Ironman Wales 2017 – Seedings

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA)	09:04:21	Kristin Moeller (GER)	10:01:19
2012	Sylvain Rota (FRA)	08:52:43	Regula Rohrbach (SUI)	09:45:09
2013	Scott Neyedli (GBR)	09:09:10	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:51:21
2014	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	09:07:28	Amy Forshaw (GBR)	10:57:26
2015	Jesse Thomas (USA)	08:57:33	Anja Beranek (GER)	09:56:31
2016	Marc Duelsen (GER)	09:01:39	Darbi Roberts (USA)	10:00:17

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:46:39	05:08:50	02:58:18	09:01:39
2	Philip Graves	GBR	00:45:26	05:01:43	03:06:43	09:02:56
3	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:47:10	05:05:02	03:07:11	09:07:22

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Darbi Roberts	USA	00:49:26	05:46:41	03:14:41	10:00:17
2	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	00:53:52	05:29:48	03:28:23	10:02:44
3	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	00:56:59	05:39:07	03:22:48	10:09:15

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:52:43	Sylvain Rota	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Harry Wiltshire	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Daniel Halksworth	2012-09-16
Bike	overall	04:57:14	Markus Thomschke	2015-09-13
Run	overall	02:48:01	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	2011-09-11
Total	female	09:45:09	Regula Rohrbach	2012-09-16
Swim	female	00:47:55	Anja Beranek	2011-09-11
Bike	female	05:29:48	Jeanne Collonge	2016-09-18
Run	female	03:02:28	Kristin Moeller	2011-09-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Wales is – 24:58.

Race Adjustments for IM Wales

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	-25:01	04:58	-23:44	00:12	22	-25:01	04:58	-23:44	00:12
2012	-00:49	05:07	-21:53	16:30	25	-12:55	05:02	-22:48	08:21
2013	-30:20	01:08	-26:31	-04:02	22	-18:43	03:44	-24:03	04:13
2014	-43:48	-03:26	-26:33	-07:01	14 of 16	-24:59	01:57	-24:40	01:25
2015	-34:02	-03:28	-27:10	-00:04	22 of 26	-26:48	00:52	-25:10	01:07
2016	-15:50	05:14	-20:47	-00:47	15 of 18	-24:58	01:35	-24:26	00:48

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Wales is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

A couple of the participants are questionable to race in Tenby as they have qualified for Kona (Cam Wurf, Harry Wiltshire, potentially Chris McDonald) and are likely to adjust their plans.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	8	Christopher Baird	USA	08:53:03	08:39:26	00:54:21	05:04:25	06:03:46	02:49:17	8% +92% -0% (2)	(72)
2	12	Bas Diederen	NED	08:55:26	08:33:02	00:46:59	05:04:18	05:56:17	02:59:09	48% +4% -48% (21)	49
3	32	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:57:14	08:41:30	00:49:14	04:51:16	05:45:30	03:11:44	26% +58% -16% (7)	78
4	17	Christian Kramer	GER	08:58:11	08:40:50	00:46:36	05:05:17	05:56:54	03:01:17	65% +6% -29% (20)	75
5	29	Andrej Vistica	CRO	09:00:33	08:39:08	00:52:40	05:07:55	06:05:34	02:54:59	86% +0% -14% (13)	70
6	2	Romain Guillaume	FRA	09:02:35	08:43:14	00:47:52	05:01:45	05:54:38	03:07:57	50% +7% -43% (30)	82
7	22	Fabian Rahn	GER	09:04:49	08:59:11	00:55:41	05:13:54	06:14:35	02:50:14	38% +0% -62% (2)	(145)
8	5	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	09:06:03	08:48:52	00:47:26	05:16:09	06:08:35	02:57:28	88% +12% -0% (7)	101
9	26	Markus Thomschke	GER	09:06:10	08:52:30	00:51:57	05:01:14	05:58:11	03:07:59	37% +33% -30% (18)	(119)
10	3	Domenico Passuello	ITA	09:06:40	08:48:20	00:53:41	05:06:03	06:04:44	03:01:56	25% +39% -37% (7)	(99)
11	6	Chris McDonald *	AUS	09:07:57	08:43:52	00:51:31	05:07:57	06:04:29	03:03:28	74% +11% -15% (46)	85
12	4	Fraser Cartmell *	GBR	09:08:02	09:01:39	00:48:04	05:08:21	06:01:25	03:06:37	24% +6% -69% (12)	149
13	31	Harry Wiltshire *	GBR	09:08:50	08:50:28	00:46:31	05:14:08	06:05:39	03:03:11	20% +22% -58% (24)	108
14	13	Michael Goehner	GER	09:10:58	08:55:37	00:52:19	05:12:29	06:09:48	03:01:10	58% +2% -41% (20)	(130)
15	16	Matthias Knossalla	GER	09:13:33	09:15:36	01:03:08	05:03:35	06:11:42	03:01:51	10% +23% -67% (4)	(190)
16	1	Philip Graves	GBR	09:17:48	08:55:32	00:48:44	05:06:21	06:00:05	03:17:43	100% +0% -0% (8)	129
17	10	Hannes Cool	BEL	09:19:58	09:14:06	00:51:29	05:18:34	06:15:03	03:04:55	28% +37% -36% (7)	(186)
18	19	Markus Liebelt	GER	09:20:24	09:14:36	00:54:00	05:08:34	06:07:34	03:12:50	38% +0% -62% (2)	(188)
19	9	Malte Bruns	GER	09:22:31	09:13:02	00:52:27	05:20:44	06:18:11	03:04:20	43% +0% -57% (4)	(183)
20	21	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	09:23:24	09:04:51	00:58:23	05:04:52	06:08:16	03:15:08	78% +22% -0% (4)	158
21	15	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	09:27:00	09:15:34	00:51:29	05:10:20	06:06:49	03:20:11	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(190)
22	30	Jesse Vondracek	USA	09:29:14	09:13:12	00:53:12	05:21:37	06:19:49	03:09:25	54% +42% -4% (18)	184
23	23	Mike Schifferle	SUI	09:29:41	09:06:30	00:58:53	05:18:15	06:22:08	03:07:33	90% +8% -2% (68)	167
24	25	Pavel Simko	SVK	09:29:58	09:12:28	00:51:21	05:15:11	06:11:32	03:18:26	70% +0% -30% (3)	181
25	24	Peter Seidel	GER	09:34:04	09:17:09	00:53:44	05:22:39	06:21:23	03:12:41	19% +36% -45% (4)	195
26	27	Xavier Torrades	ESP	09:36:48	09:15:57	00:48:46	05:25:12	06:18:58	03:17:50	43% +0% -57% (6)	191
27	20	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:41:05	09:25:52	00:52:50	05:31:29	06:29:18	03:11:47	39% +5% -56% (9)	217
28	28	Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen	BEL	09:44:21	09:32:23	00:54:19	05:27:55	06:27:14	03:17:07	44% +0% -56% (8)	241
29	7	Antony Costes *	FRA	09:48:13	09:41:02	00:47:55	05:05:44	05:58:40	03:49:33	28% +0% -72% (7)	257
30	11	Scott Cooper	CAN	09:49:54	09:38:01	00:59:36	05:34:58	06:39:34	03:10:20	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(253)
	14	Sebastian Guhr	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	18	Matt Leeman	GBR	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 4% of a typical Kona field.

While Lucy Gossage has declined her Kona slot specifically to focus on fall racing, Nikki Bartlett qualified for Kona and has said she’s withdrawn from IM Wales.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	35	Lucy Gossage	GBR	09:44:37	09:17:45	00:58:02	05:31:06	06:34:07	03:10:30	96% +0% -4% (16)	11
2	40	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	10:13:21	09:48:22	01:00:07	05:43:38	06:48:45	03:24:36	100% +0% -0% (3)	68
3	37	Kate Comber	GBR	10:25:15	10:01:52	00:52:29	05:56:12	06:53:41	03:31:34	100% +0% -0% (6)	88
4	39	Kathryn Thomas	USA	10:44:17	10:37:37	00:54:46	06:00:54	07:00:41	03:43:36	49% +0% -51% (2)	(155)
5	38	Lotty Harari	PAN	11:10:06	10:56:37	01:07:44	06:04:21	07:17:04	03:53:02	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(162)
	36	Parys Edwards	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Cameron Wurf: 23% (3-1)
• Andrej Vistica: 17% (5-1)
• Christian Kramer: 17% (5-1)
• Christopher Baird: 10% (9-1)
• Harry Wiltshire: 9% (10-1)
• Bas Diederen: 7% (14-1)
• Fraser Cartmell: 5% (18-1)
• Markus Thomschke: 5% (19-1)
• Chris McDonald: 4% (26-1)
• Romain Guillaume: 2% (59-1)

Female Race Participants

• Lucy Gossage: 86% (1-1)
• Nikki Bartlett: 10% (9-1)
• Kate Comber: 4% (24-1)