They are not gaining as fast now
But man those split all with 1-2 seconds between them, wonder if the draft distance is held.

Guess it is all about getting a gap on Matt now

Apparently. Updates are on his Instagram Stories.

Through 28mi on the bike, of the top 10 men, Sam L seems to have the fastest pace. But he has a lot of ground to make up after a not so good swim

Let's see how they do going against the north wind for the second half of the bike.

Over in the women's race, we've got 50 year old Dede Griesbauer riding in 3rd at mile 28. She will fall back some on the run, but still. Whoooo!

Sam is on the Tracker, just 19th at Bike 1 and 10th at bike 2....

@protrinews on Instagram also has good updates

Wow 50 that is insane! And in third how is that even possible in a rather stacked field?!

This will be key and likely we'll see bigger gaps appear as the stronger bikers push into the headwind.

Hauling ass at 50, baby! Inspiration for us all!

Things couldn't be going better for LS right now. Ben is a great runner but I think he's been riding quite hard whereas Lionel is likely riding his normal effort. Ben I think will have to have a great race to be able to run with him after such a hard bike effort.

Sam looks to have had a sub-par swim even for him. I wonder what happened. He'll keep moving up though. Still a podium threat.

Matt Hanson is in great position too for his astonishing run capabilities. But he'll have to put like 1:20 to 1:30 into Lionel to win. That's a big ask

Edit: actually matt is only 20 seconds behind Lionel and riding faster than Kanute. He is totally still in this race for the win.

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Talbot Update: "Strong strong headwind all the way home. Lionel has moved to the front of the group and putting in a big big surge"

Lionel going with the sleeveless suit again today.

Talbot update: "Matt Hanson is starting to fall back quick"

Talbot Update: "Everyone goes with Lionel riding very close to each other. Lionel moved to the back of the group and smiles as he rides by and says "I'm not pulling them".

Where are there updates to follow?

I can't find anything on the IM website

Hanson usually doesn't over bike like so many others. Hopefully this is no different

Confident in the run, I guess!

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Lionel & Sam T1 video posted. Sam struggled a bit with shield and bike off rack.

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Sam 33 seconds back, he will bridge by T2. Joe Skipper really putting down a great bike.

Guess I was wrong about Sam swimming himself out of the race....

Hanson probably losing too much time into the wind now

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Wow. Sam is only 30 seconds off the lead and 20 seconds behind Lionel. Let's see how the run goes!!

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The gap after Sam is huge.

Joe Skipper has a 5 minute penalty I just saw on Talbot's Instagram

Oofff...

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Looks like Sam is within 20 seconds of Sanders. Are they at the front of the race, anyone ahead of them?
Would be so great to have live coverage to see them battle on the run!