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<\/p>\nThe Cartagena-born triathlete from Mobel Sport competed on 29 April in the first race of this year's IRONMAN franchise in Europe, which was held in Marbella, with a total of 2,500 triathletes from 65 different nationalities.<\/p>\n
A race full of elites and where Pedro made his professional debut alongside the best in the world. This did not make him nervous and from the first sector of the swim he was positioned among the top 30 to finish in 20 minutes and start the bike sector where he began to recover positions until he placed 21st in T2.<\/p>\n
With a final 21-kilometre run, Pedro ran at a very high pace, making it clear that he is here to stay and to face the rest of the professionals. After 1:18 of race, Pedro finally crossed the finish line in 19th place overall and 3rd best Spanish in his first competition in professional category, a position that according to his words: \"does not say much, but it makes me feel professional and to be able to run with people I have admired and with whom I am now fighting, that for me is the best prize\".<\/p>\n
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And great performance also of our triathlete from Malaga, Patricia Bueno Perez, who finished in an impressive TOP10 in cat. FEM and 2nd best Spanish, with an impressive comeback during the final sector of the run.<\/p>\n
The race consisted of a 1,900-kilometre one-lap swim in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, starting and finishing at Levante Beach in Puerto Ban\u00fas. Afterwards, the cycling segment was also a one-lap race, 90 kilometres, which started in the well-known \"Golden Mile\" and after crossing Marbella, it went through the Port of Oj\u00e9n and the towns of Monda, Co\u00edn and Cartama before returning to the transition area in Puerto Ban\u00fas. Finally, the foot race consisted of two laps of 10.5 km to complete the 21km along the promenade of Marbella with the finish line located on the sand of Puerto Banus beach. In the men's category the victory went to David McNamee with 3:57:47 followed by Chis Leiferman with the same time (0.18 seconds behind) and third came Andreas Dreitz with 3:58:43. In the women's race the victory went to Laura Phillip with a time of 4:25:29 ahead of Marta Bernardi with 4:31:28 and Daniela Saemmler who closed the podium with 4:33:09.<\/p>\n
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El triatleta cartagenaro de Mobel Sport disput\u00f3 el pasado 29 de abril la primera prueba de este a\u00f1o en Europa de la franquicia IRONMAN\u00a0que se ha celebrado en Marbella, con un total de 2.500 triatletas de 65 nacionalidades diferentes. Una prueba plagada de \u00e9lites y donde Pedro debut\u00f3 como profesional junto a los mejores del mundo. Esto no le puso nervioso y desde el primer sector de nataci\u00f3n se posicion\u00f3 entre los 30 primeros para acabar en 20 minutos y empezar el sector de ciclismo donde empez\u00f3 a recuperar posiciones hasta colocarse en el puesto 21\u00ba en la T2. Con una sector final de carrera a pie de 21 kil\u00f3metros, Pedro corri\u00f3 a un ritmo muy alto y dejando claro que viene a quedarse y para hacerle cara al resto de profesionales. Tras 1:18 de carrera, Pedro cruz\u00f3 finalmente la meta en el puesto 19\u00ba de la general y 3\u00ba mejor espa\u00f1ol en su primera competici\u00f3n en categor\u00eda profesional, un puesto que seg\u00fan sus palabras: \u201cno dice mucho, pero que me hace sentirse profesional y poder correr con gente a la que he admirado y con la que ahora estoy peleando, eso para m\u00ed es el mejor premio\u201d. Y gran actuaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n de nuestra triatleta malague\u00f1a, Patricia Bueno P\u00e9rez, que finaliz\u00f3 en un impresionante TOP10 en cat. PRO, 9\u00aa gral. FEM y 2\u00aa mejor espa\u00f1ola, con una remontada impresionante durante el sector final de carrera a pie. La prueba constaba de 1.900 de nataci\u00f3n a una \u00fanica vuelta en aguas del mar Mediterr\u00e1neo con salida y llegada en la Playa de Levante de Puerto Ban\u00fas. Posteriormente el segmento ciclista tambi\u00e9n era a una vuelta, 90 kil\u00f3metros, que arrancaban en la conocida “Milla de Oro” y tras atravesar Marbella discurr\u00eda por el Puerto de Oj\u00e9n y las poblaciones de Monda, Co\u00edn y Cartama antes de regresar a la zona de transici\u00f3n en Puerto Ban\u00fas. Por \u00faltimo la carrera a pie consist\u00eda en dos vueltas de 10,5 km hasta completar los 21km por el paseo Mar\u00edtimo de Marbella con la meta situada en la arena de la misma Playa de Puerto Ban\u00fas. En categor\u00eda masculina la victoria fue para David McNamee con 3:57:47 seguido de Chis Leiferman con el mismo tiempo (a 0,18 seg) y tercero entr\u00f3 Andreas Dreitz 3:58:43.\u00a0En la prueba femenina el triunfo\u00a0fue para Laura Phillip con un tiempo de 4:25:29 por delante de Marta Bernardi con 4:31:28 y de Daniela Saemmler que\u00a0cerr\u00f3 el podio con 4:33:09. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[403],"tags":[409,410,411],"class_list":["post-6405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pruebaseventos","tag-ironman","tag-patricia-bueno","tag-pedro-andujar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n