Abu Dhabi Long Distance 2014 (March 15th) – Startlist

Abu Dhabi is one of the better known long triathlons that don’t use the “standard” Ironman distance of 3.8k/2.4mi swim, 180k/112mi bike and a marathon (42.2k or 26.2 mi). I want to post a bit more on non-IM long distance races, but I will just post the start list and my Ironman-distance based ranking and ratings. However, with the different lengths I won’t include the results in athlete’s or course’s ratings, I can’t calculate odds and I also won’t be able to predict finishing times. (So instead of „predictions“ I’ll call these posts just „start lists“.)

The Abu Dhabi Long Distance race is held over distances of 3k swim, 200k bike and 20k run – basically the swim is almost the same as an Ironman, the bike a bit longer, and the run significantly shorter. This allows for a much shorter recovery than an IM, and as it’s pretty early in the Northern Hemisphere season, it can be used as a great early race or fitness test. It also offers good prize money: 40.000 US$ for each of the winners and 125k total purse. In addition, the organizers probably help with travel costs and accommodation, and as a consequence the race usually attracts a very good field.

Previous Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	00:35:21	04:48:13	01:12:47	06:41:02
2	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:35:27	04:48:21	01:16:14	06:45:02
3	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	00:36:58	04:48:16	01:17:47	06:47:49

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	00:41:17	05:17:45	01:16:42	07:20:29
2	Caroline Steffen	SUI	00:38:20	05:19:07	01:21:00	07:23:53
3	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:38:19	05:21:06	01:22:27	07:27:52

Male Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating	Rank
1	Eneko Llanos	ESP	08:21:43	00:47:42	04:36:52	02:52:01	1
2	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	08:24:36	00:47:46	04:35:41	02:55:42	5
3	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	08:32:54	00:49:37	04:43:29	02:56:37	18
4	James Cunnama	ZAF	08:34:01	00:50:03	04:42:00	02:58:07	23
5	Bas Diederen	NED	08:37:49	00:47:55	04:47:59	02:55:31	35
6	Bert Jammaer	BEL	08:46:26	00:49:09	04:46:10	03:05:32	60
7	Per Bittner	GER	08:51:07	00:49:58	04:52:41	03:02:03	84
8	Bart Colpaert	BEL	08:51:28	00:46:55	04:46:42	03:05:39	(85)
9	Henrik Hyldelund	DEN	09:09:49	00:47:32	04:47:42	03:19:20	(165)
10	Edo Van der Meer	NED	09:18:39	00:47:33	04:48:48	03:36:21	(194)
11	Andi Fuchs	AUT	09:19:40	00:57:16	04:50:54	03:13:09	(196)
	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating	Rank
1	Caroline Steffen	SUI	09:12:28	00:51:46	04:59:39	03:14:44	2
2	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	09:14:27	00:57:43	05:01:34	03:08:46	4
3	Jodie Swallow	GBR	09:25:03	00:48:41	05:02:52	03:27:21	9
4	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	09:27:58	00:52:05	05:09:20	03:21:19	13
5	Svetlana Blazevic	SCG	10:14:15	00:52:20	05:31:28	03:43:04	105
6	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	10:14:43	01:02:57	05:28:28	03:24:24	(109)
7	Maria Lemeseva	RUS	10:26:18	01:06:57	05:33:04	03:31:49	(128)
	Alena Stevens	SVK	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

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