Two competitors were injured during the cycling leg of the Monaco International Triathlon on Sunday 8th November as the event returned to the Principality for the first time since 2012.
Emergency crews were called to the descent from Èze, where a 35-year-old woman and a 21-year-old man were injured. The woman was reportedly admitted to intensive care, while the man sustained less serious injuries.
According to initial reports, one cyclist fell on the descent before a second incident involving a vehicle that had come to assist. French gendarmes attended the scene and were looking into the circumstances of both incidents.
TWO RACE DISTANCES
Around 1,200 athletes took part across the two race distances, both of which started with a sea swim at Larvotto Beach. The Olympic-distance event consisted of a 1.5km swim, a 40km bike ride, and a 10km run. The long-distance race paired a 2km swim with a roughly 90km bike course and a 20km run. Riders on the longer route faced over 2,000 metres of climbing in the hills overlooking Monaco.
The cycling route took competitors through sections of Monaco’s Formula 1 circuit and into the surrounding French hills. The run passed through Mareterra before athletes finished at Larvotto.
MENNESSON AND MORIZOT WIN LONG-DISTANCE RACES
William Mennesson won the men’s long-distance race in 4 hours, 36 minutes, and 21 seconds, ahead of Maxence Castel and David Marchaud. Aurélie Morizot won the women’s race in 5 hours, 28 minutes, and 12 seconds, finishing more than 45 minutes ahead of runner-up Marie Parmentier.
In the Olympic-distance event, AS Monaco Triathlon’s Mathieu Merland took the men’s title, while Lorenza Beccaria won the women’s race.
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Photo credit: Eric Barnabé / Monaco International Triathlon