Cassan Ferrier and Buckingham claim European Cup wins in Banyoles

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By David Peddie | 27 Jul, 2014

Alexandra Cassan Ferrier (FRA) and Mark Buckingham (GBR) secured their first ever European Cup victories at the ETU European Cup in Banyoles.

Both athletes had to fight for everything on the final run to take gold and hold off their challengers.

The closest Cassan Ferrier, the 2012 World Duathlon Champion and European U23 Triathlon Champion, had come to a European Cup victory was 4th place in Holten earlier this year so she had high hopes coming into this race that this would be her opportunity to break her duck.

She battled closely with Lois Rosindale (GBR) before finding that extra yard on the final lap of the run. Felicity Sheedy-Ryan (AUS), a winner here in 2011, finished second with Rosindale having to settle for third place.

Buckingham finished 4th in Banyoles in 2012 in a World Cup fixture and he avenged that race to finish top of the podium here.

He finished ahead of Peter Kerr (AUS) and Sam Ward (NZL) who, in a day of firsts, secured their first ever European podiums and offered an antipodean flavour to the medal ceremony.

Related Event: 2014 Banyoles ETU Triathlon European Cup

27 Jul, 2014 • event page • all results

Results: Elite Men
1.	Mark Buckingham	GBR	01:47:49
2.	Peter Kerr	AUS	01:48:11
3.	Sam Ward	NZL	01:48:14
4.	Aurélien Lebrun	FRA	01:48:16
5.	Etienne Diemunsch	FRA	01:48:20
6.	Bryan Keane	IRL	01:48:23
7.	Tyler Mislawchuk	CAN	01:48:26
8.	Jesus Gomar	GEO	01:48:30
9.	Daniel Hofer	ITA	01:48:54
10.	Brendan Sexton	AUS	01:49:04

Results: Elite Women
1.	Alexandra Cassan Ferrier	FRA	01:59:46
2.	Felicity Sheedy-Ryan	AUS	01:59:54
3.	Lois Rosindale	GBR	02:00:07
4.	Anneke Jenkins	NZL	02:00:38
5.	Chelsea Burns	USA	02:01:08
6.	Heather Sellars	GBR	02:01:27
7.	Erin Storie	USA	02:01:42
8.	Simone Ackermann	RSA	02:02:24
9.	Sophie Corbidge	NZL	02:02:51
10.	Anel Radford	RSA	02:03:17