IM France

Update May 21st:

• Added Manon Genet, Helena Herrero Gomez, Magali Tisseyre (WPRO), Bekim Christensen, Braden Currie, Scott Defilippis, Sebastien Jouffret, Matthew Leeman, Arland Macasieb, Bryan McCrystal, Gwenael Ouilleres (MPRO)
• Heather Jackson is not on the latest entry list

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Antony Costes	FRA	3915	2+2 (540/625)
Boris Stein	GER	3600	1+1
TJ Tollakson	USA	2575	1+2 (1600/435)
Romain Guillaume	FRA	2435	1+1
Andrej Vistica	CRO	2240	2+0
Braden Currie	NZL	2065	1+2 (340/640)
Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	1605	1+1
Giulio Molinari	ITA	1410	2+0
Markus Thomschke	GER	1390	1+2 (1280/25)
Scott Defilippis	USA	825	2+2 (230/50)
Domenico Passuello	ITA	770	0+2 (0/20)
Matthew Leeman	GBR	720	1+0
Pedro Gomes	POR	615	1+2 (540/30)
Albert Moreno Molins	ESP	515	1+2 (120/115)
Christian Brader	GER	250	1+1
Sebastien Jouffret	FRA	230	0+2 (0/115)
Guillaume Lecallier	FRA	180	0+1
Robin Pasteur	FRA	180	0+1
Mike Schifferle	SUI	95	3+0 (25/0)
Bekim Christensen	DEN	70	1+0
Mitchell Kibby	AUS	50	0+1
Herve Faure	FRA	35	0+1
David Bill	SUI	30	0+1
Erik-Simon Strijk	NED	20	0+1
Romain Babin	CHI	8	0+2 (0/3)
Vicenc Castella Serra	ESP	5	0+1
Rasmus Fitzner	DEN	3	1+0
Victor Del Corral	ESP	0	0+0
Aleksander Kochetkov	LTU	0	0+0
Arland Macasieb	PHI	0	0+0
Bryan McCrystal	IRL	0	0+0
Gwenael Ouilleres	FRA	0	0+0
Imanol Sagarzazu	ESP	0	0+0
Timothy Van Houtem	BEL	0	0+0
Diego Van Looy	BEL	0	0+0
Morten Banke	DEN
Charles Bouin	FRA

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Heather Jackson *	USA	6770	1+2 (5835/435)
Carrie Lester	AUS	6390	2+1
Manon Genet	FRA	4120	2+1
Lisa Roberts	USA	4000	2+0
Jessie Donavan	USA	2165	2+1
Corinne Abraham	GBR	1280	1+1
Charlotte Morel	FRA	1280	1+0
Magali Tisseyre	CAN	1280	1+0
Helena Herrero Gomez	ESP	120	1+0
Natascha Schmitt	GER	0	0+0
Antonina Reznikov	ISR

* Athlete no longer on the latest entry list

Race Conditions

This year was one the slowest conditions for IM France: The overall adjustment of -12:41 is almost 14 minutes slower than last year, mainly because of an extremely slow bike. The run was quick, but not quite as fast as in recent years. Consequently, both male and female winning times were slower than in recent years.

Male Race Results

Frederik Van Lierde didn’t allow any doubts that he wanted to win the race: He was in the front group on the swim, then quickly built a lead on the bike that even super-biker Cameron Wurf wasn’t able to close. He was able to take things easy on the run, even a 2:57 marathon allowed him to win by five minutes.

Second place went to Alessandro Degasperi who posted the fastest marathon with a 2:43 followed by Denis Chevrot with a 2:47. Eneko Llanos was in second place for a long run but then fell off the pace and was a disappointed fourth place finisher.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	00:49:21	04:39:00	02:57:19	08:31:31	-02:21	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:53:22	04:53:40	02:43:38	08:36:18	-04:10	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:49:06	04:57:38	02:47:44	08:39:42	-06:41	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:50:44	04:48:00	02:56:21	08:40:54	01:17	US$ 3,250	960
5	Victor Del Corral	ESP	00:58:20	04:57:13	02:52:11	08:53:37	01:26	US$ 2,750	720
6	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	00:53:33	04:57:20	03:15:01	09:12:12	n/a	US$ 2,000	540
7	Wouter Monchy	BEL	00:51:10	05:24:08	03:08:54	09:29:51	01:27	US$ 1,500	405
8	Frederic Limousin	FRA	00:53:32	05:15:06	03:28:19	09:43:02	11:36	US$ 1,250	305
9	Tomas Mika	CZE	00:53:24	05:18:58	03:33:42	09:52:37	28:08	US$ 1,000	230
10	Cyril Pochon	FRA	00:57:06	05:38:48	03:50:44	10:34:48	n/a	US$ 750	170
11	Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR	01:16:00	05:28:40	03:49:01	10:40:50	-31:43		120
	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:53:38	04:35:14		DNF
	Etienne Diemunsch	FRA	00:49:16	04:56:24		DNF
	Thomas Leboucher	FRA	00:58:30	05:09:31		DNF
	Ivan Jezko	SVK	01:01:22	05:21:47		DNF
	Sebastien Mulet	FRA	00:55:20	05:30:29		DNF
	Yuri Novikau	BLR	01:01:24	05:49:09		DNF
	Patrik Ericsson	SWE	00:53:29			DNF

Female Race Results

Annabel Luxford was the T1 leader and stayed in front for the first half of the bike. But then Carrie Lester stepped up the pace and entered T2 with a two and a half minute lead. Carrie also had the fastest run of the day and started to build a ten minute lead until the finish. Annabel Luxford posted a new marathon PR (3:14) and finished second. Nicole Valentine was also able to have a good run and finished third.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Carrie Lester	AUS	00:55:32	05:19:12	03:06:14	09:27:53	-05:20	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Annabel Luxford	AUS	00:52:19	05:24:50	03:14:21	09:38:31	-04:32	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Nicole Valentine	USA	01:01:57	05:59:49	03:13:51	10:21:53	01:48	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Camille Donat	FRA	00:52:20	05:49:18	03:40:40	10:29:22	n/a	US$ 3,250	960
5	Sarah Jarvis	GER	01:01:54	05:54:15	03:34:10	10:37:56	07:49	US$ 2,750	720
6	Elise Maury	FRA	01:13:26	05:50:13	03:46:06	10:59:06	n/a	US$ 2,000	540

Kona Qualifying Implications

A couple of the top finishers secured Kona slots by placing well in Nice:

• Alessandro Degasperi is now at well over 4.000 points and safe for a July slot.
• Both Carrie Lester and Annabel Luxford have also secured their slots.

Denis Chevrot has improved his total to 3.390 points, but that will likely not be enough to make it to Kona.

Fred Van Lierde had already validated his AQ slot before. 

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Herve Faure (FRA)	08:49:06	Mariska Kramer-Postma (NED)	10:12:29
2006	Marcel Zamora (ESP)	08:33:56	Edith Niederfriniger (ITA)	09:56:32
2007	Marcel Zamora (ESP)	08:38:45	Alexandra Louison (FRA)	09:49:11
2008	Marcel Zamora (ESP)	08:34:03	Martina Dogana (ITA)	09:35:29
2009	Marcel Zamora (ESP)	08:30:06	Tine Deckers (BEL)	09:30:29
2010	Marcel Zamora (ESP)	08:25:28	Tine Deckers (BEL)	09:21:29
2011	Frederik Van Lierde (BEL)	08:28:30	Silvia Felt (GER)	09:34:31
2012	Frederik Van Lierde (BEL)	08:21:51	Tine Deckers (BEL)	09:16:05
2013	Frederik Van Lierde (BEL)	08:08:59	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	09:12:54
2014	Bart Aernouts (BEL)	08:33:22	Tine Deckers (BEL)	09:12:21
2015	Boris Stein (GER)	08:27:32	Caitlin Snow (USA)	09:24:50
2016	Victor Del Corral (ESP)	08:30:00	Tine Deckers (BEL)	09:22:04

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Victor Del Corral	ESP	00:54:16	04:48:04	02:42:28	08:30:00
2	James Cunnama	ZAF	00:50:10	04:47:13	02:47:54	08:30:35
3	Stefan Schmid	GER	00:51:01	04:49:53	02:45:51	08:33:18

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Tine Deckers	BEL	00:57:36	05:05:03	03:13:29	09:22:04
2	Emma Bilham	SUI	00:53:17	05:21:30	03:07:19	09:28:55
3	Leanda Cave	GBR	00:51:53	05:32:51	03:13:48	09:45:06

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:08:59	Frederik Van Lierde	2013-06-23
Swim	overall	00:44:18	Gilles Reboul	2006-06-24
Bike	overall	04:33:29	Frederik Van Lierde	2013-06-23
Run	overall	02:37:01	Bart Aernouts	2013-06-23
Total	female	09:12:21	Tine Deckers	2014-06-29
Swim	female	00:48:59	Edith Niederfriniger	2006-06-24
Bike	female	05:05:03	Tine Deckers	2016-06-05
Run	female	02:52:26	Caitlin Snow	2014-06-29

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM France is 04:54.

Race Adjustments for IM France

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2006	11:43	07:01	-00:04	05:33	34	11:43	07:01	-00:04	05:33
2007	09:11	00:56	01:17	08:56	39	10:27	03:59	00:36	07:14
2008	02:49	-00:05	-00:33	02:15	41	07:54	02:37	00:13	05:34
2009	06:14	-01:10	01:15	04:21	36	07:29	01:41	00:29	05:16
2010	11:15	-01:23	-00:02	05:01	32	08:14	01:04	00:23	05:13
2011	02:06	00:27	-01:10	02:37	29	07:13	00:58	00:07	04:47
2012	02:12	00:44	-02:36	03:02	23	06:30	00:56	-00:16	04:32
2013	08:54	00:41	-01:01	08:01	20	06:48	00:54	-00:22	04:58
2014	-02:27	-01:19	-04:03	06:30	26 of 34	05:46	00:39	-00:46	05:08
2015	00:36	-01:06	-05:02	03:49	25 of 34	05:15	00:29	-01:12	05:00
2016	01:18	00:50	-06:05	06:55	36 of 47	04:54	00:30	-01:39	05:11

KPR points and Prize Money

IM France is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 80.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	2	Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	08:16:51	08:21:52	00:47:56	04:35:38	05:28:34	02:48:17	83% +7% -9% (23)	13
2	31	Eneko Llanos	ESP	08:23:28	08:27:23	00:48:23	04:34:27	05:27:50	02:55:38	80% +0% -20% (31)	26
3	3	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	08:24:43	08:28:21	00:50:30	04:44:58	05:40:29	02:44:14	78% +0% -22% (10)	30
4	4	Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	08:25:19	08:29:03	00:50:59	04:43:56	05:39:55	02:45:24	72% +0% -28% (21)	33
5	28	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:26:17	08:34:05	00:50:40	04:41:13	05:36:54	02:49:23	68% +22% -10% (12)	49
6	29	Stefan Schmid	GER	08:27:27	08:39:38	00:51:41	04:41:21	05:38:03	02:49:24	44% +24% -31% (15)	73
7	1	Victor Del Corral	ESP	08:28:41	08:50:06	00:55:07	04:44:15	05:44:22	02:44:19	36% +0% -64% (17)	103
8	30	Daniel Fontana *	ITA	08:29:21	08:34:26	00:48:49	04:44:01	05:37:49	02:51:32	66% +0% -34% (15)	52
9	5	Denis Chevrot	FRA	08:29:22	08:34:11	00:46:34	04:45:59	05:37:33	02:51:49	65% +6% -29% (11)	50
10	9	Cameron Wurf *	AUS	08:30:43	08:45:13	00:48:34	04:27:52	05:21:26	03:09:17	18% +82% -0% (4)	87
11	23	Kaito Tohara	JPN	08:44:19	09:03:02	00:52:56	04:56:44	05:54:40	02:49:39	21% +51% -27% (10)	154
12	8	Scott Defilippis	USA	08:49:33	09:25:17	00:55:36	04:58:04	05:58:40	02:50:53	21% +19% -60% (24)	216
13	19	Wouter Monchy	BEL	08:55:56	09:26:10	00:50:41	04:57:28	05:53:09	03:02:47	19% +49% -32% (4)	(224)
14	18	Tomas Mika	CZE	09:02:04	09:16:04	00:53:52	05:05:15	06:04:08	02:57:56	51% +6% -43% (8)	190
15	10	Guillaume Jeannin	FRA	09:04:01	09:35:19	00:52:15	04:55:52	05:53:07	03:10:54	10% +17% -73% (7)	(246)
16	16	Thomas Leboucher	FRA	09:04:20	09:20:46	00:52:52	04:53:27	05:51:19	03:13:01	48% +52% -0% (2)	(205)
17	13	Frederic Garcia	FRA	09:11:09	09:27:20	00:59:03	05:06:06	06:10:09	03:01:00	52% +0% -48% (4)	(228)
18	17	Frederic Limousin	FRA	09:13:00	09:25:24	00:53:18	05:01:56	06:00:14	03:12:46	78% +22% -0% (4)	218
19	6	Antony Costes	FRA	09:19:28	09:41:02	00:48:57	04:43:20	05:37:17	03:42:11	28% +0% -72% (7)	257
20	14	Ivan Jezko	SVK	09:22:45	09:47:50	00:59:26	05:04:57	06:09:23	03:13:22	43% +22% -34% (15)	267
21	15	David Jilek *	CZE	09:30:11	09:39:12	00:57:48	05:04:55	06:07:44	03:22:27	79% +12% -9% (9)	252
22	24	Remmert Wielinga	NED	10:00:16	10:51:44	01:11:26	05:05:47	06:22:13	03:38:03	7% +11% -82% (6)	(303)
23	25	Dominique Wymmersch Gallego	ESP	10:04:46	10:25:40	00:58:35	05:14:12	06:17:48	03:46:58	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(297)
24	12	Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR	10:53:10	11:17:25	01:05:15	05:34:43	06:44:58	04:08:12	38% +0% -62% (2)	(305)
	7	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	11	Robin Pasteur	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	20	Sebastien Mulet	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	21	Yuri Novikau	BLR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	22	Cyril Pochon	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	26	Patrik Ericsson	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	27	Etienne Diemunsch	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 10% of a typical Kona field.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	43	Carrie Lester *	AUS	09:11:55	09:25:29	00:53:37	05:07:57	06:06:34	03:05:21	48% +26% -26% (21)	22
2	41	Lisa Roberts	USA	09:18:30	09:26:14	01:02:20	05:15:06	06:22:27	02:56:03	60% +25% -15% (18)	24
3	42	Annabel Luxford	AUS	09:26:58	09:29:28	00:51:17	05:06:43	06:03:00	03:23:58	75% +0% -25% (5)	35
4	40	Emma Bilham *	SUI	09:28:08	09:40:22	00:53:54	05:20:21	06:19:16	03:08:52	81% +0% -19% (5)	50
5	48	Nikki Bartlett *	GBR	09:38:50	09:55:09	00:59:35	05:16:48	06:21:23	03:17:27	100% +0% -0% (2)	(75)
6	44	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:41:43	09:56:35	01:01:45	05:09:15	06:15:59	03:25:44	53% +0% -47% (3)	(76)
7	45	Kate Comber *	GBR	09:51:01	10:01:20	00:52:58	05:28:53	06:26:50	03:24:11	100% +0% -0% (5)	80
8	49	Nicole Valentine	USA	09:57:25	10:11:32	01:01:39	05:33:39	06:40:17	03:17:08	68% +32% -0% (3)	104
9	50	Sarah Jarvis	USA	10:12:26	10:33:47	01:00:15	05:30:51	06:36:06	03:36:20	59% +0% -41% (3)	(146)
	46	Camille Donat	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	47	Elise Maury	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Frederik Van Lierde: 38% (2-1)
• Fredrik Croneborg: 17% (5-1)
• Eneko Llanos: 11% (8-1)
• Alessandro Degasperi: 9% (10-1)
• Stefan Schmid: 9% (10-1)
• Victor Del Corral: 6% (15-1)
• Viktor Zyemtsev: 5% (19-1)
• Denis Chevrot: 2% (58-1)

Female Race Participants

• Carrie Lester: 44% (1-1)
• Lisa Roberts: 41% (1-1)
• Emma Bilham: 10% (9-1)
• Annabel Luxford: 4% (27-1)

Kona Qualifying

As IM France is one of the last races before the July cutoff, there are a number of athletes looking for points to secure a July slot. Here is a brief overview on “who needs what” on the male side (most of them already have four results in their total, so improving their total won’t be easy):

• Fred Van Lierde has already secured his AQ slot.
• Fifth (720): Fredrik Croneborg, Kaito Tohara
• Fourth (960): Alessandro Degasperi, Daniel Fontana
• Second (1600): Cameron Wurf, Eneko Llanos, Denis Chevrot

The list of potential Kona qualifiers is a bit shorter on the female side:

• Annabel Luxford (4.230) – needs at least 8th (305) or better, 6th (540) to be safe
• Carrie Lester (3.535) – needs 4th (960) or better and  third (1.280) to be safe
• Lisa Roberts (2.140) will only have chances for a rolldown slot, even with a win

Nikki Bartlett is probably only on the list as a backup for her main target race at IM UK a week before.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Frederik Van Lierde	BEL	6870	3+1 (1335/435)
Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	2050	2+0
Cameron Wurf	AUS	1925	3+1 (40/35)
Antony Costes	FRA	1170	2+2 (20/500)
Viktor Zyemtsev	UKR	395	0+2 (0/115)
Scott Defilippis	USA	118	1+2 (3/30)
Frederic Limousin	FRA	110	0+2 (0/45)
Guillaume Jeannin	FRA	90	1+1
Alain Djouad-Guibert	MOR	80	0+2 (0/15)
Remmert Wielinga	NED	40	0+2 (0/20)
Cyril Pochon	FRA	35	0+2 (0/15)
Tomas Mika	CZE	25	1+0
Frederic Garcia	FRA	20	1+0
Ivan Jezko	SVK	18	1+2 (2/6)
David Jilek	CZE	15	0+1
Robin Pasteur	FRA	10	0+1
Thomas Leboucher	FRA	8	1+0
Dominique Wymmersch Gallego	ESP	5	1+0
Victor Del Corral	ESP	2	0+1
Sebastien Mulet	FRA	1	0+1
Wouter Monchy	BEL
Yuri Novikau	BLR

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation	KPR points	KPR races
Annabel Luxford	AUS	4230	1+2 (960/1500)
Jeanne Collonge	FRA	3910	3+1 (960/280)
Carrie Lester	AUS	3535	1+1
Lisa Roberts	USA	2140	1+2 (1100/500)
Kate Comber	GBR	1780	3+1 (385/135)
Emma Bilham	SUI	1620	1+2 (720/400)
Camille Donat	FRA	255	0+2 (0/15)
Camille Deligny	FRA	0	0+0