Gustav Iden led a Norwegian 1-2 ahead of Kristian Blummenfelt at the Canadian Open on Sunday, while Alistair Brownlee valiantly finished 24th despite evidently struggling during the run of the inaugural PTO Tour event.
World and Olympic champion Blummenfelt was initially joined by IRONMAN 70.3 champion Iden in the chasing pack when Henri Schoeman’s led the 2km swim, with GB’s Brownlee close behind.
Ad/> Brownlee then shared the lead with France’s Sam Laidlow during the 80km cycle, and the pair held a 1:07 advantage going into the 18km run. /> PTO TourIden comes home to lead a Norway 1-2 ahead of Blummenfelt at Canadian OpenAN HOUR AGO That was Iden and Blummenfelt’s time to shine, however, with the pair pushing one another to comfortably overtake Brownlee and Laidlow.
Eventually, Iden broke clear, and though Blummenfelt was eating into that 56-second lead, the former crossed the finish line 27 seconds ahead of his compatriot.