Felipe Van de Wynarg (CHL) delighted his home crowd at the swim end as hit the beach with the lead. Santiago Ascenco (BRA) and Oscar Galindez (ARG) mounted a charge throughout the bike and the pair of pursuers bridged the gap to the Wyngard at 70 km's. Wasting no time, Ascenco and Galindez proceeded the ditch the Wyngard as they headed hard towards T2. Ascenco managed open up advantage of a minute and half on Galindez at the conclusion of 90 km's .
Once on the run, Ascenco pulled away from the Galindez and the field to notched the win with a 4:20:02 clocking.
There was far less drama in the women's race with only two pro women in the field. Brazil's Luiza Cravo punched her way to the lead early on the bike and never looked back as she took the win by a margin of close to 15 minutes.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 Ascenco, Santiago BRA 4:20:02
2 Galindez, Oscar ARG 4:25:22
3 Silvestrin, Frank BRA 4:26:21
4 Van de Wyngard, Felipe CHL 4:28:51
5 Shemaker, Jarrod USA 4:29:37
Top 2 Pro Women
1 Cravo, Luiza BRA 4:56:56
2 Tastets, Pamela CHL 5:11:38