The grueling 1,895 meter climb through the The Eilat Mountains didn’t slow Italians Mossimo Cigana and Martina Dogana at the 2015 Israman Negev triathlon today.
Cigana, a former pro cyclist turned triathlete, finished the race in 4:33:20, followed by Edo van der Meer (NED) finishing in 4:38:55 and Dimitry Grabovsky (ISR) in 4:41:39.
Cigana, 41, said the course was “very tough.” He smashed the bike event in 3 hours 10 minutes. Van der Meer, 31 commented at this finish, “no segment was tougher than the other.” After a strong swim of 23:54, Van Der Meer couldn’t keep up with Cigana on the bike, falling six minutes behind on the segment.
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