«I dedicate my victory to my two brothers, it’s their birthday today.” Hayden Wilde was smiling broadly at the finish line of the Bordeaux triathlon. He couldn’t have found a better day to win than this Saturday, June 29, a celebration day for his brothers, curiously born on the same day, two years apart! “One is 28, the other 30,” he said. “It’s good for morale to win today.”
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Jack Krome manages to come out of the water in the lead in the D2 race.
The New Zealander, who lost his father very early, is very attached to his two elders who supported him and helped him build character throughout his young years. This Kiwi, a former gardener, has character, who through hard work has become one of the best triathletes in the world. Bronze medalist in Tokyo, he seems to many to be the big favorite for the Paris Olympic Games and his success in Gironde, his second after that of last year, was a good rehearsal.
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Cristelle Denizot and Australian Natalie Van Coevorden contributed to Poissy’s second place.
The way he managed to manage his performance at the exhibition centre, on a day when he was not at his best, speaks volumes about his mental and physical resources. “I didn’t have great sensations,” he says. “I don’t train for sprint triathlons, only for long distances. In addition, I am on a training camp in Andorra. It wasn’t easy to run at sea level. But I am satisfied to have a race in my legs.”
Satisfied, he can be, to have improved, to 49’51”, his time from last year (50’34”). As is often the case, the New Zealander made the difference in running. He didn’t get off to a great start, coming out of the water in 38e position, 36 seconds behind the best swimmer, Leo Ouabdeslam. A lot for only 750 meters but swimming has never been his strong point.
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The Frenchwoman Lénie Périault leads the race but will be surprised by the German Laura Lindermann, on the lookout.
However, he quickly returned to the front in the 20 km cycle, even planting a few banderillas in the lead. Author of a supersonic transition, he started in the lead, far ahead of Messins Hueber-Moosbrugger and Gem. Nobody saw him again. He thus led the Liévin team to another victory. In Paris, the distances will be double (1.5/40/20 km), so there is no question of wasting time. “I’m going back to Andorra to train,” he concludes.
The Girondins did not succeed
Among the women, the French Olympic selection Léonie Périault (Issy) was the winner for a long time. But the German Laura Lindemann (Gray), taken in an armchair, left him company in the last few hundred meters of the running race. Nothing to dampen his morale. “I’m happy with my swimming and my cycling, although I didn’t have any exceptional sensations in the running. But the goal is in a month,” said the tricolor.
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Girondin Romain Dupuy needs to hydrate after escaping at the front of the cycling race.
In D2, the Girondins, who are aiming for promotion to D1, played their chances bravely. Australian Jack Crome outclassed everyone in the swim. Ill, he gave in on the bike. Robin Dupuy took over, finishing this part in the lead. His legs hurt in the run. “The first two kilometers were a bit tough,” he said. Marseille’s Johan Besse burst out of the fray to take the victory, ahead of Elie Combat (Saint-Nazaire), with Rémi Delagarde taking 3e place in the sprint, to offer the team victory to La Rochelle.
Rankings
D1H 1. H. Wilde (Liévin) 49’51” ; 2. M. Hueber-Moosbrugger (Metz) 49’59”; 3. A. Gem (Metz) 50’00” ; 4. R. Batista (Valence) 50’02”; 5. I. Dupuy (Ste-Geneviève) 50’11”…
D2F 1. L. Lindemann (Gray) 54’37” ; 2. L. Périault (Issy) 54’41”; 3. C. Denizot (Poissy) 4. S.Daudet (Issy) 55’25”…
D2H 1. J. Besse (Marseille) 51’34” ; 2.E. Combat (St-Nazaire) 51’53” ; 3. R. Delagarde (La Rochelle) 51’59”…
D2F 1. K. Hoffer Mattsson (St-Nazaire) 59’04”; 2. F. Cornet (La Grande Motte) 59’07”; 3. C. Lelièvre (Valais) 59’10”…
