Jonas Schomburg

Do you know, it's so funny though.

So there's, there's a bunch of names that I haven't, it's Patrick Langer, Jonas Schomburg, Jamie Riddle, Cam Main, Matthew Marquardt, Pierre Lecour, Cam Wurf, Arnaud Guilliot.

Like there's so many who aren't even there yet or whatever.

Guess which, what name do you think I've read? I spotted, didn't read.

And so if he ultimately did get dropped by that front group and then he's back with Christian, it would have been the best thing ever for Christian because they would have just worked together.

But now without him, it's just another person who's not there to try and help Christian go and catch the Sam Laidlaw, Jonas Schomburg, Jamie Riddle group.

So I think ultimately it's a terrible thing for Christian's race.

And I really think it hurts him on the bike because it's just another ally he doesn't have in.

And then in the men, I had Christian for the win.

And I think I put Jonas Schomburg in there.

Yes.

I don't know if Greg Harper got to me from the triathlon hour,

back from an injury, though, I think, as well.

So we'll just say that.

So Jonas Schomburg, he came in at eight.

Let me down a little bit there, Jonas.

And then by 90 kilometers it was two and a half minutes.

So it really was kind of just that attack from Josh Ferris that Jamie Riddle jumped on board, and then Lasse Nygaard Priester and, and Jonas Schomburg became a part of.

And then McHale bought a, bought a Lametti, Vicky's pick for, for the big underdog who was gonna shock the world.

He jumped across, and there was this, this really random but not surprising group, maybe apart from Josh Ferris' group off the front of the race, who really made things hard for the favorites.

And so what happened was there was this really long line of, of men, and there was a lot of, like, hustling for positions.

And early on you saw C- Christian trying to make passes, but he eventually kind of settled, 'cause he was like, "I don't wanna get involved in this surging and then having to drop back and then surging again." And I think that cost him, because he was just doing that at the early stages of the climb, and he couldn't even see the front of the race.

And at this point, Josh Ferris is sending it off the front, and then Lassie joins him, and Jamie Riddle joins him, and Jonas Schomburg joins him, and they get a gap.

And then other people try and bridge across to that, like Rico and Michele Bortolotti.

I think Morgan Pearson, if he has a good bike, he can run himself into a podium spot.

Rico, if he has a... a crazy bike and a san francisco run he can be on the podium um like a jonas can do a jonas thing and you never know what to expect with him i think jamie riddle seems very um like very fit and and keen and like made this whole road bike set up for the climb and like he seems to be very focused on on this race so curious to see what what he can do like To win, I don't think maybe his run is quick enough, but I can see a scenario where he finishes on the podium.

If they can have a breakaway after the swim with Martin Jonas and Jamie and have a big enough gap to hold off the faster runners in the back, it's always possible.

I think that's about it.

Yeah.

No, so I agree.

I think, um, those notable mentions.

So the reason we left them off that what we came, the criteria that we came with Jack and I was that, um, we, you have to be, we have to believe that you will potentially win the race, right? Like not Ken, of course we had, we made that mistake around, uh, me asking Jack, like Ken Yellow in Ironman 70.3 was, of course you can, but, um, yeah, So we left those notable mentions off because we just didn't see a way in which they may win the race, right? Like, you know, so someone like a Jamie Riddle, yep, could be on the podium if he gets away with like a Martin and Jonas, et cetera.

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Jonas Schomburg.

Okay.

I'm going to go Martin van Riel because they want to push the pace.

And then he took that form into Oceanside.

And again, he beat Jonas Schomburg and Sam Long in a really good race and then went on to Texas.

And I'm just like, This guy is in insane shape like he always is at the start of the year.

What will he do now? Because historically, then he goes and races short course races, and then he does an Ironman, and then he gets to championship season, and he's throwing up all over the side of the road in races, and he just looks tired.

Malachi, is your internet good enough for you to give us your contender or do you reckon you're just watching for the rest of the show?

Well, I can't see any of your reactions, and Jack's face is covered up.

But I've also written down Jonas Schomburg for similar reasons to Greg, because he's just an aggressive racer, and this is the kind of course that's going to suit a loose cannon who's willing to put it all on the line.

You've got, you know, a crazy climb, good descending, and he's going to swim at the front, race from the front.