Marten Van Riel underlined why he is the T100 king as he became the first ever men’s World Champion with another quite brilliant win in the Grand Final in Dubai.

He got the better of World 70.3 champion Rico Bogen after another fantastic battle – but there was all sorts of drama in behind too.

Ditlev derailed by mechanical

Not least in the tussle for third where double Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee dusted himself down after a late fall to overhaul Kyle Smith.

And there were plenty of other stories elsewhere too.

Just a week on from his wedding, Fred Funk took seventh place which left him in the 10th and final overall spot which guarantees a contract offer for the 2025 T100 season.

Uber biker Magnus Ditlev saw his race wrecked by a mechanical just as he was bridging up to the front group.

And David McNamee, the only British man to make the podium in the IRONMAN World Championship in Kona, signed off his illustrious career with a 12th-placed finish.

T100 Dubai results – Pro Men

Here’s how it all panned out, including those all-important swim / bike / run splits – with Sam Long going from 20th and last after the swim up to 10th at the finish line.

Position	Athlete	Swim time	Bike time	Run time	Overall time
1	Marten Van Riel	24:40	1:44:27	58:26*	3:09:17
2	Rico Bogen	24:37	1:44:20	58:45	3:09:39
3	Alistair Brownlee	24:39	1:44:34	59:18	3:10:25
4	Kyle Smith	24:46	1:44:40	59:38	3:10:41
5	Mathis Margirier	24:40	1:44:37	1:00:40	3:11:44
6	Justus Nieschlag	24:42	1:46:37	59:34	3:12:31
7	Fred Funk	24:43	1:44:19*	1:01:48	3:12:49
8	Magnus Ditlev	25:52	1:44:59	1:00:41	3:13:29
9	Pieter Heemeryck	24:49	1:46:16	1:00:41	3:13:50
10	Sam Long	28:53	1:45:36	59:05	3:15:12
11	Youri Keulen	24:40	1:48:33	1:00:33	3:15:42
12	David McNamee	24:54	1:49:10	1:00:51	3:16:48
13	Jason West	24:45	1:50:47	59:54	3:17:04
14	Aaron Royle	24:36*	1:47:00	1:04:04	3:17:38
15	Rudy Von Berg	25:22	1:50:03	1:05:54	3:23:15
16	Leon Chevalier	27:52	1:51:48	1:01:20	3:23:31
17	Clement Mignon	25:21	1:50:42	1:08:28	3:26:54
DNF	Max Neumann	25:51	1:54:24
DNF	Ben Kanute	24:51
DNF	Bradley Weiss	25:43