Thorsten

Race Conditions

Similar to all the other summer races, conditions were typical for the course. Roth is still the fastest course (course rating of 19:07), and this year had an adjustment of 18:27.

Male Results

James Cunnama had a great comeback to long distance racing, beating race favorite Timo Bracht:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	James Cunnama	ZAF	00:47:41	04:29:34	02:40:06	07:59:59	08:29:33
2	Timo Bracht	GER	00:47:37	04:29:42	02:43:33	08:03:28	08:06:18
3	Mike Aigroz	SWI	00:47:29	04:29:49	02:48:09	08:08:01	08:27:00
4	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:47:37	04:31:50	02:47:30	08:10:05	08:11:11
5	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	00:47:24	04:32:15	02:50:52	08:13:01	08:32:27
6	Konstantin Bachor	GER	00:47:25	04:19:30	03:04:01	08:13:36	08:38:53
7	Dorian Wagner	GER	00:47:40	04:44:26	02:45:04	08:19:47	08:45:08
8	Georg Potrebitsch	GER	00:47:29	04:32:03	02:59:23	08:21:39	08:37:00
9	Per Bittner	GER	00:47:27	04:44:39	02:48:17	08:22:51	08:46:00
10	Felix Schumann	GER	00:47:34	04:44:21	02:59:30	08:34:14	08:31:06
11	Bernd Hagen	GER	00:53:18	04:48:45	02:54:52	08:40:21	08:47:25
12	Teemu Lemmettyla	FIN	00:55:54	04:46:48	02:54:23	08:40:48	08:56:51
13	Hans Nilsson	DEN	00:51:50	05:00:50	02:45:34	08:41:22	08:48:41
14	Dave Rost	NED	00:47:39	04:44:34	03:07:39	08:42:48	09:05:40
15	Christophe Bastie	FRA	00:50:44	04:41:11	03:12:36	08:47:32	08:34:49
16	Alvaro Velazquez	ESP	00:58:32	04:45:48	03:01:45	08:49:18	08:53:50
17	Bernd Eichhorn	GER	00:51:34	04:50:40	03:11:52	08:56:51	08:42:17
18	Paul Westwood	NZL	00:54:50	04:58:05	03:16:03	09:11:58	09:14:41
19	Lothar Leder	GER	00:50:37	05:07:48	03:12:16	09:14:08	08:44:12
20	Frank Reimann	GER	00:56:19	04:52:10	03:27:38	09:20:33	09:11:15
21	Swen Sundberg	GER	00:50:33	04:43:37	03:47:31	09:24:58	08:28:23
22	Andrej Orlicky	SVK	00:47:24	05:14:22	03:25:15	09:30:43	08:48:07
23	Justin Granger	AUS	00:50:30	05:00:11	03:55:28	09:49:45	09:02:56
24	Jan Kovalovsky	CZE	00:57:30	05:31:11	03:38:14	10:10:20	09:33:05
25	Jamie Whyte	NZL	00:47:32	05:10:50	04:33:13	10:36:38	08:36:10
26	Jan Strangmuller	USA	00:53:19	05:04:09	04:38:17	10:39:56	09:30:53
27	Damien Landon	FRA	00:50:27	05:22:03	04:23:29	10:40:03	09:28:57
28	Ain-Alar Juhanson	EST	01:08:57	05:34:53	05:54:05	12:44:52	08:41:54
29	Benjamin Sanson	FRA	00:45:58	08:02:08	05:25:35	14:20:20	09:06:21

Female Results

On the women’s side, Rachel Joyce put in another really fast race:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Rachel Joyce	GBR	00:47:37	04:54:37	02:59:53	08:45:04	09:04:31
2	Sonja Tajsich	GER	00:55:50	04:55:14	02:55:43	08:49:47	09:10:14
3	Gina Crawford	NZL	00:50:17	05:04:55	03:00:05	08:59:35	09:15:47
4	Britta Martin	NZL	00:55:41	04:56:46	03:05:35	09:01:10	09:32:05
5	Mirjam Weerd	NLD	00:50:11	04:56:07	03:12:35	09:02:39	09:35:28
6	Wenke Kujala	GER	00:56:31	05:03:41	03:21:51	09:25:19	09:46:53
7	Lucie Zelenkova	ZAF	00:47:31	05:05:30	03:30:24	09:26:20	09:17:36
8	Belinda Granger	AUS	00:50:33	05:07:13	03:24:57	09:26:48	09:22:57
9	Yvette Grice	GBR	00:53:15	05:16:16	03:18:31	09:31:53	09:57:14
10	Celia Kuch	NZL	00:58:31	05:09:39	03:22:08	09:34:20	10:05:43
11	Julia Bohn	GER	00:56:15	05:17:55	03:19:57	09:37:37	10:33:22
12	Michelle Bremer	NZL	00:55:14	05:16:08	03:23:24	09:38:23	09:15:19
13	Tamsyn Hayes	NZL	00:54:13	05:14:02	03:29:34	09:41:06	09:50:12
14	Rebecca Hoschke	AUS	00:56:26	05:16:16	03:30:21	09:46:41	09:25:39
15	Linda Schuecker	GER	00:58:17	05:10:08	03:36:58	09:48:14	10:22:45
16	Joanna Carritt	GBR	01:00:23	05:17:54	03:42:52	10:04:53	10:10:25
17	Jana Candrova	CZE	00:58:58	05:32:00	03:42:53	10:17:40	10:06:49
18	Aline Choretier	FRA	01:11:53	05:42:43	03:27:32	10:26:19	10:17:11
19	Heike Priess	GER	00:58:14	05:23:50	04:11:43	10:37:17	10:09:58
20	Anne Fallows	GBR	01:01:22	05:54:11	04:41:00	11:43:23	10:55:27

Race Conditions

A pretty small field in Bolton raced in typical conditions – race adjustment was 0:32 leading to a new course rating of 1:09.

Male Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Daniel Halksworth	GBR	00:47:56	05:00:23	03:03:20	08:55:11	08:58:04
2	Fraser Cartmell	GBR	00:48:15	04:59:30	03:15:45	09:07:00	08:53:45
3	Paul Hawkins	GBR	00:52:39	05:02:38	03:11:18	09:10:50	09:28:16
4	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	00:54:50	05:17:06	02:54:16	09:11:00	08:56:43
5	Martin Cain	GBR	00:54:53	05:07:18	03:24:09	09:30:48	n/a
6	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	00:59:17	05:10:56	03:23:18	09:38:03	09:45:59

Female Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Eimear Mullan	IRL	01:03:19	05:42:25	03:18:32	10:08:44	10:05:37
2	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:48:19	05:44:46	03:39:07	10:16:57	09:39:32
3	Annett Kamenz	GER	01:04:02	05:46:56	03:23:23	10:21:58	10:26:24
4	Kristin Baker	CAN	01:05:58	06:02:47	03:33:22	10:48:39	n/a
5	Bethan Fowler	GBR	01:05:33	06:30:27	04:04:18	11:46:16	n/a

Race Conditions

Again, a race with pretty typical conditions: Adjustment of 0:41, leading to a new course rating of –1:31.

Male Results

Andy Potts won in a very convincing fashion: Leading from wire to wire and posting the best swim, bike and run splits. The other main event was Pete Jacobs validating his Kona spot after recovering from injury – but he still has a bit of work to do before Kona.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Andy Potts	USA	00:45:01	04:42:33	02:52:55	08:25:07	08:32:23
2	Pete Jacobs	AUS	00:47:10	05:02:35	03:02:42	08:56:49	08:37:07
3	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:50:00	04:47:47	03:26:15	09:08:57	09:16:38
4	Matthew Russell	USA	01:02:06	04:57:35	03:10:50	09:16:43	09:03:11
5	Douglas Maclean	USA	01:00:05	05:18:48	03:08:48	09:33:25	09:49:53
6	Brad Seng	USA	00:58:03	05:26:07	03:04:30	09:34:36	09:18:18
7	Timothy Tapply	USA	00:58:46	05:27:34	03:04:30	09:36:13	n/a
8	Logan Franks	USA	00:58:38	05:16:58	03:14:45	09:37:03	09:54:40
9	Ryan Grant	CAN	00:59:56	05:12:56	04:05:58	10:24:14	11:19:31

Female Results

With Jessie Donovan one of the pre-race favorites managed to win her first Ironman race:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Jessie Donavan	USA	01:09:00	05:19:40	03:13:39	09:47:39	09:46:17
2	Jennie Hansen	USA	01:09:58	05:27:16	03:12:25	09:56:40	n/a
3	Jacqui Gordon	USA	01:02:05	05:32:09	03:28:46	10:08:28	10:14:08
4	Suzanne Serpico	USA	00:53:50	05:38:16	03:36:29	10:14:22	n/a
5	Kelly Fillnow	USA	01:06:33	05:35:20	03:31:51	10:19:49	n/a
6	Leslie Lamacchia	USA	01:06:27	05:47:21	03:36:28	10:36:55	n/a
7	Marie Danais	CAN	00:55:20	05:51:48	04:10:59	11:06:06	10:31:08

Race Conditions

There seemed to be quite some rain on race day, but the the adjustment of 11:04 was typical for Switzerland with a course rating of 11:48.

Male Results

Ronnie Schildknecht won another IM Switzerland, posting the best bike leg and a very solid run:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Ronnie Schildknecht	SWI	00:55:38	04:27:42	02:51:29	08:17:13	08:20:45
2	Jan Van Berkel	SUI	00:49:46	04:42:59	02:56:44	08:32:27	n/a
3	Mathias Hecht	SWI	00:50:24	04:42:50	03:05:36	08:42:08	08:30:20
4	Sergio Marques	PRT	00:55:40	04:54:05	02:50:45	08:43:12	08:53:14
5	Scott Defilippis	USA	00:59:04	05:00:12	02:43:52	08:46:42	09:12:40
6	Mike Schifferle	SUI	01:02:09	04:47:39	02:56:12	08:50:16	08:59:35
7	Trevor Delsaut	FRA	00:55:51	04:53:50	03:01:14	08:53:57	08:52:46
8	Rafael Wyss	SWI	01:04:54	04:44:02	03:02:36	08:54:33	09:05:03
9	Fabian Conrad	GER	00:55:44	04:54:07	03:05:16	08:57:50	08:46:38
10	Michael Wetzel	GER	00:59:07	04:52:52	03:06:57	09:01:31	09:05:55
11	Gabriele Mazzetta	ITA	00:55:39	04:55:43	03:08:19	09:03:33	n/a
12	Christian Brader	GER	00:59:31	04:59:57	03:01:40	09:04:00	08:49:15
13	Mario Fink	AUT	00:55:37	04:56:45	03:12:44	09:08:11	n/a
14	Ueli Bieler	SUI	01:08:06	04:55:16	03:04:23	09:11:52	09:10:35
15	Andreas Wolpert	GER	01:02:08	04:56:49	03:11:57	09:14:44	09:03:10
16	Remy Vasseur	NED	00:55:36	04:59:42	03:16:17	09:15:10	09:19:00
17	Kyle Marcotte	CAN	00:59:21	04:59:47	03:32:36	09:35:31	09:08:55
18	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	01:02:33	05:15:01	03:18:12	09:39:28	09:54:30
19	Manuel Küng	SUI	00:49:42	04:57:41	03:54:35	09:45:06	n/a
20	Daniel Pernold	AUT	01:03:28	05:16:43	03:22:15	09:46:55	n/a
21	Daniel Mueller	GER	00:55:17	05:21:05	03:41:29	10:01:50	09:19:20
22	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:14:23	06:20:49	04:06:31	11:49:01	11:56:19

Female Results

On the women’s side, Erica Csomor finally won in Switzerland for a second time:

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Erika Csomor	HUN	01:02:12	05:03:47	03:11:37	09:20:16	09:22:35
2	Bella Bayliss	GBR	00:59:45	05:05:26	03:16:50	09:25:54	09:31:25
3	Simone Braendli	SWI	00:55:27	05:08:00	03:23:53	09:30:58	09:55:11
4	Regula Rohrbach	SUI	01:02:11	05:03:25	03:26:23	09:35:10	09:49:18
5	Barbara Tesar	AUT	01:07:46	05:17:49	03:29:12	09:58:26	09:59:21
6	Stephanie Jones	USA	01:08:20	05:20:29	03:30:56	10:04:55	10:09:57
7	Kelly-Lynn Marcotte	CAN	00:59:16	05:29:08	03:46:16	10:18:40	n/a
8	Nikki Butterfield	BMU	01:03:22	05:03:10	04:13:06	10:22:29	n/a
9	Conny Dauben	GER	01:16:20	06:02:25	03:52:24	11:15:31	10:40:39

Race Conditions

Conditions seemed to be pretty typical for Germany: Adjustment was 13:10, leading to a new course rating of 12:19. It was cold and rainy in the morning (leading to a few bike crashes), but compared to last year (when Caroline Steffen struggled a lot with the rain on the run) it cleared for the run and was even sunny.

Male Results

After winning in Austria for a couple of years, Marino Vanhoenacker won in Frankfurt this year. Andreas Raelert didn’t have a great day, but he finished in a solid fourth place and validated his Kona spot.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	00:45:07	04:26:26	02:48:19	08:03:31	08:07:03
2	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:48:58	04:25:28	02:51:38	08:09:55	08:11:02
3	Clemente Alonso-McKernan	ESP	00:44:22	04:40:07	02:45:10	08:14:04	08:27:10
4	Andreas Raelert	GER	00:44:20	04:38:56	02:50:14	08:17:36	08:01:40
5	Jan Raphael	GER	00:44:21	04:37:56	02:52:02	08:18:17	08:26:48
6	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:44:18	04:43:17	02:51:44	08:23:24	08:30:30
7	Stephan Vuckovic	GER	00:46:55	04:40:36	02:59:32	08:31:37	08:32:28
8	Uwe Widmann	GER	00:46:28	04:40:29	03:05:57	08:37:40	08:32:05
9	Alejandro Santamaria	ESP	00:50:58	04:49:00	02:54:44	08:38:45	08:45:38
10	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:46:59	04:47:46	03:02:41	08:41:49	08:56:24
11	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:50:37	04:38:06	03:11:33	08:44:49	08:47:36
12	Mike Schifferle	SUI	00:58:09	04:47:23	02:53:06	08:45:12	08:58:16
13	Edo Van der Meer	NED	00:45:08	04:42:03	03:17:55	08:49:50	n/a
14	Alexander Grigoryev	RUS	00:48:46	04:50:02	03:08:29	08:52:52	n/a
15	Marcel Bischof	GER	00:52:38	04:49:14	03:07:41	08:54:57	09:19:33
16	Stephane Poulat	FRA	00:44:15	04:37:43	03:29:37	08:55:54	08:18:59
17	Jarda Brynda	CZE	00:48:18	04:54:55	03:14:54	09:02:36	09:15:59
18	Steven Osborne	GBR	00:52:24	05:12:47	02:56:43	09:07:08	09:47:44
19	Todd Israel	AUS	00:48:20	05:05:33	03:16:04	09:14:54	08:29:17
20	Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:47:22	05:11:28	03:22:02	09:25:54	09:14:45
21	Yu Shinozaki	JPN	00:52:40	05:05:26	03:52:44	09:55:10	n/a
22	Ivan Kharin	RUS	01:01:44	05:12:44	03:33:59	09:56:06	12:24:10
23	Sean Donnelly	GER	00:44:46	04:55:49	04:20:41	10:06:15	n/a
24	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:04:58	05:38:51	04:58:00	11:48:31	11:54:09

Female Results

Caroline Steffen put in another commanding race, coming very close to Chrissie Wellington’s course record.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Actual Time	Expected Time
1	Caroline Steffen	SUI	00:48:58	04:52:34	03:06:52	08:52:33	09:08:41
2	Anja Beranek	GER	00:48:39	04:54:50	03:18:06	09:05:41	09:51:03
3	Corinne Abraham	GBR	00:56:06	05:12:28	03:08:14	09:21:03	09:24:59
4	Susan Dietrich	GER	00:52:47	05:07:24	03:17:40	09:22:07	09:32:43
5	Sofie Goos	BEL	00:52:04	05:06:59	03:23:38	09:28:03	09:28:51
6	Mareen Hufe	GER	00:54:23	05:09:43	03:23:06	09:31:32	09:37:58
7	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:45:04	05:18:10	03:23:41	09:33:10	09:23:38
8	Heather Wurtele	CAN	00:50:56	05:21:57	03:23:53	09:42:10	09:15:47
9	Kristin Moeller	GER	00:58:52	05:30:34	03:09:12	09:43:48	09:35:16
10	Nina Pekerman	ISR	00:52:48	05:25:30	03:31:34	09:55:38	10:12:17
11	Maki Nishiuchi	JPN	00:52:29	05:39:58	03:56:33	10:35:44	10:07:13
12	Venla Koivula	FIN	00:57:13	05:26:59	04:13:02	10:42:15	n/a
13	Zeljka Saban	CRO	00:52:38	05:54:20	03:48:53	10:42:45	11:05:31

Anja Beranek (probably better known under her maiden name Anja Ippach) was the surprise of the race, pushing Caroline on the bike and refusing to crumble on the run. Heather Wurtele finished and validated her Kona spot, but only two weeks after her CdA disqualification she wasn’t fresh enough to finish higher than 8th.