Bartol was among 10 athletes starting the women’s event in Spain and formed part of a lead group on the opening run section of the event.

She reached the first transition level with Poland’s Maja Wąsik and Italy’s Elenora Demarchi, with the trio finishing the 5.1-kilometre run in 18min 53sec.

Bartol was able to distance her rivals on the 20km bike section, where she achieved a time of 29:02.

The Slovenian entered the final transition with a 56-second cushion over Wasik.

Her advantage was reduced in the second run of the event, but Bartol sealed a comfortable victory in a time of 58.33.

Wasik finished 50 seconds down as the runner-up.

The podium places were completed by Demarchi, who finished the competition in 59:59.

Britain’s Ben Cumberland earned victory in the men’s competition, after a dominant second run of the competition.

Cumberland had been in a closely contested race with Belgium duo Wout Ghielens and Simon Martin.

The British athlete completed the final run section of the event in 7:56, nearly 20 seconds faster than the Belgian pair.

Cumberland crossed the line in a winning time of 50:23.

Ghielens settled for second place in 50:35, with Martin ending a further seven seconds down in third.