Thorsten

Race Conditions

Austria is a fast course, and the bike and run times were as quick as any year. However, the swim was very slow this year (adjustment of -3:27 compared to swim rating of 1:54 before this year’s race) – about five minutes slower than normal! The non-wetsuit conditions may have had an influence, but five minutes seems a pretty large difference for that.

After the slower swim, Mirinda Carfrae made the most of the fast “on land” conditions – she missed the bike course record by only four minutes, then set a new run record of 2:49:06 and also a new overall course record of 8:41:17.

Male Race Results

The pre-race favorite, Marino Vanhoenacker had another great race in Austria – he remains unbeaten in Klagenfurt as the eight times winner.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	00:52:38	04:19:56	02:47:13	08:04:18	-04:43	US$ 14000
2	Viktor Zyemtsev	USA	00:52:49	04:32:36	02:39:57	08:09:54	-15:07	US$ 7000
3	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:52:39	04:32:39	02:42:58	08:13:53	-05:38	US$ 4500
4	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:56:16	04:21:04	02:51:57	08:14:45	-01:40	US$ 3000
5	Bart Aernouts	BEL	00:56:48	04:28:27	02:46:42	08:16:32	01:45	US$ 2500
6	Paul Reitmayr	AUT	00:52:42	04:24:08	02:58:34	08:19:52	n/a	US$ 2000
7	Denis Sketako	SLO	00:56:08	04:29:29	02:54:20	08:24:23	-31:19	US$ 1500
8	Matic Modic	SLO	00:56:55	04:41:32	02:46:11	08:29:39	-18:14	US$ 1250
9	Pavel Simko	SVK	00:55:27	04:33:04	03:04:37	08:38:14	n/a	US$ 1000
10	Bart Borghs	BEL	01:04:51	04:48:08	02:53:29	08:52:00	n/a	US$ 750
11	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:52:34	04:56:36	02:59:31	08:54:21	08:25
12	Lluis Vila aguilar	ESP	01:01:24	04:50:10	03:02:00	08:58:18	n/a
13	Michael Louys	BEL	01:08:23	04:40:08	03:07:12	09:02:02	-16:10
14	Christoph Schlagbauer	AUT	01:01:19	04:47:28	03:12:03	09:05:40	-1:18:49
15	Harri Sokk	EST	01:01:08	04:47:06	03:11:58	09:06:39	-05:38
16	Joan Capdevila	ESP	01:01:38	04:51:40	03:06:12	09:07:15	n/a
17	David Jilek	CZE	01:01:25	04:47:17	03:13:27	09:07:53	-21:55
18	Xavier Torrades	ESP	00:52:44	04:37:31	03:34:42	09:09:41	26:51
19	Nicholas Chase	USA	00:55:48	04:50:35	03:21:38	09:13:19	n/a
20	Vincent Riess	AUT	00:55:23	04:53:16	03:23:43	09:19:03	28:04
21	Juha Laitinen	FIN	01:08:29	04:56:26	03:07:01	09:19:05	-39:16
22	Gergö Molnar	HUN	00:52:45	04:46:05	03:37:37	09:21:31	30:36
23	Gili Oriol	ESP	01:01:29	05:01:35	03:19:38	09:29:04	-16:46
24	Stephan Trettin	GER	01:05:50	04:48:37	03:32:55	09:32:22	-25:40
25	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	01:02:30	05:20:18	03:23:16	09:54:29	00:19
26	Reinaldo De Oliveira	BRA	01:03:49	05:09:41	03:43:08	10:05:05	-03:55
27	Maximilian Gruber	AUT	01:16:24	05:16:33	03:33:18	10:13:22	n/a
28	Markus Mlinar	AUT	01:05:19	04:57:08	04:18:59	10:27:56	1:12:10
29	David Krupicka	CZE	01:09:00	05:09:49	04:02:32	10:28:58	n/a
30	Michal Jalovecky	CZE	01:08:55	05:45:42	03:29:41	10:30:45	04:53
31	Josef Svoboda	CZE	01:23:00	05:22:29	03:47:30	10:44:12	-58:01
32	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:16:12	05:46:03	04:04:33	11:15:12	-27:36
	Antony Costes	FRA	00:52:36	04:24:20		DNF
	Christian Birngruber	AUT	00:56:13	04:28:42		DNF
	Paul Ruttmann	AUT	01:01:33	04:36:48		DNF
	Andreas Fuchs	AUT	01:04:39	04:48:52		DNF
	Martin Kleinl	AUT	01:09:18	04:45:29		DNF
	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	00:55:36	05:00:38		DNF
	Ivan Jezko	SVK	01:05:02	04:52:47		DNF
	Albert Garces	ESP	01:11:03	05:03:11		DNF
	Oliver Simon	GBR	00:56:19			DNF
	Alen Kralj	SVN	01:02:11			DNF
	Santiago Abad de Agueda	ESP	01:05:20			DNF

A few Kona slots are safe after Austria: Bart Aernouts, Alessandro Degasperri and Michael Weiss should have enough points for a July slot.

Female Race Results

Karen Thibodeau was first out of the water, but Miranda Carfrae wasn’t too far behind. She had a great bike ride: the fastest of the day and in fact all of 2016 so far, only four minutes off the course record held by Diana Riesler from 2011. She then had one of the runs she is famous for: Her 2:49:06 marathon is of course a new record, the fastest of the year and a personal best for her. Only Chrissie Wellington has run faster than her with a 2:44:35 (Roth 2011) and a 2:48:54 (Roth 2010). Ronny’s total time of 8:41:17 is of course the fastest time of this year, a new course record and the 11th fastest time over the IM-distance. Rinny made a big statement that she’s still a force to reckon with in Kona and obviously very happy with her race.

With Michi Herlbauer (also going sub-9!) and Lisi Gruber two Austrians picked up the other podium spots.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	00:59:15	04:47:38	02:49:06	08:41:17	-14:32	US$ 14000
2	Michaela Herlbauer	AUT	00:59:14	04:53:47	02:59:22	08:57:23	-25:40	US$ 7000
3	Elisabeth Gruber	AUT	01:06:31	05:03:23	03:01:57	09:17:20	-03:58	US$ 4500
4	Amber Ferreira	USA	01:01:39	04:59:05	03:26:28	09:34:51	-02:37	US$ 3000
5	Michaela Rudolf	AUT	01:08:41	05:05:40	03:23:43	09:43:59	-00:48	US$ 2500
6	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	00:57:32	05:15:58	03:25:41	09:44:43	04:37	US$ 2000
7	Jana Candrova	CZE	01:12:51	05:14:52	03:34:09	10:08:36	-10:07	US$ 1500

Among the Austria finishers, only Mirinda Carfrae can plan for Kona: She validated her Automatic Qualifier slot.

(Photo Credit: Getty Images for Ironman)

Update June 28th: Miranda Carfrae has won IM Austria, so she is unlikely to race in Frankfurt.

Update June 28th: For the interesting back story of Caroline Livesey, please have a look at my profile on her.

Update July 1st: After the Pro Meeting, it’s clear that a number of athletes from the original startlist won’t be racing. I’ve crossed out all of those who have not signed in.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Normann Stadler (GER)	08:20:50	Lisa Bentley (CAN)	09:15:31
2006	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:13:40	Andrea Steinbecher (GER)	09:16:17
2007	Timo Bracht (GER)	08:09:15	Nicole Leder (GER)	09:04:11
2008	Chris McCormack (AUS)	07:59:55	Chrissie Wellington (GBR)	08:51:24
2009	Timo Bracht (GER)	07:59:15	Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)	08:58:08
2010	Andreas Raelert (GER)	08:05:15	Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)	09:04:27
2011	Faris Al-Sultan (GER)	08:13:50	Caroline Steffen (SUI)	09:12:13
2012	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:03:31	Caroline Steffen (SUI)	08:52:33
2013	Eneko Llanos (ESP)	07:59:58	Camilla Pedersen (DEN)	08:56:01
2014	Sebastian Kienle (GER)	07:55:14	Corinne Abraham (GBR)	08:52:40
2015	Jan Frodeno (GER)	07:49:48	Daniela Ryf (SUI)	08:51:00

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jan Frodeno	GER	00:46:02	04:08:43	02:50:49	07:49:48
2	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:50:03	04:11:07	02:56:44	08:01:39
3	Andi Boecherer	GER	00:46:56	04:14:05	02:58:14	08:03:49

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:52:46	04:47:50	03:06:06	08:51:00
2	Julia Gajer	GER	00:52:47	04:55:22	03:09:04	09:01:58
3	Caroline Steffen	SUI	00:52:42	04:58:52	03:16:26	09:11:55

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:49:48	Jan Frodeno	2015-07-05
Swim	overall	00:42:17	Jan Sibbersen	2004-07-12
Bike	overall	04:08:43	Jan Frodeno	2015-07-05
Run	overall	02:42:33	Timo Bracht	2008-07-06
Total	female	08:51:00	Daniela Ryf	2015-07-05
Swim	female	00:45:04	Amanda Stevens	2012-07-08
Bike	female	04:44:25	Natascha Badmann	2014-07-06
Run	female	02:57:13	Kristin Moeller	2013-07-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Germany is 11:53.

Race Adjustments for IM Germany

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	-03:26	00:41	04:40	-04:09	21	-03:26	00:41	04:40	-04:09
2006	12:14	n/a	n/a	n/a	21	04:24	00:41	04:40	-04:09
2007	20:42	01:41	14:05	04:59	35	09:50	01:11	09:23	00:25
2008	23:08	04:28	08:29	06:33	21 of 28	13:10	02:17	09:05	02:28
2009	17:33	02:56	13:26	-00:13	19 of 25	14:02	02:27	10:10	01:48
2010	08:27	00:46	04:58	01:02	30	13:06	02:07	09:08	01:38
2011	08:18	01:28	05:50	01:11	41	12:25	02:00	08:35	01:34
2012	09:31	03:13	04:27	00:45	37	12:03	02:11	07:59	01:27
2013	16:32	02:16	09:16	05:09	69	12:33	02:11	08:09	01:55
2014	12:34	01:59	13:41	01:46	39 of 56	12:33	02:10	08:46	01:54
2015	05:12	-00:29	08:34	-02:32	32 of 44	11:53	01:54	08:45	01:27

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Germany is a P-4000 race and the winners receive an Automatic Qualifier slot. It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$.

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Daniela Ryf	SUI	08:46:44	08:59:41	00:50:15	04:47:35	03:03:55	100% +0% -0% (5)	1
2	2	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	08:54:21	09:08:15	00:53:21	05:00:05	02:55:55	32% +20% -49% (13)	(3)
3	32	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	09:05:44	09:32:16	00:53:28	04:57:45	03:09:32	39% +61% -0% (2)	(35)
4	8	Diana Riesler	GER	09:14:17	09:31:45	00:55:37	04:54:17	03:19:22	46% +14% -40% (18)	32
5	4	Kristin Moeller	GER	09:16:01	09:35:55	01:00:27	05:09:43	03:00:51	83% +15% -2% (17)	40
6	23	Astrid Stienen	GER	09:22:04	09:46:33	00:56:11	05:00:11	03:20:42	54% +15% -31% (8)	62
7	6	Daniela Saemmler	GER	09:23:10	09:40:22	00:53:09	05:04:09	03:20:52	85% +0% -15% (7)	49
8	33	Emma Bilham	SUI	09:23:55	09:48:12	00:52:41	05:09:03	03:17:11	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(65)
9	25	Katja Konschak	GER	09:29:51	09:59:46	00:50:08	05:19:26	03:15:17	51% +25% -24% (15)	89
10	5	Natascha Schmitt	GER	09:31:11	10:11:37	00:51:41	05:19:17	03:15:14	36% +16% -48% (5)	111
11	12	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	09:36:13	09:45:48	00:58:44	05:12:05	03:20:23	76% +24% -0% (9)	61
12	22	Bianca Steurer	AUT	09:36:29	09:53:23	00:56:02	05:15:36	03:19:51	74% +26% -0% (4)	77
13	27	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	09:36:31	09:57:37	00:52:54	05:16:08	03:22:28	30% +23% -46% (6)	84
14	24	Verena Walter	GER	09:38:18	10:02:37	00:57:21	05:09:29	03:26:28	53% +29% -18% (5)	94
15	7	Evi Neuscheler	GER	09:38:32	09:55:05	01:01:03	05:05:03	03:27:25	60% +40% -0% (3)	(80)
16	10	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	09:43:39	10:17:00	00:53:41	05:19:02	03:25:56	39% +35% -26% (9)	119
17	14	Katharina Grohmann	GER	09:44:32	10:05:32	01:07:59	05:12:03	03:19:30	100% +0% -0% (11)	100
18	19	Caroline Livesey	GBR	09:48:44	10:08:45	00:58:33	05:15:25	03:29:45	61% +0% -39% (6)	106
19	26	Mariana Andrade	BRA	09:50:16	10:17:33	00:58:04	05:14:04	03:33:08	14% +49% -37% (11)	124
20	13	Christine Fletcher	CAN	09:57:34	10:10:32	00:56:42	05:19:25	03:36:27	92% +8% -0% (20)	109
21	17	Petra Krejcova	CZE	09:59:14	10:25:02	01:00:50	05:33:11	03:20:12	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(151)
22	9	Celia Kuch	GER	10:01:26	10:19:42	01:01:38	05:18:07	03:36:41	79% +21% -0% (17)	132
23	16	Helena Herrero Gomez	ESP	10:06:14	10:30:23	00:58:33	05:42:18	03:20:23	25% +0% -75% (5)	160
24	29	Nicole Woysch	GER	10:07:46	10:54:33	00:55:54	05:16:16	03:50:36	22% +3% -75% (21)	(174)
25	28	Nina Kuhn	GER	10:09:26	10:35:41	00:59:08	05:28:28	03:36:50	62% +0% -38% (2)	(167)
26	18	Angela Kuehnlein	GER	10:11:22	10:29:50	01:00:19	05:31:55	03:34:08	34% +27% -39% (5)	158
	15	Lotty Harari	PAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	51	Sebastian Kienle	GER	08:00:16	08:14:29	00:48:15	04:14:21	02:52:41	85% +12% -3% (11)	3
2	53	Andi Boecherer	GER	08:05:01	08:32:01	00:45:14	04:16:44	02:58:04	58% +39% -3% (12)	27
3	55	Bas Diederen	NED	08:08:01	08:30:09	00:45:55	04:23:46	02:53:19	42% +10% -48% (15)	22
4	60	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	08:10:13	08:30:56	00:45:24	04:30:23	02:49:27	56% +14% -31% (13)	(24)
5	56	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	08:11:14	08:27:01	00:45:57	04:27:30	02:52:47	14% +63% -23% (11)	16
6	112	Eneko Llanos	ESP	08:12:39	08:23:10	00:46:14	04:22:39	02:58:46	90% +0% -10% (24)	8
7	90	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:18:24	08:32:17	00:52:25	04:23:07	02:57:52	89% +11% -0% (13)	28
8	72	Christian Kramer	GER	08:20:53	08:38:43	00:45:49	04:30:47	02:59:17	72% +6% -22% (17)	53
9	62	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:23:32	08:36:57	00:45:20	04:36:20	02:56:52	32% +12% -55% (8)	46
10	69	Joe Gambles	AUS	08:23:57	08:40:16	00:46:53	04:32:54	02:59:10	44% +7% -50% (7)	(56)
11	59	Marko Albert	EST	08:25:34	08:36:12	00:45:25	04:33:42	03:01:27	91% +6% -3% (14)	42
12	97	Victor Del Corral	ESP	08:26:28	08:34:42	00:53:44	04:36:06	02:51:38	70% +0% -30% (13)	39
13	115	Igor Amorelli	BRA	08:27:12	08:46:09	00:46:03	04:33:37	03:02:31	41% +15% -44% (9)	74
14	58	Johann Ackermann	GER	08:27:16	08:58:33	00:47:05	04:30:52	03:04:19	26% +0% -74% (6)	(115)
15	94	Marc Duelsen	GER	08:27:31	08:46:01	00:50:09	04:32:57	02:59:25	60% +0% -40% (6)	(72)
16	116	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	08:29:41	08:45:10	00:45:58	04:41:34	02:57:09	62% +0% -38% (11)	(70)
17	61	Alberto Casadei	ITA	08:31:58	08:48:52	00:45:53	04:42:46	02:58:19	38% +16% -46% (7)	83
18	96	Anton Blokhin	UKR	08:35:14	08:57:29	00:47:13	04:39:45	03:03:16	56% +3% -42% (19)	112
19	67	Herve Faure	FRA	08:35:46	08:50:23	00:49:29	04:38:02	03:03:15	45% +0% -55% (8)	(88)
20	70	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	08:36:37	08:55:54	00:51:54	04:36:51	03:02:52	35% +25% -40% (9)	105
21	85	Pascal Ramali	GER	08:36:51	09:04:29	00:56:57	04:31:01	03:03:52	49% +0% -51% (2)	(146)
22	117	Markus Thomschke	GER	08:37:14	08:57:39	00:51:25	04:32:26	03:08:22	62% +12% -26% (15)	113
23	87	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	08:41:00	09:03:26	00:48:03	04:41:30	03:06:26	53% +0% -47% (2)	(138)
24	109	Gudmund Snilstveit	NOR	08:41:33	08:59:30	00:54:57	04:34:15	03:07:21	61% +28% -11% (7)	122
25	111	Christian Brader	GER	08:41:36	08:54:08	00:54:20	04:43:57	02:58:19	84% +6% -10% (32)	97
26	104	Roman Deisenhofer	GER	08:43:12	09:05:52	00:51:16	04:37:03	03:09:53	38% +62% -0% (4)	152
27	120	Bertrand Billard	FRA	08:44:43	09:09:16	00:47:37	04:35:24	03:16:42	9% +17% -73% (7)	163
28	78	Matic Modic	SLO	08:44:54	09:04:24	00:53:13	04:42:02	03:04:39	47% +39% -13% (6)	144
29	95	Mike Schifferle	SUI	08:45:13	09:02:15	00:57:54	04:39:38	03:02:41	84% +12% -4% (54)	130
30	68	Marton Flander	HUN	08:45:59	09:08:38	00:47:32	04:55:17	02:58:10	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(161)
31	80	Julian Mutterer	GER	08:47:05	09:09:47	00:50:07	04:48:11	03:03:47	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(166)
32	86	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	08:49:05	09:11:52	00:46:52	04:50:28	03:06:45	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(175)
33	121	Ivan Risti	ITA	08:51:27	09:06:43	00:47:39	04:47:41	03:11:07	77% +0% -23% (5)	154
34	114	Will Clarke	GBR	08:52:22	09:20:51	00:48:30	04:40:17	03:18:36	37% +0% -63% (2)	(198)
35	79	Gergö Molnar	HUN	08:53:51	09:08:36	00:48:27	04:47:39	03:12:45	58% +0% -42% (6)	160
36	92	Denis Sketako	SLO	08:57:28	09:17:42	00:56:11	04:44:23	03:11:54	100% +0% -0% (2)	(194)
37	119	Michael Davidson	ZAF	08:58:39	09:13:32	00:54:43	04:50:54	03:08:01	54% +0% -46% (4)	179
38	65	Hywel Davies	GBR	09:08:26	09:24:30	00:57:44	04:51:17	03:14:24	95% +5% -0% (6)	(206)
39	75	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:11:33	09:37:20	00:51:38	04:55:42	03:19:14	18% +7% -75% (8)	241
40	71	Ivan Jezko	SVK	09:12:21	09:43:49	00:57:39	04:52:49	03:16:53	39% +33% -28% (9)	254
41	74	Michael Louys	BEL	09:15:03	09:35:44	00:59:56	04:49:47	03:20:20	55% +15% -30% (7)	238
42	110	Thomas Bosch	GER	09:18:47	09:42:50	00:57:32	04:59:28	03:16:47	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(252)
43	82	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	09:20:37	09:57:49	00:59:20	04:59:04	03:17:12	22% +32% -46% (4)	(272)
44	118	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	09:20:54	09:38:41	00:56:10	04:47:39	03:32:06	73% +25% -1% (14)	246
45	84	Alfred Rahm	GER	09:27:15	09:50:54	01:02:06	04:58:10	03:21:59	60% +1% -40% (17)	263
46	113	Lukas Polan	CZE	09:30:04	09:56:55	01:00:12	04:59:39	03:25:12	30% +15% -55% (9)	271
47	73	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	09:32:29	10:13:14	00:59:17	05:13:05	03:15:07	56% +5% -39% (18)	285
48	107	David Jilek	CZE	09:33:15	09:53:28	00:57:29	04:57:06	03:33:39	74% +0% -26% (5)	266
49	83	Gilian Oriet	SUI	09:37:53	09:54:53	00:55:39	05:01:05	03:36:09	26% +12% -62% (9)	268
50	66	Vincent Depuiset	FRA	09:38:52	09:59:28	01:06:36	05:05:10	03:22:06	66% +15% -19% (7)	276
51	91	Remmert Wielinga	NED	10:00:03	10:52:28	01:10:06	04:57:28	03:47:29	7% +11% -82% (6)	(298)
52	89	Michal Volejnik	CZE	10:54:41	11:22:52	01:01:30	05:16:11	04:32:00	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(303)
53	81	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:26:49	12:04:43	01:09:16	05:38:51	04:33:42	39% +20% -41% (33)	303
	63	Maciej Chmura	POL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	77	Rayco Marrero Avero	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	88	Kevin Thewes	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	98	Olivier Esser	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	99	David Krupicka	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	105	Alexander Schilling	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	106	Youri Severin	NED	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	108	Petr Bednar	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	122	Timo Moeschk	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

KPR Situation

Female Race Participants

Similar to Sebi, all Daniela needs to make it to Kona is to finish an Ironman. As there are only 28 July slots for the women, they need about 4.500 points to qualify.

Emma Bilham (3.515) and Bianca Steuerer (3.235) are the best placed athletes, they should be okay with a sixth place. Dimity-Lee Duke already has five results, so even with her 3.330 points she needs to finish fifth – as do Kristin Möller and Diana Riesler. Daniela Sämmler (2.400) and Verena Walter (2.510) are looking for a fourth place. The next group needs a podium finish – Mariana Andrade, Katharina Grohmann, Caroline Livesey, Natascha Schmitt and Astrid Stienen all have between 2.100 and 1.500 points.

Male Race Participants

Before Frankfurt, a lot of athletes are looking to score well in order to get the points needed to qualify. Eneko Llanos is the only athlete who is already safe for Kona, he wants to race Frankfurt to work on his race plan. Sebastian Kienle, Tim O’Donnell and probably Andi Boecherer just need an Ironman finish in order to be eligible for a July slot.

Next up is a group of athletes that are close to the projected cutoff of 3.500 points: Michael Weiss (3.470) and Markus Thomschke (3.130) are closest but already have five results. Similar to Marko Albert (3.095) they should be okay with a 9th place (855 points). The French group of Jeremy Jurkiewicz, Bertrand Billard and Denis Chevrot are around 2.400 points, they have to look for a seventh place (1.335 points). There is another group around 2.000 points (Christian Kramer who also has five results already, Victor Del Corral, Joe Gambles, Clemente Alsonso) they probably need a 6th or better (1.670).

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

Mirinda Carfrae is on the startlist, but probably only as a backup for Austria the week before. Therefore a showdown with Kona champion Daniela Ryf will likely have to wait until October. Even with Rinny on the start line, Dani is the clear favorite and if she is anywhere close to last year’s form, there is no doubt that she will continue her winning streak. If anyone is going to challenge her, it could be Mel Hauschildt. She has been injured for some time, she is rumored to be in a really good bike shape and hopefully she’ll be able to run well on race day.

After last year’s second place by Julia Gajer, a lot of German women are eying the podium: Diana Riesler didn’t have a good race at Lanzarote, Kristin Möller still needs more points after a fifth place in Brasil, Astrid Stienen has had a long focused build towards Frankfurt this year and Daniela Sämmler wants to show that her win at IM Mallorca was just a step on her way to Kona.

• Daniela Ryf: 45% (1-1)
• Mirinda Carfrae: 30% (2-1)
• Diana Riesler: 8% (11-1)
• Melissa Hauschildt: 8% (12-1)

Male Race Participants

Sebastian Kienle, 2014 winner of IM Frankfurt and IM Hawaii, is back in Frankfurt to reclaim the first of the titles he lost to Jan Frodeno last year. Sebi is the favorite going into the race but he faces strong competition. Last year Andi Boecherer had a great race to finish in third, this year his prep races have been going well and he seems to be ready to challenge Sebi. Tim O’Donnell is an interesting addition to the field – after his second place in Kona he wants to show he can race well against the Germans in their home country. Bas Diederen has raced well in Frankfurt a number of times, and the 2013 champion Eneko Llanos has hopefully figured out his stomach issues on the run. I’m be pretty sure that it’s going to take at least a sub-8 finish to win the race – even if Frodo’s course record from last year will be hard to beat.

• Sebastian Kienle: 45% (1-1)
• Andi Boecherer: 18% (4-1)
• Clemente Alonso McKernan: 12% (8-1)
• Bas Diederen: 8% (11-1)
• Timothy O’Donnell: 7% (14-1)
• Eneko Llanos: 3% (30-1)

Update June 16th: Shortly after the startlist was published, Natascha Badmann told the organizers she won’t be racing as she is still recovering from a crash at 70.3 Pescara.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Raynard Tissink (ZAF)	08:14:37	Katherine Allen (AUT)	09:07:04
2006	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:07:59	Rebecca Preston (AUS)	09:12:09
2007	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:06:39	Edith Niederfriniger (ITA)	09:08:45
2008	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:06:11	Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)	08:47:26
2009	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	08:01:38	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	08:50:13
2010	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	07:52:05	Eva Dollinger (AUT)	09:18:50
2011	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	07:45:58	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	08:43:34
2012	Faris Al-Sultan (GER)	08:11:31	Linsey Corbin (USA)	09:09:58
2013	Andreas Raelert (GER)	07:59:51	Erika Csomor (HUN)	08:59:31
2014	Ivan Rana (ESP)	07:48:43	Linsey Corbin (USA)	08:42:42
2015	Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	07:48:45	Eva Wutti (AUT)	08:45:37

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	00:46:40	04:11:47	02:45:53	07:48:45
2	Michael Weiss	AUT	00:51:52	04:20:57	02:48:18	08:06:59
3	Ivan Rana	ESP	00:46:36	04:32:55	02:44:27	08:08:25

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Eva Wutti	AUT	00:52:39	04:53:57	02:54:42	08:45:37
2	Lisa Huetthaler	AUT	00:52:45	04:53:41	03:11:43	09:02:46
3	Sarah Piampiano	USA	00:56:59	05:00:09	03:00:12	09:03:10

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:45:58	Marino Vanhoenacker	2011-07-03
Swim	overall	00:42:54	Bart Colpaert	2013-06-30
Bike	overall	04:11:47	Marino Vanhoenacker	2015-06-28
Run	overall	02:39:24	Marino Vanhoenacker	2011-07-03
Total	female	08:42:42	Linsey Corbin	2014-06-29
Swim	female	00:45:51	Simone Braendli	2014-06-29
Bike	female	04:43:50	Diana Riesler	2011-07-03
Run	female	02:54:42	Eva Wutti	2015-06-28

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Austria is 18:45.

Race Adjustments for IM Austria

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2006	16:23	02:21	05:39	03:10	39	16:23	02:21	05:39	03:10
2007	14:39	02:24	15:21	02:20	32	15:31	02:22	10:30	02:45
2008	22:57	02:15	14:00	05:55	39	18:00	02:20	11:40	03:48
2009	22:11	01:16	14:53	03:56	37	19:02	02:04	12:28	03:50
2010	17:33	00:53	10:38	02:04	36	18:44	01:50	12:06	03:29
2011	26:23	02:07	14:54	09:46	31	20:01	01:53	12:34	04:32
2012	06:40	-03:09	12:13	-00:11	30	18:07	01:10	12:31	03:51
2013	23:40	05:41	12:33	05:39	60	18:48	01:43	12:31	04:05
2014	20:04	03:01	10:57	07:44	56 of 65	18:57	01:52	12:21	04:29
2015	16:59	02:15	10:10	06:10	32 of 46	18:45	01:54	12:08	04:39

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Austria is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	07:52:13	08:24:35	00:46:54	04:12:30	02:47:50	46% +18% -37% (21)	10
2	8	Michael Weiss	AUT	08:07:27	08:32:17	00:51:52	04:17:59	02:52:36	89% +11% -0% (13)	28
3	3	Bart Aernouts	BEL	08:12:17	08:30:40	00:50:07	04:28:40	02:48:30	75% +0% -25% (8)	(23)
4	6	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	08:17:17	08:35:24	00:50:11	04:34:42	02:47:25	81% +0% -19% (6)	41
5	4	David Plese	SLO	08:17:56	08:41:23	00:50:33	04:30:16	02:52:07	73% +5% -22% (16)	59
6	2	Viktor Zyemtsev	USA	08:19:42	08:40:52	00:49:25	04:35:19	02:49:58	74% +0% -26% (18)	57
7	53	Daniel Fontana	ITA	08:19:49	08:49:07	00:47:06	04:31:54	02:55:50	42% +0% -58% (11)	(84)
8	56	Michael Raelert	GER	08:20:46	08:47:46	00:46:08	04:33:07	02:56:31	11% +20% -69% (4)	(77)
9	10	Alberto Casadei	ITA	08:23:56	08:48:52	00:45:34	04:37:36	02:55:46	38% +16% -46% (7)	83
10	54	Mike Aigroz	SUI	08:25:25	08:50:54	00:46:38	04:33:56	02:59:50	51% +3% -46% (21)	90
11	21	Matthias Knossalla	GER	08:32:21	09:03:09	01:01:53	04:27:15	02:58:13	29% +71% -0% (2)	(137)
12	5	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	08:33:15	08:58:46	00:51:43	04:38:41	02:57:51	45% +32% -23% (9)	117
13	47	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	08:34:20	08:53:05	00:46:14	04:39:14	03:03:52	26% +32% -42% (14)	95
14	44	Matic Modic	SLO	08:35:24	09:04:24	00:52:32	04:37:37	03:00:15	47% +39% -13% (6)	144
15	13	Vincent Riess	AUT	08:35:32	09:19:38	00:52:32	04:47:33	02:50:27	11% +0% -89% (5)	(196)
16	9	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	08:37:26	09:02:59	00:46:50	04:50:27	02:55:09	85% +0% -15% (10)	134
17	29	Gergö Molnar	HUN	08:38:17	09:08:36	00:47:24	04:42:16	03:03:36	58% +0% -42% (6)	160
18	57	Daniel Herlbauer	AUT	08:39:51	09:19:49	00:51:27	04:38:18	03:05:06	41% +0% -59% (4)	(197)
19	27	Xavier Torrades	ESP	08:41:18	09:05:35	00:47:36	04:45:17	03:03:26	100% +0% -0% (2)	(152)
20	30	Jose Luis Villanueva	ESP	08:42:11	09:08:28	00:56:38	04:45:41	02:54:51	38% +8% -54% (13)	(159)
21	11	Christian Birngruber	AUT	08:43:59	09:13:35	00:50:06	04:36:43	03:12:10	74% +0% -26% (3)	(180)
22	14	Andreas Fuchs	AUT	08:44:34	09:17:11	00:53:45	04:31:12	03:14:37	76% +0% -24% (9)	(192)
23	32	Freddy Lampret	ZAF	08:47:46	09:36:27	00:50:36	04:39:29	03:12:41	1% +46% -52% (8)	239
24	43	Antony Costes	FRA	08:50:06	09:25:10	00:47:16	04:32:21	03:25:29	47% +0% -53% (2)	(207)
25	48	Denis Sketako	SLO	08:51:14	09:17:42	00:56:49	04:40:04	03:09:21	100% +0% -0% (2)	(194)
26	45	Nicolas Hemet	FRA	08:52:57	09:14:25	00:53:46	04:43:44	03:10:27	42% +0% -58% (6)	183
27	35	Oliver Simon	GBR	09:03:20	09:33:09	00:47:20	04:44:33	03:26:27	67% +0% -33% (11)	229
28	38	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:04:23	09:37:20	00:51:36	04:52:03	03:15:45	18% +7% -75% (8)	241
29	31	Ivan Jezko	SVK	09:06:23	09:43:49	00:57:33	04:50:48	03:13:02	39% +33% -28% (9)	254
30	20	Michael Louys	BEL	09:09:35	09:35:44	01:00:14	04:47:30	03:16:51	55% +15% -30% (7)	238
31	40	Harri Sokk	EST	09:10:08	09:29:51	00:56:42	04:38:11	03:30:15	100% +0% -0% (3)	220
32	17	Markus Mlinar	AUT	09:12:27	09:58:31	00:53:47	04:52:07	03:21:33	24% +0% -76% (3)	(274)
33	58	Martin Kleinl	AUT	09:13:15	09:47:35	00:59:11	04:41:42	03:27:23	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(259)
34	50	David Jilek	CZE	09:14:48	09:53:28	00:56:21	04:50:02	03:23:25	74% +0% -26% (5)	266
35	16	Armin Atzlinger	AUT	09:17:12	09:46:48	00:55:08	05:06:47	03:10:17	100% +0% -0% (2)	(258)
36	55	Lukas Polan	CZE	09:19:15	09:56:55	01:00:12	04:56:16	03:17:47	30% +15% -55% (9)	271
37	28	Gili Oriol	ESP	09:21:37	10:10:17	00:53:28	04:48:56	03:34:14	49% +51% -0% (2)	(284)
38	49	Juha Laitinen	FIN	09:31:15	10:16:40	01:02:47	05:02:47	03:20:42	9% +30% -61% (6)	287
39	24	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	09:34:21	10:13:14	00:58:49	05:09:22	03:21:09	56% +5% -39% (18)	285
40	26	Stephan Trettin	GER	09:55:14	10:29:02	00:59:08	05:04:46	03:46:20	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(290)
41	37	Reinaldo De Oliveira	BRA	09:58:56	10:41:03	00:59:38	05:10:54	03:43:24	10% +0% -90% (6)	(294)
42	42	Michal Jalovecky	CZE	10:12:28	10:46:02	00:59:35	05:41:35	03:26:19	67% +0% -33% (3)	296
43	22	Santiago Abad de Agueda	ESP	10:15:14	10:50:10	01:01:16	05:13:57	03:55:02	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(298)
44	15	Christoph Schlagbauer	AUT	10:20:27	10:55:41	00:57:21	04:50:40	04:27:26	58% +0% -42% (2)	(299)
45	34	Josef Svoboda	CZE	11:01:30	12:09:58	01:09:18	05:38:35	04:08:37	39% +12% -49% (13)	304
46	33	Marek Nemcik	SVK	11:16:19	12:04:43	01:08:28	05:34:07	04:28:43	39% +20% -41% (33)	303
	7	Paul Reitmayr	AUT	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	12	Paul Ruttmann	AUT	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	18	Lluis Vila aguilar	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	19	Maximilian Gruber	AUT	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	23	Bart Borghs	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	25	Joan Capdevila	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	36	Albert Garces	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	39	Nicholas Chase	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	41	Pavel Simko	SVK	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	46	Alen Kralj	SVN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	51	David Krupicka	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

As it’s getting closer to the July cutoff, there are a number of athletes looking to secure KPR points to qualify in the July cutoff (projected cutoff at 3.500 points):

• Bart Aernouts has enough points (4.325) but needs an Ironman finish.
• Mauro Bartsch should already be safe for Kona (4.025 points).
• With David Plese (3415), Alessandro Degasperi (3320), Michael Weiss (3415) and Antony Costes (3120) there are four athletes “on the bubble”, if they can add a few more points they should be able to secure a July slot. A result somewhere between 7th = 405 points and 19th = 120 should be enough for them.
• Harry Wiltshire (2875) and Mike Aigroz (2480) need to finish in the Top3 to secure enough points.
• Michael Raelert (3220) had to cancel his start at IM France because of an injury, so it’s unclear if he’ll be able to race. He needs an Ironman finish to be eligible for a Kona slot, and a Top7 result should be enough for him to qualify.

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	61	Mirinda Carfrae	AUS	08:47:25	09:08:15	00:53:18	04:56:19	02:52:48	32% +20% -49% (13)	(3)
2	63	Michaela Herlbauer	AUT	09:08:32	09:40:32	00:52:33	05:02:54	03:08:05	48% +0% -52% (4)	50
3	65	Elisabeth Gruber	AUT	09:11:12	09:39:12	00:59:11	05:01:14	03:05:47	100% +0% -0% (5)	45
4	62	Natascha Badmann	SUI	09:17:50	09:39:17	00:59:40	04:55:43	03:17:27	42% +0% -58% (17)	46
5	70	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	09:22:22	09:51:50	00:59:30	05:11:08	03:06:43	47% +53% -0% (6)	72
6	68	Amber Ferreira	USA	09:28:08	09:55:55	00:54:26	05:08:44	03:19:58	40% +31% -30% (13)	82
7	64	Bianca Steurer	AUT	09:29:26	09:53:23	00:55:25	05:12:12	03:16:49	74% +26% -0% (4)	77
8	73	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	09:35:41	09:58:48	00:52:10	05:17:57	03:20:34	59% +0% -41% (10)	87
9	66	Michaela Rudolf	AUT	09:36:50	10:03:31	01:01:57	05:04:34	03:25:19	100% +0% -0% (6)	95
10	67	Angela Kuehnlein	GER	10:03:25	10:29:50	01:00:17	05:27:47	03:30:21	34% +27% -39% (5)	158
11	69	Jana Candrova	CZE	10:06:00	10:38:19	01:02:22	05:24:16	03:34:21	54% +4% -42% (13)	169
12	71	Frankie Sanjana	GBR	10:28:14	11:03:55	01:03:48	05:29:25	03:50:01	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(177)

Because the women have fewer slots, they will have to score about 4.500 points for a July slot. There are not too many athletes in the female field concerned about qualifying:

• Mirinda Carfrae just needs a “competitive finish” to validate her Automatic Qualifier slot.
• Bianca Steuer has 3235 points, she needs a Top3 result to get to the cutoff.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Seven-time winner and course record holder Marino Vanhoenacker is back to defend his title, he has made it clear that his focus for this year is on a good Austria result. If he is on form, he’ll be hard to beat. If Marino runs into problems, watch out for Bart Aernouts. Bart is a fantastic runner who has been struggling a bit to put together a good Ironman result for some time. He has posted one of the fastest runs with a 2:37 marathon at IM France 2013 when he had an epic battle with Fredrik Van Lierde.

• Marino Vanhoenacker: 64% (1-1)
• Michael Weiss: 16% (5-1)
• Bart Aernouts: 7% (13-1)
• Daniel Fontana: 4% (22-1)

Female Race Participants

There can’t be any doubt that Miranda Carfrae is the clear favorite on the women’s side. Outside of Kona she hasn’t always had the best results, but after her DNF in Kona last year I would guess that she wants to show to Daniela Ryf that she is still someone to be concerned about. The big question is how big of a statement Rinny can make – a few potential goals for her:

• Austria Course Record: 8:42:42 by Linsey Corbin 2014
• Rinny’s PR (also Australian Record): 8:38:53 at Roth 2014
• Fastest “WTC IM”: Chrissie Wellington 8:33:56 South Africa 2011
• Fastest Ironman-distance: Chrissie Wellington 8:18:13 Roth 2011

Here are the odds for the female race:

• Mirinda Carfrae: 61% (1-1)
• Elisabeth Gruber: 14% (6-1)
• Michaela Herlbauer: 10% (9-1)
• Natascha Badmann: 7% (14-1)
• Amber Ferreira: 4% (21-1)

Race Conditions

Similar to last year, Challenge Denmark was a quick race with the new course rating of 20:09, mainly because of a fast bike course.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Chris Fischer	DEN	00:50:52	04:25:00	02:53:54	08:14:25	-06:56	EUR 6000
2	Matthias Knossalla	GER	00:59:30	04:18:24	02:55:28	08:19:04	-27:48	EUR 3900
3	Anders Christensen	DEN	00:50:45	04:31:45	03:02:09	08:29:25	00:44	EUR 2750
4	David Naesvik	SWE	00:50:57	04:29:57	03:07:54	08:33:30	00:08	EUR 1900
5	Lars Vold	NOR	00:50:50	04:36:17	03:03:00	08:34:33	n/a	EUR 1500
6	Graeme Stewart	GBR	00:49:14	04:46:57	02:59:17	08:40:49	-00:44	EUR 1200
7	Thijs Koelen	NED	00:50:58	04:42:34	03:15:33	08:53:45	14:45	EUR 1000

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Mirjam Weerd	NED	00:49:13	04:57:24	03:16:56	09:08:56	-07:38	EUR 6000
2	Anne Jensen	DEN	01:02:42	04:53:43	03:31:20	09:34:44	-21:10	EUR 3900
3	Frankie Sanjana	GBR	01:01:23	05:21:13	03:47:54	10:16:12	n/a	EUR 2750