Jorge Duarte is undoubtedly the big picture of the long triathlon Portuguese 2014. After winning three long triathlons and be isolated leader of the National ranking long triathlon.
In Viana do Castelo would not be easy due to the excellent start list that was composed by excellent National and Spanish athletes. With swimming be even worse segment, lost more than 3min for the first partial, achieve recover quickly in the segments of cycling and run. After cycling and at the beginning of the last segment of the race, the athlete who represents the Olympic Oeiras, was in the third position. Segment with a very fast race (1:11:36 in the half marathon) recovered 6 minutes we had to delay for Spanish Christopher Rios God.
With this victory, Jorge Duarte manages to win three half-Ironmans in four who participated in 2014.
Within the general framework, Nuno Ventura was 10th overall (5º 30-34), José Afonso was 20th overall (4º 40-44) and Marco Cruz was 36th overall (11º 40-44)
