Lionel Sanders<\/a><\/strong> second to last more than 4mins adrift.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat happened on the bike?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Blummenfelt immediately showed his intention by pushing to the front on the seven-lap 80km bike course, but there was disaster for Bishop who had only pedalled a few kilometres before having to withdraw with a mechanical issue.<\/span><\/p>\nFrance\u2019s Challenge Championship winner Margirier was the early mover and bridged up to follow the Norwegian, with Frodeno \u2014 who\u2019d only realised at the mount line that he\u2019d forgotten to remove his swim skin \u2014 in third place.<\/span><\/p>\nThere were plenty of anxious glances back to Ditlev as the new Challenge Roth course record holder advanced through the field to pass Frodeno before they\u2019d reached halfway on the bike leg.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nFred Funk had also put himself into contention and was handily placed in fifth, with Denmark\u2019s Thor Bendix Madsen and Long among the fastest of the chasers in 11th and 12th and less than 3min down.<\/span><\/p>\nInto the second-half of the bike leg and the four at the front couldn\u2019t be separated although Frodeno was working hard to stay in contention.\u00a0<\/span>By the final 15km, Ditlev had started to crank up the pace even more but wasn\u2019t able to shake Margirier or Blummenfelt, and although the German slipped to 20sec back he was able to claw his way back heading into T2.<\/span><\/p>\nDismounting the bike, Blummenfelt immediately cramped in his left leg and in a recurrence of what happened in last year\u2019s PTO Canadian Open in Edmonton was stricken on the spot. <\/span><\/p>\nFunk reached transition 90sec down, but picked up a penalty at the dismount line, with the rest of the field more than 3min back, including West \u2014\u00a0 who\u2019d had mechanical issues of his own on the bike \u2014 in 20th at 5:21 and looking way out of contention.<\/span><\/p>\nWhat happened on the run?<\/b><\/h2>\n
Seizing on Blummenfelt\u2019s early distress, Ditlev, Margirier and Frodeno took out the five-lap run along Lake Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\nFrodeno opened the early gap, but just as Blummenfelt drew up to the shoulder of Ditlev, the PTO ranked No 1 athlete was once more brought to a standstill with cramp \u2014 and this time it looked to have curtailed his chances of victory.<\/span><\/p>\nFrodeno was in cruise control as he extended the lead over Margirier to more than a minute, with Ditlev another minute in arrears, but behind them Long and West were on the charge and making a dash for the podium.<\/span><\/p>\nThe final kilometres produced even more drama. Ditlev\u2019s chances ended as he was reduced to a walk, West powered past Blummenfelt into third only for the Olympic champion to respond to stay nipping at his heels, both men eventually reeling in a fading Margirier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nOut front Frodeno was all smiles as he took the tape, 28sec clear of a charging West, with Blummenfelt rounding out the podium.<\/span><\/p>\nPTO US Open final result<\/strong><\/p>\n- Jan Frodeno<\/li>\n
- Jason West<\/li>\n
- Kristian Blummenfelt<\/li>\n
- Mathis Margirier<\/li>\n
- Sam Long<\/li>\n
- Daniel Baekkegard<\/li>\n
- David McNamee<\/li>\n
- Bradley Weiss<\/li>\n
- Gregory Barnabt<\/li>\n
- Sam Appleton<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Pic credits: PTO<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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