New Zealand's Hayden Wilde capped off his year with victory at the World Triathlon Championship Series finale in Torremolinos, Spain.
Wilde got home in a time of 1 hour and 42 minutes on Sunday (Monday NZ Time), charging up the field after the first lap of the run leg.
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It was one of the best races of his career so far, with the Olympic silver medallist speeding over the 10km run off a blistering bike leg to take the tape by a minute from Frenchman Leo Bergere.
Second for the Frenchman saw him hold on to the series silver, with the victory seeing Wilde finish the season with series bronze. Britain's Alex Yee was third in the race, but took out top prize overall.
Wilde, 27, was delighted with his race victory after just 'having a go' on the bike leg and following up on the run.
“I came out of the swim in a good position and had a plan to sit on the fourth wheel then Leo went out like a bat out of hell and I saw a gap and just thought, ‘why not?’, and we just worked so well together.
"I had the same sort of plan as the Olympic Games really, two laps hard, one lap easy then go and had a really nice gap. It’s a bit disappointing not to win the world championships but to win the grand final is something special," he said.
“It’s a bit of redemption for Paris, but more so for Weihai, that course was perfect for me.
"Today I turned up with my bike legs back on and executed all three disciplines really well. I knew there was a little gap on the bike and I just put my head down and it was nice to go with Vince in his last race.”
Fellow Kiwi Tayler Reid was seventh, while in the women's elite race, Ainsley Thorpe finished 34th and Nicole Van der Kaay 36th.