Moletta, Gobbo win XTERRA Brazil

Ilhabela, Brazil – Home country heroes Felipe Moletta and Sabrina Gobbo captured the 13th annual XTERRA Brazil Championship elite titles on the island of Ilhabela this morning.

It’s the third Brazil title for Moletta and the fourth straight for Gobbo.

Complete Results / Photos

In the men’s race, under an azure sky, Moletta took the lead on the bike and held onto it until the end with a time of 2:32:24, just two minutes in front of Kieran McPherson from New Zealand, who finished second in 2:34:29.

“Very happy to win here in Ilhabela, on the Brazilian stage of the XTERRA World Tour, where I started in triathlon many years ago,” posted Moletta to his Facebook page.  “I thank everyone who supported me and especially who believe in the sport, and dedicate this victory to all the moms and in particular, my dear mother and my wife…I love you!”

Moletta, who was the XTERRA Brazil champ in 2012 and 2014, is no stranger to XTERRA Brazil or to victory, but this was the 10-year XTERRA veteran’s first win in Ilhabela.

Moletta previously stated that XTERRA Brazil is very special to him. When it took place in the city of Sao Paulo in 2014, Moletta’s son had just been born and was in the hospital. Happily, both father and son came out as champs that day.

Runner-up Kieran McPherson exited the water first with a small lead, and said “I rode hard but conservatively for the first part of the bike because it wasn’t a matter of if they would catch me but when.”

McPherson, the reigning XTERRA Thailand Champ who has already done four races on the Asia-Pacific Tour (where he sits in third place), added that “Felipe caught me on the last major climb and I could not respond. My legs were definitely feeling all the travel of the last few weeks. Felipe was too strong on the run and I was only able to maintain my gap.”

McPherson now turns his attention to the Pan Am Tour and will be racing at the next stop at XTERRA Oak Mountain in Pelham, Alabama next Saturday.

“I raced well and I’m happy with my second-place performance, but I’m looking forward to a little R&R before ‘Bama.”

Triathlon legend and 2008 XTERRA Brazil Champ Alexandre Manzan was third in 2:41:20.

In the women’s race, Sabrina Gobbo claimed victory for the fourth year in a row. She finished in 3:12:02, a full 10-minutes in front of runner up, Laura Mira Dias, who finished second in 3:22:25.

With the win Gobbo becomes the first elite to win XTERRA Brazil four times. (American great Shonny Vanlandingham and Moletta each have three titles). Gobbo was fifth on the Pan Am Tour last year and is currently seated fourth in the standings after four races.

Isabella Ribeiro was third in 3:30:40, allowing Brazil to take all three spots on the podium.The top three women finished in the same order last year, and Gobbo and Dias finished 10 minutes apart in 2016, as well.

All-Time XTERRA Brazil Elite Champions
Year – Man/Woman
2017-Felipe Moletta/Sabrina Gobbo
2016-Albert Soley/Sabrina Gobbo
2015-Diogo Malagon/Sabrina Gobbo
2014-Felipe Moletta/Sabrina Gobbo
2013-Conrad Stoltz/Shonny Vanlandingham
2012-Felipe Moletta/Shonny Vanlandingham
2011-Ben Allen/Carina Wasle
2010-Dan Hugo/Shonny Vanlandingham
2009-Rom Akerson/Maria Omar
2008-Alexandre Manzan/Carla Prada
2007-Mike Vine/Candy Angle
2006-Nico Lebrun/Candy Angle
2005-Conrad Stoltz/Jamie Whitmore

Elite Results

Pos Name, NAT Time Points Swim Bike Run 1 Felipe Moletta, BRA 2:32:24 75 0:24:28 1:18:02 0:49:06 2 Kieran McPherson, NZL 2:34:29 67 0:22:50 1:20:39 0:50:05 3 Alexandre Manzan, BRA 2:41:20 61 0:24:26 1:24:59 0:50:43 4 Frederico Zacharias, BRA 2:43:06 56 0:25:13 1:21:51 0:55:06 5 Henrique Lugarini, BRA 2:46:18 51 0:24:15 1:23:15 0:57:50 6 Diogo Malagon, BRA 2:49:54 47 0:24:26 1:25:55 0:58:34 7 Rodrigo Moreira, BRA 2:54:37 43 0:26:30 1:29:25 0:57:27 8 Silveira Silva, BRA 2:59:00 39 0:26:30 1:29:29 1:01:58 9 Guilherme Goncalves, BRA 3:08:08 36 0:24:56 1:31:01 1:11:05 10 Anderson Ferreira, BRA 3:10:01 33 0:24:22 1:41:51 1:01:02 11 Wellington Conceicao, BRA 3:32:16 30 0:34:45 1:54:18 1:00:54 12 Pericles Andrade, BRA 3:43:25 27 0:31:14 1:47:51 1:23:04 13 Fernando Melo, BRA 3:56:38 25 0:33:04 2:03:13 1:13:09 14 Leonardo Lisboa, BRA 4:04:41 23 0:25:59 2:24:13 1:12:46 Pos Name, NAT Time Points Swim Bike Run 1 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 3:12:02 75 0:28:19 1:38:13 1:04:36 2 Laura Mira Dias, BRA 3:22:25 67 0:27:30 1:46:21 1:07:15 3 Isabella Ribeiro, BRA 3:30:40 61 0:29:15 1:48:12 1:11:12 4 Vanessa Cabrini, BRA 3:39:30 56 0:24:23 2:00:03 1:13:35 5 Fernanda Prieto, BRA 3:41:10 51 0:33:17 1:53:16 1:12:08 6 Brisa Melcop, BRA 3:51:27 47 0:26:05 1:54:50 1:28:04

XTERRA Pan America Tour Elite Standings

With the win today, coupled with his third place finish at XTERRA Chile last month, Felipe Moletta moves into fourth-place in the 2017 XTERRA Pan America Tour elite standings.  Jean-Philippe Thibodeau from Canada is still in the lead, followed by Branden Rakita from the U.S. and Gonzalo Tellechea of Argentina.

In the women’s standings Laura Mira Dias jumped past Suzie Snyder to take the lead after her second-place showing today.  Dias is the only racer to do all four events on the Tour this season.

Next up: XTERRA Oak Mountain in Pelham, Alabama next Saturday, May 20.  Oak Mountain is the first Gold race of the season, awarding points at the 100-point level and awarding $15,000 USD in prize money.

2017 XTERRA PAN AM TOUR ELITE STANDINGS
After 4 (As of 5.14)

S S S S PL NAME, NAT TOT ARG CHI CRC BRA 1 Jean-Philippe Thibodeau, CAN 178 61 56 61 DNS 2 Branden Rakita, USA 159 56 47 56 DNS 3 Gonzalo Tellechea, ARG 142 75 67 DNS DNS 4 Felipe Moletta, BRA 136 DNS 61 DNS 75 5 Maximiliano Morales, ARG 118 67 51 DNS DNS 6 León Drajer, ESP 94 51 43 DNS DNS 7 Julien Buffe, FRA 82 43 39 DNS DNS 8 Felipe Barraza, CHI 75 DNS 75 DNS DNS 9 Josiah Middaugh, USA 75 DNS DNS 75 DNS 10 Ian King, USA 74 DNS 27 47 DNS 11 Guiherme Goncalves, BRA 72 DNS DNS 36 36 12 Kris Coddens, BEL 67 DNS DNS 67 DNS 13 Kieran McPherson, NZL 67 DNS DNS DNS 67 14 Alexandre Manzan, BRA 61 DNS DNS DNS 61 15 Frederico Zacharias, BRA 56 DNS DNS DNS 56 16 Ryan Ignatz, USA 51 DNS DNS 51 DNS 17 Henrique Lugarini, BRA 51 DNS DNS DNS 51 18 Andres Darricau, ARG 47 47 DNS DNS DNS 19 Diogo Malagon, BRA 47 DNS DNS DNS 47 20 Greg Schott, USA 43 DNS DNS 43 DNS 21 Rodrigo Moreira, BRA 43 DNS DNS DNS 43 22 Federico Venegas, CRC 39 DNS DNS 39 DNS 23 Silveira Silva, BRA 39 DNS DNS DNS 39 24 Diego Moya, CHI 36 DNS 36 DNS DNS 25 Guilherme Goncalves, BRA 36 DNS DNS DNS 36 26 Gaspar Riveros, CHI 33 DNS 33 DNS DNS 27 Billy Gordon, PAN 33 DNS DNS 33 DNS 28 Anderson Ferreira, BRA 33 DNS DNS DNS 33 29 Benjamin Munizaga, CHI 30 DNS 30 DNS DNS 30 Micheal Nunez, USA 30 DNS DNS 30 DNS 31 Wellington Conceicao, BRA 30 DNS DNS DNS 30 32 Andres Zuniga, CRC 27 DNS DNS 27 DNS 33 Pericles Andrade, BRA 27 DNS DNS DNS 27 34 Fernando Melo, BRA 25 DNS DNS DNS 25 35 Leonardo Lisboa, BRA 23 DNS DNS DNS 23 ELITE WOMEN S S S S PL NAME, NAT TOT ARG CHI CRC BRA 1 Laura Mira Dias, BRA 221 51 47 56 67 2 Suzie Snyder, USA 217 75 67 75 DNS 3 Kara LaPoint, USA 184 61 56 67 DNS 4 Sabrina Gobbo, BRA 182 56 51 DNS 75 5 Morgane Riou, FRA 128 67 61 DNS DNS 6 Barbara Riveros, CHI 75 DNS 75 DNS DNS 7 Annie Bergen, CAN 61 DNS DNS 61 DNS 8 Isabella Ribeiro, BRA 61 DNS DNS DNS 61 9 Vanessa Cabrini, BRA 56 DNS DNS DNS 56 10 Liz Gruber, USA 51 DNS DNS 51 DNS 11 Fernanda Prieto, BRA 51 DNS DNS DNS 51 12 Caroline Colonna, USA 47 DNS DNS 47 DNS 13 Brisa Melcop, BRA 47 DNS DNS DNS 47

2017 XTERRA World Championship Qualifying Series Schedule

XTERRA Brazil was the 16th of 41 events where amateur athletes from around the world could qualify to race at the 22nd annual XTERRA World Championship in Maui on October 29.

Date Race Elite Winners or Location Feb 25 XTERRA South Africa Richard Murray / Flora Duffy Mar 4 XTERRA Motatapu Dougal Allan / Josie Wilcox Mar 18 XTERRA Saipan + Silver Sam Osborne / Carina Wasle Mar 25 XTERRA Argentina # Silver Gonzalo Tellechea / Suzie Snyder Apr 1 XTERRA Thailand + Silver Kieran McPherson / Renata Bucher Apr 1 XTERRA Chile # Silver Felipe Barraza / Barbara Riveros Apr 2 XTERRA Malta * Silver Roger Serrano / Brigitta Poor Apr 8 XTERRA New Zealand + Silver Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen Apr 9 XTERRA Costa Rica # Silver Josiah Middaugh / Suzie Snyder Apr 16 XTERRA La Reunion Ruben Ruzafa / Carina Wasle Apr 23 XTERRA Danao + GOLD Bradley Weiss / Carina Wasle Apr 23 XTERRA Cyprus * Silver Yeray Luxem / Brigitta Poor Apr 29 XTERRA Langkawi + GOLD Osborne,Allen,Weiss,McPherson/Wasle Apr 30 XTERRA Greece * Silver Ruben Ruzafa, Helena Erbenova May 6 XTERRA Tahiti + Silver Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen May 13 XTERRA Brazil # Silver Felipe Moletta / Sabrina Gobbo May 14 XTERRA Spain * Silver Tarragona May 20 XTERRA Oak Mountain # GOLD Pelham, AL, USA May 27 XTERRA Portugal * Silver Golega Jun 10 XTERRA Belgium * Silver Namur Jun 17 XTERRA Mine over Matter ^ Milton, Ontario, Canada Jun 18 XTERRA Finland * Silver Imatra Jun 24 XTERRA Switzerland * GOLD Vallee de Joux Jul 2 XTERRA France * GOLD Xonrupt Jul 9 XTERRA Victoria # Silver Victoria, B.C., Canada Jul 15 XTERRA Beaver Creek # GOLD Beaver Creek, CO, USA Jul 30 XTERRA Abruzzo * Silver Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy Aug 5 XTERRA Mexico # GOLD Tapalpa Aug 5 XTERRA Norway * Silver Norefjell Aug 6 XTERRA Canmore ^ Canmore, Alberta, Canada Aug 12 XTERRA Quebec ^ Quebec City, Canada Aug 12 XTERRA Parry Sound ^ Ontario, Canada Aug 13 XTERRA Dominican Republic # Silver Barahona Aug 13 XTERRA Poland * Silver Krakow Aug 19 XTERRA Germany * GOLD Zittau Aug 26 XTERRA Sweden * Silver Hammarbybacken, Stockholm Aug 26 XTERRA Sleeping Giant ^ Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Sep 2 XTERRA Japan + Silver Hokkaido Sep 3 XTERRA European Championship (DEN) * GOLD Mons Klint Sep 16 XTERRA Pan Am Championship / USA # D-GOLD Ogden, Utah, USA Oct 29 XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii

* XTERRA European Tour / # XTERRA Pan American Tour / + Asia-Pacific Tour
Silver = Min. $7,500 pro purse & 75-point scale // GOLD = Min $15,000 pro purse & 100-point scale

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