ORGANISATION AND USA TRIATHLON ANNOUNCE MILWAUKEE WILL HOST THE 2023 PTO US OPEN
U.S. ELITE TRIATHLETES, ELITE PARATRIATHLETES TO RACE AT WORLD TRIATHLON SERIES YOKOHAMA
By USA Triathlon | May 11, 2023
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. —The World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) race in Yokohama is the second of the 2023 season, which includes seven events, plus the Paris 2024 Test Event in August, all leading to the World Triathlon Championship Finals in September in Pontevedra, Spain.
For elite paratriathletes, the World Triathlon Para Series (WTPS) race in Yokohama is the second of four stops on the Para Series before September’s Championship Finals in Pontevedra.
This season marks an important year of competition as athletes will be vying for crucial Olympic and Paralympic qualifying points ahead of next year’s Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games.
HOW TO WATCH Fans can stream World Triathlon events live or on-demand on TriathlonLIVE.tv.
Coverage of the elite para races begins at 5:50 p.m. ET/2:50 p.m. PT, Friday, May 12 (6:50 a.m. Saturday, May 13 Yokohama local time).
The elite women race coverage begins at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, Friday, May 12 (10 a.m. Saturday, May 13 Yokohama local time).
The elite men follow at midnight ET/9 p.m. PT, Friday, May 12 (1 p.m. Saturday, May 13 Yokohama local time).
WTCS Yokohama
Five U.S. elite triathletes make up the women’s roster in Yokohama, led by Taylor Spivey (Redondo Beach, Calif.), ranked No. 3 in the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Rankings.
A consistent performer, Spivey earned the bronze in the 2023 WTCS season-opener in March in Abu Dhabi. Last year, Spivey placed in the top 10 in every WTCS appearance, her consistency leading her to fourth in the 2022 WTCS rankings.
Summer Rappaport (Thornton, Colo.) comes to Yokohama No. 4 in the 2023 World Triathlon Championship Rankings, following her fourth-place finish in Abu Dhabi. A Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Rappaport is a six-time WTCS medalist.
Taylor Knibb (Boulder, Colo.) makes her 2023 season debut in Yokohama, where she earned gold in 2021 to qualify for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Knibb finished third in the 2022 WTCS rankings.
U.S. National Team veteran Kirsten Kasper (North Andover, Mass.) and U.S. National Team veteran newcomer, Erika Ackerlund (Helena, Mont.) round out the elite U.S. squad racing in Yokohama. Kasper began her 2023 season in Abu Dhabi and placed 12th in the 2022 WTCS rankings. Ackerlund opened her second year representing the U.S. National Team in March with a seventh-place finish at the 2023 World Triathlon Cup New Plymouth.
Four U.S. elite men will race in Yokohama, led by Matt McElroy (Huntington Beach, Calif.), who opened his 2023 season with an eighth-place showing in Abu Dhabi.
Morgan Pearson (New Vernon, N.J.) makes his 2023 season debut, returning to Yokohama where his bronze in 2021 qualified him for the Tokyo Olympic Games.
Seth Rider (Germantown, Tenn.) earned a sixth-place finish at the 2023 World Triathlon Cup New Plymouth, while Chase McQueen (Columbus, Ind.) comes to Yokohama with a win on his resume from the 2023 Arena Games Triathlon Series Montreal and a bronze at the 2023 Americas Triathlon Cup La Paz.
WTPS Yokohama
Tokyo 2020 Paralympians Kendall Gretsch (Downers Grove, Ill., PTWC), Allysa Seely (Glendale, Ariz., PTS2), Hailey Danz (Colorado Springs, Colo., PTS2), Melissa Stockwell (Colorado Springs, Colo., PTS2), Eric McElvenny (Pittsburgh, Pa., PTS4) and Kelly Elmlinger (San Antonio, Texas, PTS4) lead the U.S. elite paratriathlon squad competing in Yokohama.
Other U.S. elite paratriathletes competing include fellow U.S. Elite Paratriathlon National Team members Mohamed Lahna (Elk Grove, Calif., PTS2) and Carson Clough (Charlotte, N.C., PTS4) and Project Podium’s Owen Cravens (Chicago, Ill., PTVI), who is guided by pro triathlete Ben Hoffman. This winter, Cravens joined the elite development squad based in Tempe, Arizona, joining three-time Paralympian Chris Hammer as the squad’s first two paratriathletes.
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