Cameron Wurf: From Paris-Roubaix to a Half-Marathon in a Few Hours

A few hours after crossing the Paris-Roubaix finish line on Sunday, Cameron Wurf (Ineos-Grenadiers) completed a half-marathon in 1h26.

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David Reyrat

Posted on 04/11/2023 at 10:40update on 04/11/2023 at 12:15

It must be believed that the 256.6 kilometers of the Hell of the North were not enough for his suffering. On Sunday, the Australian Cameron Wurf gave himself without counting to protect his leader, Filippo Ganna, who finished in 6^e place of Paris-Roubaix. The runner of the Ineos-Grenadiers team had finished in the 128^e place after almost six hours of effort (22 minutes after the winner).

A full day ? Not for him. A few hours later, he completed the 21.21 kilometers of a half-marathon in 1h26! A sizeable performance for this 39-year-old sportsman with an already well-stocked omnisports CV.

In 2004, Cameron Wurf, gold medalist at the 2003 under-23 world rowing championships, had qualified for the Athens Olympics in 2004 as a… rower (for a 16^e place in two light weight pairs). In 2007, he swapped trains for cycling to become a professional cyclist with the Servetto (2009), Liquigas (2011) and Cannondale (2013-14) teams.

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Three Ironman victories

Frustrated by the world of professional cycling, the Australian had changed paths again in 2015. Direction, this time, the triathlon! Discipline in which he was quick to shine. Three successes in Ironman, establishing the fastest time on a bike on that of Hawaii in 2018 (record since beaten).

In 2020, he returned to cycling by committing to Ineos with, in his contract, the authorization to compete in a few Ironmans. Hence these parallel training sessions, road cycling, but also running and swimming. His comment on social networks at the end of this convict Sunday? “Now I’m hungry»…

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