TRIATHLON – Vincent Luis on track to win the first Super League Triathlon Grand Final –

This weekend marks the 4th stage and first Grand Final of the Super League Triathlon, the new global circuit that brings together the world’s best triathletes in new, varied, and highly spectacular formats. After the stages in Jersey, Malta, and Mallorca in autumn 2018, Singapore hosts this Grand Final for two days of competition. On the program: the men’s and women’s finals tomorrow, Saturday, February 23, in the Eliminator format (*), and the men’s and women’s finals, Sunday, February 24, in the Enduro format ().

The races can be followed live on La Chaîne L’Équipe (TNT) starting at 1:35 PM on Saturday and 2:00 PM on Sunday.

As a reminder, Vincent Luis, winner of the first three stages, leads the general classification ahead of South Africans Henri Schoeman and Richard Murray. Léo Bergère is in 6th place. In the women’s category, American Katie Zaferes leads the classification ahead of her compatriot Kirsten Kasper and Dutchwoman Rachel Klamer. Cassandre Beaugrand (2nd in Jersey, the only stage she participated in) is in 10th place.

The formats of this Grand Final:
* Eliminator: This format consists of 3 triathlons of 300 m swim, 5 km bike, and 2 km run, with 10 minutes of rest between each. The first 15 finishers of the first leg advance to the semi-final. Then the top 10 from this semi-final advance to the final.

Enduro: This format consists of a continuous sequence of 3 triathlons of 300 m swim, 5 km bike, and 2 km run, with no recovery time. The last two athletes at the end of each discipline are directly eliminated.