WTCS Yokohama: Full men’s start list as Olympic champion Kristian Blummenfelt kicks off season

The World Triathlon Championship Series gets underway this weekend, with WTCS Yokohama hosting the first event of the season following the cancellation of WTCS Abu Dhabi.

Playing a vital role in the Olympic qualification for a number of national federations, most notably the USA, Yokohama promises to be an action packed day of racing.

The full start list for the men’s race can be found below, and we have also included all the information about following the race live this weekend.

WTCS Yokohama Start List – Elite Men

The start list – as it stands – is as follows for Saturday’s race:

BIBFIRSTLASTCOUNTRY1DorianConinxFRA2LeoBergereFRA3VascoVilacaPOR4MatthewHauserAUS5KristianBlummenfeltNOR6CsongorLehmannHUN7MiguelHidalgoBRA8TylerMislawchukCAN9JelleGeensBEL10Kenji NenerJPN11MartenVan RielBEL12JonasSchomburgGER14RobertoSanchez MantecónESP15HenriSchoemanRSA16AdrienBriffodSUI17TomRichardFRA18BenceBicsakHUN19AntonioSerrat SeoaneESP20DylanMcCulloughNZL21MatthewMcElroyUSA22Vetle BergsvikThornNOR23ValentinWertzGER24TaylorReidNZL25Lasse NygaardPriesterGER26RicardoBatistaPOR27CharlesPaquetCAN28RichardMurrayNED29GaborFaldumHUN30GianlucaPozzattiITA31MicheleSarzillaITA32SethRiderUSA33JonathanBrownleeGBR34MorganPearsonUSA35EmilHolmDEN36JacobBirtwhistleAUS37MartinSobeyCAN38LukeWillianAUS39DiegoMoyaCHI40TakumiHojoJPN41DavidCastro FajardoESP42SergioBaxter CabreraESP43SimonWestermannSUI44MakotoOdakuraJPN45Mark DevayHUN46BrandonCopelandAUS47VincentLuisFRA48Aram MichellPenaflor MyosinMEX49TjebbeKaindlAUT50RenSatoJPN51SimonHenseleitGER52AloisKnablAUT53JumpeiFuruyaJPN54RostislavPevstovAZE55AlbertoGonzalez GarciaESP56CallumMcCluskyAUS57DarrSmithUSA58CasperStornesNOR59AobaYasumatsuJPN60HugoMilnerGBR61KevinMcDowellUSA

What time does the race start and how can I watch live?

In Japan, the racing will take place on Saturday May 11. For the men, the race will begin at 13:00 local time. This corresponds to 05:00 in the UK, 00:00 on the East Coast and 21:00 on the West Coast on Friday.

(Photo – World Triathlon)

All the action will be available to watch live via Triathlonlive.tv

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Tomos Land

Tomos Land is a triathlon & running journalist whose expertise lies in the professional world of short course & long distance triathlon, though he also boasts an extensive knowledge of ultra-running.

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