World Triathlon Cup Napier Results: McClusky edges out home accepted Hayden Wilde for steal

Digital Author February 25, 2024

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Callum McClusky made it a golden day for Australia in Napier, because the 26-twelve months-trendy held on for a memorable steal at the first World Triathlon Cup of the season.

Having played his playing cards honest across the board honest two hours after compatriot Sophie Linn took the steal within the ladies folks’s prance by doing the same, McClusky was as soon as rewarded with a first World Cup victory.

In the aid of, following a intrepid effort to claw his capacity aid to the entrance following a unfortunate swim, home accepted Hayden Wilde left it all on the line to return thru in 2nd as Spaniard Alberto Gonzalez Garcia executed in third.

Fast and excited launch to the season

No longer messing about, the swim was as soon as strung out from the procure dart within the boys’s prance, with Italian Alessio Crociani inserting the hammer down over the 750m route earlier than coming flying up the beach into T1 in Napier.

Adopted carefully by home skills Dylan McCullough, the lead pack had a +0: 40 lead over pre-prance accepted Wilde, as ‘The Falcon’ left himself with different labor to carry out over the bike and the whisk.

Hayden Wilde bike leg Abu Dhabi WTCS 2023 photo credit Wagner Araujo World Triathlon — [Photo credit: Wagner Araujo / World Triathlon]

On the different hand, in long-established Hayden Wilde trend, the Olympic bronze medalist characteristic out on a relentless pursuit from T1, with the Kiwi demonstrating his ridiculous bike-whisk combo to in a technique raise himself inner touching distance of the entrance by the closing stages.

McClusky retains his wintry for first World Cup steal

On the different hand, no topic his most productive efforts, Wilde got here up honest instant in his pursuit of the head space in Napier, with McClusky too solid because the Australian held on for a various first World Triathlon Cup steal.

Callum McClusky picked up a maiden World Triathlon Cup win in Napier. — [Photo Credit – World Triathlon]

For the World #83, the steal will dart a prolonged capacity in his interpret for different to Australia’s team alongside Matt Hauser in Paris, namely if he can raise this momentum into one other solid hit out over the whisk distance at WTCS Abu Dhabi in two weeks time.

For Wilde, to miss out on the steal will doubtless be disappointing, but his bike-whisk performance will offer some comfort. Formally running 13: 52 off the bike for 5km (if the route is suitable) is merely thoughts blowing, no topic where you carry out within the prance.

In third, Gonzalez Garcia joins a prolonged list of the present cut of Spanish abilities who’re taking a notion an increasing form of like the dominant triathlon nation they as soon as dangle been. Sam Dickinson, who recently joined the Team BMC squad, was as soon as the head Brit in seventh.