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Zaferes and Davide Giardini of Italy emerged from the kelp-ridden waters of Pacific Grove in a tight duel, 17:23 to 17:24, which gave them a 1:13 lead on John Dahlz and Andrew Roos and 2:25 on Mauro Cavanha and Casey Bateman.
After riding the multi-lap, draft-legal 40k bike leg in identical race-best 1:01:29 splits, the dueling leaders increased their lead to 4:08 on Timothy Winslow, 4:13 over Dahlz, 6:25 on Casey Bateman, and 6:46 on Mauro Cavanha.
Zaferes and Giardini began the run together, until Zaferes slowly and inevitably drew away to a second-fastest 35:40 10k that was 18 seconds quicker that Giardini. Zaferes finished in 1:55:58, which gave him a 24 seconds margin of victory on Giardini and 4:13 on 3rd place finisher Dahlz (race-best 35:34 run).
Zaferes and Davide Giardini of Italy emerged from the kelp-ridden waters of Pacific Grove in a tight duel, 17:23 to 17:24, which gave them a 1:13 lead on John Dahlz and Andrew Roos and 2:25 on Mauro Cavanha and Casey Bateman.
After riding the multi-lap, draft-legal 40k bike leg in identical race-best 1:01:29 splits, the dueling leaders increased their lead to 4:08 on Timothy Winslow, 4:13 over Dahlz, 6:25 on Casey Bateman, and 6:46 on Mauro Cavanha.
Zaferes and Giardini began the run together, until Zaferes slowly and inevitably drew away to a second-fastest 35:40 10k that was 18 seconds quicker that Giardini. Zaferes finished in 1:55:58, which gave him a 24 seconds margin of victory on Giardini and 4:13 on 3rd place finisher Dahlz (race-best 35:34 run).
