I just kinda got the feeling from how Wilde was talking that he was being gracious in victory but it wasn't necessarily him at fault. Let's see if there is a video.

Duffy's boss move dropping Beaugrand was the most incredible move I've ever seen on the women's bike leg.

Fair point, as someone who also bike raced and crit raced for a while, and always sucked at TTs, I love DL sprint racing as an age grouper too...

And classics is a great analogy for WT racing...

As for the Hayden Wilde/Yee/Brownlee/McCullough crash, Pro Tri News on their Instagram have Hayden's account of the crash: "So long story short, second lap out of T2 still carrying a lot of speed. I come out on the outside of Dylan he had a few people on his right. At this point Dylan and I were in line with each other. We both got out of the saddle, unfortunately then we touched elbows just slightly which led to Dylans' front wheel to go a touch sideways, he went over the handlebars which then took out Jonny & Alex as followed my line up the hill. Never want this to happen in a race, especially to those two lads".

Unfortunately I've experienced similar incidents in bike racing and it sometimes is not one person at fault, but several people doing reasonable actions at the same time, and as a result coming together. I also understand where those taken down as a result would be pissed too, since it's something silly that has a major impact on your race, that you can't control. I've seen fist fights between cyclists from these types of crashes in crits...

We're not that far away from the Montreal sprint distance event and relay. I don't see Flora Duffy on the list and Jessica Learmonth is still MIA so probably Cassandra Beaugrand will lead out the swim. I expect to see GTB, Sophie Coldwell, Taylor Knibb and perhaps Taylor Spivey work hard to drop C.B. and other clingers on. The hill on the course ought to provide a strong sorting filter for those who are bike fit enough. Will a fast of the front group gain enough time to overcome a fleet footed C.B.? Whatever the case, it ought to be another excellent race. On the men's side I bet Alex Yee is itching to have another crack at the men's field after the Leeds bike crash.

Hugh

We're not that far away from the Montreal sprint distance event and relay. I don't see Flora Duffy on the list and Jessica Learmonth is still MIA so probably Cassandra Beaugrand will lead out the swim. I expect to see GTB, Sophie Coldwell and Taylor Knibb and Taylor Spivey work hard to drop C.B. and other clingers on. The hill on the course ought to provide a strong sorting filter for those who are bike fit enough. Will a fast of the front group gain enough time to overcome a fleet footed C.B.? Whatever the case, it ought to be another excellent race. On the men's side I bet Alex Yee is itching to have another crack at the men's field after the Leeds bike crash.

Hugh

Duffy and Knibb aren’t on the start list.

Yikes, I'd swear that Taylor was one there a few hours ago when I first checked but you're right that she's not on there now.

Pretty sure you are correct as well. I checked in the morning and their names were on the list. I am not surprised about Duffy as she has a couple of races under her belt already, she is still recovering from Covid and has the Commonwealth Games to think about.

Any news on Knibb not racing? Maybe the eliminator format doesn’t suit her but a race close to home?

Perhaps she's decided to race Mont Tremblant 70.3 this weekend ? I don't see any clues on her social media pages.

Any news on Knibb not racing? Maybe the eliminator format doesn’t suit her but a race close to home?

I think the eliminator format suits her well so I am disappointed she isn't there. But more importantly I am disappointed that she won't be on the MTR.

She is a (much) better version of what Kanute was 6 years ago in the second leg. She can ride solo and have the best split in her group so she can get you back into the race.

No doubting she is a phenomenal athlete but I couldn’t see where she had the best split for her leg on a relay.

I think the US are going to have a very strong team come Paris 2024.

I think I remember an article during the week saying Duffy was on both start lists and intended to race both. Might have been TRI247 but not sure.

The heats are now duathlon due to sewerage in the water

More detail (heavy rain required sewage release into river to avoid city flooding):
https://tri-today.com/...nto-duathlon-format/
They hope that the levels will have dropped by Saturday to allow those races to be triathlons.