text: Jonathan Brownlee backed up his win in Auckland a fortnight ago by taking the Gold Coast Triathlon in the ITU World Series on Saturday. The Yorkshireman moved amongst the leaders on the swim, remained at the front during the cycle and then broke clear in the run, seeing off Mario Mola by 19 seconds with a winning time of 1:46:53. 'I think it's down to confidence,' he said of his victory. Jonathan Brownlee poses with his gold medal on the podium having won the Gold Coast ITU race . 'After the start of the season I had an awful race, I said I didn't want to make mistakes again. Today it started really well. I saw the four of us and thought lets be aggressive. 'On the run I knew they would take time out of me on the first lap, then I thought 'be steady, and if I run 30:30 it's going to take a great run for them to catch me', and fortunately they didn't.' World champion Javier Gomez took third. As a result Brownlee leads the rankings with 2,186 points from Gomez, who is 219 points behind. Brownlee broke clear of the field during the running section of the Gold Coast triathlon in Australia . In the women's race, Gwen Jorgensen racked up an eighth series victory in a row, leading a clean sweep of Americans on the podium with Sarah True second and Katie Zaferes third. Britain's Lucy Hall was 25th. The series next moves to South Africa and Cape Town, where Alistair Brownlee is expected to start while brother Jonathan will not. Brownlee, during the cycling section of the Gold Coast triathlon, has won consecutive races in the ITU series . The exhausted 24-year-old crosses the line 19 seconds clear of the chasing field in Australia on Saturday .
target: Jonathan Brownlee won the second race of the ITU season in Auckland .
  Brownlee also prevailed in Australia, seeing off Mario Mola by 19 seconds .
  His brother Alistair is expected back from injury in Cape Town on April 25 .