Olympic gold medallist Lisa Tertsch produced an amazing come-from-behind screen to win the World Triathlon Cup Valencia.
Part of Germany’s winning Mixed Relay group in Paris, Tertsch wanted to have a mountain to climb up when she began the 5km run with over 45 seconds to comprise on the front of the race, having actually lost out on the front group in the swim.
She had actually been 35 seconds back when she left the water and 46 seconds after the bike however what unfolded from that point will live long in the memory.
It was heartbreak for Britain’s Olivia Mathias who, simply as she had actually been 6 days previously at supertri London, was rejected the win after stimulating the race and leading up until late on.
How the race worked out
Mathias’ efforts in London weren’t rewarded with a podium surface as she needed to go for 6th behind fellow Brit Georgia Taylor-Brown and Olympic champ Cassandre Beaugrand.
This time they were as she brought on the great work– part of a lead group of 4 that hammered home their benefit from the swim on the 4 bike laps.
The quartet– Mathias, Candice Denizot (FRA), Emma Jeffcoat (AUS), and Sophia Howell (GER)– worked remarkably together on the bike to extend their cause over 40 seconds by midway.
And they kept that all the method to T2, in spite of the very best efforts of up-and-coming Norwegian star Solveig Løvseth and Tanja Neubert (GER) who broke away from the chasers.
Beginning the run, Tertsch was 46 seconds down in seventh location, however what followed was amazing– specifically on that very first lap when she relocated to within 17 seconds of Mathias and Denizot after a 7:46 2.5 km.
The catch looked inescapable from that point onwards and she quickly signed up with the duo midway through the 2nd lap before kicking clear.
Her efforts informed a little in the closing phases however she still had 7 seconds in hand on Mathias when the line came– with the Brit’s 2nd location her greatest World Cup surface up until now.
Denizot completed the podium in 3rd, an additional 5 seconds back.
Tertsch’s combined run time was 16:04, compared to Mathias’ 16:56.
World Triathlon Cup Valencia 2024 outcomes
Saturday September 14, 750m swim/ 19.2 km bike/ 5km run
ELITE WOMEN
- 1. Lisa Tertsch (GER)– 55:09
- 2. Olivia Mathias (GBR) +7 s
- 3. Candice Denizot (FRA) +12 s
- 4. Tanja Neubert (GER) +22 s
- 5. Solveig Løvseth (NOR) +30 s
Lisa Tertsch takes the tape in Valencia [Photo credit: World Triathlon]
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