Max Stapley

So we saw him in Yokohama.

He was in that breakaway with, you know, Matty Hauser, Miguel Hidalgo, Luke Williams, Stapley, Braden Mercer in that breakaway.

He did get dropped on the bike though.

Yeah.

You still got plenty there.

You're

going to have a Max Stapley.

Lukey Williams going to be there.

If it's one-to-one, he can swim really fast behind people.

Like in Laguna Bukit, he swam behind, what's a British guy who just broke his collarbone? Max Stapley.

Max Stapley, yeah.

He swam on Max Stapley's feet, who's like top 10 out of the water, WTCS, all the time.

So he's not his swim ability, it's just the congestion.

Yeah,

There's five Frenchies on the start list, so some names to watch for sure.

Max Stapley's also back after his injury.

I think that this race is going to be pretty tough to predict.

Another question mark, where's Hayden going to finish? Can Hayden return back to form to get some confidence back for his build to LA 2028? I don't think he

Obviously, it would have been so talking about Alex Yin, obviously the British team.

Max Stapley coming back in, which is great after his broken collarbone.

But the fact that poor old Ollie Conway is out, obviously, because of his nasty injury.

And I would have loved to have seen him race in the elite race.

is happening in life i'm like i'll be fine i'll go for two practice swims before this race and that'll be sweet

I mean, and how's Max Stapley just windmilling around his training sessions about three weeks after breaking his collarbone?

Is he back training already?

Oh, yeah.