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Tomlin repeats victory in #TiszyWC; Bicsak gets his first World Cup win

By International Triathlon Union

A mix of old faces and newcomers filled today the podium at the 2017 ITU Tiszaujvaros World Cup, with American Renée Tomlin claiming her second consecutive win in the emblematic Hungarian town, while local athlete, Bence Bicsak, got his first ever World Cup podium. The seventh stop of the 15-part World Cup circuit this season delighted thousands of spectators, which enjoyed a whole week of triathlon which finished with the sprint Elite Finals.

Women’s review

30 women dived in from the Tiszy’s pontoon for a 750m swim on a lake with water at more than 28 degrees, which was the perfect set up for Spaniard Sara Perez Sala, along with Zsanett Bragmayer (HUN) and Anastasia Abrosimova (RUS) to build a small gap on the three laps course. It was a very tough swim though for the three Americans, Renee Tomlin, Erin Dolan and Tamara Gorman, who were cut out of the first group that opened a small difference in the first laps of the bike.

With four laps to go, the leading group was a large one, with 18 athletes, and all the big names pushing hard to get a good position for the final kilometers. When it all came to the run, eight athletes, including Tomlin, Adriana Barraza (POR), Maaike Caelers (NED), Leonie Periault (FRA) and Emilie Morier (FRA) showed that they had saved some legs for the final 5kms, and stablished an strong tempo, almost impossible to follow for the rest.

Always second and controlling the race, Tomlin was always in second place behind Barraza first, Periault on the last lap. For much the surprise of all, the young French sprinted the veteran American with 200 meters to go, a bit too early, enough for Tomlin to push on the final meters to claim her second victory in a row in Tiszy.

“This race means a lot to mee, it’s were it all started some years ago, and I always love to come back. This year I felt a little bit more pressure on me but I still executed the race the way I wanted, so I’m very glad”, said Tomlin after her victory. “This year I’ve changed my training schemes but I think that it’s going really well now. i was feeling a bit tired during the swim, coming straight from Hamburg and having raced also yesterday. But I managed to keep my mind clear and tell myself that I know how to race this, and I executed”.

Periault finished second, her first ever World Cup podium with only 23 years, and even though she struggled in transition. “I realised that I had left my helmet out of the box, so I had to come back before leaving transition and I lost some seconds there”, said the French after the race.

For Dutch Caelers this was her second ITU podium of the week, after grabbing bronze at the Mixed Relays World Championships in Hamburg last Sunday. “It was a very tough fight and I had to sprint til the finish, but it worked. I didn’t feel well on the run, not at all, but I managed to still make it and grab some really worth points”, she said.
Women's Results

Men’s review
With the Men having to take the start some minutes earlier to avoid the risk if lightning during the swim, it was French Raoul Shaw leading the swim since the first strokes.

After the 750m swim, the 30 men took their bikes with a group of eight athletes, including Mathew Sharpe, Jonas Schomburg, Alessandro Fabian, Bence Bicsak and Tamas Toth among them, trying to open a gap with the chasers. On the meantime, and in the second group, a surprised Dmitry Polyanskiy at the back of the pack, working hard after a small crash to try to keep his options alive.

With drops of rain making the 20km bike circuit a bit slippery, both groups slowed down a bit to enter T2 almost together. And when it all came to the run, Polyanskiy showed that he was going to be the one to beat for the second straight year in Tiszy. The Russian pushed hard to break the group, and only the young local hero of the day, Bence Bicsak, was able to follow him.

With two laps to go, for much the delight of the local crowd, Bicsak -winner yesterday of his semifinal- passed the Russian to run alone for the finish line. Bicsak claimed here is first ever World Cup podium, after claiming bronze last year on the U23 Cozumel Grand Final. With an explosive come from behind final sprint, bronze was finally for another Russian, Ilya Prasolov, also a newcomer to the World Cup podiums.
“It’s amazing to win here, in front of all this people. I am so happy that I can not express it”, said Bicsak after his win. “I worked also very hard on the semifinal to get a good start position on the pontoon because here the swim is very hard, but I managed to do it. Then, on the run, the first km I was feeling very bad, but I tried to catch Dmitry, the fans helped me here”.

“I am happy with my second place, because it was not a very good day for me. I had a crash on the bike, and since that I was on the chase group. I pushed a bit too hard on the first laps of the run, but the Hungarian was really fast. Congretulations to him”, said Polyanskyi.
Past Tiszaujvaros ITU Triathlon World Cup winners   

              WOMEN                                                         MEN 
2016    Renée Tomlin (USA)                                Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS)
2015    Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS)                     Igor Polyanskiy (RUS)
2014    Rachel Klamer (NED)                               Akos Vanek (HUN)
2013     Katie Hursey (USA)                                 Florin Salvisberg (SUI)
2012     Ashleigh Gentle (AUS)                             Pierre LeCorre (FRA) 
2011     Gwen Jorgensen (USA)                            Brent McMahon (CAN)
2010     Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR)                         Reinaldo Colucci (BRA)
2009     Kate McIlroy (NZL)                                 Dmitry Polyanskiy (RUS)
2008     Andrea Whitcombe (GBR)                        Javier Gomez (ESP)
2007     Samantha Warriner (NZL)                        Javier Gomez (ESP)
2006     Joelle Franzmann (GER)                           Brad Kahlefeldt (AUS)
2005     Annabel Luxford (AUS)                            Dmitriy Gaag (KAZ)
2004     Anja Dittmer (GER)                                Shane Reed (NZL)
2003     Anja Dittmer (GER)                                Volodymyr Polikarpenko (UKR)                   
2002     Siri Lindley (USA)                                   Craig Walton (AUS)
2001     Siri Lindley (USA)                                   Martin Krnavek (CZE)
2000     Loretta Harrop (AUS)                             Martin Krnavek (CZE)
1999     Loretta Harrop (AUS)                             Hamish Carter (NZL)
1998     Loretta Harrop (AUS)                             Hamish Carter (NZL)
1997     Emma Carney (AUS)                             Craig Walton (AUS)
 
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