Race Conditions
With both Frederik and Mary Beth posting new course records (and Bart Aernouts posting one of the fastest IM marathon times ever), it appears that the conditions were pretty good. However, this is not backed up by the data: An overall adjustment of 6:05 is pretty much in line with the new course rating of 5:44. Digging a bit further, the run was pretty quick. As we’ve had some other years with fast run times and IM France is an established race, I assume that the fast runs were aided by good conditions and were not caused by a short course. My summary of my analysis: The conditions themselves were not fast, but they aided quick times.
Male Race Results
Frederik and Bart both broke the old course record while posting very fast marathon times:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL | 00:48:00 | 04:33:29 | 02:42:07 | 08:08:59 | 08:22:16 |
| 2 | Bart Aernouts | BEL | 00:51:32 | 04:38:29 | 02:37:01 | 08:12:28 | 08:20:50 |
| 3 | Clemente Alonso-McKernan | ESP | 00:47:59 | 04:52:38 | 02:48:52 | 08:35:52 | 08:24:07 |
| 4 | Bruno Clerbout | BEL | 00:51:22 | 04:57:51 | 02:48:37 | 08:43:17 | 08:52:23 |
| 5 | Jose Jeuland | FRA | 00:51:29 | 04:57:57 | 02:57:35 | 08:52:35 | 09:07:51 |
| 6 | Olivier Marceau | SUI | 00:51:37 | 04:57:45 | 03:01:37 | 08:56:36 | 08:58:55 |
| 7 | Reto Stutz | SUI | 00:57:04 | 04:44:18 | 03:11:10 | 09:00:13 | n/a |
| 8 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 01:00:14 | 04:58:25 | 02:56:02 | 09:03:06 | 08:58:32 |
| 9 | Michael Wetzel | GER | 00:55:31 | 05:00:02 | 03:05:21 | 09:07:04 | 09:02:15 |
| 10 | Olivier Cardoen | BEL | 00:55:26 | 04:58:23 | 03:18:05 | 09:18:41 | 09:06:48 |
| 11 | Luca De Paolis | ITA | 01:00:09 | 05:02:25 | 03:17:57 | 09:26:45 | 09:45:43 |
| 12 | Pierre Dorez | FRA | 00:54:52 | 05:12:58 | 03:18:25 | 09:33:44 | 09:41:31 |
| 13 | Ivan Jezko | SVK | 00:59:52 | 05:03:36 | 03:34:08 | 09:44:28 | n/a |
| 14 | Remmert Wielinga | NED | 01:33:55 | 04:39:14 | 03:58:11 | 10:21:45 | n/a |
| 15 | Teemu Kyllonen | FIN | 01:00:47 | 05:23:31 | 04:01:54 | 10:38:28 | 09:25:35 |
Female Race Results
Mary Beth also improved the course record and continued her streak of being unbeaten in an IM outside of Kona. Even though breaking the course record, she was still racing a bit slower than her rating would have indicated. Part of this can be explained by a crash on the bike and a flat tire, but it also seems that she did not have to spend all her matches in qualifying and has some left for the big race in Kona:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Mary Beth Ellis | USA | 00:51:22 | 05:11:40 | 03:04:06 | 09:12:54 | 09:09:06 |
| 2 | Jeanne Collonge | FRA | 00:55:40 | 05:17:38 | 03:00:51 | 09:20:51 | 09:55:57 |
| 3 | Delphine Pelletier | FRA | 00:55:33 | 05:19:43 | 03:00:42 | 09:22:37 | n/a |
| 4 | Lisa Ribes | USA | 01:03:37 | 05:23:56 | 03:02:08 | 09:36:43 | 09:40:42 |
| 5 | Lucie Reed | CZE | 00:51:29 | 05:33:45 | 03:26:40 | 09:57:44 | 09:28:44 |
IM France was paying eight deep, but only had five ladies starting and finishing which is a bit of surprise with the fields in Austria and Frankfurt being much larger.