The victory marked his 11th WTS win and boosted his Columbia Threadneedle ITU WTS Series points total to 3820, which gives him a 446 lead on fellow Spaniard Mario Mola and 859 on 3rd-place Fernando Alarza.

“I was not very happy with my swim,” said Gomez, who emerged from the non-wetsuit swim 18th, 17 seconds behind the leader. “I was a little bit asleep at the start, so when I knew I was far behind I fought the second lap to move forward a little bit in the swim. I think I was the last person to make the first group on the bike. It was an intense first lap on the bike, and then after that I just worked to keep the distance between the second group. I felt good on the run because I could control the pace the whole time.”