With the wind whipping up the sea in St Aubins Bay, the Standard Distance swim leg was cut and Tipper was sixth out of the water.
Quenault was nearly a minute behind into T1, but proceeded to dominate on the bike leg as most of the other strong swimmers fell out of contention.
He stormed the 40km course in 1:00.19, with Tipper trailing Ian Jones into T2 having completed the leg with the fourth fastest bike time (1:04.22).
Tipper proceeded to close the gap to the leader as he ran into second place by posting the sixth fastest run split (37:10), but was also being chased down himself by Bloomer, who also climbed up the field with his 34:41 to finish third.
Pictured: Guernsey Triathlon’s Daniel Legg (third from left) on the run in the Jersey Triathlon. He went on to finish 21st.
The Jersey Triathlon hosted a busy day of racing, with competitors also taking part in the shorter Sprint and Super Sprint distance races, a relay, an aquabike option and junior competitions.
Pictured top: James Tipper.