Top Moments 2009: Brownlee’s Spanish Surprise

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By World Triathlon Admin | 29 Jan, 2010

Alistair Brownlee takes the surprise win in Madrid

Down at the Casa de Campo in the heart of Madrid, an expectant crowd awaited the success of hometown favourite Javier Gomez.

But spoiling the Spanish party was the talented young Brit Alistair Brownlee, who kicked off his 2009 campaign with an exceptional race, taking his first Dextro Energy Triathlon ITU World Championship Series win.

Brownlee’s unexpected victory served notice to the triathlon world that a new, young star was poised to shatter the status quo of their universe.

Make sure to come back for the next video in our “Top Moments: 2009” series, and watch previous episodes here!

Related Event: 2009 Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series Madrid

31 May, 2009 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Women
1.	Andrea Hansen	NZL	02:05:58
2.	Lisa Norden	SWE	02:05:59
3.	Jessica Harrison	FRA	02:05:59
4.	Christiane Pilz	GER	02:06:01
5.	Sarah Haskins	USA	02:06:03
6.	Magali Di Marco Messmer	SUI	02:06:17
7.	Samantha Warriner	NZL	02:06:44
8.	Daniela Ryf	SUI	02:06:52
9.	Sarah True	USA	02:07:24
10.	Ai Ueda	JPN	02:07:31

Results: Elite Men
1.	Alistair Brownlee	GBR	01:51:26
2.	Courtney Atkinson	AUS	01:52:14
3.	Javier Gomez Noya	ESP	01:52:18
4.	Maik Petzold	GER	01:52:31
5.	Ivan Vasiliev	RUS	01:52:39
6.	Alexander Bryukhankov	RUS	01:52:44
7.	Dmitry Polyanskiy	AIN	01:53:08
8.	Christian Prochnow	GER	01:53:16
9.	Brad Kahlefeldt	AUS	01:53:18
10.	Jan Frodeno	GER	01:53:19