TRIATHLON LONDON CHAMPIONSHIPS

Triathlon has become more strategic than previous years after the Brownslees.  Simon Lessing started to lose after the new format of racing –drafting- started in the year 1999.  He was one of the best riding the bicycle but lost all his advantage when drafting format started.  His running form and ability was not at the level of continuing winning.  The game becomes what is called, A WET RUN.  In the peloton most of the riders on the second pack just want to reach the first one and everybody dies after reaching the first pack where the Brownlees and the Gomez are, except the ones that stayed sitting in the pack waiting for the wet run.  That was the case in this race.

 

The Gomez and Brownlees will keep winning because there are better swimmers, better bikers and better runners.  Any strategy is good for them.  The rest of the cake will be for the ones sitting in the second or third pack or if the ones in the first pack are lucky enough to tolerate the pace on the bike, they could finish in the top ten.

Alister Brownlee has been working on how not to get bored with this form of triathlon racing and ventures different strategies to break the monotonous race.  He attacks and breaks the first pack and at the same breaks the second and third pack because the speed and accelerations increase.  He is a champion playing his own game for the public.  THANKS ALISTAIR FOR THIS GIFT.

 

The females accepted that this is a wet run and do not even bother to ride the bike fast.  That has been the case since this format started in 1999.  The Germans tactic of waiting for the “domestique” became a joke because the leader did not appear and when they were together, she could not keep up with a fast pace.  The strategy worked well for them in Hamburg when they won; but she needs to become a better swimmer to stay at least a minute behind the leaders.  This is something that would change body shape and the possibility of a wet run.

Francisco Serrano won the Age Group Championship with a two minutes lead over the second racer on the bike.  He rode faster than the elites for the 40k.  So, there is a lot of space to play with.  We know how hard he has worked on the bike since he was dropped at the Beijing Olympics when he tried to sit on the wheel of the two leaders.  Congratulations Francisco.  You could be the perfect “domestique” for Grajales; the same way the Germans work with the female team.