Mislawchuk straight out the back - low TT capability.
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Good from Long to be willing to race against the best. (And the contract money must be good too).
Luis’ coach on interview - just as Luis is dropped from the pack!
Long riding about same speed as the front guys.
Bogen looks to have Wove bottle retention loop(s) - is that right @Nick_wovebike ?
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But Tim FORD is still VERY excited about him racing. It’s the type of thing which ruins his credibility and a huge conflict of interest when you are running a podcast as an agent.
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You have to think that Mislawchuk would be better advised to get some ‘normal’ /competitive draft illegal race experience before he toes the line with the big boys. Oceanside, for example.
He did win Pucon though (ahead of West - where is he today btw?) in much the same time as Long won in in 2024.
Noticeable that Vicky/Jan have clearly been given the OK to mention Ironman races that eg Geens won ‘champion’ 70.3 and MvR has just raced Ironman South Africa, Barnaby as the IM Pro Series champion.
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I think T100 has always named IM races, it’s the other way round that never happens.
Is this in the bag for Hayden having 1.30 on Van Riel and Bergere in T2 and 3 mins on Jelle?
So many struggling today, some surprises, some expected, maybe not as large gaps expected.
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No - pretty sure the T100 commentators were called out by Knibb when they suggested after her win and T100 Tour win that that was her ‘first’ World Champion (disregarding her repeat IM70.3WCs).
You’d think Wilde can run it in, but these conditions are attritional. Is he psychologically able to pace the first miles and run with a negative split?
I’d be amazed if MvR has a good run: he had to work last weekend and surely his run will be where we see that fatigue.
On form Bergere is the next best after Wilde, though Bogen will be close, if he handles the heat/humidity.
Wilde looks very controlled so far
Yes: amazingly.
Long is next fastest on the course: should run into the top 10.
Ok - Barnaby is the surprise of the day. What a race
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Marten is doing something incredible considering the ironman last weekend. Might even catch Leo before the finish.
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Kudos to T100 / PTO to not be afraid to mention IM or IM 70.3 etc.
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Long (currently #10) has the chance of gaining several places in that last mile!
Noticeable (and welcome) that none of those top 6 are not lying around writhing on the ground.
So stoked for Wilde. He’s a good shout for the T100 this year. This distance is good for him.
And going to skip San Francisco and Vancouver (warning alert for haters) - heading for WTCS Yokohama.
He is skipping the next 2 races🫣
I didn’t watch the broadcast but Sam Long definitely put in a gallant performance to run his way into 8th after being so far behind. Think 70.3 might suit his better given it’s a bit longer and the swim a touch shorter
With the T100 being filled with WTCS folks I think anyone with sub par swims will struggle. I can’t imagine Funk coming back next year as an e.g and Nico Mann as well
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I hope Long can use each race or every few races as sorta a swim benchmark. I sorta thought taking the T100 money would allow for a “free year” to make bank and not worry about race results while attacking his swim weakness. Of course that’s much easier said than actually executed in real life, so I hope for Long’s sake he can be “fair” to himself in the post race analyzations, etc.
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The real question, though, is what can SL realistically do at this point to meaningfully improve his swim to move up in that pro swim pack, many of who were strong swimmers from birth? I don’t think there are any technique fixes at this point that give him even 2sec/100.
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Eyeballing Sam, his hips may be sinking more than the top swimmers but have not seen a video of him swimming recently. It’s probably all in the amount of drag he generates.