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the third lap we slowed
down a lot, just trying to
save energy for the last lap
and I made my move with
about three kilometres to
go and I won, so it worked
well. So, I am very happy
to be back this way,” said
Gomez.
The win also earned the
Spaniard his 37th WTS
podium with a career
record equaling 13 wins,
17 seconds and seven
third place finish.
Great Britain’s Tom
Bishop claimed the
silver medal, his first
WTS medal of his career
and becoming the sixth
man in Great Britain’s come together when I found myself in the front group
history to ever do so. The bronze went to France’s and there was a gap so I knew I had to work as hard as
Vincent Luis, who made a comeback appearance I could.”
today after not having raced the WTS circuit for The race was split early on, with a longer 900m
nearly 15 months.
swim loop helping to break up the bunch. Aurelien
Bishop said of his performance, “I can’t believe it Raphael (FRA), Pierre Le Corre (FRA), Henri
to be honest. I had a plan, I wanted to swim as best Schoeman (RSA) and Igor Polyanskiy (RUS) exited
as I could, save as much energy on the bike. I wasn’t first, some top names such as Mario Mola (ESP)
really sure how it was going to go because it was the and Richard Murray (RSA) struggled in the second
first race of the season. I had a feeling that it might all half of the field.
While not the fastest athletes
in the water, Gomez and Luis
were positioned perfectly
only about 10 seconds behind.
The leading men made a
swift break through the first
transition and onto the bike,
taking the first several laps to
form a strong working group.
By the third lap, a group of 10
men which included Gomez,
Polyanskiy, Schoeman, Luis,
Bishop Andrea Salvisberg
(SUI), Marco Van Der Stel
(BEL), Ben Kanute (USA),
Leo Bergere (FRA), and Greg
BIlllington (USA) finally

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