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Challenge Roth 2014 – Preliminary Startlist

Male Race Participants

Bib Name Nation
1 Dirk Bockel LUX
2 James Cunnama ZAF
3 Timo Bracht GER
4 Markus Fachbach GER
5 Luke McKenzie AUS
6 Pete Jacobs AUS
7 Eneko Llanos ESP
8 Roeland Smits NED
9 Nils Frommhold GER
11 Andrej Vistica CRO
12 Sylvain Sudrie FRA
13 Fabian Conrad GER
17 Per Bittner GER
18 Swen Sundberg GER
19 Dirk Wijnalda NED
20 Ritchie Nicholls GBR
21 Sebastian Bleisteiner GER
22 Joseph Spindler GER
23 Joel Jameson GBR
24 Thomas Naasz NED
26 Andreas Niedrig GER
28 Michael Wetzel GER
30 Manuel Wyss SUI
31 Nis Lind DEN
32 Arland Macasieb PHI
42 Bart Candel NED
43 Michael Rünz GER
44 Harri Sokk EST
Joe Gambles AUS

Female Race Participants

Bib Name Nation
51 Caroline Steffen SUI
52 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED
53 Julia Gajer GER
54 Mirinda Carfrae AUS
55 Anja Beranek GER
56 Yvette Grice GBR
57 Daniela Saemmler GER
58 Rebekah Keat AUS
59 Michelle Vesterby DEN
60 Rachel Joyce GBR
61 Diana Riesler GER
62 Heleen Bij De Vaate NED
63 Joyce Wolfe IRL
64 Simone Maier GER
65 Tracy Douglas AUS
66 Ana Casares ESP
67 Lina-kristin Schink GER
68 Ann Ciaverella USA
69 Sirlet Viilas EST

Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Conditions in Coeur d’Alene were pretty fast for the course: An adjustment of 8:04 is the fastest I’ve seen here (new course rating of 1:56). Conditions were slow as normal on the swim and bike, the changes in the bike course don’t seem to have changed times too much. This year however, the run times were pretty quick (adjustment of 6:53 with a new run rating of 2:20). 

Male Race Results

Andy Potts delivered his usual strong summer Ironman, and his win was never in doubt. Victor Zyemtsev – always strong in CdA – was second with a good run, and defending champion Ben Hoffmann took third with a 2:43 marathon after an uncharacteristically slow bike. 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Andy Potts USA 00:47:57 04:42:35 02:51:53 08:25:44 02:37
2 Victor Zyemtsev USA 00:53:01 04:46:24 02:46:03 08:28:32 -05:07
3 Ben Hoffman USA 00:53:05 04:48:58 02:43:59 08:29:12 01:23
4 Maik Twelsiek GER 00:53:03 04:35:14 03:02:29 08:34:19 01:52
5 Matt Hanson USA 01:00:31 04:53:54 02:42:07 08:39:22 -06:42
6 Matthew Russell USA 01:00:29 04:43:06 02:55:36 08:42:28 -02:38
7 Derek Garcia USA 00:55:34 04:51:30 03:07:53 08:57:57 -00:08
8 Patrick Wheeler USA 00:59:06 05:05:12 02:59:13 09:09:14 -02:59
9 Nathan Birdsall USA 01:09:45 04:59:15 03:16:25 09:28:42 -37:02
10 Rick Floyd USA 01:03:19 05:20:01 03:04:39 09:32:59 n/a
11 Christopher Bagg USA 00:56:40 04:56:06 05:26:21 11:22:47 1:54:58
  Brent Mcburney USA 01:03:36  05:29:04   DNF  

Female Race Results

Heather Wurtele took control of the race with the fastest bike split, and ended the day with a strong 3:09 marathon – winning by more than 15 minutes. Kelly Williamson never really got going on the day, still finishing second and making sure to get enough KPR points. Jessica Smith took third – she was the one with the best performance compared to her expected time. 

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:59:14 05:22:19 03:09:10 09:34:32 07:13
2 Kelly Williamson USA 00:58:30 05:37:52 03:09:47 09:50:07 31:50
3 Jessica Smith USA 00:59:12 05:29:38 03:26:14 09:58:42 -00:52
4 Olesya Prystayko UKR 01:05:06 05:34:43 03:24:49 10:07:59 06:43
5 Jennie Hansen USA 01:05:18 05:54:07 03:08:17 10:12:09 42:41
6 Ali Black USA 01:07:11 05:36:13 03:41:13 10:28:45 n/a
7 Cathleen Knutson USA 01:06:37 05:49:12 03:30:49 10:30:43 n/a
  Stephanie Jones USA 01:05:07     DNF  

Ironman France 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

With an adjustment of 2:42, it was a pretty slow year for France. Apparently, the rainy conditions hurt all three disciplines, and especially the bike was very slow with an adjustment of -5:17 (apparently a lot of athletes crashed in rainy conditions on the descents in the second half of the race). Even though we saw Victor Del Corral running a 2:42 and the three top women posting sub-3h marathons, the run was also slower than last year (4:17 adjustment vs. 10:00 last year). 

Male Race Results

Bart Aernouts won his first Ironman race with solid times across all three legs. As usual, Victor Del Corral had the fastest run leg, and Ty Butterfield took the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:51:58 04:46:10 02:49:58 08:33:22 10:30
2 Victor Del Corral ESP 00:56:46 04:52:34 02:42:33 08:37:23 11:09
3 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:51:53 04:54:10 02:49:39 08:40:56 10:40
4 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 00:49:39 04:57:35 02:52:30 08:44:45 13:41
5 Christian Brader GER 00:59:55 04:56:49 02:46:29 08:49:03 -07:56
6 Bertrand Billard FRA 00:49:43 04:46:19 03:13:16 08:55:03 n/a
7 Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:51:56 05:08:22 02:53:22 08:58:44 -06:34
8 Darren Jenkins AUS 01:06:32 05:09:57 02:51:08 09:14:14 -09:26
9 Jose Jeuland FRA 00:56:44 05:22:48 02:52:44 09:18:17 06:14
10 Clay Emge USA 00:56:14 05:11:36 03:03:50 09:18:21 24:16
11 Pierre Dorez FRA 00:54:37 05:11:35 03:17:42 09:30:03 -16:11
12 Juha Laitinen FIN 01:05:55 05:12:50 03:05:29 09:32:17 -36:34
13 Ivan Jezko SVK 01:00:06 05:04:52 03:29:11 09:42:39 09:01
14 Remmert Wielinga NED 01:08:11 05:09:39 03:29:18 10:03:13 -35:41
15 Nicolas Houyoux BEL 01:00:03 05:37:31 03:51:36 10:37:48 n/a
16 Johann Lindner AUT 01:01:59 05:47:52 04:21:49 11:21:40 1:10:04
  Mathias Hecht SUI 00:50:55 04:53:26   DNF  
  Till Schramm GER 00:56:20 04:58:03   DNF  
  Nicolas Fernandez FRA 00:51:52 05:02:35   DNF  
  Ritchie Nicholls GBR 00:51:55 05:08:49   DNF  
  Markus Thomschke GER 00:54:03 05:12:16   DNF  
  Rinus Holvoet BEL 00:51:57 05:40:28   DNF  
  Martin Cain GBR 01:01:04 05:41:55   DNF  
  Herve Faure FRA 00:51:51     DNF  

Female Race Results

The fastest bike leg enabled Tine Deckers to repeat her 2012 win. Super-runner Caitlin Snow made things interesting in the second half of the run as she closed the distance to Tine down to 39 seconds. Lisa Roberts had a solid race across all disciplines and finished third.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Tine Deckers BEL 01:00:03 05:06:38 02:59:47 09:12:21 -17:35
2 Caitlin Snow USA 00:56:17 05:17:56 02:52:26 09:13:02 -14:08
3 Lisa Roberts USA 01:05:13 05:13:28 02:58:06 09:23:58 -13:34
4 Eimear Mullan IRL 01:00:25 05:22:00 03:11:08 09:39:53 -07:37
5 Katy Blakemore USA 00:55:30 05:35:50 03:12:17 09:49:55 07:31
6 Jeanne Collonge FRA 00:59:02 05:16:02 03:26:59 09:50:07 04:39
7 Alexandra Louison FRA 01:04:35 05:28:50 03:06:39 09:53:12 -12:29
8 Maria Lemeseva RUS 01:08:23 05:38:23 03:11:29 10:04:54 -18:25
9 Anne Basso FRA 00:56:47 05:39:00 03:23:49 10:07:39 -19:33
10 Molly Roohi USA 01:06:41 05:41:48 03:21:42 10:17:30 -04:49

Ironman Austria 2014 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Austria continues to be one of the fastest courses on the calendar, an adjustment of 25:24 leads to a new course rating of 19:32. Conditions were very similar to last year – a fast bike (adjustment of 10:40) followed by a similarly fast run (adjustment of 8:03). 

Male Race Results

Ivan Rana put down the foot on the bike with a 4:15 split, and followed it up with an equally impressive 2:43 run. The rest of the podium was a bit of a surprise with Christian Kramer and David Plese posting some more fast runs.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Ivan Rana ESP 00:44:36 04:15:57 02:43:43 07:48:43 -23:19
2 Christian Kramer GER 00:44:30 04:18:26 02:46:46 07:54:31 -24:29
3 David Plese SLO 00:49:57 04:23:52 02:44:06 08:02:54 -21:44
4 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 00:44:40 04:20:10 02:59:23 08:09:06 n/a
5 Marko Albert EST 00:44:19 04:36:06 02:47:49 08:12:57 -00:31
6 Anton Blokhin UKR 00:45:54 04:29:22 02:54:14 08:14:42 -20:06
7 Bert Jammaer BEL 00:45:59 04:29:24 02:56:30 08:16:36 -05:56
8 Michael Weiss AUT 00:50:04 04:24:11 02:57:53 08:17:42 13:31
9 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 00:46:00 04:29:16 02:58:59 08:19:04 -19:30
10 Alberto Casadei ITA 00:44:28 04:37:24 02:59:01 08:25:42 n/a
11 Gergö Molnar HUN 00:45:47 04:45:41 02:54:28 08:31:38 -16:14
12 Pontus Lindberg SWE 00:50:02 04:48:18 02:48:37 08:32:08 -03:33
13 Georg Swoboda AUT 00:53:56 04:33:02 03:00:51 08:33:30 -00:43
14 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 00:48:09 04:43:39 02:58:46 08:35:35 -32:20
15 Dominik Berger AUT 00:45:58 04:38:30 03:06:31 08:36:20 -04:24
16 Christian Birngruber AUT 00:50:00 04:41:59 03:02:03 08:39:17 n/a
17 Luiz Francisco Ferreira BRA 00:44:17 04:45:56 03:04:00 08:40:18 -06:49
18 Daniel Herlbauer AUT 00:50:51 04:41:23 03:03:14 08:40:28 n/a
19 Mario Fink AUT 00:50:02 04:43:07 03:02:34 08:41:07 -39:04
20 Samuel Huerzeler SUI 00:50:10 04:47:12 02:59:09 08:43:09 -18:15
21 Teemu Lemmettylae FIN 00:55:56 04:43:58 02:59:21 08:45:34 05:59
22 Thiago Vinhal BRA 00:46:03 04:58:26 02:53:54 08:46:16 09:42
23 Zoltan Senczyszyn GER 01:06:42 04:41:44 02:58:24 08:53:14 n/a
24 Denis Sketako SLO 00:57:45 04:42:30 03:09:59 08:55:17 n/a
25 Andi Fuchs AUT 00:52:41 04:45:36 03:12:42 08:56:21 01:49
26 Matic Modic SLO 00:53:13 04:51:48 03:05:59 08:56:58 n/a
27 Lukas Polan CZE 01:00:32 04:48:43 03:07:05 09:02:42 n/a
28 Michal Kulich SVK 00:59:16 05:00:56 02:58:37 09:06:20 06:03
29 Anders Lawaetz DEN 00:58:32 04:50:45 03:13:09 09:09:10 n/a
30 Martin Kleinl AUT 00:57:58 04:42:33 03:23:45 09:09:52 n/a
31 David Jilek CZE 00:55:12 04:47:20 03:24:44 09:13:35 n/a
32 Steve Clark GBR 00:55:31 04:54:56 03:18:05 09:14:52 n/a
33 Petr Vales CZE 00:59:21 05:00:38 03:19:31 09:25:52 n/a
34 Alberto Codinach ESP 00:52:36 04:47:55 03:48:57 09:34:47 n/a
35 Marc-Andre Hages GER 00:52:04 05:22:56 03:17:14 09:38:56 -11:02
36 Matthew Smith CZE 00:58:27 05:20:11 03:19:00 09:45:06 n/a
37 Robert Pingitzer AUT 00:57:54 04:45:44 04:24:18 10:14:22 n/a
38 Maksim Kalinin RUS 01:07:27 05:23:58 03:38:16 10:17:53 n/a
39 Ludovic Le Guellec FRA 00:56:50 05:16:30 03:58:31 10:18:04 41:12
40 Christian Funk GER 01:21:05 05:25:29 03:32:43 10:30:10 n/a
41 Martin Babusik SVK 01:06:33 05:25:38 03:56:33 10:41:52 n/a
42 Marek Nemcik SVK 01:07:06 05:33:06 04:39:46 11:30:57 04:49
43 Vincent Riess AUT 00:50:03 07:04:37 04:39:10 12:43:47 1:07:33
  Christoph Lorber AUT 00:50:56 04:42:33   DNF  
  Faris Al-Sultan GER 00:44:26     DNF  
  Daniel Halksworth GBR 00:44:32     DNF  
  Mike Aigroz SUI 00:46:32     DNF  
  Daniel Niederreiter AUT 00:49:54     DNF  
  Joerie Vansteelant BEL 00:53:02     DNF  
  Gerald Ratschke AUT 01:00:27     DNF  
  Roland Schlappal AUT 01:08:49     DNF  
  Josef Svoboda CZE 01:10:59     DNF  

Female Race Results

After erasing the swim deficit on the bike, Linsey Corbin’s win was never in doubt after she moved away from her competitors early in the run and posted a new course record. The first five of the women finished in sub-9, with Simone Brändli and Lisa Hütthaler taking up the remaining podium spots.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected
1 Linsey Corbin USA 00:53:02 04:47:02 02:56:52 08:42:42 -17:03
2 Simone Braendli SUI 00:45:51 04:57:15 03:01:14 08:49:16 -23:29
3 Lisa Huetthaler AUT 00:52:05 04:48:55 03:07:26 08:53:20 -36:20
4 Sofie Goos BEL 00:52:06 04:54:32 03:05:43 08:57:08 -16:23
5 Michi Herlbauer AUT 00:51:23 04:58:56 03:04:38 08:59:57 n/a
6 Erika Csomor HUN 00:56:03 04:47:50 03:16:34 09:05:42 -05:51
7 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 00:56:06 05:03:39 03:06:19 09:12:09 -27:52
8 Beate Goertz GER 01:00:28 04:58:22 03:20:52 09:25:25 -13:57
9 Michaela Rudolf AUT 01:00:42 05:00:13 03:24:30 09:30:31 01:36
10 Kelly Fillnow USA 00:59:40 05:18:12 03:18:15 09:42:49 -10:25
11 Linda Schuecker GER 01:01:19 05:11:37 03:27:18 09:46:01 -05:14
12 Celia Kuch GER 00:59:30 05:13:27 03:31:19 09:50:10 02:28
13 Edith Niederfriniger ITA 00:51:46 05:20:38 03:39:55 10:00:29 40:15

New Episode of IM-Predictions podcast: Interviews with Trevor Wurtele and Marko Albert

For the latest episode of the IM-Predictions podcast I’ve had the chance to talk with two great interview partners:

  • Trevor Wurtele took some time to chat about Team Wurtele and the chances of his wife Heather for IM Coeur d’Alene.
  • I’ve asked Marko Albert about the upcoming IM Austria and his general goals as a triathlete.
I think it’s a great listen, both in preparation for the races on June 29th, and about these interesting athletes in general.

TrevorMarko

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