Gregory Barnaby and Sara Pérez have been proclaimed winners of the Club La Santa Volcano Triathlon that took place this Saturday. The Italian and the Spanish are the great winners of this year in the longest-running triathlon in Spain, with times of 01:51:41 and 02:03:38, respectively. The event, of Olympic distances and scoring in the national ranking of the FETRI, has brought together 570 professional and amateur athletes.
The competition started at 10 in the morning in the saltwater lagoon of Club La Santa, on a day that started with the sky covered in clouds. In this first section, the Italians Miguel Espuna and Gregory Barnaby came out of the water in first and second position. The Spanish Sara Pérez and the British Kate Curran did the same in the women's category.
Already on the bicycle, with 40 kilometers of hard pedaling ahead, on a two-lap route through some of the most emblematic landscapes of the island, Gregory Barnaby placed himself in the first position and held on after the pursuit of Kristoffer Visti Graae and Per van Vlerken. Barnaby finished as leader in this segment with Visti Graae 34 seconds behind. For her part, in the women's category, Sara Pérez remained at the head of the race, leading the category at a very high pace and finishing very strongly in the stage.
To culminate this Club La Santa Volcano Triathlon and reach the end of the competition, the runners faced a 10-kilometer run that would end at the Club La Santa stadium. Gregory Barnaby would not let go of the leader position and finished in first position, followed by the Belgian Dieter Comhair and the German Per van Vlerken. On the women's side, Sara Pérez was proclaimed winner followed very closely by the Italians Giorgia Priarone and Marta Bernardi.
As for the relay race, the winning team was TRIYAIZA, with a time of 00:26:01 in the swimming segment, 01:03:03 on the bicycle and 00:39:39 in the running race.
The celebration of this event keeps Lanzarote and the Canary Islands in a position of reference in the national and international sports scene. The Club La Santa Volcano Triathlon is a highlight on the calendar since its first edition, in 1984, and this year has kicked off the Canary Islands Triathlon Series of the FECANTRI. The experience of the organization, the dedication of the volunteers, the spectacle of the triathletes and the environment of Lanzarote have turned this edition into a new success that, in addition, has been developed safely thanks to a strict health protocol.
After the completion of the mythical Volcano Triathlon, in less than a month will take place the Club La Santa IRONMAN 70.3 Lanzarote, on March 19, and two months later the Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote, two events of great national and international prestige.