Fair to not like his racing tactics, but I watched the PTO race never saw him sucking wheel.
Ali has it the injury bug the last few years but has shown in Australia IM and today he has the skills to win a big race.
IF he stops surging away from world class guys at the start of the bike and start of the run.
Needs to learn long course is a steady state with a hard finish on an empty tank not, surge and empty the tank early and run on fumes and pressure to stay out front.
He needs to learn kind of like mark allen , shadow Jan or kristen or gustav, and make it a 5 km run at the end feeling good.
In kona he surged at least 3 x in the first 15 km before the flat.
Nice 70.3 Worlds, right of the bike surges on gustav the first 2 km then slows, stay steady this in not ITU, a 700 watt surge and then a wheel suck doesn't happen in long course.
Technique will always last longer then energy production. Improve biomechanics, improve performance.
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