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A beautiful but somewhat cool morning greeted the Rev3Tri athletes in Knoxville.
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Sam Warriner was in transition quite early to set up her gear.
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A very focused Cameron Dye sorts out what goes where.
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Matty Reed arrived fairly late but he was ready in a heartbeat.
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69.4 degree water temps meant no wetsuit for the pros, 50 degree air temps made it a rather cool affair.
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The pro men were lead back by a stand-up paddler
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Cameron Dye and Brian Fleischmann were first and second out of the water.
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Pip Taylor led the women out of the water and had quite a good bike split too.
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But it was Brit Julie Dibens who would rocket soon into the lead.
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Apart from a couple motor bikes, no one else really got that close-up view of Bjorn Andersson.
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Chris Lieto was cold the first half of the bike but warmed up nicely on the second half.
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Bjorn Andersson is almost back into T2 at this point.
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Chris Lieto chased Bjorn Andersson hard and caught him about with less than 2 miles to run.
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Matty Reed though was on fire and overcame the 2:10 deficit to Andersson, and Chris Lieto.
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Heather Gollnick interviews winner Julie Dibens who now has won 5 races in a row.
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Sam Warriner and Kelly Williamson were sprinting hard for the runner-up spot.
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Toni Hasler waits patiently for his wife Natascha Badmann.
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The women's podium on stage.
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In exchange for signed tax forms (and a few jerseys) the winning pros got their checks asap from Rev3.
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The happy winners smile for the camera.
