WTCS Sunderland 2023 start list and bib numbers for Elite Men

Staff Reporter

Portugal’s Vasco Vilaca, the current series leader, is the first name on the men’s start list for the inaugural WTCS Sunderland spectacular this weekend.

The 23-year-old Vilaca has been the model of consistency so far this season, and the young gun will be looking to pick up some valuable points and cement his place at the top of the standings.

Kiwi Hayden Wilde, who beat Vilaca in a sprint finish for the World Super Sprint Championships at WTCS Hamburg a fortnight ago, is the second-ranked athlete in Sunderland. The Olympic Bronze medalist, already the victor in Yokohama and Hamburg in 2023, is chasing his third win on the circuit this season.

Representing Team GB, the trio of Barclay Izzard, Jack Willis and Max Stapley will be relishing the chance to race in front of a home crowd down at Roker Beach on Saturday, as the North East hosts its first top tier short course event.

Here is your full rundown on which men will be in action in the North East of England.

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WTCS Sunderland Men’s Start Lists

BIBFIRSTLASTCOUNTRY
1VascoVilacaPortugal
2HaydenWildeNew Zealand
3LeoBergereFrance
4AdrienBriffodSwitzerland
5KenjiNenerJapan
6ManoelMessiasBrazil
7JonasSchomburgGermany
8MiguelHidalgoBrazil
9TimHellwigGermany
10AntonioSerrat SeoaneSpain
11MaxStuderSwitzerland
12TaylorReidNew Zealand
14ValentinWernzGermany
15Henri SchoemanSouth Africa
16DylanMcCulloughNew Zealand
17LasseLuhrsGermany
18PierreLe CorreFrance
19JacobBirtwhistleAustralia
20CharlesPaquetCanada
21SylvainFridelanceSwitzerland
22Vetle BergsvikThornNorway
23MarkDevayHungary
24TomRichardFrance
25LukeWillianAustralia
26GianlucaPozzattiItaly
27JohannesVogelGermany
28Brandon CopelandAustralia
29BarclayIzzardGreat Britain
30Jawad AbdemoulaMorocco
31ArnaudMengalBelgium
32GaborFaldumHungary
33DiegoMoyaChile
34RichardMurrayThe Netherlands
35EmilHolmDenmark
36SimonWestermannSwitzerland
39SaxonMorganNew Zealand
40ShacharSagivIsrael
41RenSatoJapan
42NoahServaisBelgium
43TjebbeKaindlAustria
44AlbertoGonzalez GarciaSpain
45JackWillisGreat Britain
46MarioMolaSpain
47RicardoBatistaPortugal
48ChaseMcQueenUnited States
49BrockHoelCanada
50DarrSmithUnited States
51AntonioBravo NetoBrazil
52SergioBaxter CabreraSpain
53CristanoGrajalesMexico
54KyotaroYoshikawaJapan
55MaxStapleyGreat Britain
56TylerSmithBermuda
58DonaldHillebregtThe Netherlands
59StefanZachausLuxembourg
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Start time and how to watch on live stream or TV

The big race takes place on Saturday July 29 with the gun going off at 14:00 local time. This corresponds to 15:00 CET and 09:00 on the East Coast of the United States (0600 PT).

You can watch the race live stream on the World Triathlon subscription service, TriathlonLive, and it is also available free-to-air for UK TV viewers via BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website, the BBC Sport App and the BBC Red Button.

Tomos Land
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Tomos Land
Tomos Land is a triathlon & running journalist whose expertise lies in the professional world of short course & long distance triathlon, though he also boasts an extensive knowledge of ultra-running.
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