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Aurelien Lebrun and Alexandra Razarenova claim Istanbul win

By David Peddie | 04 Aug, 2013

Aurelien Lebrun (FRA) and Alexandra Razarenova (RUS) claimed significant victories at the ITU European Cup in Istanbul.

For Razarenova, she denied Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) back to back European wins to claim the first European Cup victory of her career.

After a steady swim and tactical bike ride, the Russian launched herself into the lead during the run and was never challenged seriously enough for the result to be in doubt.

Yelistratova, who was looking for an Olympic distance victory to back up her sprint triumph in Tartu, had to battle with Mateja Simic (SLO) for the silver medal and a powerful finish allowed her to pip the Slovenian into second place for her second podium in two weeks.

Simic’s third place is her first podium since Antalya back in April.

In the Elite Men’s race, Aurelien Lebrun retained his Istanbul title he won in 2012 and made it two wins in two weeks on the back of his success in Geneva.

The Frenchman is in the form of his life with three podiums from four International elite races in 2013.

It was a great day for the French athletes as Lebrun led home a one-two-three, with Simon Viain and Yohann Vincent finishing in second and third respectively.

Related Event: 2013 Istanbul ITU Triathlon European Cup
04 Aug, 2013 • event pageall results
Results: Elite Men
1. Aurélien Lebrun FRA 01:50:03
2. Simon Viain FRA 01:50:35
3. Yohann Vincent FRA 01:50:47
4. Jonas Schomburg GER 01:50:52
5. Felix Duchampt ROU 01:50:58
6. Premysl Svarc CZE 01:51:15
7. Dávid Ruzsás HUN 01:51:27
8. Yohan Saby FRA 01:51:38
9. Valentin Mechsheryakov KAZ 01:51:48
10. Rodolphe Von Berg USA 01:52:09
Results: Elite Women
1. Alexandra Razarenova RUS 02:03:16
2. Yuliya Yelistratova UKR 02:03:34
3. Mateja Šimic SLO 02:03:40
4. Sofie Hooghe BEL 02:05:21
5. Eszter Dudás HUN 02:06:23
6. Valentina Zapatrina RUS 02:06:37
7. Tayla Glover RSA 02:06:45
8. Margie Santimaria ITA 02:07:19
9. Pauline Purro SUI 02:07:38
10. Olga Agapova RUS 02:08:50