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Tallboy
That’s a very fast bike split compared to your run and swim splits… part of the challenge of middle distance and above is finding the pacing strategy that gets you to the finish line in the fastest time and that might mean backing off the power 20 watts and losing 10 minutes but not cramping, and running 30 minutes quicker….
There’s a useful phrase bike for show, run for dough!
Other thoughts are that it might be that your position is quite far back and quad heavy, shifting everything further forward has meant I recruit my glutes more which means I can run pretty comfortably off the bike, I spent a good few years with a tt type position that was super fast but meant that I ran like a donkey and lost all the time I’d made up on the bike and more on the run..
And finally hydration, have you weighed yourself before after a practice swim and bike in race kit… it might be that even if you’re doing well on salts etc you’re just getting really dehydrated through sweat loss…
Good luck with challenge London!