Parienko, Oliveira top Huatulco
Artem Parienko of Russia and Pamela Oliveira of Brazil won their first ITU World Cup titles on a very hot Sunday in Huatulco, Mexico.
Parienko used a race-fastest 33:02 run that was as hot as the day to come from behind and pass race leader Luciano Taccone of Argentina [34:12 run] near the end. Parienko finished in 2:13:12 with a 12 seconds margin of victory over runner-up Taccone and 32 seconds on 3rd place finisher Irving Perez of Mexico.
Ivan Rana, the 2002 ITU World champion who has been on a bit of a hot streak in long course events, fell out of contention with a 35:29 run to finish 10th in 2:05:34.
Oliveira scored her first ITU World Cup win with a wire-to-wire victory earned primarily with a race-fastest 1:16:07 split on the dauntingly difficult bike which takes riders over a brutally steep hill eight times on the 5-kilometers per lap course. Oliveira, who placed second at this race last year, gained 18 seconds on the swim and 2 minutes 15 seconds on the bike leg over closest rivals Lisa Perterer of Austria and Yuliya Yelistrova of the Ukraine. Which, as things turned out, was absolutely crucial as Perterer roared back from her 2:33 deficit with a race-best 37:25 run. Perterer’s run was 1:53 better than Oliveira’s but fell 38 seconds short of Oliveira’s 2:16:10 winning time. Yuliya Yelistrova of the Ukraine, who joined Perterer for much of the chase on the run, finished 3rd, 9 seconds back of Perterer.
Huatulco ITU World Cup
Huatulco, Mexico
May 19, 2013
S 1.5k / B 40k / R 10k
Results
Men
1. Artem Parienko (RUS) 2:03:12
2. Luciano Taccone (ARG) 2:03:24
3. Irving Perez (MEX) 2:03:44
4. Bruno Matheus (BRA) 2:03:58
5. Danilo Pimentel (BRA) 2:04:18
6. Anton Ruanova (ESP) 2:04:21
7. Fabio Carvalho (BRA) 2:04:45
8. Gonzalo Raul Tellechea (ARG) 2:05:02
9. Sergio Sarmiento (MEX) 2:05:16
10. Ivan Raña (ESP) 2:05:34
DNF Eric Lagerstrom (USA)
Women
1. Pamela Oliveira (BRA) 2:16:10
2. Lisa Perterer (AUT) 2:16:48
3. Yuliya Yelistrova (UKR) 2:16:57
4. Claudia Rivas (MEX) 2:17:35
5. Joanna Brown (CAN) 2:18:13
6. Maria Eugenia Barrera (MEX) 2:20:33
7. Mateja Simic (SLO) 2:21:32
8. Annie Tabarant (FRA) 2:22:39
9. Paola Diaz (MEX) 2:24:08
10. Romina Biagioli (ARG) 2:25:35
