IM Vitoria-Gasteiz

Course Conditions

Compared to the 2019 race (the only other race with a female Pro category), conditions were slower by roughly four minutes. Nonetheless, winner Gurutze Frades set a new overall course record by about six minutes, improving the old mark set by Heather Jackson. This was mainly a result of her new run course record which was almost thirteen minutes quicker than Heather’s old run course record. Heather’s third course record, the bike leg, was also broken – Els Visser was two and a half minutes quicker.

Kona Qualifying

With a number of athletes already qualified, the two female Kona Pro slots go to

• Fiona Moriarty
  and
• Carla Dahan.

You can find the full list of qualifiers here.

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	00:59:14 (8)	04:49:15 (3)	02:53:07 (1)	08:46:17	-09:09	US$ 15,000
2	Svenja Thoes	GER	00:56:35 (3)	04:51:47 (4)	03:00:23 (2)	08:53:17	-11:43	US$ 9,000
3	Els Visser	NED	00:56:36 (4)	04:41:16 (1)	03:26:39 (6)	09:08:59	13:39	US$ 7,000
4	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:56:32 (2)	04:44:19 (2)	03:31:38 (7)	09:17:46	13:35	US$ 5,000
5	Helene Alberdi Sololuze	ESP	00:52:40 (1)	05:08:47 (7)	03:14:24 (3)	09:21:30	n/a	US$ 4,000
6	Fiona Moriarty	IRL	00:58:58 (5)	05:02:40 (5)	03:19:40 (4)	09:26:50	-09:24	US$ 3,000
7	Carla Dahan	FRA	00:59:10 (7)	05:05:00 (6)	03:25:46 (5)	09:36:04	-08:47	US$ 2,500
8	Mirella Karlsson	SWE	01:01:45 (9)	05:41:45 (8)	04:04:12 (8)	10:56:17	55:13	US$ 2,000
	Jana Uderstadt	GER	00:59:07 (6)			DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2019	Eneko Llanos (ESP)	07:55:16	Heather Jackson (USA)	08:52:10
2022	Nick Kastelein (AUS)	07:52:49

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Nick Kastelein	AUS	00:47:46	04:17:17	02:43:27	07:52:49
2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:49:44	04:01:32	02:57:42	07:53:28
3	Dominik Sowieja	GER	00:49:50	04:11:37	02:47:35	07:54:20

Female Race Results (2019)

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heather Jackson	USA	00:58:07	04:43:42	03:06:03	08:52:10
2	Nina Derron	SUI	00:55:30	04:52:26	03:12:55	09:05:33
3	Judith Corachan Vaquera	ESP	00:54:32	05:08:31	03:06:05	09:13:37

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:52:49	Nick Kastelein	2022-07-10
Swim	overall	00:46:45	Josh Amberger	2019-07-14
Bike	overall	04:01:32	Cameron Wurf	2022-07-10
Run	overall	02:43:27	Nick Kastelein	2022-07-10
Total	female	08:52:10	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14
Swim	female	00:54:32	Judith Corachan Vaquera	2019-07-14
Bike	female	04:43:42	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14
Run	female	03:06:03	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Vitoria-Gasteiz is 15:31.

Race Adjustments for IM Vitoria-Gasteiz

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2019	20:10	-00:20	18:28	02:47	19 of 21	20:10	-01:04	18:28	02:47
2022	10:52	00:51	14:25	-03:46	17 of 24	15:31	-00:25	16:26	-00:30

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Vitoria-Gasteiz has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 13% of a typical Kona field. There are quite a few athletes who have race IM Frankfurt two weeks before (most notably Sara Svensk and Agnieszka Jerzy), so there may be some cancellations.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	1	Gurutze Frades Larralde (KQ)	ESP	08:51:54	09:10:59	01:00:27	04:51:47	05:57:14	02:54:40	76% +24% -1% (21)
2	7	Sara Svensk (KQ)	SWE	08:53:15	09:07:56	00:58:53	04:39:30	05:43:23	03:09:52	37% +19% -44% (10)
3	13	Agnieszka Jerzyk (KQ)	POL	08:54:31	09:14:17	00:56:50	04:40:55	05:42:45	03:11:46	100% +0% -0% (4)
4	2	Els Visser (KQ)	NED	08:57:45	09:11:33	00:58:10	04:43:46	05:46:56	03:10:49	73% +27% -0% (10)
5	5	Svenja Thoes (KQ)	GER	09:03:17	09:25:48	00:59:11	04:50:01	05:54:12	03:09:05	44% +15% -40% (10)
6	15	Michelle Vesterby (KQ)	DEN	09:03:47	09:26:16	00:55:52	04:45:49	05:46:40	03:17:07	56% +17% -27% (33)
7	4	Rebecca Clarke (KQ)	NZL	09:05:28	09:22:09	00:50:32	04:49:53	05:45:24	03:20:04	78% +19% -3% (9)
8	10	Heini Hartikainen	FIN	09:13:05	09:34:56	01:03:48	04:48:09	05:56:57	03:16:08	73% +20% -8% (6)
9	6	Alexandra Tondeur	BEL	09:14:05	09:34:46	00:59:41	04:58:40	06:03:20	03:10:45	37% +2% -61% (14)
10	3	Nina Derron	SUI	09:20:25	09:37:43	00:56:34	04:55:58	05:57:31	03:22:54	100% +0% -0% (8)
11	9	Jana Uderstadt	GER	09:25:49	09:57:14	00:59:39	05:05:11	06:09:51	03:15:58	n/a (no IM Pro race)
12	14	Federica De Nicola	ITA	09:32:37	09:55:58	01:00:50	04:58:47	06:04:37	03:28:00	55% +0% -45% (10)
13	12	Fiona Moriarty	IRL	09:32:52	09:58:55	01:02:40	04:59:44	06:07:24	03:25:28	64% +15% -20% (9)
14	16	Camille Deligny	FRA	09:36:20	10:14:54	01:03:34	04:52:24	06:00:58	03:35:22	8% +0% -92% (7)
15	18	Carla Dahan	FRA	09:47:29	10:20:06	01:00:54	05:13:08	06:19:02	03:28:27	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
16	17	Mirella Karlsson	SWE	09:59:00	10:32:55	01:03:15	05:13:11	06:21:26	03:37:34	41% +17% -42% (4)
	8	Helene Alberdi Sololuze	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	11	Julie Iemmolo	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Gurutze Frades Larralde: 32% (2-1)
• Els Visser: 25% (3-1)
• Agnieszka Jerzyk: 18% (5-1)
• Sara Svensk: 10% (9-1)
• Svenja Thoes: 9% (10-1)
• Rebecca Clarke: 4% (27-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 2% (59-1)

Course Conditions

This was only the second time the Vitoria race was contested as a Pro Ironman race. Compared to 2019, this year’s race was 9 minutes slower, mainly because of the tougher run (6 minutes slower). Still, we’ve seen a number of course records. First, Cameron Wurf smashed the bike course record, his 4:01 was 15 minutes quicker than the fastest bike time in 2019 and almost ten minutes quicker than anyone else this year. On the run, winner Nick Kastelein broke the run and overall course records set by Eneko Llanos. The whole podium went sub-8 and faster than Eneko. 

Kona Qualifying

IM Vitoria offered two Kona Pro slots. This will be offered to

• Nick Kastelein
  and
• Cameron Wurf.

You can find all Kona qualifiers here.

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money
1	Nick Kastelein	AUS	00:47:46	04:17:17	02:43:27	07:52:49	-18:59	US$ 15,000
2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:49:44	04:01:32	02:57:42	07:53:28	-18:23	US$ 9,000
3	Dominik Sowieja	GER	00:49:50	04:11:37	02:47:35	07:54:20	-22:45	US$ 7,000
4	Tobias Dahl Thomsen	DEN	00:49:35	04:11:09	03:00:21	08:05:42	n/a	US$ 5,000
5	Evert Scheltinga	NED	00:49:26	04:12:30	02:59:00	08:06:24	-06:31	US$ 4,000
6	Andrej Vistica	CRO	00:54:55	04:19:14	02:48:31	08:07:10	-15:35	US$ 3,000
7	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	00:54:57	04:22:53	02:47:02	08:09:33	-08:47	US$ 2,500
8	Silas Koehn	GER	00:49:45	04:14:45	03:05:46	08:15:06	-30:20	US$ 2,000
9	Leon Chevalier	FRA	00:53:31	04:24:31	02:57:25	08:19:27	21:01	US$ 1,500
10	Andreas Jung	GER	00:49:31	04:12:00	03:14:37	08:20:39	01:11	US$ 1,000
11	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP	00:47:48	04:17:07	03:21:02	08:30:39	09:49
12	Gotzon Gondra Etxebarria	ESP	01:02:52	04:24:09	03:01:45	08:34:21	n/a
13	Vicenc Castella Serra	ESP	00:57:44	04:35:10	03:00:01	08:38:31	-10:44
14	Tomas Renc	CZE	00:49:33	04:48:29	03:07:13	08:49:53	25:52
15	Adrian Lainez	ESP	01:00:23	04:37:20	03:22:45	09:05:57	05:40
16	Philipp Koutny	SUI	00:49:42	04:32:50	04:19:19	09:46:59	1:30:47
17	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	00:47:51	04:13:51	04:52:20	09:59:00	2:07:10
	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	00:49:31	04:12:01		DNF
	Emilio Aguayo Munoz	ESP	00:47:52	04:13:45		DNF
	Colin Norris	GBR	00:49:28	04:12:52		DNF
	William Mennesson	FRA	00:49:38	04:15:50		DNF
	Ander Irigoien Egia	ESP	00:53:33	04:47:50		DNF
	Axel Beci	ESP	01:00:01			DNF
	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	01:02:53			DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2019	Eneko Llanos (ESP)	07:55:16	Heather Jackson (USA)	08:52:10

Last Race’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:48:11	04:16:15	02:46:51	07:55:16
2	Josh Amberger	AUS	00:46:45	04:18:03	02:58:02	08:06:55
3	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP	00:48:06	04:27:26	02:47:45	08:08:02

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Heather Jackson	USA	00:58:07	04:43:42	03:06:03	08:52:10
2	Nina Derron	SUI	00:55:30	04:52:26	03:12:55	09:05:33
3	Judith Corachan Vaquera	ESP	00:54:32	05:08:31	03:06:05	09:13:37

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:55:16	Eneko Llanos	2019-07-14
Swim	overall	00:46:45	Josh Amberger	2019-07-14
Bike	overall	04:16:15	Eneko Llanos	2019-07-14
Run	overall	02:46:51	Eneko Llanos	2019-07-14
Total	female	08:52:10	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14
Swim	female	00:54:32	Judith Corachan Vaquera	2019-07-14
Bike	female	04:43:42	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14
Run	female	03:06:03	Heather Jackson	2019-07-14

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Vitoria-Gasteiz is 20:10.

Race Adjustments for IM Vitoria-Gasteiz

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2019	20:10	-00:20	18:28	02:47	19 of 21	20:10	-01:04	18:28	02:47

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Vitoria-Gasteiz has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 19% of a typical Kona field.

#	Bib	Name	Nat	Expected	Rating	ESwim	EBike	ET2	ERun	Consistency
1	6	Patrik Nilsson	SWE	07:46:22	08:18:33	00:48:43	04:12:26	05:06:09	02:40:13	21% +2% -77% (20)
2	2	Leon Chevalier (KQ)	FRA	07:50:43	08:08:30	00:52:13	04:07:37	05:04:49	02:45:54	69% +31% -0% (3)
3	3	Kristian Hogenhaug	DEN	07:54:27	08:17:31	00:50:16	04:06:49	05:02:05	02:52:22	65% +12% -23% (14)
4	10	William Mennesson	FRA	07:56:24	08:27:36	00:51:21	04:09:17	05:05:38	02:50:46	49% +0% -51% (2)
5	19	Robert Wilkowiecki	POL	07:57:58	08:33:56	00:49:40	04:19:36	05:14:16	02:43:42	10% +29% -61% (4)
6	7	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:00:15	08:21:23	00:51:46	04:05:22	05:02:08	02:58:07	68% +5% -28% (26)
7	4	Andy Potts	USA	08:02:21	08:20:04	00:49:32	04:15:02	05:09:33	02:52:48	73% +19% -8% (26)
8	34	Evert Scheltinga	NED	08:04:36	08:27:45	00:49:52	04:18:06	05:12:59	02:51:37	84% +0% -16% (12)
9	8	Nick Kastelein	AUS	08:04:50	08:26:20	00:48:12	04:17:31	05:10:42	02:54:08	45% +0% -55% (7)
10	1	Josh Amberger (KQ)	AUS	08:05:18	08:24:58	00:46:57	04:15:31	05:07:28	02:57:50	83% +2% -15% (12)
11	9	Arnaud Guilloux (KQ)	FRA	08:06:13	08:30:00	00:50:04	04:10:24	05:05:28	03:00:45	35% +35% -30% (9)
12	20	Philipp Koutny	SUI	08:07:25	08:28:01	00:51:22	04:12:04	05:08:26	02:58:59	30% +22% -49% (18)
13	30	Alessandro Degasperi *	ITA	08:07:26	08:35:31	00:50:46	04:24:00	05:19:47	02:47:39	35% +0% -65% (23)
14	16	Jaroslav Kovacic	SLO	08:08:09	08:35:35	00:49:43	04:21:11	05:15:53	02:52:16	45% +7% -48% (14)
15	12	Dylan Magnien *	FRA	08:08:19	08:33:05	00:50:21	04:24:03	05:19:24	02:48:55	59% +0% -41% (3)
16	14	Dominik Sowieja	GER	08:08:25	08:36:49	00:54:12	04:25:22	05:24:34	02:43:51	100% +0% -0% (2)
17	11	Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP	08:09:05	08:33:17	00:57:27	04:23:11	05:25:38	02:43:27	65% +11% -24% (12)
18	27	Emilio Aguayo Munoz	ESP	08:10:26	08:47:49	00:50:06	04:22:51	05:17:57	02:52:29	25% +0% -75% (4)
19	25	Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP	08:11:27	08:41:23	00:48:39	04:25:16	05:18:55	02:52:32	34% +0% -66% (11)
20	13	Andreas Jung	GER	08:11:47	08:34:39	00:50:13	04:17:19	05:12:31	02:59:16	82% +0% -18% (5)
21	15	Andrej Vistica	CRO	08:12:43	08:32:34	00:57:25	04:19:44	05:22:09	02:50:34	72% +15% -12% (26)
22	31	Tomas Renc	CZE	08:13:09	08:36:58	00:51:01	04:25:56	05:21:57	02:51:12	92% +0% -8% (8)
23	22	Colin Norris	GBR	08:17:00	09:11:29	00:49:54	04:28:22	05:23:16	02:53:44	20% +26% -54% (4)
24	39	Kristian Hindkjaer	DEN	08:20:21	08:50:46	00:51:40	04:18:20	05:14:59	03:05:22	43% +13% -44% (10)
25	17	Michael Kalb	GER	08:24:53	08:59:17	00:53:03	04:24:47	05:22:50	03:02:03	55% +0% -45% (3)
26	35	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	08:25:39	08:44:48	00:49:57	04:33:46	05:28:43	02:56:56	66% +6% -28% (23)
27	21	Silas Koehn	GER	08:37:58	09:11:37	00:50:32	04:26:38	05:22:10	03:15:48	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
28	40	Adam Hansen	AUS	08:38:56	09:08:35	00:57:47	04:09:00	05:11:46	03:27:10	69% +0% -31% (3)
29	32	Vicenc Castella Serra *	ESP	08:40:28	09:05:05	00:58:47	04:38:44	05:42:30	02:57:58	90% +0% -10% (7)
30	18	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	08:53:00	09:20:27	01:01:13	04:37:31	05:43:44	03:09:16	40% +35% -25% (27)
31	36	Adrian Lainez	ESP	08:53:20	09:27:59	01:01:11	04:31:11	05:37:22	03:15:58	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
32	26	Vinicius Canhedo	BRA	08:56:21	09:39:19	00:54:10	04:34:58	05:34:08	03:22:13	3% +12% -86% (9)
33	28	Adur Eskisabel	ESP	09:01:12	09:44:54	00:56:58	04:37:44	05:39:42	03:21:30	25% +0% -75% (4)
34	23	Axel Beci *	ESP	09:45:26	10:23:28	01:02:16	05:02:55	06:10:11	03:35:15	51% +0% -49% (2)
	24	Silvan Bruhin	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	29	Tobias Dahl Thomsen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	33	Gotzon Gondra Etxebarria	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	37	Antoine Mechin	FRA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)
	38	Ander Irigoien Egia	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)
	41	Fabian Dutli *	SUI	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)

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

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Patrik Nilsson: 31% (2-1)
• Leon Chevalier: 29% (2-1)
• Kristian Hogenhaug: 16% (5-1)
• Cameron Wurf: 9% (10-1)
• Andy Potts: 4% (22-1)
• William Mennesson: 3% (34-1)
• Robert Wilkowiecki: 2% (48-1)
• Arnaud Guilloux: 2% (55-1)

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Vitoria-Gasteiz has 2 Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Emilio Aguayo Munoz	ESP
Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso	ESP
Victor Arroyo Bugallo	ESP
Axel Beci	ESP
Silvan Bruhin	SUI
Vinicius Canhedo	BRA
Leon Chevalier (KQ)	FRA
Tobias Dahl Thomsen	DEN
Alessandro Degasperi	ITA
Eneko Elosegui	ESP
Adur Eskisabel	ESP
Michael Kalb	GER
Silas Koehn	GER
Philipp Koutny	SUI
Dylan Magnien	FRA
William Mennesson	FRA
Colin Norris	GBR
Andy Potts	USA
Andrej Vistica	CRO
Robert Wilkowiecki	POL