Alistair Brownlee destroys the field in Spain
June 1, 2009
Alistair Brownlee dominated the World Championships Series race in Madrid. He looked sprightly from the start, placing highly in the 1500m swim before repeatedly attacking during the hilly 40km cycle as he helped to establish a small lead group of just eleven athletes that included home favourite Gomez and the experienced Courtney Atkinson from Australia.
However it was on the run where the Brit impressed as he obliterated the opposition. After just 2.5km he had a 30 second lead and continued to pull away to register his first ITU world series victory by 48 seconds. Despite not winning a series race before, Brownlee has had notable success before, winning the World Junior Championships in 2006 and World Under 23 Championships in 2008.
