But the way that Guy - who is now a professional cyclist with the Ljubljana Gusto Santic team - blazed to victory, it was hard to tell he was essentially a triathlon rookie.

He covered the 2.5 kilometre run, 200 metres swim and 16km cycle that made up the short course event in 39 minutes, 24 seconds to be crowned the victor for the third round of the annual series.

Guy finished three minutes, 42 seconds clear of his nearest male rival, fellow Orange competitor Steve Martin (43:06), while Bathurst’s Ian Glen (43:39) rounded out the podium.

“When I was eight-years-old I did a couple of mini tris in Orange, but that was the last time I’d done a full triathlon,” the 29-year-old said.

“I’d done one or two bike legs in teams, but this is the first time I’ve put it altogether.

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“I’m going to have to blame Mark Windsor, he put me in the deep end. It’s the start of the year and I thought I’d do something different before heading overseas, something different to start the training off.

“I’m heading back over in April, I have a race in Thailand in April and from there I go to Europe, Slovenia, and I’ll be there to October-November.”

Though his split for the 200 metre swim was only the 15 fastest of the male short course competitors – a 4:22 – it mattered little.

He opened up a lead of 49 seconds on the opening run leg and not surprisingly, powered through the cycle in one of the fastest overall splits of the day, a 22:48.

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“The running is not so bad, apart from it just kills the legs afterwards – I get through it alright, but afterwards the legs are dead,” he said.

“But the swim, I just don’t understand how people can go so fast in the swim. I think I lost about six minutes,” he added with a laugh.