:00:41. > :00:46.Hello and welcome to Strathclyde country Park, the 400 hectares of
:00:47. > :00:49.countryside here will host three triathlons at the Commonwealth Games
:00:50. > :00:53.in three months' time so we are here to check out the course and speak to
:00:54. > :00:58.some of the Scottish triathletes hoping to take part. The centrepiece
:00:59. > :01:03.of the show is this weekend's will triathlon series race which made
:01:04. > :01:07.their debut in Cape Town. The South African city is the second stop out
:01:08. > :01:12.of eight, so let's start by reminding ourselves of what happened
:01:13. > :01:21.in round one. The opening race of the 2014 World
:01:22. > :01:26.Triathlon series here in Auckland. Look at Jonny Brownlee! Jonny
:01:27. > :01:36.Brownlee, having a word with Tom Bishop. Gomez has made the first
:01:37. > :01:42.move. This might be going to Javier Gomez Noya. What an encouraging
:01:43. > :01:56.return for Helen Jenkins. Goodness me! Massive shock. Carnage in
:01:57. > :02:08.Auckland. Stimpson leads the way. Stimpson wins in Auckland. Jodie
:02:09. > :02:11.Stimpson needs the way in the women's competition on 800 points
:02:12. > :02:16.with Helen Jenkins not far behind. On the men's side, Javier Gomez Noya
:02:17. > :02:21.smack victory puts on top with Jonny Brownlee hot on his heels. Don't
:02:22. > :02:25.forget, the new rules this season meaning athletes must compete in
:02:26. > :02:30.five races and the grand final if they want to have any hope of
:02:31. > :02:34.becoming world champion. And, so, after a brilliant start the season
:02:35. > :02:38.by the Brits down under, the World Triathlon series has landed in
:02:39. > :02:43.Africa for the first time in its history. And the setting a glorious
:02:44. > :02:49.one. Takes place on the Cape Town waterfront. Coastal views throughout
:02:50. > :02:53.the 40 kilometre bike ride, and the run loops four times around Cape
:02:54. > :02:58.Town Stadium. The location of this race is a big deal, especially for
:02:59. > :03:02.the South African athletes, as they look to grow the sport in this part
:03:03. > :03:09.of the world. The flatness of the sport should play to the hands of
:03:10. > :03:15.Richard Murray in particular. One series regular who is unable to
:03:16. > :03:20.compete is David McNamee. We are very glad to have you here. What
:03:21. > :03:27.happened to your wrist? I forced myself, got caught in a cycling
:03:28. > :03:32.crash, said I'd wrote and dislocated some bones in my hand. I have some
:03:33. > :03:38.metal plates in there now. More fun at airports. Sort of, because it is
:03:39. > :03:43.bad enough travelling through with a bicycle. There is never a good time
:03:44. > :03:47.for an injury, but this must be especially frustrating because you
:03:48. > :03:52.had a very good year last year. Three top three finishers. I was
:03:53. > :03:58.16th in the world last year, three top tens, so my career was
:03:59. > :04:02.progressing nicely. It has not been a great start to the year, but I
:04:03. > :04:08.don't think the season is over just yet. You've already, qualified for
:04:09. > :04:13.the Commonwealth Games, how much can you train at the moment, and will
:04:14. > :04:20.you be ready? I think I am ready. Or I will be ready. There is not much
:04:21. > :04:25.point in going on. I've got 12 weeks until the games. I've got 12 weeks
:04:26. > :04:29.to get myself fit. And I believe I can do that. We want to talk more
:04:30. > :04:33.about the Commonwealth Games, but we have to get into the action in Cape
:04:34. > :04:41.Town. What are your predictions this weekend? It will be interesting.
:04:42. > :04:45.Mario Mola, he is a dark horse. He could get his first win this
:04:46. > :04:51.weekend. It will be interesting. Who else will it be? The usual? Alistair
:04:52. > :04:59.Brownlee won't be there. Will it be Jonathan Brownlee going at it? I
:05:00. > :05:03.think so. I would watch out for the South African, Richard Murray,
:05:04. > :05:09.because he is one heck of a runner. And also some hometown advantage.
:05:10. > :05:13.Definitely. South Africa very excited to host the first World
:05:14. > :05:17.Series race. I am sure they will have good support. Let's see if your
:05:18. > :05:25.predictions are correct. Time to hand you over to our commentators.
:05:26. > :05:38.So, this is the scene at the Victoria and Alfred waterfront in
:05:39. > :05:47.Cape Town on Freedom Day. 20 years ago, the country had its first
:05:48. > :05:51.democratic elections. So, here we are in Cape Town, having begun the
:05:52. > :05:57.series in Auckland at the beginning of April. We have now moved over to
:05:58. > :06:03.Cape Town to this magnificent arena. The start takes us out into
:06:04. > :06:11.the waterfront for two laps, 750 metres each. Then a plaque is on two
:06:12. > :06:15.wheels. A collapse of under five kilometres each to round out the 40
:06:16. > :06:19.kilometres. There is a big hairpin, then they come weeping back into the
:06:20. > :06:25.desolation of the car park area behind the Cape Town Stadium into
:06:26. > :06:32.the second transition, to separate transition areas in Cape Town. The
:06:33. > :06:44.run takes them on for by 2.5, two laps. Here is the start list.
:06:45. > :06:57.Richard Varga is the swimming specialist.
:06:58. > :07:09.A total of 60 two due to start today. They are ready to go in Cape
:07:10. > :07:15.Town. The elite men dive into the Victoria and Alfred Harbour in Cape
:07:16. > :07:25.Town. They begin the first of two clap 's, 750 metres -- of two laps.
:07:26. > :07:32.What a spectacular sight that is looking down from the helicopter
:07:33. > :07:36.shot, a big spread of 62 swimmers in the cold waters of Cape Town, just
:07:37. > :07:42.over 12 degrees, not for the faint-hearted this swim. They have
:07:43. > :07:47.to go around a succession of brightly coloured inflatable buoy
:07:48. > :07:56.s, before heading back to the X it point where they leave the water,
:07:57. > :07:59.run along the poem -- pontoon. Then they had to the transition area
:08:00. > :08:05.number one to pick up their bikes for the eight laps to complete the
:08:06. > :08:16.40 kilometres on two wheels. Then a 10,000 metre race on foot. The
:08:17. > :08:20.strong swimmers almost certainly led by Richard Varga of Slovakia. They
:08:21. > :08:27.are starting to make an impact. It is a good start. Javier Gomez Noya
:08:28. > :08:34.and Jonny Brownlee right on the left-hand side of the field, and
:08:35. > :08:40.with their top-ranked numbers, they are looking to get the shortest
:08:41. > :08:43.swim. It seems very quick. A little bit more difficult if you are on the
:08:44. > :08:50.right-hand side because you'll have to go left to go around the turning
:08:51. > :08:55.point. The weather is partly cloudy although it is pretty sunny at the
:08:56. > :09:01.moment. It is quite chilly-bob in the water, 12.1 degrees. The field
:09:02. > :09:06.is beginning to spread. Richard Varga wears number eight, and
:09:07. > :09:10.normally we'd see him out in front, and that is what we are getting here
:09:11. > :09:15.today. He is very much the swim specialist but he is improving all
:09:16. > :09:21.the time in his overall triathlon performance. He trains a lot of the
:09:22. > :09:27.time with the Brownlee brothers. This is how it started a few minutes
:09:28. > :09:31.ago. This time it is seen from the helicopter. No. Is, everybody
:09:32. > :09:38.comfortably away, right on the buzzer to begin the second stage of
:09:39. > :09:45.the 2014 world fire from series. -- World Triathlon series. What a
:09:46. > :09:51.spread we have, 62 in the water, and some of them are miles behind. So,
:09:52. > :09:57.after eight minutes is in the water, Richard Varga leads them to the exit
:09:58. > :10:04.point on the Victoria and Alfred waterfront. He will be the first
:10:05. > :10:10.dive back in, let's see who has done what. Richard Varga is first.
:10:11. > :10:13.Followed by the Spaniard, than the South African, McCartney, the
:10:14. > :10:34.Canadian. Brownlee is in there. Gordon Benson has done well in 18th
:10:35. > :10:45.position. Good start for the 19-year-old. Harris is doing very
:10:46. > :10:50.well, too. Mario Mola is 28th. They keep coming. They are passing each
:10:51. > :10:56.other. They are eyeballing others who are yet to reach the pontoon to
:10:57. > :11:02.complete lap one, such is the spread of this cold water swim here in Cape
:11:03. > :11:09.Town. The Frenchman as he came out of the water, our thoughts are with
:11:10. > :11:18.his compatriot Vidal who suffered a heart attack in training last week
:11:19. > :11:21.in the swimming pool. He was revived by the French paramedics, airlifted
:11:22. > :11:29.to hospital, and we gather that he is in an artificial coma while he
:11:30. > :11:35.begins his recovery. His girlfriend is at his bedside, and his family
:11:36. > :11:45.are there. A horrific location for Kim and his family and friends. Our
:11:46. > :11:51.thoughts are with him at this stage. There is the backdrop of Cape Town.
:11:52. > :11:57.Table Mountain often has a layer of low cloud on top, the white cloud
:11:58. > :12:02.known as the tablecloth, but that is absent today, clear air, clear
:12:03. > :12:05.skies, a good day for racing, but they will be happy to get out of the
:12:06. > :12:13.water and get some sun on their backs as they ride on the streets of
:12:14. > :12:17.Cape Town for the second stage. Jonathan Brownlee, world number two,
:12:18. > :12:24.second behind Javier Gomez Noya in Auckland at the beginning of April,
:12:25. > :12:29.he was also involved in that titanic battle for the World Triathlon
:12:30. > :12:35.series in September in Hyde Park, Gomez got the better of him on that
:12:36. > :12:38.occasion. Jonny Brownlee has had some dramatic races, none more so
:12:39. > :12:42.than the Olympic race in London in 2012 he was forced to undergo that
:12:43. > :12:48.stop their penalty, having infringed the dismount line, still went on to
:12:49. > :12:54.win the bronze medal, one of the most incredible moments of the
:12:55. > :13:02.games. Very dramatic, very exciting, and Jonny Brownlee was in the heart
:13:03. > :13:08.of it. He had a win in Madrid last year. And Yokohama. And was the
:13:09. > :13:14.winner of the sprint event in July in hamburg where he beat his brother
:13:15. > :13:22.into second, with Gomez third. So, the swim is done. Out they come with
:13:23. > :13:24.Richard Varga leading them through. 16 minutes and 14 seconds from start
:13:25. > :13:52.to finish over 1.5 kilometres. We will keep an eye out for the
:13:53. > :13:59.British, Gordon Benson is 21st coming out of the water. 21 seconds
:14:00. > :14:03.behind. He is in that first group, good start for the 19-year-old, off
:14:04. > :14:09.to a fire here. That is very encouraging. If he can make headway
:14:10. > :14:14.into that lead group, establishes position early on, it seems we will
:14:15. > :14:18.have a gap. Mario Mola is down, he looks like he will miss that first
:14:19. > :14:26.group. He might be disappointed with that. Aaron Harris is a little way
:14:27. > :14:38.down. Johnny makes his way out of the transition. It is a bit of a
:14:39. > :14:48.struggle for one of the Russians their... He is struggling to get his
:14:49. > :14:58.wet suit. And Richard Murray is a long way down. Mario Mola also has
:14:59. > :15:01.missed the break here. There will be a couple of good riders together in
:15:02. > :15:11.what looks like being the second group, but it will all sort itself
:15:12. > :15:16.out. Somebody has left their wet suit behind, but will be a stop-go
:15:17. > :15:24.penalty, he might have been better advised to turn around, pick it up
:15:25. > :15:27.and put it back in the box. It looks like Javier Gomez and Jonny Brownlee
:15:28. > :15:37.are not surprisingly up at the front, I think that is Raphael in
:15:38. > :15:43.second place, no, it is not. It is Vincent Luis. We see these guys get
:15:44. > :15:48.to the front, forced the pace and get away into a small, working
:15:49. > :15:57.group. Interestingly, Gomez has a friend in the front group in the
:15:58. > :16:10.shape of Goloy, who has had a great swim. -- Godoy. Richard Varga was
:16:11. > :16:13.first in, first out of the swim. This was Jonny Brownlee's
:16:14. > :16:24.transition, making sure he got everything right. 37.5 pedometer is
:16:25. > :16:31.still to run. Jonny Brownlee bellowing instructions down the
:16:32. > :16:41.field. -- 37.5 kilometres still to run. That is a familiar look at the
:16:42. > :16:46.front, they all finished on the podium. There is Godoy, the other
:16:47. > :16:56.Spaniard. One of the Germans is there. The South African... Two
:16:57. > :17:06.Frenchman, Vincent Luis and Raphael. We have got Dmitry Polyanskiy, and
:17:07. > :17:09.his brother, both up there. There is the youngster from South Africa, he
:17:10. > :17:16.is still racing under 23 and he's doing so well to be in lead group.
:17:17. > :17:26.McCartney of Canada also in the lead group. The Polyanskiy brothers,
:17:27. > :17:32.riding well. So so far, there is a really talented group coming
:17:33. > :17:37.through. Fab Ian, traditionally fast in the water, he has made an impact
:17:38. > :17:42.again. Will he edged forward and do some work? He is a worker, I've seen
:17:43. > :17:46.him getting stuck in, he will be wanting to stay in the lead group,
:17:47. > :17:52.but he will not be wanted to lead into the run. This is the chasing
:17:53. > :17:59.group, they are one minute from the pace. They include Richard money
:18:00. > :18:02.from South Africa -- Richard Murray, from South Africa, and I
:18:03. > :18:07.think Aaron Royle is in the group as well. The world number one Javier
:18:08. > :18:15.Gomez, the World Triathlon Series champion fought 2013, forcing the
:18:16. > :18:20.pace. Jonny Brownlee on his rear wheel. These two have got very used
:18:21. > :18:29.to seeing each other's backs in the last three or four seasons. Granger
:18:30. > :18:34.Bay Boulevard now, back onto the main thoroughfare which takes them
:18:35. > :18:36.to the southern end of Cape Town Stadium, before they head left, back
:18:37. > :18:48.towards transition. So, getting towards the end of the
:18:49. > :19:00.second lap of eight. Declan Wilson, the Australian, injecting a little
:19:01. > :19:05.pace into his ride. I just spotted Gordon Benson, in that second group.
:19:06. > :19:09.He has been a little mysterious for the last ten minutes but we know
:19:10. > :19:12.where he is now, in the second group and hopefully the graphics will
:19:13. > :19:17.stick with that second group and we can confirm his position. Lots of
:19:18. > :19:24.noise as the South African right through to complete lap two. He is
:19:25. > :19:34.in the group with the two Russian brothers, 14 in total in that first
:19:35. > :19:45.group. That is the front of the field here in Cape Town. Then, a gap
:19:46. > :19:53.of what we think is about somewhere between 30 and 50 seconds. The
:19:54. > :19:59.second group coming in. So it was up to 58 at one point. Richard Murray,
:20:00. > :20:05.wearing number 58, leads them through and it has been reduced. So
:20:06. > :20:08.it has gone more realistically from 58 to 47. 47 seconds. Lots of the
:20:09. > :20:25.names coming through, in this group. Gordon Benson, the 19-year-old, is
:20:26. > :20:31.in that second group. A huge group of riders. They have taken some time
:20:32. > :20:35.out of the leaders. They have taken about 11 seconds over the first
:20:36. > :20:42.couple of laps. So heading in the right direction. Well, we are back
:20:43. > :20:46.at the head of the field and for the first time, it looks as though we
:20:47. > :20:49.might be getting split. The chase group, we see them going on the
:20:50. > :20:54.other side, but there is a big move at the front. At the moment, we have
:20:55. > :20:58.got five riders who may not be able to close back on that gap. At the
:20:59. > :21:05.front, really working hard, we have got an impact of pace that has gone
:21:06. > :21:08.through. Chance of this big group splitting and it will be so hard if
:21:09. > :21:13.that happens, they will be in no man's land with a big group chasing
:21:14. > :21:23.them down. The gaps are beginning to open and they will need an effort to
:21:24. > :21:27.get back on. We are saying that it appears that the pace is beginning
:21:28. > :21:31.to take its toll. We saw the athletes get back together, then we
:21:32. > :21:35.get a deep turn and again, with got a gap forming. It looks possible,
:21:36. > :21:41.just possible that they might beget in a group going away. -- might be
:21:42. > :21:48.getting a group going away. That group involves Jonathan Brownlee. It
:21:49. > :21:55.also involves Schoeman, there will be a lot of pressure bracing in his
:21:56. > :21:58.home territory. He will be getting fantastic support every time they go
:21:59. > :22:03.through the transition area. And think that pace at the front is
:22:04. > :22:12.really moving up, people are having to work hard now. It is all shaping
:22:13. > :22:16.up to be a foot race between Brownlee and Gomez, as we've seen
:22:17. > :22:23.semitones. Schoeman will be hoping that his best running form is with
:22:24. > :22:27.him today, to give himself a chance of making the podium. Halfway
:22:28. > :22:46.through the bike course. Jonathan Brownlee is first in and first out.
:22:47. > :22:57.Four laps to go. 47 seconds was the time difference towards the leaders
:22:58. > :23:05.last time we got a look. It has been drifting between the late 40s and
:23:06. > :23:17.the early 50s in terms of seconds. And the second group now arrive at
:23:18. > :23:28.transition. It's around the 50 seconds mark, and try to keep out of
:23:29. > :23:33.trouble, 53 seconds this time. No real change between the leaders and
:23:34. > :23:40.the chasers. Just sneaking away that little bit, and extra three seconds
:23:41. > :23:47.each lap, that progresses of course, possibly outside and then as we go
:23:48. > :23:56.into the final discipline. Now, confirmation that the German has two
:23:57. > :24:02.served a 15 second penalty. Still without 15 second penalty to come,
:24:03. > :24:09.he is in the second group. -- still with that 15 second penalty to come.
:24:10. > :24:12.Gomez is starting to consider his options, and guess who's right
:24:13. > :24:17.behind him, and sharing the work rate at the front? It is Jonny
:24:18. > :24:29.Brownlee. These two will once engage in shoulder to shoulder combat over
:24:30. > :24:36.10,000 metres, a ten K run. The last stretch of this cycle stage. So, now
:24:37. > :24:41.the athletes will start to think about removing their feet from the
:24:42. > :24:49.issues that are attached to the pedals, -- from the shoes, resting
:24:50. > :24:55.their feet at stop, getting ready for a smooth dismount. They are
:24:56. > :24:59.barefoot out of the park here for these guys as they come to the
:25:00. > :25:03.arrival. Jonny Brownlee will be first in and hope to be first out,
:25:04. > :25:12.he will have Gomez for company. One or two others will be hoping to get
:25:13. > :25:16.in or out of here without incident. Here go the bikes come up on the
:25:17. > :25:20.hooks. Anything has to be done according to the rules. Gomez has
:25:21. > :25:23.already got his running shoes in his hands and they are going on his
:25:24. > :25:30.feet. Johnny struggling to get his left shoe on. They leave transition,
:25:31. > :25:36.a very good transition for all 14 men. The anyone who has struggled
:25:37. > :25:51.was Schoeman. The first man away was the German, Rieschlag, the unknown
:25:52. > :25:55.quantity. Schoeman made a bit of a mess of transition and he finds
:25:56. > :26:01.himself maybe 30 metres behind Rieschlag. Let's hope he does not
:26:02. > :26:07.panic and try to cut it up in a few seconds, because that might get into
:26:08. > :26:12.extra fatigue and tiredness. Here comes the chase pack. 72 seconds
:26:13. > :26:18.down at the end of the previous lap, leaving themselves a lot of work to
:26:19. > :26:25.do going into the temple or to run. -- into the ten kilometre run.
:26:26. > :26:30.Richard Murray bounces into transition to hang up his bike. Had
:26:31. > :26:33.a real spring in his step but he missed his target first-time with
:26:34. > :26:38.the front wheel of his bike. Now he is surrounded by his opponents, he
:26:39. > :26:49.needs to find an escape route. He's on his way out. The Germans still
:26:50. > :26:58.has the 15 second penalty to come. Gordon Benson is in and out, keep an
:26:59. > :27:03.eye on his performance. A massive group here, including Mario Mola who
:27:04. > :27:08.is a great runner, he will look to turn on the speed here in the final
:27:09. > :27:15.stretch. Gordon Benson just coming through now.
:27:16. > :27:27.And no surprise to see Javier Gomez and Jonathan Brownlee forcing the
:27:28. > :27:37.pace here, already putting a dent into the run. Rieschlag exploded out
:27:38. > :27:40.of transition quickly but he was hauled in in double quick time by
:27:41. > :27:46.the current world number one and current world number two. Rieschlag
:27:47. > :27:55.is third. One of the Russians looks to be in about this place, one of
:27:56. > :27:59.the Polyanskiy brothers, but the race is here. A glance from Javier
:28:00. > :28:03.Gomez, a familiar sight, accompanied by Jonny Brownlee, it looks like
:28:04. > :28:05.it'll be a race to the finish between these two and they are
:28:06. > :28:10.starting to stretch the field on the first lap. What goes through their
:28:11. > :28:14.heads? So many times when they race against each other, the last five
:28:15. > :28:18.times they have raced against each other, no one of us got a look in.
:28:19. > :28:25.They must be thinking every time, what do I need to do this time? What
:28:26. > :28:31.do I learn out of the experience to beat the other? It is that
:28:32. > :28:35.confrontation, it is like a world heavyweight boxing match, one
:28:36. > :28:42.against one all the time. So strong mentally and physically, it is such
:28:43. > :28:45.a tough call. At the moment Gomez leads but he knows that Jonny
:28:46. > :28:49.Brownlee is going to be just following and following and
:28:50. > :28:52.following. Is there going to be a real change in tactics? At the
:28:53. > :28:56.moment, they run away from the rest of the world. If Alistair is there,
:28:57. > :29:01.it is the victory rather than the big two. Alistair, sadly injured at
:29:02. > :29:05.the moment, taking a strong decision to stay away from this race. So many
:29:06. > :29:13.times we have seen this and we've seen different results coming
:29:14. > :29:21.through every other race. There is the man the South Africans hope will
:29:22. > :29:32.produce America will run. That is Murray. They're coming from a
:29:33. > :29:37.deficit of 1.20 minutes. The duel of the champions again. Jonny Brownlee
:29:38. > :29:43.seems to have taken the lead, Gomez more than happy to stay on his
:29:44. > :29:46.shoulder, more than happy to let his friend and competitor lead. We will
:29:47. > :29:54.see many changes before the finish line. Dmitry Polyanskiy, currently
:29:55. > :29:59.third, the fastest of the Polyanskiy brothers. He has moved up ahead of
:30:00. > :30:03.the trio who currently hold for the position between them. So, Dmitry
:30:04. > :30:16.Polyanskiy looking for a place on the podium. So, in Auckland, if I
:30:17. > :30:20.under correctly, it was early in lap four when Gomez made a move on
:30:21. > :30:24.Jonathan Brownlee, and Jonny had to settle for second because he was
:30:25. > :30:30.unable to respond. Let's see how it pans out today, and what the tactics
:30:31. > :30:34.will be. Are we going to see any new tactics? We have seen a variety of
:30:35. > :30:38.the surge is going through particularly on the final three
:30:39. > :30:42.kilometres, the surges, the sprint finishes between the two of them,
:30:43. > :30:47.but what we have not seen is an early surge, somebody making a
:30:48. > :30:52.determined surge in the first five kilometres, then trying to open a
:30:53. > :30:55.gap and hold onto that. And you just wonder, will one of these make a
:30:56. > :31:00.determined effort to do something different to try to catch the other
:31:01. > :31:04.one unawares, to open a gap early on, and then it is the hard way
:31:05. > :31:08.because you are going to hurt right the way through. We saw Alistair do
:31:09. > :31:12.it in Stockholm on the bike, he made a break and it worked. With these
:31:13. > :31:16.two, they know each other so well, they know their strengths and
:31:17. > :31:25.weaknesses, and just getting information, they are over a minute
:31:26. > :31:30.faster than the second group. Richard Murray and Mario Mola are a
:31:31. > :31:39.minute off the pace, they pose no threat to this leadership.
:31:40. > :31:49.Dmitry Polyanskiy currently holds third position. Polyanskiy has moved
:31:50. > :31:52.well away from his particular chasers. At the moment, it is no
:31:53. > :32:00.man's land, he's not going to catch these two, but he's going to be
:32:01. > :32:04.aware of the chasers behind him. Polyanskiy's best results last
:32:05. > :32:09.season came in San Diego where he was seventh and in London where he
:32:10. > :32:12.was fourth behind Gomez, Jonny Brownlee and Mario Mola. He is a
:32:13. > :32:25.decent runner. Jonny takes some water. With Dmitry Polyanskiy in the
:32:26. > :32:28.frame, he is running well and strongly, maybe a comparison of the
:32:29. > :32:35.arms with our front two leaders, a little bit wild, not in rhythm, but
:32:36. > :32:39.these two are in rhythm. Jonny Brownlee leads, right towards the
:32:40. > :32:42.end of lap number two. Gomez is shadowing him. As they have done
:32:43. > :33:02.throughout this section. Jonathan Brownlee of Great Britain,
:33:03. > :33:10.Javier Gomez of Spain leading the World Triathlon series in Cape Town.
:33:11. > :33:15.It is into the second transition. Five kilometres down, five
:33:16. > :33:22.kilometres to go. We will have a look at the gap to the third placed
:33:23. > :33:28.triathletes, Dmitry Polyanskiy. The Russian is trailing by about 15
:33:29. > :33:35.seconds. So, that is the gap to third. The South African supporters
:33:36. > :33:41.just craning their necks, looking down the corridor, the blue racing
:33:42. > :33:43.corridor, looking for the next group in because there is one of their own
:33:44. > :34:01.in this group. These four are running together, and
:34:02. > :34:06.they are looking to maybe close the gap to Polyanskiy. Then there is a
:34:07. > :34:19.further gap of ten seconds or so to Schoeman, who is in eighth position.
:34:20. > :34:32.Meanwhile, the leaders are in the low niqab Park area behind the
:34:33. > :34:37.stadium. And Gomez has injected some pace. -- are in the low niqab Park
:34:38. > :34:42.area. This might be a significant break away for Javier Gomez. He is
:34:43. > :34:46.attempting to sprint away from Jonathan Brownlee and Jonathan seems
:34:47. > :34:51.to have no answer at this stage. Jonny looks at Gomez, his head
:34:52. > :34:55.starts to roll slightly, he can't respond. It looks as though Gomez at
:34:56. > :35:01.this stage has the better of Brownlee. We wondered if that
:35:02. > :35:06.surge, the magical surge was going to come earlier. Jonny has got huge
:35:07. > :35:11.decisions to make. Does he go to cover immediately? Run the risk of
:35:12. > :35:17.going too fast too soon. Or does he hang back and tried to gradually,
:35:18. > :35:23.gradually get that gap shortened and shortened? To see Javier Gomez go so
:35:24. > :35:26.early, we wondered, we thought maybe something different will happen. And
:35:27. > :35:30.that is what he has done, he has gone a couple of kilometres earlier
:35:31. > :35:37.than we expected. Gomez leads outright, Brownie in second,
:35:38. > :35:43.Polyanskiy in third. The gap has widened in the space of 60 seconds.
:35:44. > :35:49.Javier Gomez has put four seconds between himself and Jonathan
:35:50. > :35:53.Brownlee. Jonathan getting some encouragement from some of the
:35:54. > :36:03.supporters on the course. It must be psychologically a real blow for
:36:04. > :36:08.Brownlee to get away from him again. Gomez has struck once again in Cape
:36:09. > :36:19.Town. Dmitry Polyanskiy running in third position. 24 seconds between
:36:20. > :36:27.first and third at this stage. There is Jonathan Brownlee. Javier Gomez
:36:28. > :36:34.way off into the distance. He is already up towards the stadium. Big
:36:35. > :36:41.spread within the top three. And Gomez is cruising now. Looking for
:36:42. > :36:47.three wins in a row, Javier Gomez. London in September of 2013,
:36:48. > :36:55.Auckland at the start of April 2014, and now Cape Town, the hat-trick of
:36:56. > :37:00.World Triathlon series. He is the world champion. 19 kilometres per
:37:01. > :37:10.hour his foot speed. He is really travelling beautifully, Gomez. Can
:37:11. > :37:16.anyone beat him? Jonny Brownlee, in second, he will be looking forward
:37:17. > :37:19.to the finish, I am sure. The last 600 metres for Jonathan Brownlee.
:37:20. > :37:28.Beat again by Javier Gomez again today. And Gomez can start to enjoy
:37:29. > :37:33.the moment. The noise levels are starting to build as the spectator
:37:34. > :37:38.numbers increase on the final stages of this course. He swam solidly
:37:39. > :37:46.enough, kept out of trouble over the bike, did his share of work at the
:37:47. > :37:50.front of the pack. Good, clean, uneventful transitions for Javier
:37:51. > :37:55.Gomez. Mistake free as usual. He moves from one discipline to the
:37:56. > :38:01.next mistake free. And then that decisive turn of speed to make sure
:38:02. > :38:06.of the wind. And make sure of the win is exactly what he did. He takes
:38:07. > :38:10.the red flag pointing him in the direction of the blue carpet. He
:38:11. > :38:18.will force a smile on this final stretch, looking for clues third
:38:19. > :38:22.straight World Triathlon series win. He won in London 2013, in
:38:23. > :38:31.Auckland earlier this month, and he claims the first-ever World
:38:32. > :38:36.Triathlon series race in Cape Town on Freedom Day in South Africa. He
:38:37. > :38:50.wins the race in Cape Town comfortably. Comfortably in deed!
:38:51. > :38:56.And now he looks down to see his great rival Jonathan Brownlee finish
:38:57. > :38:59.in second again. Brownlee on the podium once again, but a little
:39:00. > :39:06.disappointed to have been beaten so, brands of only one more time by
:39:07. > :39:12.Javier Gomez. Gomez executing the perfect triathlon race. In the end,
:39:13. > :39:17.Dmitry Polyanskiy comes through for his first podium of the season.
:39:18. > :39:22.Dmitry Polyanskiy from Russia holding off the challenge with a
:39:23. > :39:28.ease and finish on the final lap. He finishes in third. 43 seconds off
:39:29. > :39:34.the pace of Gomez, and Mario Mola wasn't far behind, didn't do
:39:35. > :39:40.enough, fourth place scenario, Mario Mola, and just nine seconds of the
:39:41. > :39:44.third. The final lap for Mario Mola. And the best of the South Africans
:39:45. > :39:53.will be Richard Murray. He finishes in the top five. He is one minute
:39:54. > :39:57.and five seconds down. There is a sprint for sixth with Aaron Royle
:39:58. > :40:05.sprinting away from Aaron Harris. It is officially a photo. Joao Pereira
:40:06. > :40:12.from Portugal, followed by Ryan Sissons to round out the top ten.
:40:13. > :40:17.Confirmation of the final results of the Cape Town World Triathlon series
:40:18. > :40:20.race, convincing victory for Javier Gomez, second place were Jonathan
:40:21. > :40:30.Brownlee with Dmitry Polyanskiy third for Russia. Aaron Harris was
:40:31. > :40:35.seven for Britain. I think we will work very tired with heavy legs. But
:40:36. > :40:42.I ran as hard as I could. And I made this little gap with Jonathan. I
:40:43. > :40:47.could keep it, luckily. In Auckland, he won the race in the front, and he
:40:48. > :40:52.took it today. I thought I would change up a little bit, but he
:40:53. > :40:57.counter-attacked everything I did. Simple as that, he was very
:40:58. > :41:03.impressive, stronger than me, stronger in the swim and the run.
:41:04. > :41:06.Well done to him. Richard Varga led out of the water with Jonathan
:41:07. > :41:11.Brownlee and Javier Gomez close behind. 14 men setup the lead group
:41:12. > :41:19.on the bike leg and stayed clear of the chasing pack. On the third lap
:41:20. > :41:27.of Earth -- of the run, Gomez cruised away from Brownlee, taking
:41:28. > :41:32.first, Brownlee taking second, and Polyanskiy taking third. Here are
:41:33. > :41:38.the standings. If Alistair Brownlee wants to get involved in the World
:41:39. > :41:42.Triathlon series battle for 2014, with the new rules, Alastair will
:41:43. > :41:47.have to get involved in every remaining race.
:41:48. > :41:53.Back here in Strathclyde, some of the triathletes are out and about
:41:54. > :41:57.doing some mixed relay training. Every year, thousands of visitors
:41:58. > :42:00.come here to make use of the fantastic bike and running tracks,
:42:01. > :42:05.and enjoy some of the water sports on offer. In July, triathletes from
:42:06. > :42:10.dozens of Commonwealth nations will be racing through this part, too.
:42:11. > :42:19.What can we expect? I've been out and about with David McNamee to have
:42:20. > :42:26.a look. So, this will be the start of the pontoon into the Strathclyde
:42:27. > :42:35.Lock. Yes, it is good to go. We will dive in, do two laps, then we going
:42:36. > :42:43.to transition this way. Have you swum in this place before? I have
:42:44. > :42:51.slammed twice before. In 2009 and 2010. I have swam here before. It is
:42:52. > :42:57.freezing cold in 2009. 2010, I had a wet suit on. What is it like to swim
:42:58. > :43:03.in? It was OK. It is shallow. But you don't see the bottom. It is
:43:04. > :43:08.quite murky. All triathlon swim is chaos, 60 guys want to get to the
:43:09. > :43:13.first buoy, so it is about trying as hard as you can for 1500 metres and
:43:14. > :43:19.seeing where you are. And on the mixed relay day, that will be the
:43:20. > :43:25.most chaos. It is carnage, but good fun. It is chaotic. One of the most
:43:26. > :43:31.interesting events of the whole event of the Commonwealth Games.
:43:32. > :43:35.So, this is the top of the main hill the athletes will have to tackle on
:43:36. > :43:40.the bike course. This is where we will turn around. It looks quite
:43:41. > :43:44.flat here, but we will be riding hard for three minutes from the
:43:45. > :43:47.bottom. There are five laps on the bike, this is going to be the key
:43:48. > :43:51.point on the race. The last thing you want to do is turn around here
:43:52. > :43:57.and realise there are guys disappearing off the front. So, if
:43:58. > :44:01.the race splits, it is up this climb. This has been part of the
:44:02. > :44:06.British super series, will that be a benefit to some of the Brits taking
:44:07. > :44:10.part in the Commonwealth Games? Yes, I think you need to know the course
:44:11. > :44:14.beforehand. It is invaluable to know the cause. The New Zealand athletes
:44:15. > :44:22.came here specifically to see what it was like. It is very similar to
:44:23. > :44:35.Auckland. And we saw there how valuable it is to know the course.
:44:36. > :44:45.So, very tough bike course, what about the run? It starts off nice
:44:46. > :44:48.and flat and then we do disappear up into the hills. It is three laps and
:44:49. > :44:51.that is where the medals will be decided. Who do you think your
:44:52. > :44:58.team-mates will be for the Scottish team? It going to be Grant Sheldon,
:44:59. > :45:03.Austin? I think so, they won medals last year at the junior level. I
:45:04. > :45:06.have been training with them, they are developing into world-class
:45:07. > :45:12.athletes. What do you think your chances will be? Realistically, one
:45:13. > :45:16.of us will be trying to get onto the podium. We are not all going to be
:45:17. > :45:19.on the podium, we will not get first, second and third but I can
:45:20. > :45:23.see one Scottish flag being up there.
:45:24. > :45:31.So, that is what the course looks like and we have be -- we have
:45:32. > :45:36.talked about the men, but what about the women? Let's start with Natalie
:45:37. > :45:47.Milne, you make in Auckland, how did it go? I was ready pleased with my
:45:48. > :45:52.Sim, my bike was OK and then my run was OK. I had a bad back because I
:45:53. > :45:58.had just crashed. What do you need to do to qualify? I need to be a top
:45:59. > :46:03.eight Commonwealth games athlete in Yucca Harmer. What would that mean
:46:04. > :46:09.to you being in the Scottish team come July? I have wanted to do it
:46:10. > :46:16.since I was a child, so even just putting the get on be amazing.
:46:17. > :46:21.Gloria, you were born in England but you have Scottish roots? My mum and
:46:22. > :46:26.dad are Scottish and I moved back to Scotland a few weeks ago. It a few
:46:27. > :46:32.years ago. I have been brought up Scottish. How does it feel to be a
:46:33. > :46:39.contender, someone who can compete in Glasgow 2014? It feels surreal.
:46:40. > :46:46.If someone said two years ago when I was not even involved in triathlon,
:46:47. > :46:52.that I would be here, I would have said they were crazy. So had to get
:46:53. > :46:57.involved? I had done a bit of cross country running but not that much.
:46:58. > :47:02.Then someone from the swimming club said, why don't you get involved in
:47:03. > :47:07.triathlon? I did not have a bike, someone lent me a ?200 bike, I did
:47:08. > :47:14.my first race and one that. Then the Academy picked me up and that was me
:47:15. > :47:18.involved in triathlon. Part of the training camp this weekend is you
:47:19. > :47:22.having to prove yourself to the selection team. Yes, it is been a
:47:23. > :47:26.really good weekend, a little bit of swimming, biking and running. It is
:47:27. > :47:32.nice to get involved with the girls, we cycled the bike course.
:47:33. > :47:37.Shona Thompson, some of you might recognise her because she was super
:47:38. > :47:45.series champion in 2012, so you have recognised this course? Yes, it was
:47:46. > :47:50.just at US long, because the water was not warm enough to swim in. --
:47:51. > :47:58.it was not a triathlon. It would be brilliant to race hear a game, it is
:47:59. > :48:06.a good course, there are a lot of hills and turns which makes it more
:48:07. > :48:11.interesting. You train in Leeds, where the world champion is also
:48:12. > :48:21.trained, so she would be a competitor? It would not really felt
:48:22. > :48:26.like I was competing against her! I heard that you are made to compete
:48:27. > :48:30.into triathlon? Yes, my husband had done a few triathlons, I was a
:48:31. > :48:34.runner but I had done some swimming when I was younger. He tried to
:48:35. > :48:39.persuade me to have a go but I was not that keen. It was very expensive
:48:40. > :48:46.to enter. He said, I will pay for you if you will come along. So he
:48:47. > :48:50.did. And I loved it. I did not have any equipment, so I borrowed his
:48:51. > :48:54.bike, I wore my trainers and worsening costume, stopped in
:48:55. > :48:59.transition to put on my T-shirt and shorts. -- and eight swimming
:49:00. > :49:03.costume. I loved it so I just carried on. So you are living proof
:49:04. > :49:10.that you don't even need your own bike to succeed in triathlon! If you
:49:11. > :49:12.want to get into triathlon or like Shona's husband know someone who
:49:13. > :49:19.should be getting into it, here's how you can find out more. Keep on
:49:20. > :49:26.running... And swimming, and cycling. BBC sport once you to get
:49:27. > :49:29.active and stay active. Go to the website to find a sport for you.
:49:30. > :49:35.With information on why, how and where to get stuck in. Don't just
:49:36. > :49:46.watch it, do it, get active, get inspired. Keep on running, all
:49:47. > :49:50.kicking, or skating, all running... From the banks of the Strathclyde
:49:51. > :49:56.Lock, it is time to go back to Cape Town for the elite women's race.
:49:57. > :50:05.So, 51 elite women triathletes are lined up in Cape Town, ready to dive
:50:06. > :50:11.into the bitterly cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean. For this shortened
:50:12. > :50:17.swing to kick off round two of the world trust fund series of 2014.
:50:18. > :50:24.They are ready to go, -- the world 's triathlon series. They are ready
:50:25. > :50:28.to go, the 51 athletes are into the water after a delay of 25 minutes.
:50:29. > :50:32.It will be a shock to the system, the water temperature is less than
:50:33. > :50:38.12 degrees, it literally takes your breath away for the first few metres
:50:39. > :50:44.until you adjust your body and your breathing. It will be a sprinter to
:50:45. > :50:52.start. Normally we have a swim of 1500 metres, but because of the cold
:50:53. > :50:58.litre, -- cold weather, it has been shortened to 750 metres. As we
:50:59. > :51:02.looked down on the spectacular afternoon on the Victoria and Albert
:51:03. > :51:09.waterfront in Cape Town, South Africa's southernmost magnificent
:51:10. > :51:17.city. This is another look at the spectacular dive start. A good,
:51:18. > :51:21.clean getaway for all 51. No force starts that we have been told of. So
:51:22. > :51:29.no penalties to pay. -- forced start. 3.5 minutes gone in the
:51:30. > :51:34.second stage of the World Triathlon Series the 2014. We began in
:51:35. > :51:39.Auckland at the beginning of the month, Cape Town this weekend, next
:51:40. > :51:44.up Japan, then London, Chicago at the end of June, then hamburg in
:51:45. > :51:49.mid-July. Stockholm at the end of August, followed by the grand finale
:51:50. > :52:02.in Edmonton in candour. -- in Canada. Heading back across the end
:52:03. > :52:07.of the water swimming course, they are up to the clock tower. The lead
:52:08. > :52:12.at the moment is with number 12, Lucy Hall from Great Britain. She is
:52:13. > :52:19.leading the swimming here in Cape Town. We saw her do that in the
:52:20. > :52:23.Olympic games two years ago and then at the first race this year, we
:52:24. > :52:28.expected her to go out there and she chose not to. Maybe she is
:52:29. > :52:32.experimenting with tactics, she has changed her training base. Just
:52:33. > :52:35.playing around with it to become a complete triathlete, rather than
:52:36. > :52:48.someone expected to lead the swim and then come back. Second place is
:52:49. > :52:56.the Czech Republic athlete, Frintove, holding second position.
:52:57. > :53:04.We think that Helen Jenkins and hope -- Jodie Stimpson are also in the
:53:05. > :53:13.front group. Heading back towards the first transition, and another
:53:14. > :53:21.regular front runner in the water is out in the lead. The Spanish athlete
:53:22. > :53:27.up there with Lucy Hall and also Frintova from the Czech Republic.
:53:28. > :53:34.The field has not had a chance to get too far spread out. I don't
:53:35. > :53:36.think anyone has got left behind so all 51 will arrive at transition
:53:37. > :53:41.number one within a couple of minutes of each other. We could have
:53:42. > :53:46.one big group at the front of the field on two wheels when they pick
:53:47. > :53:51.up their bikes and begin this long, looping first lap. The swim is
:53:52. > :53:57.almost done. After eight and a half minutes, who will be first out of
:53:58. > :54:03.the water? I think that was Lucy Hall, certainly one of the British
:54:04. > :54:07.triathletes. Coming out of the water first. In the afternoon sunshine. We
:54:08. > :54:10.will check exactly who has done what. Routier officially first,
:54:11. > :54:22.Helen Jenkins is fifth. Vicky Holland is up there as well, a
:54:23. > :54:28.good swim for her, 10th out of the water. Jodie Stimpson is 13th, right
:54:29. > :54:39.on the tail of the leaders. So far so good for the British contingent.
:54:40. > :54:44.Then there is a gap of about ten seconds or so, until the second
:54:45. > :54:50.group, the water. The first of the swimmers arise, multitasking at
:54:51. > :54:55.transition, helmets on, wet suit stepped out of, it is all done with
:54:56. > :54:59.style and speed and plenty of practice. Everything has to be
:55:00. > :55:04.placed particularly and perfectly into the equipment boxes. We have
:55:05. > :55:10.seen enough penalties awarded in the competition is for people who have
:55:11. > :55:15.failed to hit the target, chucking the wet suit into the box, it can be
:55:16. > :55:19.costly if you miss. They are all arriving thick and fast into
:55:20. > :55:23.transition. A massive group will form at the front of the field.
:55:24. > :55:35.Carolyn Routier first out of the water, the first group, then another
:55:36. > :55:42.ten seconds to the second group. They are a minute behind. We talked
:55:43. > :55:45.about Helen Jenkins and confidence, if that is not confidence, I do not
:55:46. > :55:50.know what is, she has gone straight to the head of the field. There is a
:55:51. > :55:53.loose group of 15 athletes coming through the first couple of turns,
:55:54. > :55:59.you can see the effort at the front because those gaps were beginning to
:56:00. > :56:04.extend immediately. The athletes who are desperate to get into that
:56:05. > :56:11.leading group, they are having to work so hard to get into it. Groff
:56:12. > :56:16.is there from the United States. I have not seen Gwen Jorgensen yet. It
:56:17. > :56:20.will be critical for her, whether or not she can get into the lead pack,
:56:21. > :56:26.despite it being a flat cycle section. Thank goodness it is sunny,
:56:27. > :56:30.they must be thinking now, as the come out of the water, a chance to
:56:31. > :56:37.warm their buddies up in the afternoon sunshine. -- warm their
:56:38. > :56:44.bodies up. Lucy Hall is up in the leaders. Jodie Stimpson is there,
:56:45. > :56:48.there is no sign of Jorgensen in the lead group. I think it is a really
:56:49. > :56:52.tremendous amount of speeds to go off with, they have tried to break
:56:53. > :56:56.it down right from the start. Talking of Gwen Jorgensen, I think
:56:57. > :57:01.she is the lone rider trying to close the gap. She did get left
:57:02. > :57:08.behind, trying to warm her body up. She is now pushing hard. He has got
:57:09. > :57:15.Co. This is the chasing group. That is Eileen Reid. And Anne Haug
:57:16. > :57:21.as well. This is a big group. Some talented riders there, and now we
:57:22. > :57:25.are back with the leading 12. They are going to the first of the out
:57:26. > :57:32.and backs, they will be eyeballing the next group which is about 20.
:57:33. > :57:37.That is the difference. That group heading to the hairpin will be
:57:38. > :57:40.working hard to close the gap and join the leading 12. I do not think
:57:41. > :57:44.it will be long before they are up there with them. Unofficially, I
:57:45. > :57:50.make that gap 25 seconds which is a big gap early on. Something is going
:57:51. > :57:53.to depend on whether Anne Haug can dominate in that second group and
:57:54. > :57:57.get people to work with her. This front group are not giving in
:57:58. > :58:02.anything at all. They have got to the front, they are looking behind,
:58:03. > :58:11.Lucy Hall is there, they desperately wants to stay away from the strong
:58:12. > :58:13.runners like Anne Haug and Gwen Jorgensen. Jodie Stimpson gets her
:58:14. > :58:19.head down, she loves working hard in the bike. A big collision that! One
:58:20. > :58:24.rider flat on her face in some trouble. It is one of the Americans.
:58:25. > :58:40.It cannot be Jorgensen again, surely? It is not, it is Hursey, she
:58:41. > :58:48.is in tears as she picks up her bike and goes to the side. Let's see what
:58:49. > :58:51.happened here. Number 16, oh it was a collision, of wheels, and down
:58:52. > :59:00.went Hursey. She managed to avoid getting run over by the riders, but
:59:01. > :59:06.she took someone out with her. Lucy Hall, number 12, for Great Britain,
:59:07. > :59:11.fast in the water today. Jodie Stimpson, the world 11 is alongside
:59:12. > :59:19.her. And good work so far from the British pair at the front of the
:59:20. > :59:23.field. Leave area from Brazil, she struggles on the run, she is strong
:59:24. > :59:30.on the wheels. Vicky Holland there as well. Yes, Holland, Stimson and
:59:31. > :59:37.Lucy Hall, three British triathletes. And so maybe we have
:59:38. > :59:44.got for Brits? That would be very good. A real depth in talent and
:59:45. > :59:52.strength gap Great Britain are exhibiting in triathlon in the men's
:59:53. > :59:58.and women's field. The German lets Lucy called come past. Routier, the
:59:59. > :00:06.Spaniard is there. We have this power trio of Jodie Stimpson, Helen
:00:07. > :00:11.Jenkins and Vicky Holland working well at the front of the field, as
:00:12. > :00:17.Routier edges up to take a turn, just avoiding that rear wheel of
:00:18. > :00:22.Jodie Stimpson. There was one collision, we could do without any
:00:23. > :00:27.more. It really is great teamwork, not just by the British athletes but
:00:28. > :00:31.by everybody because it is classical teamwork, moving up from one side,
:00:32. > :00:35.from the right, getting to the front, it is only about 20 pedal
:00:36. > :00:41.revolutions, and then they just revved into the left-hand side, and
:00:42. > :00:45.then they start taking recovery. That is the cliche of a single wolf
:00:46. > :00:48.moves fastest is not true when you get a good group of athletes working
:00:49. > :00:55.here and working so well and efficiently together. Officials
:00:56. > :01:09.working hard to keep the tarmac clear. No barriers, I notice in
:01:10. > :01:15.certain areas, they are relying on people's common sense to stay away
:01:16. > :01:23.from the field of play. End of lap three, no change, Lucy Hall leaves
:01:24. > :01:32.Jodie Stimpson and Routier. Jenkins is seventh.
:01:33. > :01:40.They are all pretty compact and tightly knit, this group of 12. At
:01:41. > :01:46.the end of lap one, the gap was 25 seconds, at the end of lap two, it
:01:47. > :01:51.was around 44 seconds, at the end of lap three, it is going to be getting
:01:52. > :02:00.on for a minute. This second group have been unable to make an impact
:02:01. > :02:04.at all. And the chances of Jorgensen and Haug, the strong runners, making
:02:05. > :02:10.an impact when they come to the 10,000 metre conclusion of this
:02:11. > :02:14.triathlon are getting slimmer and slimmer. It might be more than a
:02:15. > :02:18.minute at the end of lap three! The indication to me was when we saw the
:02:19. > :02:24.overview, and first of all, group one, it is worth repeating, it
:02:25. > :02:28.really was a perfect chain gang. We flash back to group number two, they
:02:29. > :02:35.were overtaking, there was no cohesion, I've got a bit of energy,
:02:36. > :02:42.I'll go to the front. As you said, over one minute, that is 15 seconds
:02:43. > :02:47.extra on the first lap, then another 15 on the second lap, possibly need
:02:48. > :03:02.Jorgensen and Haug will be able to close down sad gap. -- closed down
:03:03. > :03:09.that gap. Working hard on right-hand side, working hard, move over, then
:03:10. > :03:13.coming back down. Just a chance of recovery. That is why they are
:03:14. > :03:16.working so well together, that is why they are moving their head in
:03:17. > :03:26.terms of time over the second and third groups. -- moving ahead.
:03:27. > :03:31.Again, Lucy Hall, she saw a gap opening, they weren't able to bridge
:03:32. > :03:36.that, so she dived in, and she is more than willing to take extra work
:03:37. > :03:43.on just to ensure this lead group stays away. No real urgency, no work
:03:44. > :03:47.ethic, no bossing of the race from the chase group, they have got a
:03:48. > :04:02.pedestrian pace about them compared to the leaders. That is the time
:04:03. > :04:11.difference. From 25 seconds, 44 seconds, out to 93 seconds over the
:04:12. > :04:17.third lap. The athlete who seems to be getting stronger as the rest of
:04:18. > :04:23.alerts, Lucy Hall, always admired and respected as a swimmer because
:04:24. > :04:28.she was swimming to help Helen Jenkins through, and now we see her
:04:29. > :04:35.doing a huge amount of work on the bike. The motorcycle is following
:04:36. > :04:40.the chasers, it accelerates up to get close and personal. Big group,
:04:41. > :04:47.but the lack of pace is obvious, just from a cursory glance. They are
:04:48. > :04:57.just ambling along. No real hunger for a win from this chase group.
:04:58. > :05:05.Jenkins, Stimpson, Holland and Hall leading the way, doing plenty of
:05:06. > :05:12.hard work. Four of the front 12 are British triathletes. We expected a
:05:13. > :05:19.big group, but I expected it to be at the front of the field. But that
:05:20. > :05:22.leading 12 went early. They can do so much more effective work than a
:05:23. > :05:29.group of 20 or 30, and they got away. Again, we have seen them
:05:30. > :05:32.coming through a tight bend, two switches, and we've still got the
:05:33. > :05:36.motivation, we have still got the hard work going through. They are
:05:37. > :05:41.following the wheels as much as they can. That is what is making the
:05:42. > :05:49.difference. The work ethic stays there. And the work together, that
:05:50. > :05:54.stays together as well. The end of lap six, no change. The leading 12
:05:55. > :06:00.riders, as they have been since the exit of the water, pretty much. The
:06:01. > :06:14.gap started off at 25 seconds at the end of lap one, it grew to 44, then
:06:15. > :06:19.93 seconds, so they have just completed lap six. And this huge
:06:20. > :06:23.group, which forms the chasing peloton will come into transition at
:06:24. > :06:25.the end of lap six and we will get a check on the time difference once
:06:26. > :06:44.again. I am watching this, counting down
:06:45. > :06:49.the seconds, expecting to be in transition, and it is not
:06:50. > :06:57.happening. It is going to be up to the two-minute mark! I think so. It
:06:58. > :07:03.need somebody to take charge. Such a big group like this, it is so
:07:04. > :07:08.difficult. The group has recently doubled in size as well. Previously,
:07:09. > :07:13.we have seen somebody like Annie Haug, she will take command, get the
:07:14. > :07:18.athletes working and bringing them back, and that hasn't happened. She
:07:19. > :07:23.can come and do well from being in an unlikely position after the
:07:24. > :07:27.swim, she has done it many times before. But look at this. We
:07:28. > :07:33.suggested more than two minutes, and that is where it is heading. It
:07:34. > :07:45.might just be slightly under the two-minute mark as they break the
:07:46. > :07:51.time here. One minute 58. Two laps to go. Still no sign of any damage
:07:52. > :08:01.being done as everybody just eases out of transition. They have to give
:08:02. > :08:07.each other space and width to avoid any bike parts coming together. The
:08:08. > :08:14.group of 12, meanwhile, they have worked beautifully together. Sarah
:08:15. > :08:19.Groff has played her part. The favourites now have to be Stimpson
:08:20. > :08:23.and Jenkins. Jenkins has proved her return to form has been solid,
:08:24. > :08:30.robust, and Stimpson won in Auckland. There are two other
:08:31. > :08:38.British contenders in the shape of the Holland and Lucy Hall. They will
:08:39. > :08:41.be keen to make a mark. And we have speculated about the chance of a
:08:42. > :08:47.British one two, three, well maybe there is a chance of a British one
:08:48. > :08:54.two, three, four. I think Sarah Groff might have a say in that! I
:08:55. > :08:58.respect and admire her so much because she is a working athlete.
:08:59. > :09:04.She does not have any weaknesses, and she displayed that at the London
:09:05. > :09:12.2012 games. What a spectacular backdrop this has provided, this
:09:13. > :09:15.beautiful city of Cape Town. The Cape Town Stadium, built for the
:09:16. > :09:28.football World Cup, which is coming our way again in Rio. With the
:09:29. > :09:33.chasing group again. Annie Haug resigned to a mediocre performance
:09:34. > :09:40.today. Jorgensen in front of her. Jorgensen can take out some during
:09:41. > :09:44.the run, but a place in the top ten is surely even beyond her strong
:09:45. > :09:50.running capabilities. There is a gap of more than two minutes, and the
:09:51. > :09:56.gap is likely to grow at the end of lap eight. A couple of hundred
:09:57. > :10:03.metres on two wheels for the front 12. One hour and ten minutes has
:10:04. > :10:11.passed. And transition is approaching. So, here we go, the end
:10:12. > :10:18.of the 40 kilometre ride, the front 12 has remained the same throughout.
:10:19. > :10:23.They come in at the dismount line, and they look for position. Jodie
:10:24. > :10:30.Stimpson is leading the way. Stimpson, Holland, Jenkins, first,
:10:31. > :10:35.second and third into transition. Lucy Hall is seventh. Getting in
:10:36. > :10:40.first is one thing, getting out first is another. Stimpson, not
:10:41. > :10:50.rushing. Holland and Stimpson exit together, Knapp, the German, is
:10:51. > :10:54.third. They won't be a group for much longer on two feet. Sarah Groff
:10:55. > :10:59.is bouncing her way across the carpet in about seventh or eighth
:11:00. > :11:05.position. Lucy Hall, backing them up, she is 12 of the runners as they
:11:06. > :11:10.leave transition to begin lap one of four, 2.5 kilometres per lap on this
:11:11. > :11:17.inner circle around the Cape Town Stadium. Huge statement by Knapp and
:11:18. > :11:23.Holland, they are sprinting out of transition, determined to get on
:11:24. > :11:29.Jodie Stimpson's leading legs. Stimpson is out there and Holland is
:11:30. > :11:33.working hard to get back. It looks like Jodie Stimpson has decided she
:11:34. > :11:37.will run this as she started in Auckland, by putting the hammer
:11:38. > :11:42.down, and maybe she is looking at that, the Brownlee tactic, of going
:11:43. > :11:49.flat out on the first 2.5-3 kilometres. Holland has chosen to go
:11:50. > :11:53.with her, it is a huge statement. Jodie Stimpson is in great running
:11:54. > :12:00.form, and Holland has said, I will give it a go to see if I can do
:12:01. > :12:04.that. Maybe this is the one. Holland beat Stimpson in Stockholm last
:12:05. > :12:08.year. Holland was fourth, Stimpson was fifth in the World Triathlon
:12:09. > :12:14.series race. But Stimpson has kicked already. There is a gap growing.
:12:15. > :12:18.Stimpson is taking this race by the scruff of the neck in the first lap
:12:19. > :12:27.of four on two feet. She is moving clear. Meanwhile, the chasing group,
:12:28. > :12:31.which numbers about 25 comes into transition more than two minutes
:12:32. > :12:38.behind. Now we will see what Haug and Jorgensen are made of on the ten
:12:39. > :12:49.kilometre run. We know Jorgensen is a strong runner, and Haug has in --
:12:50. > :12:53.has it in hard to do it. Haug puts on her shoes, reaches for the visor,
:12:54. > :12:57.makes her way out, shoulder to shoulder with Jorgensen. They are
:12:58. > :13:02.the big threat from the chasing group, but they have a mountain to
:13:03. > :13:09.climb in the shadow of the mighty table Mountain. So, back at the
:13:10. > :13:14.front of the field, Jodie Stimpson has opened up the lead of about four
:13:15. > :13:23.seconds. Four seconds early in the 10,000 metre run. Not many
:13:24. > :13:29.supporters out here. It is a slightly lonely run. Stimpson has
:13:30. > :13:37.taken it on early, wants to make a mark. And that looks to me like
:13:38. > :13:41.Helen Jenkins, who was in second was issued for Great Britain. But it is
:13:42. > :13:45.the 25-year-old from the West Midlands, who won in Auckland
:13:46. > :13:58.earlier this month, second overall in 2013, she showed in Austria she
:13:59. > :14:04.can win triathlons, whether they are flat or steep. Helen Jenkins came
:14:05. > :14:11.out of transition is just a few seconds adrift. Jody's tactics are
:14:12. > :14:16.to go flying out, perhaps Helen's is to get into the group, and then
:14:17. > :14:21.surround her. We are back with the chasers. Moffat is there, chasing
:14:22. > :14:29.behind Jorgensen and Annie Haug, but that is a huge ask. Now goes
:14:30. > :14:33.Jorgensen. She has used the first 600 yards to get herself into place
:14:34. > :14:37.and now she lengthens her stride. Annie Haug follows her through.
:14:38. > :14:45.Surely, surely two minutes is too much. They are running through the
:14:46. > :14:51.deserted car park of the deserted stadium. It is Great Britain first
:14:52. > :14:58.and second. It is down to about 2.5 seconds now, the gap, it was closer
:14:59. > :15:06.to 3-3.5, but Jenkins has made a little break. And Stimpson, I don't
:15:07. > :15:11.think she will be aware of the proximity of Jenkins just yet. We
:15:12. > :15:20.had hoped for a potential one, two, three for Great Britain, but one,
:15:21. > :15:29.two is on the cards. Can we get a gold and silver in Cape Town? So
:15:30. > :15:31.strange to see a dearth of spectators. Normally, the athletes
:15:32. > :15:38.will be getting the crowd behind them, almost instant feedback bike
:15:39. > :15:41.listening to the noise and cheers of the crowd. The only opportunity Judy
:15:42. > :15:46.is going to get is if she looks behind on one of the turns to see
:15:47. > :15:52.what the difference is between herself and Helen. Vicky Holland is
:15:53. > :16:00.running in sixth place at this stage. Behind Kirsten Sweetland of
:16:01. > :16:04.Canada. Holland looking for a solid results, possibly to give her
:16:05. > :16:13.confirmation of a place in the Commonwealth Games team for Glasgow.
:16:14. > :16:17.A big performance by Vicki, she has moved comfortably away. She went out
:16:18. > :16:21.very fast indeed. Perhaps realised that, back off a little bit, seems
:16:22. > :16:29.to have got her second wind now and is running well here. I do not think
:16:30. > :16:34.we will have any collapses, it seems like a fairly comfortable gap from
:16:35. > :16:38.that top six. There we are, that gaps between Helen Jenkins in second
:16:39. > :16:45.and Sarah Groff in third has opened significantly. I think Jenkins might
:16:46. > :16:55.be about to take first position in her own right, they are shoulder to
:16:56. > :16:58.shoulder. Stanford is out of action at the moment, what a prospect when
:16:59. > :17:05.she returns to full fitness with a race against Stimpson and Jenkins?
:17:06. > :17:11.So, Jenkins leads Stimpson in first position, after a move of staff and
:17:12. > :17:14.courage. She has moved alongside Stimpson and now sits at the front
:17:15. > :17:21.of the field. Sarah Groff is third, Jodie Stimpson second. The leader in
:17:22. > :17:28.the Cape Town World Triathlon Series women's elite race is Helen Jenkins.
:17:29. > :17:38.Just 200 metres to go until transition. Further back down
:17:39. > :17:47.through the field, 102 of the backmarkers are about to be lapped.
:17:48. > :17:51.Glover of South Africa, she will be overtaken by Stimpson and Jenkins is
:17:52. > :17:56.Stimpson glances over her shoulder to try and gauge the difference
:17:57. > :18:00.between her and Jenkins in the lead and Groff in third. Glover will have
:18:01. > :18:14.to give way now. Stimpson once again takes her place
:18:15. > :18:21.at the front of the field. Wants to be the first to cross the line at
:18:22. > :18:27.the end of lap three, just to give her chance, her psychological
:18:28. > :18:32.mindset to boost here. She kicks clear as she did after she ditched
:18:33. > :18:36.her bike at the end of the 40 barometer ride. She left transition
:18:37. > :18:40.quickly, she seems to have eased off in the last ten minutes of the run.
:18:41. > :18:46.No real damage done here for Jenkins who is able to respond. Helen
:18:47. > :18:50.Jenkins stays on the shoulder of Jodie Stimpson. They have run 7.5
:18:51. > :18:58.kilometres, they have 2.5 kilometres to run. Great Britain at number one
:18:59. > :19:08.and two, with Sarah Groff in third for the United States of America.
:19:09. > :19:15.She's 28 seconds off the pace. So it is a three athlete race at this
:19:16. > :19:20.stage, with Gwen Jorgensen climbing her way up through the field as she
:19:21. > :19:24.so regularly does. But she is a minute behind at this stage,
:19:25. > :19:29.Jorgensen, more than a minute behind. She has done fabulous work
:19:30. > :19:34.so far. She was two minutes down at the end of the bike. It is now down
:19:35. > :19:41.to one minute and seven seconds as she looks up at the clock. He has
:19:42. > :19:50.got 2.5 kilometres to do the real damage. That is an absolutely
:19:51. > :19:53.stunning final discipline bike when Jorgensen, and you have got to ask,
:19:54. > :19:58.could you get on the podium? She is within 30 seconds of the third
:19:59. > :20:03.place, and taking 1.5 minutes on the first three laps, that is a definite
:20:04. > :20:11.possibility. This will be one of the best runs ever at an individual
:20:12. > :20:20.discipline, but she did not make the break to go with the first bike pack
:20:21. > :20:24.and that is the difference. It will come back down to a battle between
:20:25. > :20:29.the two of these, to see who claims the race. Stimpson took the honours
:20:30. > :20:34.in Auckland, with Haug second and Jenkins taking a stunning comeback
:20:35. > :20:40.after two years out. In her first ever World Triathlon Series
:20:41. > :20:49.competition in its new format. Jorgensen, about two overtake fellow
:20:50. > :20:54.Americans Sarah Groff. Groff has nothing left to give, her heart must
:20:55. > :21:01.think as she sees Gwen Jorgensen heading off into the wild blue
:21:02. > :21:05.yonder with such a pace. There is a break at the front, one of the
:21:06. > :21:10.British runners has broken, Stimpson has gone clear. Stimpson is first to
:21:11. > :21:14.kick again. This time, so far, Jenkins is unable to respond. We saw
:21:15. > :21:19.it from the helicopter shot, it was a bit of a mystery, then we came
:21:20. > :21:23.down to see it was Stimpson who was put her foot down. Jenkins is trying
:21:24. > :21:28.to respond. We cannot write her off at this stage. She has already
:21:29. > :21:33.fought back once under the pressure of the Stimpson kicked. She might do
:21:34. > :21:40.it again right here. And Jorgensen is getting a little closer. Another
:21:41. > :21:44.backmarkers getting in the way. Stimpson moves away from Helen
:21:45. > :21:49.Jenkins... She makes contact with the motorcycle. Goodness me,
:21:50. > :21:54.disaster averted! But right in the dying stages of the race, a coming
:21:55. > :22:00.together of motorcycle and wider. As they come into the final stages. It
:22:01. > :22:03.will be two out of two for magnificent Jodie Stimpson. She
:22:04. > :22:08.timed her sprint finish to perfection here at Cape Town. And
:22:09. > :22:13.she has got plenty more in reserve. She will finish in spectacular
:22:14. > :22:18.style. Stimpson wins in Cape Town, as she did in Auckland. Second place
:22:19. > :22:24.to Helen Jenkins, going one better than her third in Auckland at the
:22:25. > :22:31.beginning of the month, and it will be a magnificent third position for
:22:32. > :22:34.Gwen Jorgensen who's come from the clouds to claim a place on the
:22:35. > :22:41.podium in Cape Town, having been more than two minutes down after the
:22:42. > :22:51.40: That a bike. -- 40 kilometre bike. Confirmation of the final
:22:52. > :22:56.results of the World Triathlon Series race in Cape Town. A win for
:22:57. > :22:59.Jodie Stimpson, with Helen Jenkins in second. And when Jorgensen in
:23:00. > :23:04.third position after a magnificent run. Vicky Holland finished in
:23:05. > :23:09.eighth position. Katie Hewison was 13.
:23:10. > :23:16.The GB girls are pushing hard on the bike today, Lucy Hall was absolutely
:23:17. > :23:20.amazing on the bike today, so was Helen and Vicky. They are definitely
:23:21. > :23:26.strong today. When Helen passed me, it was all about trying to hang on,
:23:27. > :23:31.I was going through a bad bit, I had a stitch, and I was trying to hold
:23:32. > :23:36.onto Helen. I gave it all I got, I tried to break her going onto the
:23:37. > :23:44.last lap and I couldn't, so I sat back behind. I just gave it all I
:23:45. > :23:48.got and managed to got come out on top. I knew she was going to play a
:23:49. > :23:53.tactical game, I had to keep the pressure on, so do you keep pushing
:23:54. > :23:56.or are you tactical? I didn't have anything at the end, but I am happy
:23:57. > :24:01.to be on the podium, it is brilliant. I am not happened -- not
:24:02. > :24:05.sure what happened on the bike, there was a crash in front of me, I
:24:06. > :24:07.was at the back of the pack, I should have been at the front, there
:24:08. > :24:18.are lots of things to think about. The overall series rankings sees
:24:19. > :24:19.Stimpson ahead of Jenkins. Vicky Holland is in 11th position for
:24:20. > :24:27.great Britain. As well as putting the girl through
:24:28. > :24:33.their aces, the head coach was busy on his phone keeping up with the
:24:34. > :24:38.action of the women's race in Cape Town. What a great result, a British
:24:39. > :24:43.one, too. It is amazing, highlighting the strengths that we
:24:44. > :24:47.have in Britain with male and female racing. It is awesome to see Helen
:24:48. > :24:53.and Jodie going at each other, a very healthy and good rivalry to
:24:54. > :25:00.have. The key thing for the Brits was the swim and bike brakes, that
:25:01. > :25:03.front group of 12 committing to make it snapped and they really broke the
:25:04. > :25:09.race which is fantastic. I like to see committed, hard racing. Massive
:25:10. > :25:13.credit to the British girls, Vicky and Lucy Hall, as well, getting
:25:14. > :25:17.really stuck in. And that break was so good that girls like when
:25:18. > :25:20.Jorgensen really had to work on the run. You and I were debating whether
:25:21. > :25:26.she could make up the two minutes, and she did and she got a podium
:25:27. > :25:31.place. Yes, you called it beautifully, you said podium and I
:25:32. > :25:36.said top five! That highlighted that these races are not at done deal, it
:25:37. > :25:40.is not a procession, you have to do all three things well, and Gwen was
:25:41. > :25:45.exposed on the first bit in the bike. She has improved her swim, to
:25:46. > :25:49.come out so close to the front means he has got a chance to take control
:25:50. > :25:54.of races but she needs to get that bike tiptop so she can deliver the
:25:55. > :26:00.high power in the first five K. And so she does not have to run so hard.
:26:01. > :26:04.No question, if she had not been working so hard on the bike, maybe
:26:05. > :26:07.she would have got even closer to the podium. It is an exceptional
:26:08. > :26:10.performance, when you consider how far back she was, commitment and
:26:11. > :26:14.drive, the constant effort she showed to believe that she could get
:26:15. > :26:18.back up there, the girls have got to be frightened of that. They will
:26:19. > :26:22.have to be making smart, tactical and hard decisions to push the race
:26:23. > :26:28.is on and expose Gwen where possible. We were talking about
:26:29. > :26:32.Commonwealth selection, the English team will be difficult with the way
:26:33. > :26:37.the girls are working today. Absolutely, it was nice to see Katie
:26:38. > :26:40.Hewison making a strong return, and Lucy delivering consistently, the
:26:41. > :26:44.swim and the bike very well, and making progress in the run. The
:26:45. > :26:49.England selectors have got a tough job. Jodie is world class right now,
:26:50. > :26:54.top of the world standings, but the rest of the girls are fighting hard,
:26:55. > :26:57.it will be tough. The women's races seem to be getting more and more
:26:58. > :27:01.exciting. I am already looking forward to Japan.
:27:02. > :27:07.If you are coming in late, getting up early, you can watch it live on
:27:08. > :27:14.the BBC sport website, on the red button or unconnected TVs, for 2am
:27:15. > :27:18.for the women's race or 5am for the women -- men's race on the 17th of
:27:19. > :27:25.May. We will have highlights at a more civilised hour on Sunday 18th
:27:26. > :27:30.of May in the afternoon at 4:30pm. Here are the key dates for the phone
:27:31. > :27:39.nation 's athletes hoping to be on the Commonwealth start line.
:27:40. > :27:47.We should note who will be -- we should know who will be joining
:27:48. > :27:51.Stanford and Jenkins on the Welsh team by the time we get to Hyde
:27:52. > :27:55.Park, but we will not find out the Scottish and England teams until
:27:56. > :27:59.June 12. The athletes will then have just over a month to prepare for the
:28:00. > :28:03.men's and women's races which take place on the same day, July 24, and
:28:04. > :28:09.the mixed relay, two days later on July 26.
:28:10. > :28:15.So great to have a few more races on British soil to look forward to. It
:28:16. > :28:18.is time to say goodbye to Strathclyde until the Commonwealth
:28:19. > :28:54.games. I will see you next time with all the action from Japan. Goodbye.
:28:55. > :28:57.Ted, I... I'm not interested in coming to see Lady Gaga, sir.