Supertri Jersey 2025 men's results: Dramatic win for Lehmann as crash ends Brownlee hopes

Csongor Lehmann claimed a first Supertri victory after a drama-packed race in Jersey.

The Hungarian, racing for Stars & Stripes, has been in good form all season and this win – when added to his runner-up spot in Toronto – puts him into the overall lead in the series.

Vasco Vilaca (Podium Racing) endured a rollercoaster day in second – he was nearly last after the first swim but powered his way to the front of the race only for a late penalty to scupper his hopes.

And 20-year-old Brit Oliver Conway (Brownlee Racing) produced another brilliant display after his debut fourth at WTCS Karlovy Vary last weekend to round out the podium in third.

The race was marred by several crashes unfortunately, including Jonny Brownlee who at least managed to get back on his bike and finish in 11th.

Stage 1

Marcus Dey has handed Brownlee Racing short chutes in the first two races and he was in pole position early on again here.

However Chase McQueen proved strongest in the second half of the 300m swim and went swiftly through T1 to bag the bonus for Stars & Stripes – and how important that would prove to be.

Mitch Kolkman, on his Supertri debut, and Tayler Reid were next across the line and would go on play a full role in the race.

Dey was fourth and all Brownlee Racing athletes were in the top 10, in stark contrast to Vilaca and his Crown Racing teammates who occupied the last four places at that point.

There was rain about on the bike, making an already technical course even more challenging.

But Vilaca was on the charge and up to third by T2 – Lehmann by now was just in front of Reid as Stars & Stripes denied any other teams the second short chute.

However it was close with just 11 seconds covering the top 10, which included Brownlee.

The run saw Vilaca power to the front to claim the final short chute but the big question was how many matches he’d burned coming from near last to first?

At the end of the stage we had a front group of five – Vilaca, Lehmann, Reid, Conway and Kolkman and then 10s and more back to the rest.

Stage 2

Starting the second stage and Lehmann lost a couple of seconds when he dropped his swim cap and had to retrieve it before diving in.

Kolkman was out the water first, Reid second and suddenly we had a big front group again – just nine seconds between the top 10.

Brownlee was part of it in seventh but his chances went up in smoke when he crashed on the roundabout after Charles Paquet went down just before him.

Paquet would DNF but Brownlee battled on, albeit nearly a minute behind now.

All of which meant we now had the same five-man group we’d had at the end of the first run – Reid leading from Vilaca, Kolkman, Lehmann and Conway, with big gaps back to the rest.

The short chutes were allocated to Vilaca and Lehmann and it looked like our podium was coming from that front five.

Stage 3

That impression was reinforced on the final swim as the quintet now had nearly half a minute on the rest.

But there was yet more drama on the bike when Reid, who had helped animate the race from virtually the start, was the latest to hit the deck on the roundabout.

He was back up quickly but it cost him 20 seconds and then news came through that Vilaca’s topsy-turvy day suddenly dipped again as he would have to take a five seconds penalty due to leaving his goggles outside of the box.

Kolkman meanwhile just began to drop off the pace which meant that starting the run there was absolutely nothing between Vilaca, Lehmann and Conway.

The first two had a short chute to come, though Vilaca’s was effectively more than wiped out by the impending penalty.

He took that at the end of lap one followed by the short chute, while Lehmann went straight to the short chute and Conway took the usual route and now we suddenly had separation.

Lehmann was clear, Conway second and Vilaca third but still the race wasn’t over.

Vilaca was absolutely flying on the second lap and soon powered past Conway but Lehmann would prove to be just out of reach – five seconds separating them on the line.

Conway was a superb third, a further four seconds back, with Kolkman fourth and Reid a gutsy fifth.