ITU Banyoles World Cup > American domination in the future?

Trimes’s notes > only 36 women on the starting list… No canadian.

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Le vrai intéret de cette course demeurait dans l’état de forme d’athlètes comme Laurent Vidal et des américains. On connaissait le potentiel incroyable en course à pied de Jorgensen et de Verzbikas et on n’a pas été déçu. On pourra se questionner sur le fait qu’il n’a pas obtenu de départ à San Diego WCS puisqu’il est le seul américain a avoir été en mesure de battre Laurent Vidal cette année. Il aurait été à Londres la meilleure chance à Londres d’obtenir une médaille chez les américains. Avec Emma Snowsill, Tim Don, Will Clarke, Lukas Verzbikas sur la touche, on peut vraiment se poser des questions sur tout le processus olympique. 

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While the temperatures certainly heated up at the men’s race of the 2012 Banyoles ITU Triathlon World Cup, the competition didn’t get steamy until the final discipline. The race was a game of wait and see, as a pack of more than 50 men competed in one large group until the run.

It was worth the wait for young Lukas Verzbicas (USA), as the run proved to be a pivotal moment in the competition and his career. The 19-year old Junior World Champion made his debut on the elite international circuit with a tremendous final run lap to earn him his first World Cup title.

“It was great,” Verzbicas said. “It was my first world cup, as well as my first world cup victory.”

He was followed by favourites Laurent Vidal (FRA) and Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS) who captured silver and bronze, respectably.

The day began predictably enough when the Polyanskiy brothers quickly moved to the front of the swim.Fernando Alarza, an up and coming athlete for Spain, joined the Russians as a leader out of the swim exit. Alarza hopped on his bike and slid ahead to lead a group of more than 30 men onto the first lap of the ride.

With a flat course lacking many opportunities for strong or technical riders to pull away, another 20 men joined the lead congregation by the end of the first lap. Only a small assembly of six riders remained trailing.

Vidal, who left the water in 24th place made his way to the front of the ride just in time for Russia´s Denis Vasiliev to break away to a 38-second lead. Meanwhile, Polyanskiy opted to fall to the middle of the pack where Verzbicas was nearby. For the final two laps, Vidal pulled the sizable field, while Verzbicas and Polyanskiy conserved energy.

After pushing through a congestive second transition, Verzbicas, Vidal, and Polyanskiy ran shoulder to shoulder, having quickly overtaken Vasiliev and the rest of the competitors. Together, they continued forging further ahead until the final lap when Vidal and Verzbicas dropped Polyanskiy.

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country		Time	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
1	Gwen	Jorgensen	USA		01:59:39	00:21:22	00:01:01	01:01:31	00:00:36	00:35:10
2	Erin	Densham	AUS		01:59:55	00:21:05	00:00:54	01:01:50	00:00:34	00:35:30
3	Ashleigh	Gentle	AUS		02:00:02	00:21:38	00:00:54	01:01:19	00:00:34	00:35:35
4	Andrea	Hewitt	NZL		02:00:35	00:21:08	00:00:56	01:01:48	00:00:36	00:36:07
5	Lois	Rosindale	GBR		02:01:10	00:21:24	00:00:56	01:01:36	00:00:34	00:36:40
6	Arina	Shulgina	RUS		02:01:27	00:21:26	00:00:56	01:01:35	00:00:36	00:36:53
7	Elena	Danilova	RUS		02:01:38	00:21:36	00:00:58	01:01:24	00:00:34	00:37:06
8	Felicity	Sheedy-Ryan	AUS		02:01:48	00:22:28	00:00:56	01:02:05	00:00:34	00:35:44
9	Anna	Burova	RUS		02:02:07	00:21:33	00:01:01	01:01:22	00:00:36	00:37:35
10	Tamsyn	Moana-Veale	AUS		02:02:12	00:21:26	00:00:56	01:01:27	00:00:31	00:37:48
11	Sarah	Fladung	GER		02:02:21	0:21:36	00:00:56	01:01:21	00:00:31	00:37:58
12	Natalie	Van Coevorden	AUS		02:02:44	00:21:18	00:00:58	01:01:40	00:00:37	00:38:09
13	Sara	Vilic	CRO		02:02:51	00:21:22	00:00:54	01:01:35	00:00:36	00:38:21
14	Charlotte	McShane	AUS		02:03:00	00:21:25	00:00:58	01:01:31	00:00:37	00:38:28
15	Rebecca	Kingsford	NZL		02:03:12	00:21:21	00:00:58	01:01:34	00:00:36	00:38:43
16	Carolina	Routier	ESP		02:03:36	00:20:02	00:00:56	01:01:01	00:00:36	00:40:59
17	María	Ortega de Miguel	ESP		02:03:40	00:21:31	00:00:56	01:01:31	00:00:32	00:39:09
18	Hanna	Philippin	GER		02:03:41	00:21:35	00:00:56	01:01:21	00:00:31	00:39:17
19	Anna	Godoy Contreras	ESP		02:04:04	00:21:03	00:00:56	01:01:55	00:00:34	00:39:33
20	Simone	Ackermann	NZL		02:04:30	00:21:26	00:00:58	01:01:29	00:00:37	00:39:57
21	Marta	Jimenez	ESP		02:04:36	00:21:32	00:00:58	01:03:00	00:00:41	00:38:23
22	Miriam	Casillas García	ESP		02:05:13	00:22:14	00:00:53	01:02:20	00:00:36	00:39:08
23	Aida	Valiño	ESP		02:05:35	00:21:31	00:00:56	01:01:29	00:00:39	00:40:59
24	Inna	Tsyganok	RUS		02:05:48	00:21:22	00:00:58	01:01:36	00:00:41	00:41:11
25	Tamara	Gomez Garrido	ESP		02:05:52	00:21:37	00:00:58	01:02:55	00:00:37	00:39:43
26	Xisca	Tous	ESP		02:06:35	00:21:22	00:01:01	01:01:39	00:00:36	00:41:56
27	Asa	Annerstedt	SWE		02:07:21	0:21:36	00:00:56	01:01:27	00:00:36	00:42:45
28	Estefania	Dominguez	ESP		02:09:00	00:21:38	00:00:56	01:02:55	00:00:43	00:42:47
29	Melina	Alonso	ESP		02:09:28	00:22:29	00:00:51	01:02:08	00:00:34	00:43:26
30	Hannah	Drewett	GBR		02:11:24	00:21:20	00:00:58	01:01:36	00:00:36	00:46:54
DNF	Lucy	Hall	GBR		00:00:00	00:20:01	00:00:56	01:01:01	00:00:36	00:00:00
DNF	Liubov	Ivanovskaya	RUS		00:00:00	0.015	00:00:58	01:01:22	00:00:39	00:00:00
DNF	Mikayla	Nielsen	NZL		00:00:00	00:22:48	00:01:01	01:06:31	00:00:41	00:00:00
DNF	Anastasiya	Polyanskaya	RUS		00:00:00	00:21:24	00:00:56	01:01:29	00:00:39	00:00:00
DNF	Tanja	Stroschneider	AUT		00:00:00	00:21:57	00:01:01	01:02:30	00:00:41	00:00:00
DNF	Kelly	Whitley	USA		00:00:00	00:22:22	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00

Vidal had a slight edge over Verzbicas, but it didn´t last long. Verzbicas kicked into turbo speed with half a lap to go and left the Frenchman behind.

“Polyanskiy and Vidal started the run out well,” Verzbicas said. “Without planning it, I pushed forward and just kept pushing the whole way.”

Wearing number 43, Verzbicas surged over the finish line to his first world cup victory with a 17-second lead.

Vidal claimed second, while Polyanskiy crossed over 36 seconds after the top time of one hour, forty seven minutes and twenty eight seconds.

“I’m pretty happy, getting a podium is always good,” Vidal said. “Obviously, I would have liked to have won, but coming into the hard work ahead of the Olympics, I think it was pretty good.”

Pos	First Name	Last Name	Country		Time	Swim	T1	Bike	T2	Run
1	Lukas	Verzbicas	USA		01:47:28	00:19:49	00:00:50	00:55:23	00:00:33	00:30:55
2	Laurent	Vidal	FRA		01:47:45	00:19:29	00:00:52	00:55:33	00:00:32	00:31:22
3	Dmitry	Polyanskiy	RUS		01:48:04	00:19:19	00:00:52	00:55:42	00:00:32	00:31:40
4	Mark	Buckingham	GBR		01:48:16	00:20:04	00:00:52	00:54:59	00:00:31	00:31:51
5	Adam	Bowden	GBR		01:48:22	00:19:25	00:00:52	00:55:38	00:00:32	00:31:58
6	Vladimir	Turbayevskiy	RUS		01:48:33	00:19:27	00:00:57	00:55:30	00:00:32	00:32:06
7	Fernando	Alarza	ESP		01:48:35	00:19:22	00:00:48	00:55:47	00:00:33	00:32:06
8	Aaron	Harris	GBR		01:48:40	00:19:29	00:00:52	00:55:37	00:00:35	00:32:10
9	Uxio	Abuin Ares	ESP		01:48:45	00:19:29	00:00:50	00:55:39	00:00:32	00:32:17
10	Andreas	Schilling	DEN		01:48:50	00:20:01	00:00:48	00:55:10	00:00:31	00:32:20
11	Gregory	Billington	USA		01:49:03	00:19:30	00:00:53	00:55:32	00:00:36	00:32:32
12	Peter	Kerr	AUS		01:49:14	00:19:26	00:00:51	00:55:38	00:00:31	00:32:49
13	Jesus	Gomar	ESP		01:49:19	00:19:23	00:00:53	00:55:37	00:00:34	00:32:52
14	Anton	Ruanova	ESP		01:49:24	00:19:23	00:00:51	00:55:42	00:00:34	00:32:56
15	Rostyslav	Pevtsov	UKR		01:49:26	00:19:52	00:00:50	00:55:16	00:00:36	00:32:54
16	Igor	Polyanskiy	RUS		01:49:33	00:19:19	00:00:52	00:55:42	00:00:32	00:33:09
17	Tommy	Zaferes	USA		01:49:33	00:19:19	00:00:54	00:55:40	00:00:28	00:33:15
18	Sylwester	Kuster	POL		01:49:41	00:19:54	00:00:50	00:55:21	00:00:33	00:33:06
19	Rodrigo	Gonzalez	MEX		01:49:44	00:19:35	00:00:50	00:55:33	00:00:33	00:33:13
20	Yohann	Vincent	FRA		01:49:48	00:19:57	00:00:48	00:55:07	00:00:33	00:33:22
21	Joao	Pereira	POR		01:49:52	00:19:28	00:00:48	00:55:38	00:00:30	00:33:26
22	Denis	Vasiliev	RUS		01:49:52	00:19:27	00:00:53	00:54:49	00:00:36	00:34:10
23	Andrey	Bryukhankov	RUS		01:49:58	00:19:23	00:00:54	00:55:38	00:00:37	00:33:26
24	Nils	Frommhold	GER		01:50:04	00:19:23	00:00:53	00:55:38	00:00:32	00:33:39
25	Ryan	Bailie	AUS		01:50:16	00:19:32	00:00:54	00:55:28	00:00:34	00:33:50
26	Maximilian	Schwetz	GER		01:50:25	00:19:19	00:00:53	00:55:48	00:00:28	00:33:57
27	Jesse	Featonby	AUS		01:50:40	00:20:08	00:00:53	00:54:56	00:00:34	00:34:12
28	Vicente	Hernandez	ESP		01:50:50	00:19:23	00:00:52	00:55:42	00:00:35	00:34:20
29	Ricardo	Hernandez Marrero	ESP		01:50:53	00:19:33	00:00:48	00:55:36	00:00:34	00:34:24
30	Matt	Brown	AUS		01:50:55	00:19:46	00:00:54	00:55:21	00:00:33	00:34:24
31	Bryce	McMaster	ITU		01:51:02	00:19:27	00:00:54	00:55:36	00:00:38	00:34:27
32	Pedro	Mendes	POR		01:51:04	00:19:19	00:00:52	00:55:49	00:00:28	00:34:37
33	Miguel	Arraiolos	POR		01:51:12	00:20:04	00:00:52	00:55:06	00:00:35	00:34:37
34	Per	Wangel	SWE		01:51:13	00:19:47	00:00:54	00:55:21	00:00:32	00:34:42
35	Ognjen	Stojanovic	SRB		01:51:20	00:19:44	00:00:58	00:55:16	00:00:35	00:34:48
36	Maurice	Clavel	GER		01:51:24	00:19:28	00:00:50	00:55:39	00:00:30	00:34:59
37	Christian	Otto	GER		01:51:29	00:19:30	00:00:51	00:55:33	00:00:36	00:35:01
38	Joel	Vikner	SWE		01:51:36	00:20:03	00:09:54	00:46:07	00:11:52	00:23:41
39	Justus	Nieschlag	GER		01:51:42	00:20:04	00:00:53	00:54:55	00:00:30	00:35:21
40	Phil	Wolfe	GBR		01:51:53	00:19:44	00:00:54	00:55:23	00:00:33	00:35:19
41	Rafael	Fonseca	BRA		01:52:03	00:19:26	00:00:52	00:55:37	00:00:32	00:35:37
42	Drew	Box	AUS		01:52:13	00:19:23	00:00:50	00:55:43	00:00:32	00:35:46
43	David	Bishop	GBR		01:52:17	00:19:34	00:00:52	00:55:30	00:00:32	00:35:50
44	Taylor	Cecil	AUS		01:52:49	00:19:45	00:00:52	00:55:18	00:00:32	00:36:25
45	Lawrence	Fanous	JOR		01:52:51	00:19:28	00:00:56	00:55:31	00:00:34	00:36:23
46	Stefan	Zachaeus	GER		01:52:56	00:19:22	00:00:54	00:55:37	00:00:28	00:36:38
47	Matthew	Wisthoff	USA		01:53:19	00:19:56	00:00:56	00:55:11	00:00:35	00:36:44
48	Wesley	Matos	BRA		01:53:28	00:19:51	00:00:54	00:55:16	00:00:32	00:36:56
49	Matthew	Gunby	GBR		01:53:32	00:21:26	00:00:54	00:56:57	00:00:34	00:33:42
50	Wikus	Weber	RSA		01:54:00	00:19:32	00:00:53	00:55:35	00:00:34	00:37:28
51	Neil	Peters	LUX		01:54:30	00:19:30	00:00:54	00:55:31	00:00:33	00:38:04
52	Paulo Roberto	Maciel	BRA		01:56:04	00:19:35	00:00:52	00:55:29	00:00:36	00:39:32
53	Przemyslaw	Szymanowski	POL		01:56:25	00:20:33	00:00:51	00:57:53	00:00:36	00:36:33
54	Ivan	Ivanov	UKR		01:57:43	00:19:48	00:00:52	00:55:18	00:00:33	00:41:15
55	Viktors	Vovrusko	LAT		02:02:28	00:20:04	00:00:53	01:03:51	00:00:36	00:37:05
DNF	Alex	Ascenzi	ITA		00:00:00	00:20:30	00:00:51	00:57:57	00:00:34	00:00:00
DNF	Rhys	Davey	GBR		00:00:00	00:19:45	00:00:53	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Tom	Davison	NZL		00:00:00	00:20:03	00:00:57	00:54:59	00:00:40	00:00:00
DNF	Patrick	Lange	GER		00:00:00	00:20:28	00:00:52	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Valentin	Meshcheryakov	RUS		00:00:00	00:19:30	00:00:52	00:55:35	00:00:37	00:00:00
DNF	Artem	Parienko	RUS		00:00:00	00:20:32	00:00:52	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Vyacheslav	Pimenov	RUS		00:00:00	00:19:22	00:00:54	00:00:00	00:00:00	00:00:00
DNF	Ivan	Tutukin	RUS		00:00:00	00:19:30	00:00:54	00:55:30	00:00:32	00:00:00
DNF	Oscar	Vicente	ESP		00:00:00	00:21:29	00:00:54	00:56:57	00:00:35	00:00:00

The elite women were met with clear blue skies and rising temperatures at the 2012 Banyoles ITU Triathlon World Cup. A race brimming with athletes heading to London, triathlon newcomer Gwen Jorgensen (USA) gave her competition reason to fear her presence in England with a win in Spain on Sunday.
“It was a really great course,” Jorgensen said. “Those girls really made me work. There are some really good runners out there and when Erin took it out, I really tried to keep the distance.”
From the start, amphibious Lucy Hall (GBR) and Banyoles local Carolina Routier (ESP) wasted no time in creating a 20-meter distance on the two-lap swim. Routier swam on Hall´s hip throughout the swim, exiting to cheers from her compatriots.
Together, the young athletes headed out on the bike with a minute lead over favorites Andrea Hewitt (NZL) and Erin Densham (AUS). While they were expected to reign in the two runaways, the opposite actually happened.
Hall and Routier continued hammering out even splits, while the chase pack failed to find a rhythm. After trailing nearly a minute and a half behind on the first lap, the main group started to slowly chip away an average of ten seconds per lap. By the fourth lap, they pulled within a minute of the two leaders.
However, the group lost nearly 40 seconds on the final two laps. After a bike and swim that saw little change, the Hall and Routier left with a vengeance to take advantage of their lead.
Unfortunately for them, even one minute and 40 seconds wasn´t enough to secure a podium position. The pair was quickly overtaken by a swift Densham. The Aussie pulled even with Routier on the first lap and trailed Hall by just 14 seconds.
By midway through the second of three run laps, Hall was nowhere to been seen, while the Spaniard had fallen out of contention. Meanwhile, Densham continued ahead, while teammate Ashleigh Gentle and Jorgensen pulled up third. Hewitt trailed close behind.
“I knew I had to dig deep from the start of the run, with so many good runners around me,” Gentle said. “I was really happy with the way I came home today because I was worried when I started to feel a bit flat around the mid section of the run, but I managed to pick it up.”
On the final lap, Densham owned a nine-second lead over Jorgensen. Her lead, however, was soon destroyed. With a final surge, Jorgensen overtook a fatiguing Densham early on in the final lap. Jorgensen ran comfortably and confidently ahead.
She breezed over the finish line 16 seconds ahead of the competition to claim her second world cup title. Densham cruised into second, while her teammate Gentle gave Australia a two-three finish with bronze.
“I basically just went out here to have a hit,” Densham said. “To come away with second today, I actually did a lot better than I thought I would. I´m really happy where I´m at going into London.”