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May 2017

Ironman Australia 2017 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Port Macquarie seemed to be quite normal this year, the adjustment of of 8:37 was only a bit faster than the new course rating of 6:54, but it was still almost ten minutes quicker than the last two years.

Men’s winner David Dellow improved the course record set by Tim Reed only one year ago even if by just about one minute.

Male Race Results

As expected Clayton Fettell led the race into T2 – and similar to last year he was again run down by David Dellow and Tim Reed. This year David had the fastest run, his 2:47 marathon just missed the run course record set by Tim Berkel in 2012 by 21 seconds. Still, David won the race in a new course record and with a gap of more than seven minutes over Tim. Clayton hang on for this place, producing the same podium as last year just in a slightly different order.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 David Dellow AUS 00:49:13 04:34:31 02:47:41 08:15:36 -01:53 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Tim Reed AUS 00:49:11 04:34:33 02:54:42 08:22:43 01:44 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Clayton Fettell AUS 00:45:19 04:30:40 03:10:26 08:30:03 -04:24 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Michael Fox AUS 00:45:23 04:46:25 02:57:02 08:32:15 04:59 US$ 2,500 960
5 Chris McDonald AUS 00:50:22 04:44:27 02:57:21 08:35:54 00:29 US$ 1,500 720
6 Paul Ambrose AUS 00:49:08 04:43:25 03:10:42 08:47:03 13:10 US$ 1,000 540
7 Nathan Shearer AUS 00:55:28 05:11:17 03:15:43 09:26:24 n/a 405
8 Carl Read NZL 00:52:10 05:45:19 03:04:58 09:49:38 56:24 305
9 Daniel Brown AUS 01:03:39 05:43:49 03:51:59 10:47:52 -14:11 230
Nick Baldwin SEY 00:49:07 04:42:38 DNF

Female Race Results

Karen Thibodeau had the fastest swim, but it didn’t take long for Laura Siddall to take control of the race on the bike, building a lead of 17 minutes into T2. Laura also had the strongest run of the day, with a 3:13 marathon she won her first Ironman race. Second place went to Michelle Gailey, returning to racing after a break of two years. Jessica Mitchell had the best race relative to her previous results – she was more than twenty minutes quicker than expected and finished in third place.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Laura Siddall GBR 00:56:34 05:03:14 03:13:05 09:16:39 -01:20 US$ 8,000 2000
2 Michelle Gailey AUS 00:55:43 05:21:57 03:21:53 09:44:16 -01:23 US$ 4,000 1600
3 Jessica Mitchell AUS 01:01:29 05:23:44 03:22:18 09:53:49 -23:42 US$ 3,000 1280
4 Karen Thibodeau CAN 00:52:25 05:32:56 03:44:48 10:14:46 32:44 US$ 2,500 960
5 Jessica Richards AUS 01:05:59 05:24:12 04:53:26 11:28:45 56:25 US$ 1,500 720

Kona Qualifying

Two athletes secured their Kona slots: Tim Reed (just needed a decent validation race after winner 70.3 World Champs) and Laura Siddall (already being close, and adding 2.000 points for the win was more than enough for a slot) can now plan for the summer and October racing.

David Dellow (now at 2.520 points) is still short of the projected cutoff of 3.500 points, but one more good result (maybe in Cairns?) can put him over the threshold.

Ironman Lanzarote (May 20th) – Seedings

IMLanzarote_LogoUpdate May 17th: Unfortunately, Diana Riesler won’t be racing.

Update May 18th: Natascha Schmitt has posted on Facebook that she is forced to withdraw: Her bike was seriously damaged on the flight to Lanzarote and is unsafe to ride.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:55:38 Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 10:09:40
2006 Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 08:54:14 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:52:45
2007 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:49:39 Tiina Boman (FIN) 09:58:42
2008 Bert Jammaer (BEL) 08:59:40 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 10:02:30
2009 Bert Jammaer (BEL) 08:54:03 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 09:54:58
2010 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 08:37:43 Catriona Morrison (GBR) 10:03:53
2011 Timo Bracht (GER) 08:30:34 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 09:28:12
2012 Victor Del Corral (ESP) 08:44:39 Michelle Vesterby (DEN) 09:58:06
2013 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:42:40 Kristin Moeller (GER) 09:37:34
2014 Romain Guillaume (FRA) 08:47:39 Lucy Gossage (GBR) 09:41:40
2015 Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 08:56:49 Diana Riesler (GER) 09:56:03
2016 Jesse Thomas (USA) 08:42:33 Tine Holst (DEN) 10:02:35

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jesse Thomas USA 00:50:55 04:58:33 02:46:56 08:42:33
2 Jan Frodeno GER 00:46:52 04:58:18 02:50:03 08:44:38
3 David McNamee GBR 00:47:03 05:01:39 02:51:51 08:46:36

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Tine Holst DEN 01:01:15 05:34:25 03:19:48 10:02:35
2 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 01:03:00 05:42:36 03:10:26 10:04:53
3 Lucy Charles GBR 00:47:11 05:48:36 03:27:40 10:10:13

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:30:34 Timo Bracht 2011-05-21
Swim overall 00:46:15 Luc Van Lierde 2006-05-20
Bike overall 04:40:58 Maik Twelsiek 2010-05-22
Run overall 02:44:29 Gerrit Schellens 2005-06-04
Total female 09:28:12 Rachel Joyce 2011-05-21
Swim female 00:47:11 Lucy Charles 2016-05-21
Bike female 05:26:23 Tara Norton 2010-05-22
Run female 02:58:37 Kristin Moeller 2013-05-18

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Lanzarote is – 13:00.

Race Adjustments for IM Lanzarote

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 -01:19 02:52 -18:58 04:12 45 -01:19 02:52 -18:58 04:12
2007 -08:07 -00:26 -09:52 -03:14 40 -04:43 01:13 -14:25 00:29
2008 -08:54 01:18 -16:06 05:20 47 -06:07 01:14 -14:59 02:06
2009 -04:47 00:27 -12:47 03:55 44 -05:47 01:03 -14:26 02:33
2010 -04:13 01:50 -08:20 01:04 34 -05:28 01:12 -13:13 02:15
2011 -06:16 03:31 -14:26 04:58 23 -05:36 01:35 -13:25 02:42
2012 -15:48 01:29 -14:57 02:11 22 -07:03 01:34 -13:38 02:38
2013 -17:46 00:41 -18:47 01:48 19 of 31 -08:24 01:28 -14:17 02:32
2014 -22:51 01:01 -17:19 -03:33 37 of 56 -10:00 01:25 -14:37 01:51
2015 -30:50 01:41 -29:50 -00:52 29 of 44 -12:05 01:26 -16:08 01:35
2016 -22:08 00:10 -19:15 00:15 34 of 41 -13:00 01:19 -16:25 01:27

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Lanzarote is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 25.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 1 Jesse Thomas USA 08:35:12 08:22:39 00:49:49 04:52:50 02:47:32 100% +0% -0% (3) 11
2 20 Bart Aernouts BEL 08:36:24 08:23:34 00:51:25 04:52:28 02:47:32 86% +0% -14% (10) 14
3 18 Cyril Viennot FRA 08:40:13 08:28:57 00:49:50 04:53:43 02:51:40 79% +13% -8% (18) 27
4 3 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 08:42:24 08:35:14 00:50:08 05:00:04 02:47:13 73% +0% -27% (9) 52
5 26 Peru Alfaro ESP 08:48:09 08:54:00 00:44:11 04:58:52 03:00:06 47% +0% -53% (2) (111)
6 5 Romain Guillaume FRA 08:48:17 08:50:06 00:47:33 04:54:18 03:01:26 51% +10% -39% (28) 98
7 9 Victor Del Corral ESP 08:49:00 08:44:51 00:54:16 04:59:28 02:50:15 42% +0% -58% (16) 83
8 16 Konstantin Bachor GER 08:50:59 08:47:45 00:49:07 04:49:40 03:07:12 51% +5% -44% (12) 92
9 48 Mark Oude Bennink NED 08:52:08 08:55:04 00:46:57 04:59:07 03:01:04 19% +50% -31% (9) 116
10 45 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:53:29 08:59:24 00:52:09 05:03:09 02:53:11 31% +6% -63% (26) 133
11 42 Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 08:53:42 08:58:31 00:47:03 05:01:34 03:00:04 15% +28% -56% (8) 130
12 11 Karl-Johan Danielsson SWE 09:01:58 09:03:53 00:49:38 04:57:10 03:10:09 27% +28% -45% (13) 154
13 43 Philipp Koutny * SUI 09:02:27 09:00:58 00:49:53 05:01:00 03:06:35 26% +0% -74% (4) (144)
14 10 Stephen Bayliss GBR 09:03:19 09:07:07 00:47:00 05:06:28 03:04:51 28% +2% -70% (48) 161
15 51 Daniel Herlbauer AUT 09:08:36 09:18:27 00:51:59 05:05:37 03:06:01 41% +0% -59% (4) (193)
16 12 Nicholas Ward Munoz GBR 09:09:15 08:52:59 00:53:14 05:13:28 02:57:33 61% +11% -28% (17) 107
17 44 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 09:10:30 09:06:19 00:51:54 05:12:49 03:00:48 76% +24% -0% (7) 158
18 55 Malte Bruns GER 09:10:35 09:13:02 00:52:22 05:10:41 03:02:32 65% +0% -35% (3) (176)
19 22 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 09:11:06 08:59:51 00:49:06 05:13:17 03:03:43 88% +4% -8% (28) 135
20 28 Mike Schifferle SUI 09:13:18 09:02:54 00:58:59 05:05:50 03:03:28 85% +13% -2% (61) 150
21 40 Xavier Torrades ESP 09:15:46 09:15:46 00:47:57 05:10:26 03:12:23 38% +0% -62% (4) 185
22 24 Cedric Lassonde FRA 09:16:43 09:13:26 00:53:48 05:09:28 03:08:27 67% +0% -33% (9) 178
23 36 Josep Vinolas ESP 09:19:53 09:11:49 00:54:09 05:10:19 03:10:25 55% +35% -10% (5) 173
24 41 Youri Severin NED 09:20:40 09:18:30 00:46:52 05:10:32 03:18:16 48% +0% -52% (2) (193)
25 50 Erik Holmberg SWE 09:24:11 09:24:48 00:51:58 05:16:42 03:10:31 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (206)
26 14 Marcus Hultgren SWE 09:26:31 09:32:06 00:57:00 05:14:18 03:10:13 26% +42% -32% (5) 231
27 56 Georgy Kaurov RUS 09:29:13 09:34:54 00:49:10 05:14:50 03:20:13 37% +63% -0% (2) (235)
28 32 Ivan Tejero Vazquez ESP 09:57:06 10:06:45 00:48:59 05:33:26 03:29:41 12% +43% -44% (7) (279)
29 39 Gergely Nagy HUN 10:14:29 10:05:47 00:53:54 05:20:05 03:55:30 77% +18% -5% (7) 277
30 37 Victor Rodriguez ESP 11:12:07 11:14:31 00:56:11 05:30:15 04:40:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (297)
31 34 Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 11:16:42 11:17:25 01:04:33 05:52:53 04:14:16 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (297)
30 Dominique Wymmersch Gallego ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
38 Frederic Schaffner FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (3) (n/a)
46 Timothy Van Houtem BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
47 Stephen Donnelly IRL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
49 Philipp Mock GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
52 Mads Bang Jensen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
53 Sven Van Luyck BEL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
54 Guillaume Lecallier FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 8 Lucy Gossage GBR 09:29:56 09:15:55 00:57:05 05:20:44 03:07:08 94% +0% -6% (14) 8
2 17 Corinne Abraham GBR 09:35:31 09:23:22 00:57:31 05:28:13 03:04:47 88% +12% -0% (10) 16
3 7 Diana Riesler GER 09:40:59 09:28:46 00:56:16 05:21:27 03:18:16 48% +10% -42% (20) 25
4 4 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:54:36 09:39:34 00:59:49 05:38:28 03:11:19 100% +0% -0% (4) 42
5 2 Tine Holst DEN 09:56:44 09:49:21 01:01:34 05:32:36 03:17:33 87% +13% -0% (13) 57
6 15 Jeanne Collonge FRA 09:57:40 09:49:51 00:58:03 05:32:12 03:22:25 63% +4% -33% (11) 59
7 35 Natascha Schmitt GER 09:58:17 10:03:02 00:53:19 05:32:14 03:27:44 33% +23% -43% (8) 78
8 6 Lucy Charles GBR 10:00:47 10:02:56 00:46:08 05:43:33 03:26:06 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (78)
9 19 Camille Deligny FRA 10:01:11 09:56:35 01:00:55 05:25:06 03:30:10 100% +0% -0% (2) (70)
10 13 Saleta Castro Nogueira ESP 10:04:56 09:54:29 00:54:29 05:48:12 03:17:14 53% +33% -14% (12) 65
11 31 Kelly Fillnow USA 10:04:59 09:56:58 01:03:15 05:41:55 03:14:49 87% +13% -0% (11) 70
12 25 Kate Comber GBR 10:13:00 10:01:26 00:52:51 05:45:18 03:29:51 100% +0% -0% (4) 75
13 33 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 10:25:47 10:15:17 01:10:29 05:46:13 03:24:05 87% +0% -13% (8) 105
14 21 Anne Jensen DEN 10:28:20 10:29:32 01:04:38 05:40:51 03:37:51 44% +21% -35% (6) 127
23 Patricia Bueno Perez ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
27 Annabel Diawuoh DEU n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
29 Pia Englyst DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

With Jesse Thomas, Alessandro Degasperi and Romain Guillaume the last three winners are on the startlist. Add in Bart Aernouts, Cyril Viennot and Victor Del Corral and you have a very competitive field.

  • Jesse Thomas: 58% (1-1)
  • Bart Aernouts: 16% (5-1)
  • Cyril Viennot: 8% (12-1)
  • Alessandro Degasperi: 7% (14-1)
  • Victor Del Corral: 4% (28-1)
  • Romain Guillaume: 3% (29-1)

Female Race Participants

The female field also has the last three winners: Tine Holst, Diana Riesler and Lucy Gossage will be fighting for the 2017 title. (Note: Diana was on the startlist but won’t be racing this year.) Last year’s second and third place finishers, Alexandra Tondeur and Lucy Charles, would like to return to the podium as well. Corinne Abraham has been struggling with injuries and wasn’t able to contend for a Kona slot in the last seasons. The female field is even stronger and deeper than the men’s field.

  • Lucy Gossage: 63% (1-1)
  • Corinne Abraham: 23% (3-1)
  • Diana Riesler: 12% (7-1)

Ironman Cairns 2017 (June 11th) – Entry List

IM Cairns is the fourth of the Regional Championships. This entry list is from May 1st, about three weeks before the final registration deadline, and I expect a few more athletes to enter the race.

Update May 8th: Added Linsey Corbin, Dimity-Lee Duke, Jenny Fletcher, Katharina Grohmann, Tamsyn Hayes, Kirsty Jahn, Josh Amberger, Callum Millward and Casey Munro; also updated the KPR points

Update May 15th: Added Clayton Fettell, Michael Fox, Pedro Gomes, Carl Read, Nathan Shearer, Cameron Wurf on the male side and Michelle Gailey and Marina Jurjevic for the females; also updated the KPR points.

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Kaito Tohara JPN 3330 3+1 (230/220)
Fredrik Croneborg SWE 2820 1+2 (2000/320)
Braden Currie NZL 2750 1+1
David Dellow AUS 2520 2+1
Denis Chevrot FRA 2450 2+2 (340/640)
Daniil Sapunov UKR 2032 2+2 (720/7)
Cameron Brown NZL 1915 1+2 (1600/135)
Nick Baldwin SEY 1790 2+2 (405/15)
Clayton Fettell AUS 1770 2+2 (170/140)
Michael Fox AUS 1685 2+1
Jeff Symonds CAN 1665 1+1
Josh Amberger AUS 1660 1+2 (70/750)
Thiago Vinhal BRA 1635 1+1
Mark Bowstead NZL 1570 1+2 (720/415)
Joe Gambles AUS 1560 1+2 (405/515)
Tim Van Berkel AUS 1500 1+2 (565/435)
Callum Millward NZL 1090 2+0
Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 960 1+0
Michael Ruenz GER 900 1+1
Ritchie Nicholls GBR 720 2+2 (170/45)
Levi Maxwell AUS 625 2+1
Cameron Wurf AUS 590 2+1
Pedro Gomes POR 585 1+2 (540/10)
Simon Cochrane NZL 540 2+1
Luke Bell AUS 470 0+2 (0/35)
Casey Munro AUS 435 0+2 (0/90)
Nathan Shearer AUS 435 1+1
Carl Read NZL 410 3+0 (20/0)
Paul Speed AUS 190 0+2 (0/50)
Giles Clayton AUS 120 1+0
Samuel Murphy AUS 50 0+2 (0/5)
Leigh Stabryla AUS 22 0+2 (0/7)
Peter Schokman AUS 20 0+1

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Sarah Piampiano USA 6810 2+2 (1280/640)
Sarah Crowley AUS 3590 1+2 (1375/715)
Katharina Grohmann GER 2925 3+0 (685/0)
Linsey Corbin USA 2635 1+2 (1900/320)
Tine Holst DEN 1700 2+1
Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 1680 1+2 (880/400)
Michelle Gailey AUS 1600 1+0
Kirsty Jahn CAN 1125 0+2 (0/500)
Karen Thibodeau CAN 1040 1+1
Diane Luethi SUI 935 2+0
Alison Fitch AUS 405 1+0
Jennie Hansen USA 400 0+1
Marina Jurjevic AUS 365 1+1
Tamsyn Hayes NZL 280 0+1
Jenny Fletcher CAN 90 1+0
Sarah Graves USA 60 0+1
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