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Ironman Hamburg 2019 (July 28th) – Seedings

IMHH_LogoUpdates:

  • July 25th: Federica de Nicola won’t be racing, Corinne Abraham is going to race Tallinn instead.
  • July 24th: Mareen Hufe announced that she won’t be able to race. She has a slight injury that she doesn’t want to aggravate before her Kona build.
    Just as Mareen, Kristin Liepold and Bianca Steurer have already secured their Kona slots and won’t be racing.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2017 James Cunnama (ZAF) 08:00:36 Daniela Bleymehl (GER) 09:07:49
2018 Bart Aernouts (BEL) 07:05:26 Sarah Crowley (AUS) 08:08:21

Last Race’s TOP 3

The full results analysis for the 2018 race can be found here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Run1 Bike Run Time
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:19:47 04:00:50 02:39:51 07:05:26
2 Joe Skipper GBR 00:19:49 04:01:39 02:45:38 07:12:35
3 James Cunnama ZAF 00:19:52 04:00:44 02:48:44 07:13:54

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Run1 Bike Run Time
1 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:22:48 04:34:45 03:05:36 08:08:21
2 Katharina Grohmann GER 00:23:16 04:38:14 03:06:17 08:13:30
3 Maja Stage Nielsen DEN 00:23:59 04:46:26 03:05:39 08:21:23

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:00:36 James Cunnama 2017-08-13
Swim overall 00:47:38 Carlos Lopez Diaz 2017-08-13
Bike overall 04:24:32 James Cunnama 2017-08-13
Run overall 02:40:58 James Cunnama 2017-08-13
Total female 09:07:49 Daniela Bleymehl 2017-08-13
Swim female 00:55:53 Daniela Bleymehl 2017-08-13
Bike female 04:55:24 Daniela Bleymehl 2017-08-13
Run female 02:58:10 Kristin Liepold 2017-08-13

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Hamburg is 05:17.

Race Adjustments for IM Hamburg

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2017 05:17 -00:21 00:45 04:54 18 of 20 05:17 -00:21 00:45 04:54

The 2018 race started with a 5k run when algae made the swim impossible.

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Hamburg has 1m+1f Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 25% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 43 Ivan Tutukin RUS 08:10:17 08:27:44 00:48:58 04:41:12 05:35:10 02:35:07 26% +0% -74% (6) (40)
2 38 Ruedi Wild * SUI 08:18:08 08:21:14 00:49:25 04:36:59 05:31:25 02:46:43 84% +9% -7% (7) 18
3 21 Clemente Alonso McKernan (KQ) ESP 08:18:48 08:22:18 00:48:46 04:37:43 05:31:30 02:47:18 56% +3% -41% (18) 22
4 1 Andreas Raelert GER 08:20:50 08:40:30 00:49:08 04:33:13 05:27:20 02:53:30 11% +5% -83% (23) (79)
5 2 Matt Trautman (KQ) ZAF 08:22:02 08:28:34 00:51:15 04:35:14 05:31:29 02:50:33 30% +34% -36% (8) 45
6 3 Will Clarke (KQ) GBR 08:22:25 08:31:36 00:49:00 04:39:57 05:33:57 02:48:28 34% +18% -48% (10) 53
7 6 Kristian Hoegenhaug DEN 08:23:59 08:43:14 00:54:42 04:30:36 05:30:18 02:53:41 50% +0% -50% (5) 86
8 31 Horst Reichel GER 08:26:54 08:49:39 00:49:14 04:41:11 05:35:25 02:51:29 26% +20% -55% (20) (111)
9 29 Giulio Molinari * ITA 08:27:48 08:30:58 00:48:50 04:34:11 05:28:01 02:59:47 84% +0% -16% (8) 52
10 40 Paul Schuster GER 08:29:54 08:53:12 00:49:36 04:36:10 05:30:47 02:59:07 38% +0% -62% (2) (125)
11 42 Anders Christensen DEN 08:31:53 08:46:09 00:53:16 04:38:43 05:37:00 02:54:53 24% +67% -10% (4) 96
12 19 Samuel Huerzeler * SUI 08:32:56 08:42:41 00:53:04 04:42:48 05:40:52 02:52:04 77% +23% -0% (13) 85
13 13 Roman Deisenhofer * GER 08:33:09 08:44:06 00:52:13 04:36:07 05:33:21 02:59:48 26% +50% -23% (11) 88
14 16 Bryan McCrystal IRL 08:34:32 09:01:03 00:57:16 04:27:05 05:29:22 03:05:10 30% +19% -51% (9) 148
15 37 Diego Van Looy BEL 08:34:59 08:44:56 01:02:03 04:45:36 05:52:38 02:42:21 100% +0% -0% (7) 90
16 17 Esben Hovgaard DEN 08:37:51 09:00:06 00:53:18 04:42:59 05:41:16 02:56:35 31% +16% -53% (14) (142)
17 7 Markus Liebelt GER 08:39:46 08:55:18 00:53:06 04:39:05 05:37:11 03:02:35 40% +0% -60% (5) (132)
18 9 Alexander Schilling GER 08:41:24 08:55:27 00:48:54 04:43:01 05:36:56 03:04:28 48% +0% -52% (4) 133
19 26 Christian Haupt * GER 08:42:20 08:55:36 00:54:42 04:46:47 05:46:28 02:55:52 100% +0% -0% (2) (134)
20 5 David Breuer GER 08:43:15 09:01:44 00:49:03 04:43:18 05:37:21 03:05:54 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (152)
21 33 Marc Unger GER 08:43:18 09:11:59 00:53:01 04:41:36 05:39:38 03:03:40 13% +39% -48% (5) 182
22 25 Benjamin Dicke GER 08:44:14 09:02:46 01:00:17 04:43:16 05:48:33 02:55:41 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (152)
23 15 Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 08:44:50 09:05:18 00:57:12 04:51:24 05:53:36 02:51:14 31% +0% -69% (5) 162
24 27 Sebastian Norberg SWE 08:45:57 08:55:56 00:55:54 04:45:13 05:46:06 02:59:51 41% +21% -38% (5) 134
25 18 Michael Raelert GER 08:47:41 08:50:31 00:46:42 04:52:00 05:43:42 03:03:59 86% +0% -14% (5) 114
26 36 Philipp Mock GER 08:54:01 09:09:06 00:59:22 04:35:54 05:40:16 03:13:45 63% +0% -37% (4) 174
27 11 Hannes Cool * BEL 08:56:16 09:18:04 00:53:02 04:52:50 05:50:52 03:05:24 33% +18% -49% (9) (204)
28 23 Arnaud Guilloux FRA 08:56:37 09:21:07 00:53:01 04:44:01 05:42:02 03:14:35 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (211)
29 14 Vicenc Castella Serra * ESP 08:58:37 09:12:12 00:57:46 04:59:28 06:02:14 02:56:23 69% +0% -31% (4) 184
30 39 Thomas Bosch GER 08:58:51 09:15:40 00:58:43 04:54:16 05:57:59 03:00:52 39% +25% -37% (7) (197)
31 34 Jacob Frandsen DEN 08:59:05 09:17:51 00:57:43 04:44:53 05:47:36 03:11:29 26% +0% -74% (7) (203)
32 41 Andreas Borch DEN 09:02:36 09:20:44 00:51:16 05:02:29 05:58:46 03:03:50 58% +1% -41% (9) (208)
33 32 Stefan Overmars NED 09:04:28 09:15:32 00:54:43 04:47:58 05:47:41 03:16:47 61% +0% -39% (6) 196
34 10 Grigorii Navrotskii RUS 09:12:13 09:28:10 00:52:23 05:07:46 06:05:09 03:07:04 100% +0% -0% (2) (225)
35 30 Christian Jais GER 09:15:09 09:46:23 00:57:04 04:52:14 05:54:18 03:20:51 9% +16% -75% (4) (246)
36 35 Philipp Fahrenholz GER 09:27:13 09:47:15 00:58:28 04:55:52 05:59:20 03:27:53 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (247)
37 8 Sebastian Guhr GER 09:32:39 09:45:38 01:06:14 04:56:42 06:07:56 03:24:43 61% +24% -15% (4) 245
38 24 Lukas Polan * CZE 09:44:05 10:05:56 01:02:38 05:19:21 06:26:59 03:17:06 33% +9% -58% (19) 256
39 22 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:20:57 12:05:23 01:13:29 05:41:52 07:00:21 04:20:36 32% +12% -56% (53) 267
4 Lukas Pietrek GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
12 Imanol Sagarzazu ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (2) (n/a)
20 Steeve Brugiere FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Stefan Schumacher (KQ) GER n/a unrated 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 23% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 66 Corinne Abraham * GBR 09:05:08 09:13:14 00:59:43 04:57:59 06:02:42 03:02:26 69% +31% -0% (17) 11
2 51 Caroline Steffen (KQ) SUI 09:07:12 09:11:50 00:53:13 05:01:19 05:59:31 03:07:41 97% +3% -0% (22) 8
3 55 Susie Cheetham (KQ) GBR 09:11:30 09:15:48 00:56:06 05:06:07 06:07:13 03:04:17 75% +0% -25% (11) 17
4 52 Sarah Piampiano (KQ) USA 09:12:39 09:18:25 01:02:47 05:05:56 06:13:44 02:58:55 87% +4% -9% (25) 20
5 53 Mareen Hufe (KQ) GER 09:16:19 09:25:26 00:58:53 05:00:09 06:04:02 03:12:17 79% +17% -4% (29) 30
6 54 Julia Gajer GER 09:17:08 09:26:31 00:53:35 05:09:49 06:08:24 03:08:44 47% +0% -53% (13) (32)
7 61 Kristin Liepold (KQ) GER 09:20:06 09:33:38 01:04:36 05:16:05 06:25:41 02:54:25 68% +22% -11% (27) 48
8 56 Bianca Steurer (KQ) AUT 09:25:27 09:32:58 01:00:10 05:09:57 06:15:06 03:10:21 57% +43% -0% (11) 47
9 68 Gabriella Zelinka HUN 09:28:36 09:41:42 00:58:25 05:11:29 06:14:54 03:13:42 64% +36% -0% (3) 58
10 65 Simona Krivankova CZE 09:41:25 09:53:24 01:06:27 05:18:37 06:30:04 03:11:21 95% +5% -0% (10) 73
11 58 Katharina Grohmann GER 09:43:35 09:49:51 01:11:18 05:16:46 06:33:04 03:10:31 81% +19% -0% (18) (70)
12 62 Martina Kunz SUI 09:43:52 09:54:37 01:01:46 05:15:30 06:22:16 03:21:36 52% +0% -48% (5) 75
13 67 Federica De Nicola ITA 09:44:00 09:54:31 01:01:00 05:15:56 06:21:56 03:22:04 78% +0% -22% (4) 74
14 64 Shannon Chapman AUS 10:50:15 11:23:36 01:09:28 05:48:24 07:02:52 03:47:23 44% +0% -56% (2) (126)
57 Janien Lubben NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
59 Natalie Seymour GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
63 Sarah Lewis GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Ruedi Wild: 21% (4-1)
  • Ivan Tutukin: 21% (4-1)
  • Clemente Alonso McKernan: 21% (4-1)
  • Matt Trautman: 14% (6-1)
  • Will Clarke: 10% (9-1)
  • Andreas Raelert: 6% (17-1)
  • Horst Reichel: 5% (18-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Corinne Abraham: 44% (1-1)
  • Caroline Steffen: 24% (3-1)
  • Kristin Liepold: 12% (7-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 8% (11-1)
  • Mareen Hufe: 6% (14-1)
  • Susie Cheetham: 4% (24-1)

Ironman Austria 2019 – Analyzing Results

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Course Conditions

2019 was a slow year for Austria. The new bike course didn’t play a major role in it – the bike adjustment for this year was very similar to previous years. But the swim (non-wetsuit and maybe also some smaller changes) and the run (with some heavy rainfall towards the end) was pretty slow.

The only new course record (assuming the old and new courses and very similar) was a new bike course record set by Daniela Ryf – her 4:43:35 was few seconds quicker than the 2011 time set by Diana Riesler.

Kona Qualifying

IM Austria had only one slot each for the male and female Pros. With Daniela Ryf having an AQ slot that she already validated earlier this year in Texas, the additions to the Kona start list are

  • Bianca Steurer
    and
  • Daniel Baekkegard.

You can see the complete list of qualified Pros here.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniel Baekkegard DEN 00:47:01 04:28:22 02:53:10 08:14:26 n/a US$ 8,000
2 Stenn Goetstouwers BEL 00:50:57 04:31:11 02:58:16 08:25:53 -27:46 US$ 4,000
3 David Plese SLO 00:52:11 04:32:09 02:56:13 08:25:59 01:19 US$ 3,000
4 Lukasz Wojt GER 00:45:29 04:27:27 03:09:39 08:27:29 -08:48 US$ 2,500
5 Michael Ruenz GER 00:56:15 04:40:48 02:46:21 08:28:32 -12:03 US$ 1,500
6 Paul Ruttmann AUT 00:56:14 04:33:15 03:01:19 08:36:06 -31:41 US$ 1,000
7 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 00:50:57 04:35:43 03:05:05 08:38:17 10:54
8 Ivan Rana ESP 00:51:03 04:43:08 03:05:15 08:44:03 17:19
9 Paul Reitmayr AUT 00:51:05 04:33:24 03:15:46 08:45:38 -03:27
10 Maximilian Hammerle AUT 00:59:45 04:43:18 02:58:43 08:46:36 n/a
11 Anton Blokhin BLR 00:51:04 04:45:02 03:08:33 08:49:35 -00:35
12 Florian Kandutsch AUT 00:56:49 04:45:05 03:18:17 09:06:07 n/a
13 Oliver Gonzalez Miranda MEX 00:51:02 05:17:07 03:05:58 09:20:20 -08:17
14 Peter Muellner AUT 01:00:02 05:05:21 03:11:17 09:24:00 n/a
15 David Jilek CZE 00:58:32 05:03:49 03:30:12 09:40:14 11:30
16 Lukas Polan CZE 01:04:03 05:35:55 03:41:46 10:28:58 39:24
17 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:16:10 06:20:20 04:52:53 12:40:40 54:03
Kristian Hoegenhaug DEN 00:52:25 04:26:36 DNF
Ivan Tutukin RUS 00:50:52 04:33:39 DNF
Olivier Esser BEL 00:56:14 04:53:50 DNF
Christoph Schlagbauer AUT 00:57:43 05:07:49 DNF
Alexander Gräf AUT 00:49:06 DNF
Mark Bowstead NZL 00:50:52 DNF
Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 00:50:59 DNF
Anthony Cadario FRA 01:04:08 DNF
Alain Djouad-Guibert MOR 01:12:19 DNF
Josef Svoboda CZE 01:29:27 DNF

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:55:09 04:43:35 03:08:33 08:52:20 07:57 US$ 8,000
2 Bianca Steurer AUT 01:02:24 05:02:25 03:08:02 09:18:55 -20:15 US$ 4,000
3 Heini Hartikainen FIN 01:03:11 05:08:24 03:27:07 09:44:48 -06:31 US$ 3,000
4 Francesca Sanjana GBR 01:06:55 05:17:13 03:21:13 09:50:51 -53:58 US$ 2,500
5 Zeljka Saban CRO 00:56:47 05:40:29 03:21:51 10:06:31 -34:56 US$ 1,500
6 Anna Michelle Derron SUI 00:55:10 05:26:04 03:52:37 10:20:15 12:03 US$ 1,000

Challenge Roth 2019 – Analyzing Results

RothLogoCourse Conditions

Compared to other years, 2019 was a slot year for Roth: A non-wetsuit swim for the Pros (very unusual for Roth) and wet roads after some light rain in the morning led to times roughly 6 minutes slower than last year.

Male Race Results

Jesper Svensson was the fastest swimmer, but a “group of three Andi/Andys” was lighting up the slippery bike course – not even allowing uber-biker Cameron Wurf to catch up to them. On the run, both Andy Potts and Andi Böcherer fell back, but Andi Dreitz had a great 2:51 marathon that allowed him to post the only sub-8 finish of the day and to take the win by three minutes.

Roth Andi

Photo Credit: Ingo Kutsche

Jesper Svensson had the fastest swim of the day and fell back a bit on the bike, but then was able to move back into second place with a 2:48 marathon. Third place went to Cameron Wurf who posted a new run PB – his 2:50 marathon was 11 minutes quicker than last year and allowed him to hold the place he had in T2.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:51:28 04:13:12 02:51:11 07:59:02 -08:40 EUR 14,000
2 Jesper Svensson SWE 00:48:27 04:22:30 02:48:43 08:02:20 -07:10 EUR 7,000
3 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:54:38 04:15:53 02:50:37 08:04:08 -05:27 EUR 3,500
4 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:56:11 04:17:57 02:47:49 08:04:48 -00:01 EUR 2,000
5 David McNamee GBR 00:50:21 04:31:39 02:41:01 08:05:50 -02:33 EUR 1,000
6 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:53:45 04:29:02 02:42:05 08:08:24 -10:30 EUR 900
7 Andy Potts USA 00:50:20 04:17:43 02:58:20 08:09:39 01:16 EUR 800
8 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 00:51:38 04:30:12 02:48:08 08:13:01 -12:33 EUR 700
9 Matthew Russell USA 00:57:23 04:25:35 02:52:06 08:18:11 04:41 EUR 600
10 Lukas Kraemer GER 00:56:05 04:26:18 02:53:41 08:19:15 00:15 EUR 500
11 Christian Altstadt GER 00:56:10   02:55:09 08:21:12 -10:04  
12 Evert Scheltinga NED 00:51:34 04:30:04 02:58:01 08:22:39 05:35  
13 Pete Dyson GBR 00:57:47 04:28:48 02:57:01 08:26:26 -18:04  
14 Markus Hoermann GER 00:56:06 04:26:51 03:03:31 08:29:02 04:12  
15 Michael Kalb GER 00:53:37 04:37:31 03:02:23 08:36:44 n/a  
16 Johannes Moldan GER 00:56:03 04:29:02 03:10:04 08:37:58 00:44  
17 Jef Van Meirhaeghe BEL 00:58:49 04:26:26 03:09:06 08:38:14 n/a  
18 Carson Christen USA 00:54:08 04:40:47 03:02:50 08:40:40 -14:00  
19 Alexander Siegmund GER 01:00:20 04:36:40 03:00:42 08:40:57 n/a  
20 Simon Schwarz GER 00:58:28 04:34:20 03:06:00 08:41:54 -11:37  
21 Juan Bautista Nadal Clar ESP 00:57:40 04:45:08 02:57:11 08:42:57 n/a  
22 Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena MEX 00:56:08 04:50:07 03:02:09 08:53:07 n/a  
23 Guy Crawford NZL 00:51:35 04:39:17 03:27:32 09:02:35 10:41  
24 Benjamin Pernet FRA 00:49:40 04:33:54 03:35:37 09:03:10 02:25  
25 Douglas MacLean USA 01:01:46 04:57:55 02:57:20 09:04:45 01:49  
26 David Sharman GBR 00:57:49 04:49:39 03:13:23 09:05:12 n/a  
27 Simon Billeau FRA 00:58:12 04:23:59 03:51:32 09:17:25 32:19  
28 Thomas Naasz NED 01:02:02 04:56:22 03:20:33 09:22:01 18:26  
29 Andi Boecherer GER 00:51:34 04:13:11 04:27:42 09:35:40 1:38:50  
30 Luiz Feliz ESP 01:07:37 04:58:20 04:14:17 10:25:44 1:34:43  
  Braden Currie NZL 00:50:16 04:28:13   DNF    
  Marcus Woellner GER 00:51:37 04:36:49   DNF    
  Vicenc Castella Serra ESP 01:01:58     DNF    

Female Race Results

On the female side, it was Lucy Charles who had an all-around good day, posting the fastest swim (of course!) and also the fastest run – er 2:59 was her first sub-3 marathon in a full-distance race. (She was ten seconds quicker at the shortened-swim IM South Africa earlier this year.) She was delighted to claim the top spot this year after finishing second last year.

Roth Lucy

Photo Credit: Ingo Kutsche

Sarah Crowley was losing time to Lucy in all three legs but was able to claim a solid second, posting a new personal best overall and on the marathon and claiming second place. Just a week after her DNF in Frankfurt, Daniela Bleymehl also posted a new PR (15 seconds quicker than last year’s winning time in Roth). She was working hard on the second loop of the bike to make up time to the Lucy and maybe put some ground between her and the stronger runners in her group. A solid 3:06 marathon saw her finish on the final podium spot.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money
1 Lucy Charles-Barclay GBR 00:49:01 04:39:20 02:59:42 08:31:09 -18:00 EUR 14,000
2 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:54:38 04:40:13 03:00:02 08:38:11 -16:21 EUR 7,000
3 Daniela Bleymehl GER 00:58:03 04:36:17 03:06:06 08:43:17 -22:42 EUR 3,500
4 Agnieszka Jerzyk POL 00:54:41 04:42:59 03:08:17 08:48:49 n/a EUR 2,000
5 Carolin Lehrieder GER 00:54:36 04:40:26 03:17:13 08:55:13 -25:57 EUR 1,000
6 Rachel McBride CAN 00:54:29 04:43:46 03:24:50 09:06:47 -18:51 EUR 900
7 Els Visser NED 00:58:21 04:49:10 03:17:31 09:07:49 -16:15 EUR 800
8 Anja Ippach GER 00:54:33 04:42:53 03:43:14 09:23:58 09:54 EUR 700
9 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 01:11:31 04:52:25 03:18:23 09:27:41 -21:07 EUR 600
10 Tara Grosvenor GBR 01:02:57 05:05:28 03:17:09 09:29:01 n/a EUR 500
11 Antonina Reznikov ISR 01:18:57 04:54:19 03:13:19 09:31:16 -26:58  
12 Vanessa Pereira POR 01:08:30 05:01:06 03:22:43 09:37:59 -34:47  
13 Gemma Frost GBR 00:58:24 05:03:05 03:38:44 09:44:33 n/a  
14 Simona Krivankova CZE 01:08:21 05:17:17 03:15:38 09:46:09 14:51  
15 Kristin Lie NOR 01:11:35 05:35:04 03:34:34 10:25:37 20:20  
16 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 00:58:33 05:26:41 05:00:40 11:33:22 1:31:42  
  Lisa Roberts USA 01:08:57     DNF    

Ironman Switzerland 2019 (MPRO-only, July 21st) – Seedings

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Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Christoph Mauch (SUI) 08:21:48 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:10:51
2006 Stefan Riesen (SUI) 08:16:50 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:24:18
2007 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:24:58 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:20:40
2008 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:16:05 Sibylle Matter (SUI) 09:30:12
2009 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:20:00 Sibylle Matter (SUI) 09:14:35
2010 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:12:40 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:00:04
2011 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:19:51 Karin Thuerig (SUI) 09:03:26
2012 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:17:13 Erika Csomor (HUN) 09:20:16
2013 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:33:39 Anja Ippach (GER) 09:21:31
2014 Boris Stein (GER) 08:33:02 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 09:13:30
2015 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:21:19 Beth McKenzie (USA) 09:21:05
2016 Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) 08:17:04 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:51:50
2017 Nick Kastelein (AUS) 08:13:28 Celine Schaerer (SUI) 09:23:02
2018 Jan van Berkel (SUI) 08:09:18 Kaisa Sali (FIN) 09:06:01

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jan van Berkel SUI 00:50:25 04:29:50 02:45:18 08:09:18
2 David Plese SLO 00:51:44 04:19:04 02:57:38 08:13:27
3 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:56:11 04:14:52 02:58:58 08:14:13

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Kaisa Sali FIN 00:57:20 04:53:59 03:08:42 09:06:01
2 Skye Moench USA 00:57:16 04:57:11 03:15:09 09:14:36
3 Annabel Luxford AUS 00:55:12 04:57:54 03:18:34 09:16:55

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:09:18 Jan van Berkel 2018-07-29
Swim overall 00:45:29 Benjamin Sanson 2005-07-15
Bike overall 04:14:52 Cameron Wurf 2018-07-29
Run overall 02:41:58 Clemente Alonso McKernan 2011-07-10
Total female 08:51:50 Daniela Ryf 2016-07-24
Swim female 00:51:23 Celine Schaerer 2014-07-27
Bike female 04:43:53 Karin Thuerig 2010-07-25
Run female 03:00:27 Lisa Roberts 2018-07-29
Run female 03:00:27 Kristin Liepold 2014-07-27

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Switzerland is 05:36.

Race Adjustments for IM Switzerland

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 -06:34 01:00 02:21 -09:54 42 -06:34 01:00 02:21 -09:54
2006 13:37 02:17 07:32 03:48 35 03:31 01:38 04:56 -03:02
2007 19:38 00:14 15:31 03:54 35 08:54 01:10 08:28 -00:43
2008 12:22 00:52 06:35 04:56 30 of 40 09:46 01:05 07:59 00:42
2009 16:32 00:16 10:40 05:36 37 11:07 00:55 08:31 01:41
2010 08:54 -00:36 06:22 03:08 30 of 38 10:45 00:40 08:10 01:55
2011 10:55 -01:24 04:38 07:42 20 10:46 00:22 07:39 02:45
2012 08:20 -01:59 06:43 03:36 31 10:28 00:05 07:32 02:51
2013 -08:16 -04:48 03:05 -06:33 38 08:23 -00:28 07:02 01:49
2014 -02:13 -03:38 04:14 -02:49 28 of 36 07:19 -00:47 06:45 01:21
2015 -03:54 -02:21 02:18 -03:52 24 of 38 06:18 -00:55 06:21 00:53
2016 02:17 -03:21 06:45 -01:06 30 of 46 05:58 -01:07 06:23 00:43
2017 03:14 -00:26 04:04 -00:23 22 of 27 05:45 -01:04 06:12 00:38
2018 03:35 -02:37 06:04 00:09 35 of 43 05:36 -01:11 06:12 00:36

Kona Slots and Prize Money

IM Switzerland has 2 Pro Kona slots. It has a total prize purse of 30.000 US$, paying 8 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 32% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency Overall
1 2 Cameron Wurf (KQ) AUS 08:13:48 08:21:11 00:52:30 04:15:16 05:12:47 03:01:01 81% +15% -4% (18) 18
2 1 Jan van Berkel SUI 08:15:52 08:25:40 00:49:27 04:31:12 05:25:39 02:50:13 78% +10% -12% (19) 34
3 4 Ruedi Wild SUI 08:17:28 08:21:14 00:49:52 04:32:50 05:27:42 02:49:46 84% +9% -7% (7) 19
4 6 David Plese (KQ) SLO 08:18:03 08:30:18 00:52:31 04:26:28 05:24:00 02:54:03 79% +3% -18% (30) 49
5 3 Ronnie Schildknecht SUI 08:18:47 08:32:03 00:53:32 04:30:04 05:28:36 02:50:11 62% +0% -38% (37) 54
6 8 Philipp Koutny (KQ) SUI 08:19:20 08:28:40 00:50:21 04:28:07 05:23:28 02:55:52 34% +37% -29% (13) 44
7 7 Ivan Rana ESP 08:20:49 08:32:25 00:49:06 04:37:05 05:31:11 02:49:38 66% +1% -33% (19) 56
8 34 Cyril Viennot FRA 08:23:42 08:36:31 00:51:47 04:32:20 05:29:06 02:54:36 48% +4% -48% (26) 62
9 11 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 08:25:13 08:53:54 00:48:30 04:25:58 05:19:28 03:05:45 10% +0% -90% (3) (125)
10 5 Sven Riederer SUI 08:25:45 08:47:59 00:49:21 04:29:49 05:24:09 03:01:36 25% +38% -37% (3) (101)
11 41 Christian Kramer GER 08:25:57 08:38:44 00:49:59 04:30:03 05:25:02 03:00:55 51% +20% -29% (25) 72
12 31 Antony Costes * FRA 08:26:02 08:49:34 00:49:35 04:29:01 05:23:36 03:02:26 25% +29% -47% (12) 108
13 32 Marc Duelsen GER 08:26:08 08:29:19 00:52:51 04:31:14 05:29:05 02:57:03 79% +0% -21% (14) 46
14 29 Giulio Molinari ITA 08:27:30 08:30:58 00:49:34 04:29:00 05:23:33 03:03:57 84% +0% -16% (8) 51
15 38 Igor Amorelli * BRA 08:28:48 08:38:26 00:48:40 04:29:12 05:22:53 03:05:55 49% +6% -45% (21) 70
16 13 Samuel Huerzeler * SUI 08:29:47 08:42:41 00:53:42 04:35:20 05:34:02 02:55:45 77% +23% -0% (13) 86
17 9 Roman Deisenhofer * GER 08:31:29 08:44:06 00:52:58 04:29:39 05:27:37 03:03:52 26% +50% -23% (11) 88
18 14 Marcus Herbst GER 08:32:27 08:50:52 00:51:52 04:31:49 05:28:41 03:03:46 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (112)
19 30 Michael Ruenz GER 08:34:22 08:51:39 00:56:14 04:39:19 05:40:33 02:53:49 39% +12% -49% (17) 114
20 33 Andrej Vistica * CRO 08:34:49 08:38:36 00:56:48 04:38:03 05:39:51 02:54:58 95% +0% -5% (19) 71
21 15 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:37:40 09:04:58 00:53:33 04:42:20 05:40:53 02:56:47 17% +9% -74% (32) (158)
22 37 Christian Haupt GER 08:42:02 08:55:36 00:55:32 04:41:29 05:42:01 03:00:01 100% +0% -0% (2) (131)
23 40 Fabian Rahn GER 08:42:22 08:51:03 01:01:10 04:40:48 05:46:57 02:55:25 62% +0% -38% (5) 112
24 28 Kaito Tohara JPN 08:42:29 08:53:09 00:54:19 04:46:44 05:46:02 02:56:27 38% +31% -31% (12) 122
25 10 Reece Barclay GBR 08:42:30 08:56:08 00:49:10 04:46:43 05:40:53 03:01:37 56% +0% -44% (2) (133)
26 39 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:47:21 09:00:11 00:53:15 04:42:15 05:40:30 03:06:51 48% +0% -52% (18) (141)
27 23 Guy Crawford NZL 08:52:27 09:10:21 00:51:09 04:33:15 05:29:24 03:23:03 43% +25% -32% (16) (175)
28 24 Hannes Cool * BEL 08:55:57 09:18:04 00:53:50 04:47:22 05:46:12 03:09:45 33% +18% -49% (9) (199)
29 26 Vicenc Castella Serra * ESP 08:58:19 09:06:44 00:58:41 04:54:01 05:57:43 03:00:36 100% +0% -0% (3) 164
30 27 Vinicius Canhedo BRA 09:00:09 09:12:44 00:54:22 04:48:07 05:47:29 03:12:40 11% +53% -36% (6) 181
31 25 Damien Collins AUS 09:00:27 09:19:52 00:55:50 04:55:27 05:56:17 03:04:10 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (202)
32 20 Shen-Yen Hsieh TWN 09:00:31 09:25:32 00:51:10 04:49:34 05:45:45 03:14:46 48% +0% -52% (2) (211)
33 42 Till Schramm GER 09:05:08 09:17:43 00:56:08 04:47:03 05:48:11 03:16:57 74% +12% -14% (11) 197
34 18 Vincent Morizot FRA 09:07:16 09:26:56 00:54:48 04:41:41 05:41:28 03:25:48 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (215)
35 22 Gerhard De Bruin ZAF 09:13:52 09:29:23 00:56:22 04:57:25 05:58:47 03:15:05 84% +16% -0% (7) 219
36 36 Zsombor Deak ROM 09:24:51 09:48:34 00:59:23 05:08:03 06:12:26 03:12:25 42% +41% -17% (5) (239)
37 35 Lukas Polan CZE 09:40:43 09:59:11 01:03:16 05:10:15 06:18:31 03:22:12 40% +11% -50% (18) 244
38 16 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:15:26 12:08:13 01:14:09 05:32:56 06:52:05 04:23:21 35% +13% -52% (52) 257
17 Kevin Portmann FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
19 Florian Kandutsch AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
21 Jan Sneberger CZE n/a unrated 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.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Cameron Wurf: 29% (2-1)
  • Jan van Berkel: 27% (3-1)
  • David Plese: 14% (6-1)
  • Philipp Koutny: 9% (10-1)
  • Ruedi Wild: 7% (14-1)
  • Ronnie Schildknecht: 5% (18-1)
  • Antony Costes: 4% (26-1)
  • Ivan Rana: 2% (44-1)
  • Cyril Viennot: 2% (50-1)

Challenge Roth 2019 – How the Race Might Unfold

Based on my seedings for Roth, I discuss the chances of the main athletes and how this year’s race for the Roth titles might develop.

Female Race


Roth Women

Here’s a look at some of the athletes in the female race:

  • Similar to last year, Lucy Charles will be in the lead for most of the time. She should have a lead of about five minutes after the swim, and that lead should be pretty much unchanged for the rest of the day. Will she be able to take the win in Roth this year?
  • Behind Lucy, there are (at least) two strong bike riders: Sarah Crowley and Anja Ippach. It’ll be interesting to see if they will be able to eat into Lucy’s lead on the bike and also on the run. On the run, Sarah is the strongest based on previous results, but based on paper she should be able to take back more than a few minutes from Lucy. But I also didn’t expect anyone to challenge Lucy in last year’s race …
  • There are some more solid swim/bikers in the race: Rachel McBride, Carolin Lehrieder and Els Visser might join the main chasers on the bike after a good swim. But all of them would also need a breakthrough run to be able to contend for a podium slot.
  • The best runner in the field is probably Lisa Roberts, she could run well under three hours. But typically she is far behind the action after the swim and bike, probably around 30 minutes behind Lucy in T2. But you can expect Lisa to run through the field and when other athletes struggle, maybe even put herself into podium contention late in the run.

Update July 5th: Defending champion Daniela Bleymehl has announced that she will also start Roth 2019. Expect her to swim and bike at a similar level to Sarah Crowley and Anja Ippach before it’ll probably come down to who’s going to have the best run legs.

Male Race

As is typical, the men’s race in Roth is expected to be a lot tighter.


Roth Men

Here’s an overview of what might happen:

  • With the number of athletes, the swim in Roth doesn’t break up quite as much as other, tougher swims. So even though on paper there are around four minutes between the fastest swimmer (probably Jesper Svensson) and Cam Wurf, the gaps might be a lot smaller or Cam (with an improved swim) might even be able to stay with the front group as he was able to last year.
  • With the hot temperatures in Germany and some issues with the close-by lock (that usually mixes in some cold ground water into the canal), the swim is likely going to be non-wetsuit – typically favoring the stronger swimmers.
  • On the bike, there are three athletes that are nominally a good deal faster than the rest of the field: Andi Böcherer, Andi Dreitz and Cam Wurf should build a gap of almost ten minutes to the rest of the field. Tactics will play a role whether there’s going to be a lead group (and for how long), if everyone will be riding on their own or if someone else decides to go with the front group.
  • Among these three, Andi Böcherer should be the strongest runner, and I expect him to run well under 2:50 in Roth. But Andi Dreitz and especially Cam Wurf will want to show that their Ironman marathon has improved since last year: Andi D ran a 2:50 to take second place, Cam’s 3:01 saw him drop back into fifth place after leading in T2.
  • The stronger runners in the field will have to work hard on the bike in order to keep the gap to the front in manageable dimensions. It’ll take a huge effort even by strong runners such as Braden Currie, Bart Aernouts or David McNamee to put much more than five minutes into Andi B, but even when they are ten minutes back in T2 they’ll still be in the mix for a top finish. Expect some late changes in the podium ranks!
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