Bishop maintains proud Leeds record despite 'brutal' World Triathlon Championship Series race

Tireless Tom Bishop succeeded where others couldn't by extending his proud record of finishing every single AJ Bell World Triathlon Championship Series in Leeds despite a chaotic men's race. Fittingly, Bishop claimed 33rd ahead of Australian Aaron Royle, the only other athlete on the start line to have completed the five previous races, after heavily fancied Brits Alex Yee, last year's winner, and Jonny Brownlee crashed out on the bike.

Ad/> Derby-born Bishop was surprisingly the first Brit to be roared home at Roundhay Park in his adopted hometown of Leeds where he moved for university before training and setting up base alongside long-term partner Sian Rainsley, who finished 15th in the women's race. TriathlonTaylor-Brown overcomes 'absolute nightmare' to take second behind Cassandre Beaugrand in LeedsA DAY AGO «It was brutal, really hard.

It was carnage from the start, to be honest,» explained the 30-year-old. «It would have been interesting to see how Alex [Yee] would have fared had he not been involved in the crash and Jonny [Brownlee] as they have both been doing really well.

»I just saw the guys on the ground, I heard there was an overlap of wheels and when you are riding that close you can't really escape it. It's just bad luck and it was gusty weather out there as well so maybe a bit of wind but I'm not really sure.

«Hopefully they recover pretty well as it's the Commonwealth Games next for those two, so let's see what they can do.» Bishop has his own aspirations to represent Team England at this summer's Games in Birmingham with one spot alongside Yee and Brownlee soon to be announced and he admitted things were still up in the air after Saturday's event. «The third spot is at their discretion,» said Bishop.