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Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2014	Matt Hanson (USA)	08:12:32	Angela Naeth (CAN)	08:54:55

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Matt Hanson	USA	00:40:49	04:40:10	02:47:40	08:12:32
2	Daniel Bretscher	USA	00:40:53	04:39:44	02:53:55	08:19:05
3	Trevor Wurtele	CAN	00:40:33	04:37:52	02:59:00	08:22:00

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Angela Naeth	CAN	00:45:11	04:50:03	03:15:15	08:54:55
2	Ruth Brennan-Morrey	USA	00:47:48	05:13:43	03:02:55	09:09:39
3	Jennie Hansen	USA	00:47:38	05:11:37	03:07:26	09:12:37

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:12:32	Matt Hanson	2014-09-28
Swim	overall	00:38:06	Barrett Brandon	2014-09-28
Bike	overall	04:34:16	Eric Limkemann	2014-09-28
Run	overall	02:47:40	Matt Hanson	2014-09-28
Total	female	08:54:55	Angela Naeth	2014-09-28
Swim	female	00:39:56	Anna Cleaver	2014-09-28
Bike	female	04:50:03	Angela Naeth	2014-09-28
Run	female	03:02:55	Ruth Brennan-Morrey	2014-09-28

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Chattanooga is 18:01.

Race Adjustments for IM Chattanooga

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2014	18:01	15:34	05:38	00:59	32	18:01	15:34	05:38	00:59

The swim at IM Chattanooga is in a river and the current leads to extremely fast swim times (that are also hard to properly predict).

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Chattanooga is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	4	Matt Chrabot	USA	08:20:24	08:52:15	00:33:46	04:40:11	03:01:27	(97)
2	1	TJ Tollakson	USA	08:21:36	08:38:19	00:35:22	04:34:28	03:06:46	42
3	19	Alberto Casadei	ITA	08:23:22	08:48:53	00:34:06	04:45:15	02:59:00	85
4	39	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:24:34	08:40:18	00:36:59	04:43:11	02:59:24	51
5	2	Trevor Wurtele	CAN	08:25:01	08:49:19	00:38:13	04:39:48	03:02:00	88
6	44	Stefan Schmid	GER	08:26:17	08:43:52	00:38:31	04:41:16	03:01:30	62
7	11	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	08:28:54	08:48:19	00:38:29	04:45:46	02:59:39	83
8	46	Jonathan Shearon	USA	08:29:06	08:55:21	00:38:16	04:39:17	03:06:32	111
9	10	Eric Limkemann	USA	08:29:22	08:56:05	00:35:41	04:38:21	03:10:21	(114)
10	6	Kirill Kotshegarov	EST	08:30:31	08:48:35	00:39:00	04:41:21	03:05:10	84
11	32	Todd Israel	AUS	08:32:50	09:05:15	00:35:55	04:47:17	03:04:38	(151)
12	31	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	08:33:51	08:54:45	00:38:30	04:46:24	03:03:56	(109)
13	3	Matthew Russell	USA	08:34:25	08:51:08	00:42:05	04:44:18	03:03:02	93
14	7	Jozsef Major	HUN	08:34:51	08:51:53	00:41:46	04:40:52	03:07:13	(97)
15	49	Darby Thomas	FIN	08:34:59	08:54:10	00:42:29	04:47:17	03:00:13	103
16	22	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	08:41:06	09:10:26	00:35:41	04:36:07	03:24:18	172
17	30	Chad Holderbaum	USA	08:41:56	09:14:30	00:38:46	04:46:46	03:11:25	194
18	5	Balazs Csoke	HUN	08:42:18	09:00:43	00:34:28	04:46:39	03:16:11	128
19	24	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:42:47	09:14:45	00:40:13	04:57:05	03:00:28	195
20	9	Mike Schifferle	SUI	08:43:17	09:01:28	00:43:47	04:48:07	03:06:24	131
21	23	Michael Davidson	ZAF	08:43:57	09:01:53	00:40:28	04:55:31	03:02:59	133
22	21	Matthew Curbeau	USA	08:47:00	09:19:09	00:40:06	04:49:09	03:12:45	210
23	34	James Lamastra	USA	08:48:10	09:38:15	00:37:28	04:44:43	03:20:59	290
24	8	Bryan Rhodes	NZL	08:49:42	09:08:31	00:34:30	04:45:39	03:24:33	162
25	36	James Lubinski	USA	08:52:41	09:30:30	00:44:38	04:56:22	03:06:41	255
26	13	Ryan Bates	USA	08:56:14	09:31:34	00:38:18	04:49:43	03:23:13	(259)
27	42	Ryan Rau	USA	08:57:12	09:19:40	00:42:55	05:02:03	03:07:14	212
28	18	Nathan Buttrick	USA	08:59:42	09:18:48	00:45:00	04:57:35	03:12:07	(209)
29	29	Mike Hermanson	USA	09:00:10	09:26:34	00:39:00	05:00:16	03:15:53	(238)
30	20	Greg Close	USA	09:00:51	09:19:17	00:42:12	05:02:31	03:11:07	211
31	26	Raul Furtado	BRA	09:01:16	09:24:25	00:39:05	04:48:14	03:28:56	234
32	37	Douglas MacLean	USA	09:01:40	09:26:51	00:41:23	05:00:55	03:14:22	238
33	40	Adam O’Meara	CAN	09:03:45	09:30:37	00:39:43	05:06:19	03:12:43	(256)
34	15	Raymond Botelho	USA	09:07:33	09:35:03	00:39:09	04:49:29	03:33:55	280
35	47	Michael Starkey	USA	09:09:15	09:40:09	00:42:39	05:01:01	03:20:35	(294)
36	45	Patrick Schuster	USA	09:12:52	09:44:29	00:46:16	04:55:11	03:26:24	310
37	43	Steve Rosinski	USA	09:14:06	09:53:33	00:41:06	04:58:57	03:29:03	(347)
38	25	Jonathan Fecik	USA	09:17:27	09:51:12	00:41:18	04:54:39	03:36:30	(336)
39	16	Scott Bradley	USA	09:17:48	09:48:39	00:45:30	04:57:51	03:29:27	(322)
40	27	Travis Hawkins	USA	09:22:02	09:53:08	00:45:31	05:11:46	03:19:46	(345)
41	33	Peter Kotland	CZE	09:30:16	10:00:00	00:41:56	05:05:37	03:37:43	362
42	28	Elmar Heger	GER	09:34:13	10:08:26	00:41:14	05:01:51	03:46:08	395
43	41	Botond Racz	HUN	09:39:46	10:11:50	00:43:51	05:16:48	03:34:07	(402)
44	38	James Minnema	USA	10:10:51	10:44:39	00:46:11	05:27:40	03:52:00	(468)
	12	Ben Collins	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	14	Karl Bordine	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	17	Patrick Brady	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	35	Colin Laughery	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	48	Allan Steen Olesen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	59	Rebekah Keat	AUS	09:10:25	09:24:59	00:38:31	05:10:09	03:16:45	(21)
2	55	Sofie Goos	BEL	09:13:04	09:34:37	00:40:57	05:09:17	03:17:50	40
3	63	Carrie Lester	AUS	09:13:27	09:34:13	00:39:26	05:08:00	03:21:01	36
4	58	Kristin Moeller	GER	09:14:43	09:33:11	00:46:18	05:18:03	03:05:22	32
5	57	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:14:46	09:32:48	00:46:55	05:14:31	03:08:20	31
6	67	Katy Blakemore	USA	09:20:00	09:43:57	00:37:50	05:16:00	03:21:11	53
7	62	Kim Schwabenbauer	USA	09:24:12	09:39:31	00:45:35	05:15:20	03:18:17	45
8	56	Bree Wee	USA	09:24:40	09:43:46	00:39:09	05:16:22	03:24:10	52
9	84	Mackenzie Madison	USA	09:28:25	09:50:52	00:42:50	05:16:25	03:24:11	69
10	61	Anna Cleaver	NZL	09:29:20	10:07:27	00:37:18	05:13:45	03:33:17	(112)
11	87	Darbi Roberts	USA	09:29:21	10:00:50	00:38:09	05:10:55	03:35:17	(91)
12	80	Tamara Kozulina	UKR	09:29:45	09:46:22	00:45:36	05:19:23	03:19:45	57
13	90	Beth Shutt	USA	09:34:15	09:53:13	00:43:58	05:23:18	03:21:58	77
14	64	Kaitlin Anelauskas	USA	09:36:10	10:17:10	00:38:46	05:40:52	03:11:31	(132)
15	78	Christina Jackson	USA	09:38:18	10:01:37	00:37:31	05:17:24	03:38:24	92
16	92	Bianca Steurer	AUT	09:43:43	10:09:54	00:41:59	05:30:32	03:26:12	(114)
17	71	Kelly Fillnow	USA	09:46:20	10:13:14	00:47:19	05:29:18	03:24:43	121
18	74	April Gellatly	USA	09:46:20	10:15:38	00:40:43	05:24:55	03:35:42	(130)
19	81	Heather Leiggi	USA	09:46:49	10:13:49	00:43:15	05:27:18	03:31:16	125
20	76	Sarah Graves	USA	09:50:48	10:11:13	00:53:51	05:26:22	03:25:35	117
21	88	Molly Roohi	USA	09:54:53	10:16:44	00:47:02	05:30:18	03:32:33	(132)
22	77	Caroline Gregory	USA	09:55:32	10:23:16	00:40:14	05:40:00	03:30:18	151
23	73	Erin Furness	NZL	09:55:40	10:20:03	00:44:56	05:31:45	03:34:00	142
24	93	Kathryn Thomas	USA	09:58:04	10:31:09	00:40:12	05:27:23	03:45:29	(167)
25	75	Alyssa Godesky	USA	09:58:06	10:25:00	00:45:16	05:31:54	03:35:56	157
26	86	Tami Ritchie	USA	09:59:51	10:42:38	00:37:49	05:39:36	03:37:26	172
27	91	Erin Spitler	USA	10:01:57	10:23:54	00:51:24	05:23:44	03:41:49	(153)
28	89	Maggie Rusch	USA	10:03:09	10:33:15	00:45:46	05:26:12	03:46:12	(167)
29	69	Kate Bruck	USA	10:09:06	10:36:33	00:48:08	05:47:03	03:28:55	(168)
30	66	Ali Black	USA	10:19:28	10:53:44	00:46:29	05:34:44	03:53:15	(178)
31	82	Jennifer Lentzke	CAN	10:30:36	11:02:34	00:53:04	05:41:53	03:50:39	(179)
32	85	Carla Moreno	BRA	10:38:54	11:14:15	00:40:21	06:09:23	03:44:10	(182)
	65	Christine Avelar	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	68	Neilia Bliss	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	70	Katy Carguilo	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	72	Richele Frank	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	79	Kirsty Jahn	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	83	Maria Lopez	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• TJ Tollakson: 24% (3-1)
• Matt Chrabot: 17% (5-1)
• Courtney Ogden: 13% (7-1)
• Trevor Wurtele: 10% (9-1)
• Jonathan Shearon: 10% (9-1)
• Stefan Schmid: 8% (12-1)
• Alberto Casadei: 7% (14-1)
• Trevor Delsaut: 7% (14-1)
• Jozsef Major: 2% (51-1)

Matt Chrabot has qualified for Kona and accepted his slot. He is unlikely to start in Chattanooga. He will be racing Chattanooga.

An interesting addition to the field is Ben Collins who is racing his first Ironman.

Female Race Participants

• Carrie Lester: 26% (3-1)
• Sofie Goos: 24% (3-1)
• Rebekah Keat: 19% (4-1)
• Lisa Roberts: 13% (7-1)
• Kristin Moeller: 10% (9-1)
• Katy Blakemore: 4% (24-1)
• Bree Wee: 2% (54-1)

Sofie Goos has qualified for Kona and accepted her slot. She is unlikely to start in Chattanooga. However she will be racing Chattanooga. Rebekah Keat won’t be racing Chattanooga. She said that after dealing with injuries earlier in the year she is not quite ready to do an Ironman.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2014	Tim Don (GBR)	08:34:02	Eimear Mullan (IRL)	09:24:17

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Tim Don	GBR	00:45:25	04:51:21	02:52:07	08:34:02
2	Miguel Fidalgo	ESP	00:45:36	04:58:45	02:49:01	08:38:08
3	Mike Aigroz	SUI	00:45:31	04:51:06	02:59:26	08:40:29

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Eimear Mullan	IRL	00:55:13	05:13:01	03:10:26	09:24:17
2	Dede Griesbauer	USA	00:50:10	05:11:15	03:19:40	09:27:09
3	Astrid Stienen	GER	00:55:14	05:12:17	03:17:18	09:31:10

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:34:02	Tim Don	2014-09-27
Swim	overall	00:44:46	Manuel Kueng	2014-09-27
Bike	overall	04:48:20	Manuel Kueng	2014-09-27
Run	overall	02:47:30	Miquel Blanchart Tinto	2014-09-27
Total	female	09:24:17	Eimear Mullan	2014-09-27
Swim	female	00:49:52	Mette Pettersen Moe	2014-09-27
Bike	female	05:04:52	Nina Kuhn	2014-09-27
Run	female	03:10:26	Eimear Mullan	2014-09-27

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Mallorca is 02:48.

Race Adjustments for IM Mallorca

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2014	02:48	02:31	00:41	03:09	32	02:48	02:31	00:41	03:09

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Mallorca is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	2	Timo Bracht	GER	08:21:12	08:22:35	00:47:11	04:37:39	02:51:21	7
2	1	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	08:28:22	08:31:46	00:50:23	04:45:20	02:47:39	25
3	38	James Cunnama	ZAF	08:30:30	08:40:40	00:47:38	04:41:01	02:56:51	52
4	7	Jan Van Berkel	SUI	08:36:52	08:48:03	00:46:17	04:40:37	03:04:58	82
5	8	Johann Ackermann	GER	08:38:22	08:47:51	00:47:04	04:41:22	03:04:56	(80)
6	36	David Plese	SLO	08:39:40	08:39:59	00:50:53	04:45:20	02:58:27	48
7	3	Horst Reichel	GER	08:39:51	08:59:48	00:47:00	04:46:18	03:01:34	125
8	31	Mathias Hecht	SUI	08:41:10	09:08:03	00:46:05	04:44:31	03:05:33	(157)
9	5	Miguel Fidalgo	ESP	08:41:14	08:52:11	00:46:05	04:58:25	02:51:44	(97)
10	41	Michael Ruenz	GER	08:44:00	09:03:04	00:51:02	04:51:30	02:56:29	139
11	6	Herve Faure	FRA	08:44:47	08:50:38	00:49:15	04:47:49	03:02:43	(90)
12	21	Chris McDonald	AUS	08:45:27	08:45:32	00:51:13	04:45:44	03:03:29	68
13	40	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	08:48:19	09:01:07	00:51:48	04:51:29	03:00:02	129
14	19	Andreas Linden	SWE	08:48:27	09:01:52	00:56:43	04:32:33	03:14:11	(133)
15	32	Carlos Lopez Diaz	ESP	08:48:51	09:12:39	00:45:35	04:57:20	03:00:55	(182)
16	4	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	08:49:11	09:08:04	00:46:44	05:01:02	02:56:25	(157)
17	34	Christian Brader	GER	08:52:05	08:54:25	00:54:21	04:54:48	02:57:57	107
18	29	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	08:55:10	08:56:30	00:46:05	04:53:36	03:10:30	114
19	24	Ouilleres Gwenael	FRA	08:56:01	09:09:38	00:49:37	04:54:04	03:07:20	(167)
20	37	Flo Kriegl	AUT	09:03:11	09:06:47	00:53:11	04:57:06	03:07:54	(154)
21	10	Herve Banti	MCO	09:10:04	09:20:14	00:49:52	04:52:49	03:22:23	(214)
22	14	Martin Droell	GER	09:12:12	09:26:14	00:56:01	05:01:08	03:10:03	(237)
23	20	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:12:55	09:21:06	00:51:04	05:06:47	03:10:05	219
24	28	Rene Vallant	AUT	09:22:00	09:41:44	00:53:53	04:52:42	03:30:26	(300)
25	22	Urs Mueller	SWI	09:24:30	09:33:14	00:54:15	05:02:41	03:22:34	(267)
26	25	Alfred Rahm	GER	09:37:56	09:59:49	01:01:44	05:09:46	03:21:26	(361)
27	15	Rafael Espinar Puig	ESP	09:39:59	09:42:40	01:00:18	05:21:48	03:12:53	303
28	35	Lukas Polan	CZE	09:48:19	10:07:42	01:01:00	05:12:26	03:29:53	393
29	16	Ivan Kharin	RUS	09:51:23	10:14:07	01:05:06	05:13:29	03:27:48	411
30	13	Fabio Carvalho	BRA	09:55:17	10:10:41	00:45:17	05:23:00	03:42:00	398
31	23	Gilian Oriet	SUI	10:04:38	10:26:12	00:57:00	05:08:08	03:54:30	(449)
32	17	Teemu Kyllonen	FIN	10:12:15	10:27:09	00:59:51	05:18:40	03:48:43	453
33	30	Valentin Zasypkin	RUS	10:36:01	11:18:02	01:05:42	05:38:12	03:47:07	(479)
	9	Francisco Alvarez	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	11	Thomas Bosch	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	12	Antonio Cardona	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	18	Frederic Limousin	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	26	Kevin Rundstadler	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	27	Andreas Thissen	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	39	Michael Van Cleven	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	51	Anja Beranek	GER	09:19:32	09:19:01	00:49:23	05:03:31	03:21:39	12
2	69	Diana Riesler	GER	09:22:33	09:32:41	00:55:25	05:04:30	03:17:39	30
3	52	Eimear Mullan	IRL	09:31:09	09:58:47	00:56:10	05:18:15	03:11:44	86
4	63	Daniela Saemmler	GER	09:35:46	09:40:55	00:52:46	05:14:37	03:23:23	49
5	60	Camilla Lindholm	SWE	09:39:32	09:49:46	01:05:07	05:14:42	03:14:42	67
6	70	Regula Rohrbach	SUI	09:45:00	09:52:11	00:55:05	05:09:42	03:35:13	74
7	65	Tineke Van den Berg	NED	09:46:46	09:55:37	01:02:42	05:14:55	03:24:09	82
8	62	Kamila Polak	AUT	09:46:56	09:58:33	00:56:29	05:22:55	03:22:32	(85)
9	53	Natascha Schmitt	GER	09:48:33	10:05:29	00:51:52	05:32:29	03:19:12	105
10	61	Caroline Livesey	GBR	09:54:28	09:58:38	00:58:39	05:25:14	03:25:35	85
11	58	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	09:56:58	10:02:37	01:05:30	05:31:45	03:14:43	96
12	56	Eleanor Haresign	GBR	09:59:51	10:11:05	00:57:05	05:26:42	03:31:04	115
13	68	Verena Walter	GER	10:01:23	10:06:41	00:57:19	05:26:29	03:32:35	109
14	55	Katharina Grohmann	GER	10:04:01	10:09:35	01:10:03	05:27:55	03:21:03	113
15	66	Nicole Woysch	GER	10:20:52	10:47:51	00:56:30	05:32:28	03:46:54	(175)
16	54	Amy Forshaw	GBR	10:21:20	10:36:26	01:01:31	05:43:05	03:31:43	167
17	57	Corina Hengartner	SWI	10:31:36	10:47:39	01:00:45	05:31:14	03:54:37	(175)
	59	Emma Kate Lidbury	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	64	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	67	Nina Kuhn	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Timo Bracht is the clear favorite for the race. Last year he was the pre-race favorite as well, but he was tired after racing a lot in the summer. This year, he seems to be more focused on the race:

• Timo Bracht: 45% (1-1)
• Alessandro Degasperi: 15% (6-1)
• Jan Van Berkel: 14% (6-1)
• James Cunnama: 10% (9-1)
• Horst Reichel: 6% (15-1)
• David Plese: 3% (33-1)
• Mathias Hecht: 3% (36-1)

Female Race Participants

The female race is harder to predict – mainly because I believe that there will be a few changes to the start list. Anja Beranek has just won IM Wales and might not start, Diana Riesler is getting ready for Kona. If these two are not racing, the favorite would be defending champion Eimear Mullan, but she has struggled with injuries during the summer.

• Anja Beranek: 58% (1-1)
• Diana Riesler: 25% (3-1)
• Eimear Mullan: 10% (9-1)
• Camilla Lindholm: 3% (29-1)
• Daniela Saemmler: 2% (50-1)

Race Conditions

This was the second time for Challenge Weymouth, but as the run was way short in 2014, this is the first year with decent data on the course. Based on the data the course is pretty slow – comparable to South Africa and maybe a touch faster than Ironman UK.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Marek Jaskolka	POL	00:51:37	04:48:47	02:57:06	08:42:32	-01:22
2	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	00:50:08	04:52:49	02:58:06	08:45:51	-19:40
3	Sergio Marques	POR	00:57:34	04:58:34	02:45:19	08:46:51	-08:13
4	David Naesvik	SWE	00:57:42	04:45:09	03:03:35	08:51:38	-06:16
5	Graeme Stewart	GBR	00:57:44	04:45:04	03:05:27	08:53:04	-03:15
6	Petr Vabrousek	CZE			02:59:41	09:01:39	02:30
7	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	00:50:06	04:58:18	03:17:07	09:10:32	23:11
8	Aleksei Brylev	RUS	00:57:22	05:02:00	03:46:29	09:50:59	08:50
	Chris Fischer	DEN	00:57:35	04:45:00		DNF
	Arnaud Savio	FRA	01:15:06	07:11:35		DNF

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Camilla Lindholm	SWE	01:11:08	05:14:41	03:10:21	09:41:31	-01:31
2	Kate Comber	GBR	00:57:29	05:25:53	03:23:45	09:52:21	n/a
3	Vicky Gill	GBR	01:07:01	05:19:01	03:22:19	09:53:26	-1:07:32
4	Eva Potuckova	CZE	00:57:26	05:29:57	03:34:01	10:06:52	03:11
5	Yvette Grice	GBR	00:57:48	05:38:09	03:28:36	10:09:49	05:22
6	Alena Stevens	SVK	01:05:31	05:44:59	03:24:19	10:20:10	06:07
7	Vanessa Pereira	POR	01:07:04	05:42:14	03:31:48	10:27:57	-03:01
8	Joanna Carritt	GBR	01:09:25	05:46:53	03:39:35	10:40:50	26:42
	Alice Hector	GBR	00:57:38			DNF

Race Conditions

Ironman Wales is known as the toughest Ironman course on the calendar (course rating -27:46)- and this year was no exception even if there was decent weather (adjustment of -33:55). The swim was again quite slow: Harry Wiltshire was first out of the water but he was seven minutes slower than the course that he and Daniel Halksworth hold. Same thing on the female side with Anja Beranek leading after the swim but missing her course record by seven minutes. The bike had an adjustment of -27:33 which is also typical for Wales, even if we saw a new bike course records by Markus Thomschke (first ever sub-5h bike in Wales!) and Anja Beranek (narrowly missing 5:30). 

Male Race Results

After a disappointing race in the 70.3 Champs in Zell am See, Jesse Thomas decided to go ahead with his first full IM distance race. He quickly took the lead on the bike and was joined by Markus Thomschke – both stuck together for most of the ride until Markus pulled away a bit into T2. Jesse then had a very solid 2:52 marathon (second best of the day) on the rolling course in Tenby to win his debut Ironman race:

Second place went to Andrej Vistica with the fastest marathon of the day (just one second quicker than Jesse). Markus Thomschke held on for third place.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Jesse Thomas	USA	00:54:20	05:03:28	02:52:19	08:57:33	n/a	US$ 5000
2	Andrej Vistica	CRO	00:57:00	05:05:46	02:52:18	09:03:09	-12:01	US$ 2750
3	Markus Thomschke	GER	00:57:01	04:57:14	03:12:54	09:14:52	-16:16	US$ 1750
4	Gudmund Snilstveit	NOR	01:02:38	05:03:21	03:08:18	09:22:15	-10:06	US$ 1250
5	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	00:51:55	05:19:21	03:12:47	09:31:33	-01:30	US$ 1000
6	Elliot Holtham	CAN	00:57:01	05:25:31	03:04:54	09:35:47	-18:47	US$ 750
7	Mike Schifferle	SUI	01:04:07	05:22:46	03:04:56	09:45:26	07:29
8	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	00:56:54	05:37:04	03:03:17	09:47:28	-09:07
9	Oliver Simon	GBR	00:51:57	05:29:17	03:30:56	10:01:06	-00:59
10	Peter Seidel	GER	01:00:52	05:28:39	03:29:06	10:07:55	35:52
11	James Brown	GBR	01:06:23	05:29:55	03:28:27	10:13:14	08:00
12	Matthew Sheeks	USA	01:05:50	05:58:30	03:10:57	10:26:36	20:05
13	Tohara Kaito	JPN	00:57:25	06:05:18	03:26:35	10:41:11	52:45
14	Craig Twigg	GBR	00:56:57	05:24:26	04:40:10	11:11:28	52:17
15	Christian Funk	GER	01:26:24	06:38:01	04:07:57	12:28:16	50:04
	Mark Cotter	CAN	01:05:39	06:00:43		DNF
	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:55:16			DNF

Female Race Results

There was never a doubt that Anja Beranek had come to Tenby to win her second Ironman race after Zürich 2013. Entering T2 she had built a lead of more than 30 minutes. She could afford to not push on the run as her lead never shrank. After her third place in the 70.3 Champs and her win in Wales Anja is almost assured a 2016 Kona slot!

Behind Anja there were quite a few position changes and close racing for second and third. Tineke Van Berg held on to her second place on the run, while Katja Koschak advanced into third place, overtaking Tine Holst just a few k before the finish. After winning Powermac Zofingen just a week ago, Emma Pooley was never in a position to contend for the podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Anja Beranek	GER	00:54:26	05:30:15	03:23:16	09:56:31	00:01	US$ 5000
2	Tineke Van den Berg	NED	01:09:13	05:45:44	03:22:42	10:28:22	-01:28	US$ 2750
3	Katja Konschak	GER	00:56:54	06:06:34	03:13:50	10:29:55	-10:47	US$ 1750
4	Tine Holst	DEN	01:11:49	05:45:03	03:25:01	10:32:11	-08:36	US$ 1250
5	Emma Pooley	GBR	01:17:11	05:45:08	03:22:38	10:38:41	20:39	US$ 1000
6	Leslie DiMichele Miller	USA	01:03:57	06:04:04	03:23:42	10:43:45	10:11	US$ 750
7	Verena Walter	GER	01:05:51	06:04:15	03:27:59	10:49:01	10:30
	Eleanor Haresign	GBR	01:04:05	05:50:53		DNF
	Carol Anne Bridge	GBR	00:54:27			DNF

Photos by Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images for Ironman

Race Conditions

Conditions this year were faster than about 10 minutes compared to last year, especially on the bike. While there was wind and rain in 2013 and 2014, the weather was calm and sunny this year.

Course Rating

Race Adjustments for Challenge Almere

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2013	05:20	00:19	01:43	03:49	16	05:20	00:19	01:43	03:49
2014	07:16	02:43	04:54	00:36	22	06:18	01:31	03:18	02:12
2015	18:32	00:26	14:28	04:44	21	10:23	01:09	07:02	03:03

Male Race Results

Markus Fachbach successfully defended his title from last year by posting a time that was 16 minutes quicker and a course record for the Challenge years.

 

He was joined on the podium by Dutch athletes Mark Oude Benin and Erik-Simon Strijk.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Markus Fachbach	GER	00:48:56	04:25:18	02:54:01	08:12:24	-09:47
2	Mark Oude Bennink	NED	00:48:47	04:25:32	02:59:29	08:18:14	-18:07
3	Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	00:51:37	04:26:45	02:59:14	08:22:29	-14:17
4	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	00:55:14	04:32:31	02:54:02	08:25:39	-17:21
5	Gerrit Schellens	BEL	00:53:54	04:44:17	02:49:38	08:32:57	02:07
6	Diederik Scheltinga	NED	00:51:36	04:34:49	03:03:30	08:35:40	-1:22:44
7	Jacob Veenstra	NED	00:56:15	04:29:48	03:06:16	08:37:08	-37:39
8	Jens Kaiser	GER	00:55:10	04:34:28	03:03:51	08:38:11	-05:23
9	Thijs Koelen	NED	00:54:12	04:34:37	03:07:53	08:41:26	-06:09
10	Olivier Godart	LUX	00:54:09	04:45:27	03:00:39	08:45:10	n/a
11	Tjardo Visser	NED	00:51:32	04:54:34	03:02:23	08:52:39	n/a
12	AJ Baucco	USA	00:51:33	04:48:14	03:08:41	08:52:59	11:48
13	Eddy Lamers	NED	00:51:39	04:35:50	03:19:41	08:53:30	-35:49
14	Dirk Baelus	BEL	00:55:20	04:49:35	03:08:19	08:58:41	n/a
15	Jens Groenbek	DEN	00:55:06	04:45:04	03:16:30	09:00:45	23:03
16	Guido Kwakkel	NED	00:54:06	04:44:32	03:18:52	09:01:48	n/a
17	Thomas Naasz	NED	00:55:23	04:54:49	03:14:52	09:10:15	09:44
18	Marijn De Jonge	NED	00:54:13	04:51:54	03:21:38	09:13:31	n/a
19	Juanma Cardenas	ESP	01:08:07	05:01:44	03:06:30	09:21:57	n/a
20	Ricardo Scholten	NED	01:01:19	04:58:38	03:15:46	09:22:39	n/a
21	Ben Van Oeveren	NED	01:02:53	04:56:48	03:20:38	09:26:43	n/a
22	Henk-Jan Dolsma	NED	00:51:42	04:52:42	03:43:01	09:32:15	n/a
23	Attila Szabo	HUN	00:48:52	05:10:31	03:26:57	09:33:24	n/a
24	Tjerk Tjallema	NED	00:51:33	05:15:39	03:21:38	09:33:46	n/a
	Roeland Smits	NED	00:54:09	04:26:55		DNF
	Bob Martens	NED	00:54:30	05:00:59		DNF
	Peter Res	NED	01:03:08	04:53:53		DNF
	Maarten Peters	NED	00:55:17	05:05:02		DNF
	Remy Vasseur	NED	00:54:01			DNF
	Dominic Rohan-Gates	GBR	01:10:17			DNF

Female Race Results

The women’s race saw a lot of position changes on the bike and run, and Kathrin Walther had to fight until the last kilometer for the win:

Irene Kinnegim had the fastest marathon of the day and came within a minute to Kathrin but ran out of real estate at the end. Camille Deligny lead on the bike and early in the run, she finished third in her Ironman-distance debut.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected
1	Kathrin Walther	GER	00:59:12	04:56:48	03:23:23	09:26:11	-28:48
2	Irene Kinnegim	NED	01:04:48	05:04:35	03:11:02	09:27:27	-26:45
3	Camille Deligny	FRA	01:01:54	04:55:03	03:27:31	09:29:52	n/a
4	Beate Goertz	GER	01:04:27	04:59:11	03:28:15	09:37:07	09:17
5	Julia Bohn	GER	01:01:58	05:10:01	03:18:41	09:37:41	-17:48
6	Lina-Kristin Schink	GER	01:10:34	05:05:03	03:18:41	09:39:34	-11:25
7	Carla Van Rooijen	NED	01:14:36	05:06:52	03:24:20	09:50:55	-02:32
8	Grada Boschker	NED	01:05:40	05:05:20	03:41:58	10:00:38	n/a
9	Celia Kuch	GER	01:02:23	05:13:41	03:38:24	10:01:13	09:44
10	Lena Holmgren	SWE	01:04:13	05:24:37	03:30:19	10:05:40	24:40
11	Linda Van Bemmel	NED	00:57:04	05:13:04	03:50:23	10:07:14	n/a
12	Nina Bakker	NED	01:13:33	05:48:49	03:22:45	10:32:14	n/a
	Brooke Brown	CAN	01:02:27	05:07:00		DNF

Photos by Stephen Pond/Getty Images for Challenge Triathlon