ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi today, Saturday, at 6:45 Eastern spoiler alert!

Mar 2, 17 16:25

Post #1 of 52 (3840 views)

The 2017 WTS kicks off a new season tomorrow in Adu Dhabi at 6:45am Eastern with the women's race and then follows up Saturday morning at the same time with the men's race. The men's field is quite stacked but lacks either of the killer bees. Without Gwen or Flora Duffy racing I wonder who will take the reins of the women's race. It will be interesting to see who's already in decent form this early in the year.

Anyone else watching real time?

Cheers,

Hugh

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Last edited by: sciguy: Mar 4, 17 3:23

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Mar 2, 17 16:50

Post #2 of 52 (3826 views)

Yep, looking forward to it!

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 2, 17 16:59

Post #3 of 52 (3820 views)

I put my money on Stimpson, though I'm pulling for cook. Don't forget to fill out the trifecta picks. Trifecta.usatriathlon.org

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Dumples] [ In reply to ]

Mar 2, 17 17:10

Post #4 of 52 (3811 views)

Dumples wrote:

I put my money on Stimpson, though I'm pulling for cook. Don't forget to fill out the trifecta picks. Trifecta.usatriathlon.org

I agree on Stimpson. Between having won Abu Dhabi last year and wanting to show despite not making the Olympic team that she's still a force to be reckoned with. She'll be out for blood. Javier and Mario ought to put the pressure on all the other men.

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 2, 17 17:44

Post #5 of 52 (3790 views)

I'm pulling for Katie Zaferes, but I think Summer Cook could be he real dark horse - especially if she has improved her bike skills.

Last edited by: trineuropa: Mar 2, 17 17:53

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Mar 2, 17 17:52

Post #6 of 52 (3786 views)

The bike course looks friggin awesome! I hope they have on-course coverage that does it a justice. I'm also pulling for cook... but I think this bike course might work against her.

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [GreenPlease] [ In reply to ]

Mar 2, 17 18:05

Post #7 of 52 (3772 views)

GreenPlease wrote:

The bike course looks friggin awesome! I hope they have on-course coverage that does it a justice. I'm also pulling for cook... but I think this bike course might work against her.

What makes the bike course so awesome? Has it changed from last year? Also, I guess no hills in Abu Dhabi?

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Diabolo] [ In reply to ]

Mar 2, 17 19:10

Post #8 of 52 (3740 views)

the women's race is down to only 30 women. that's an awfully small field for an itu race, which probably will make it easier for a group to break away and stay away on a hillless course.

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [mag900] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 2:26

Post #9 of 52 (3675 views)

mag900 wrote:

the women's race is down to only 30 women. that's an awfully small field for an itu race, which probably will make it easier for a group to break away and stay away on a hillless course.

Without Flora to initiate a break I'm not sure who might one expect to do so? Andrea Hewitt?

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [mag900] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:18

Post #10 of 52 (3660 views)

mag900 wrote:

the women's race is down to only 30 women. that's an awfully small field for an itu race, which probably will make it easier for a group to break away and stay away on a hillless course.

Wow, that is a small field. Is the men's field small too?

Don't think he was racing this one anyway but it was announced today that Jonny Brownlee is out for the start of the season with a hip injury.

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:27

Post #11 of 52 (3656 views)

With a small field, a small front swim pack may form - I've picked Cook for the win based on her raw talent, but have little confidence she'll stay in the front group if its very small with the technical turns - if she stays in the front pack, her win at Edmonton sprint last year shows she can run well after struggling on the bike.

Melanie Santos as a longshot for the podium.

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Scotttriguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:35

Post #12 of 52 (3650 views)

Scotttriguy wrote:

if she stays in the front pack, her win at Edmonton sprint last year shows she can run well after struggling on the bike.

Watching her dangle solo completely off the draft at Edmonton was a viscerally painful experience.

Hugh

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:46

Post #13 of 52 (3643 views)

My live video only loads for 1 -2 seconds then I get a black screen and this message:

"embedding is disabled on this page"

Anyone else too?

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Scotttriguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:51

Post #14 of 52 (3639 views)

Scotttriguy wrote:

My live video only loads for 1 -2 seconds then I get a black screen and this message:

"embedding is disabled on this page"

Anyone else too?

Same here ...........must be a technical problem at the site:(

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 3:57

Post #15 of 52 (3632 views)

video hanging for me too :-(

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:00

Post #16 of 52 (3627 views)

Now working when I tried google chrome instead of firefox.

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Scotttriguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:03

Post #17 of 52 (3622 views)

good call - works on chrome for me too - was on IE before

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [ashtanga_yogi] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:10

Post #18 of 52 (3618 views)

My video is good.

The field is 30 (not 20) but it's still small.

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [mag900] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:21

Post #19 of 52 (3607 views)

Early prediction: Betto pushes bike pack away and hits podium

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Scotttriguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:27

Post #20 of 52 (3601 views)

Bit harsh but what is the point in Routier being a triathlete?

Last edited by: messien: Mar 3, 17 4:34

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Mar 3, 17 4:40

Post #21 of 52 (3574 views)

Nicky Samuels =retired now

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [fulla] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 4:51

Post #22 of 52 (3548 views)

Will be interesting to see how Mola does on this bike course tomorrow given wide packs are unlikely to form.

Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [trineuropa] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 5:07

Post #23 of 52 (3514 views)

trineuropa wrote:

I'm pulling for Katie Zaferes, but I think Summer Cook could be he real dark horse - especially if she has improved her bike skills.

Katie herself has obviously improved her bike handling skills a good deal over the past couple of years. Summer's riding reminds me of how Katie use to ride....dangling off the back out of the draft and needing to do intervals to catch back up.

Stimpson is certainly looking solid so far. It will be super impressive if she runs great on top of this ride.

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [sciguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 5:47

Post #24 of 52 (3458 views)

Vilic is impressive - can she pull the big upset?

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Re: ITU World Triathlon Series Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning at 6:45 Eastern [Scotttriguy] [ In reply to ]

Mar 3, 17 6:01

Post #25 of 52 (3428 views)

What happened to the Americans?

Great win for Hewitt. She and Stimpson did so much work on the bike too.

Last edited by: messien: Mar 3, 17 6:02

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