TRIATHLON 2015 · WORLD CUP SERIES 172
ALANYA – A WORLD CUP
TO CELEBRATE
GOING STRONG FOR 25 YEARS
Although Alanya hosted an ITU World Cup race for
only the second time, the city celebrated 25 years
of organising an event in the Turkish city. João
Pereira (POR) topped the podium with a classy
performance in the elite men's race to claim his first
ITU World Cup win ahead of Kristian Blummenfelt
(NOR) in second and Kyle Jones (CAN) in third.
A large peloton, which contained Blummenfelt,
Pereira and Jones, worked together to bridge
up halfway through the six-lap 40km bike course.
Then Pereira punched up his speed a notch on the
final run lap, sailing to the win in 1:45:10. Yuliya
Yelistratova (UKR) stayed consistent during the
entire race, claiming her second World Cup victory
comfortably ahead of Summer Cook (USA) and
Miriam Casillas Garcia (ESP). While an overwhel-
ming majority of the field hit the run together, one
of the first women to hit T2 in the long line of athle-
tes was Yelistratova, who blasted out of transition
and took a lead on the run that she would never
relinquish.
