PTO Canadian Open: Gustav Iden holds off Kristian Blummenfelt in Norway 1-2 as Alistair Brownlee battles to 24th

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. More than three minutes back, Aaron Royle finished third ahead of Laidlow.

Gentle wins inaugural PTO event at Canadian Open 'No expectations' — Alistair Brownlee coy in Canada but wants to win 'world's biggest races' PTO Tour heads to Texas for PTO US Open Meanwhile, Brownlee eventually crossed the line in 24th. The two-time Olympic champion was a late addition to the event, and said he had “no expectations” going into the PTO Tour race. Brownlee had predicted the run would be a “struggle”, and so it proved, with the Briton almost stopping when holding his chest and looking visibly in pain two hours and 17 minutes into the race.

/> PTO Canadian Open 2022 2km / 80km / 18km – Edmonton 1. Gustav Iden (NOR) – 3:10:48 2. Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) – 3:11:15 3.