ROBERVAL, Quebec, Canada, August 2. BULGARIAN Petar Stoychev won the 50th Travers\u00e9e Internationale du Lac Saint-Jean in Canada on Saturday, the fourth consecutive year that the 29-year-old Bulgarian has won the 32km (20-mile) swim between P\u00e9ribonka and Roberval. The race is the first of two Canadian legs of the FINA Marathon World Cup. It also marked Stoychev's third victory in the eight races sum thus far in the World Cup series, making him the favorite to take the overall crown.<\/p>\n
Stoychev's time of six hours 23 minutes 14 seconds was almost six minutes ahead of Argentinian Gabriel Chaillou and France's Stephane Gomez. <\/p>\n
Germany's Angela Maurer won the women's race in 6:47:04 while her teammate, triple European champion Britta Kamrau was a ditant second, four minutes 43 seconds off the pace. Like Stoychev, Kamrau notched her third triumph this year in the World Cup, boosting her into the favorite's spot to win the 2004 overall title.<\/p>\n
The next raace in the series is the 40-km. (25-mile) Travers\u00e9e Internationale du Lac Magog in Canada.<\/p>\n
RESULTS<\/p>\n
MEN
\nRank Name Country Time
\n1 STOYCHEV Petar BUL 6.23,14
\n2 CHAILLOU Gabriel ARG 6.29,10
\n3 GOMEZ St\u00e9phane FRA 6.35,43
\n4 SALIBA Mark AUS 6.37,20
\n5 RONDY Gilles FRA 6.38,29
\n6 SEROUR Mohamed EGY 6.43,14
\n7 HANSMANN Christian GER 6.45,44
\n8 EL ZANATY Mohamed EGY 6.46,53
\n9 PEREZ Rafael ARG 7.00,06
\n10 HASSAN Mohamed EGY 7.19,24
\n11 LEDUC Alexandre CAN 7.24,17
\n12 NICHOLSON Don CAN 7.33,56
\n13 ASMUTH Paul USA 7.41,02
\n14 DESSUREAULT Olivier CAN 8.05,41
\n15 LECLERC Marc-Andr\u00e9 CAN 8.15,00
\n16 PLIT Claudio ARG 8.47,19
\n17 LACHANCE Robert CAN 8.51,24 <\/p>\n
WOMEN
\nRank Name Country Time
\n1 MAURER Angela GER 6.47,04
\n2 KAMRAU Britta GER 6.51,47
\n3 MORALIEVA Ivanka BUL 7.06,13
\n4 LACHANCE-FORTIN Alex CAN 7.19,40
\n5 RAPTIS Teodora MKD 7.33,16
\n6 CLARK Shelley AUS 7.48,55
\n7 CHARBONNEAU Sophie CAN 7.54,18
\n8 MANSOUR Shereen EGY 8.03,15
\n9 DOYLE Melissa CAN 8.04,46
\n10 VAN DER LAAN Irene NED 8.25,24
\n11 BERUBE Sandra CAN 8.55,50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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