The second race of the World Triathlon Championship Series will take place this weekend in Sardinia, with WTCS Cagliari hosting the final Olympic distance race of the Paris qualification window.
Playing a vital role in the Olympic qualification for a number of national federations, most notably Team GB, Cagliari 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 Cagliari Start List – Elite Men
The start list – as it stands – is as follows for Saturday’s race:
| BIB | FIRST | LAST | COUNTRY |
| 1 | Morgan | Pearson | USA |
| 2 | Luke | Willian | AUS |
| 3 | Leo | Bergere | FRA |
| 4 | Charles | Paquet | CAN |
| 5 | Marten | Van Riel | BEL |
| 6 | Miguel | Hidalgo | BRA |
| 7 | Vincent | Luis | FRA |
| 8 | Kristian | Blummenfelt | NOR |
| 9 | Antonio | Serrat Seoane | ESP |
| 10 | Vetle Bergsvik | Thorn | NOR |
| 11 | Matthew | McElroy | USA |
| 12 | Csongor | Lehmann | HUN |
| 14 | Gabor | Faldum | HUN |
| 15 | Alberto | Gonzalez Garcia | ESP |
| 16 | Gianluca | Pozzatti | ITA |
| 17 | Jonas | Schomburg | GER |
| 18 | Martin | Sobey | CAN |
| 19 | Sergio | Baxter Cabrera | ESP |
| 20 | Takumi | Hojo | JPN |
| 21 | Mark | Devay | HUN |
| 22 | Tayler | Reid | NZL |
| 23 | Darr | Smith | USA |
| 24 | Seth | Rider | USA |
| 26 | David | Castro Fajardo | ESP |
| 27 | Lasse Nygaard | Priester | GER |
| 28 | Michele | Sarzilla | ITA |
| 30 | Ricardo | Batista | POR |
| 31 | Makoto | Odakura | JPN |
| 32 | Bence | Bicsak | HUN |
| 33 | Aoba | Yasumatsu | JPN |
| 34 | Hugo | Milner | GBR |
| 35 | Adrien | Briffod | SUI |
| 36 | Tjebbe | Kaindl | AUT |
| 37 | Callum | McClusky | AUS |
| 38 | Emil | Holm | DEN |
| 39 | Roberto | Sanchez Mantecon | ESP |
| 40 | Brandon | Copeland | AUS |
| 41 | Hayden | Wilde | NZL |
| 42 | Alex | Yee | GBR |
| 43 | Pierre | Le Corre | FRA |
| 44 | Tim | Hellwig | GER |
| 45 | Lasse | Luhrs | GER |
| 46 | Tyler | Mislawchuk | CAN |
| 47 | Manoel | Messias | BRA |
| 48 | Tom | Richard | FRA |
| 49 | Max | Stapley | GBR |
| 51 | Henri | Schoeman | RSA |
| 52 | Aram Michell | Penaflor Moysen | MEX |
| 53 | Jawad | Abdelmoula | MAR |
| 54 | Crisanto | Grajales Valencia | MEX |
| 55 | Samuel | Dickinson | GBR |
| 56 | Barclay | Izzard | GBR |
| 57 | Matthew | Wright | BAR |
| 58 | Ren | Sato | JPN |
| 59 | Simon | Westermann | SUI |
| 60 | Alessio | Crociani | ITA |
| 61 | Gaspar | Riveros | CHI |
| 62 | Nicola | Azzano | ITA |
| 63 | Badr | Siwane | MAR |
| 64 | Gregor | Payet | LUX |
What time does the race start and how can I watch live?
In Italy, the racing will begin on Saturday May 25. The men will race at 15:15 local time. This corresponds to 14:15 UK, 09:15 on the East Coast and 06:15 on the West Coast.
All the action will be available to watch live via Triathlonlive.tv
Who are the favourites?
Morgan Pearson, who won WTCS Yokohama earlier this month, will wear #1 in Cagliari and will be very hard to beat, especially if he comes off the bike in the front pack.
He will be up against Paris gold medal favourites Hayden Wilde and Alex Yee, who will look to re-enact their head-to-head battle from last season, which was won by Yee.
Other contenders for the win include Olympic champion Kristian Blummenfelt, French former world champions Leo Bergere and Vincent Luis, plus Belgian fan favourite Marten Van Riel.
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