German Thomas Hellriegel fulfilled all predictions and won the third edition of the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon. The triathlon event was held on Saturday morning on the island of Lanzarote, with the tourist town of Puerto del Carmen as its epicenter. Thomas made up for the second place achieved in the 2011 edition and took the victory in a third edition that had about 250 participants.
At 08:00 hours the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon started at Playa Grande in Puerto del Carmen. It began with the dispute of the Middle Distance modality, consisting of 1.9 kilometers of swimming, 90 kilometers of bicycle segment and 21.1 kilometers of running. The mayor of Tías, Francisco Hernández, accompanied by several of the councilors of the corporation accompanied the triathletes at the start.
German Thomas Hellriegel made a race from less to more, being in the bicycle segment in which he began to reduce differences with respect to Pavel Castro, leader for many kilometers, and opening a gap that was more than enough to cross the finish line. On the hard slopes of Femés, Thomas set a devilish pace that none of his competitors could follow.
The winner of this third edition of the Ocean Lava Lanzarote Triathlon marked a time of 4 hours, 22 minutes and 53 seconds. The Canary Islander David Rodríguez was the second classified, improving the third place of last year's edition, with a record of 4:32:12. The Lanzarote native Gregorio Cáceres of CD Triatlón Triyaiza reappeared in the competitions and took third place. Goyo made a time of 4:33:19.
More disputed was the women's category of the race, in which the Danish Maya Stage and the German Eva Böhrer maintained a hand-to-hand during a good part of the course. There were several changes in the lead of the race, although the distance between both triathletes was of scarce seconds. Eva Böhrer took the lead in the Timanfaya area. It was in the foot race in which Maya Stage took the lead and crossed the finish line in first place.
The time used by the winner of the race was 4 hours, 44 minutes and 32 seconds. The German Eva Böhrer had to settle for the second place of the general (4:52:39). And the podium was completed with the third place of Mareen Hufe (05:01:47).
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