The five-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist at London 2012 clinched his 13th career Series victory in his 50th appearance on the circuit in a time of 1 hour 52min 31sec.

Britain's Tom Bishop earned his maiden podium finish as he crossed the line 14sec behind the victorious Spaniard, while Vincent Luis of France clocked 1:53.08 to take home the bronze.

The result marked the 37th time Gomez has finished in the top three of a World Triathlon Series race.

"It is great to come back this way," said Gomez. 

"I still had a few mistakes in the race, I did not swim very well and had a bad second transition. 

"But I knew that is was going to be a very tough run, and with Tom Bishop it was very technical.

"On the third lap we slowed down a lot, just trying to save energy for the last lap and I made my move with about three kilometres to go and I won, so it worked well. 

"So, I am very happy to be back this way."

Gomez and Luis positioned themselves well in the swimming section of the race, arguably their weakest discipline of the three, which allowed them to move into the leading group of 10 athletes on the bike.

They were able to keep a 45sec gap to the chasing pack, which included the likes of Spain's Mario Mola and South African Richard Murray.

Gomez then endured a difficult transition to the run but was able to overcome a tricky start to emerge as the front runner on the first lap.

The Spaniard broke away from the rest of the field and it was only Bishop would matched him before Gomez kicked to take an impressive win.