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IM Vitoria-Gasteiz

Ironman Vitoria 2024 – Analyzing Results

VitoriaCourse Conditions

After this year’s race, there is only one “older” course record that hasn’t been broken. Partly, this has to do with a better field than in recent years (SoF of 85.8 for the men and 81.75 for the women, compared to 68.35 and 72.48 in the two previous years which were single-gender), and partly due to good conditions, about four minutes quicker than the average from recent years. On the men’s side, we have a new swim course record (Richard Varga – finishing his first Ironman after two DNFs), bike course record (3:54:33 by Robert Kallin – the fastest bike split in an Ironman) run course record (by race winner Antonio Benito Lopez) and an overall course record (by Antonio Benito Lopez, also setting a new Spanish record). For the women, there’s a new swim course record (by Stephanie Clutterbuck), bike course record (by Ruth Astle) and overall record (by Kat Matthews).

Nice and Kona Qualifying

Vitoria offered three slots for the women (Nice) and three for the men (Kona). These will be offered to:

  • Ruth Astle, Simone Mitchell and Katharina Wolf
    and
  • Antonio Benito Lopez, David McNamee and Bradley Weiss.

You can find he full list of qualifiers on this page.

The “other” Kona story is the DQ of Sam Laidlow who was looking to validate his AQ slot. If that DQ is not overturned, there doesn’t seem to be any other race for Sam as the startlists for the the remaining qualifiers, Lake Placid and Frankfurt, are already closed. 

Update July 16th: Ironman have decided that Sam’s race in Vitoria was sufficient for a validation of his AQ slot. After receiving the penalty, he didn’t stop in a penalty tent but continued to race, eventually crossing the finish line in second place. He was promptly DQ’d, appealed the decision but the panel upheld the DQ. There is a lot of discussion whether someone who was DQ’d can be considered to have “competitively raced and finished”. To me, the main logic of validation is creating an “even playing field”, forcing everyone to race in the year before Kona and making everyone similarly “tired”. In that respect, I can accept granting Sam validation, but of course it stretches Ironman’s own rules to the breaking point.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money PTO Points
1 Antonio Benito Lopez ESP 00:46:30 (4) 04:07:53 (6) 02:37:57 (1) 07:36:38 -08:04 US$ 18,000 90.19
2 David McNamee GBR 00:46:29 (3) 04:08:40 (9) 02:42:03 (3) 07:41:20 -10:00 US$ 11,500 86.56
3 Cameron Wurf AUS 00:50:29 (26) 04:03:15 (3) 02:44:41 (4) 07:43:16 -08:44 US$ 9,000 84.10
4 Bradley Weiss ZAF 00:46:37 (10) 04:07:55 (7) 02:45:11 (5) 07:43:51 -02:55 US$ 6,000 82.24
5 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 00:47:36 (14) 03:59:49 (2) 02:53:23 (15) 07:44:36 -09:43 US$ 5,000 80.41
6 James Teagle GBR 00:46:32 (5) 04:15:04 (16) 02:40:57 (2) 07:46:46 n/a US$ 4,000 78.10
7 Mathias Petersen DEN 00:46:39 (11) 04:06:30 (4) 02:49:52 (11) 07:47:35 -05:37 US$ 3,000 76.39
8 Robert Kallin SWE 00:46:34 (6) 03:54:33 (1) 03:03:28 (25) 07:49:05 -03:58 US$ 2,500 74.48
9 Stenn Goetstouwers BEL 00:49:18 (17) 04:11:40 (11) 02:48:06 (6) 07:53:39 -11:51 US$ 2,000 71.44
10 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL 00:46:26 (2) 04:13:47 (14) 02:55:39 (16) 08:00:02 -09:13 US$ 1,500 67.76
11 Dominik Sowieja GER 00:53:57 (35) 04:12:57 (13) 02:51:55 (13) 08:03:35 04:52   65.25
12 Erwan Jacobi FRA 00:50:26 (24) 04:14:37 (15) 02:57:39 (18) 08:06:57 -16:18   62.85
13 Lukas Stahl GER 00:50:38 (31) 04:22:23 (28) 02:49:42 (10) 08:07:53 20:46   61.46
14 Paul Loiseaux FRA 00:49:19 (18) 04:15:56 (17) 02:59:47 (19) 08:09:12 n/a   59.98
15 Thomas Davis GBR 00:46:34 (6) 04:18:06 (19) 03:01:05 (21) 08:09:52 -07:32   58.80
16 Finn Arentz GBR 00:50:28 (25) 04:26:15 (30) 02:48:52 (7) 08:10:32 -04:47   57.66
17 Roger Manya Valenzuela ESP 00:53:55 (33) 04:20:59 (25) 02:51:39 (12) 08:11:50 -05:22   56.32
18 Andreas Dreitz GER 00:49:24 (20) 04:27:56 (32) 02:49:34 (9) 08:11:59 09:48   55.47
19 Julen Diez Rodriguez ESP 00:54:01 (37) 04:25:10 (29) 02:52:49 (14) 08:16:30 -39:57   52.96
20 Fernando Toldi BRA 00:46:39 (11) 04:22:21 (27) 03:03:22 (24) 08:16:32 11:05   52.23
21 Corentin Chouvelon FRA 00:53:44 (32) 04:29:42 (33) 02:49:22 (8) 08:17:18 n/a   51.25
22 Sven Wies GER 00:47:37 (15) 04:21:11 (26) 03:08:05 (27) 08:21:40 -10:03   48.90
23 Paulin Philippe FRA 00:46:35 (8) 04:18:28 (20) 03:14:14 (29) 08:23:48 n/a   47.46
24 Garrick Loewen CAN 00:49:25 (22) 04:31:10 (35) 03:03:10 (23) 08:29:05 n/a   44.82
25 Ander Irigoien Egia ESP 00:50:36 (30) 04:30:06 (34) 03:02:58 (22) 08:30:14 -03:21   43.82
26 Liam Lloyd GBR 00:49:33 (23) 04:16:04 (18) 03:21:21 (32) 08:32:09 -58:34   42.54
27 Albert Askengren SWE 00:54:07 (39) 04:32:19 (36) 03:05:30 (26) 08:36:50 -13:09   40.22
28 Richard Varga SVK 00:45:23 (1) 04:20:32 (24) 03:25:32 (33) 08:37:19 n/a   39.56
29 Jan Sneberger CZE 00:57:53 (43) 04:38:31 (39) 02:56:34 (17) 08:37:37 -09:50   38.99
30 Simon Huckestein GER 00:56:42 (42) 04:27:15 (31) 03:13:16 (28) 08:42:18 13:55   36.73
31 Matti Weitz GER 00:54:03 (38) 04:35:07 (37) 03:16:50 (30) 08:50:40 n/a   33.48
32 Gotzon Gondra Etxebarria ESP 01:01:13 (44) 04:49:42 (41) 03:00:05 (20) 08:56:18 23:57   33.09
33 David Mendes Mercado ESP 00:54:08 (40) 04:43:39 (40) 03:16:53 (31) 08:59:17 n/a   32.72
34 Antony Costes FRA 00:46:41 (13) 04:35:25 (38) 03:37:19 (34) 09:03:40 28:13   32.37
35 Drake Deuel USA 01:08:42 (46) 04:11:21 (10) 04:08:18 (35) 09:43:20 n/a   32.04
  Arthur Horseau FRA 00:50:30 (27) 04:07:11 (5)   DNF      
  Pim Van Diemen NED 00:49:19 (18) 04:08:34 (8)   DNF      
  Robert Wilkowiecki POL 00:48:24 (16) 04:11:51 (12)   DNF      
  Joao Ferreira POR 00:49:24 (20) 04:18:45 (22)   DNF      
  Piotr Lawicki POL 00:50:31 (28) 04:18:34 (21)   DNF      
  Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 00:55:04 (41) 04:19:09 (23)   DNF      
  Mikel Txopitea Elorriaga ESP 01:04:08 (45) 04:55:25 (42)   DNF      
  Joan Colino Calomarde ESP 00:53:58 (36) 05:10:32 (43)   DNF      
  Ruben Zepuntke GER 00:46:35 (8)     DNF      
  Jean-Claude Besse SUI 00:50:32 (29)     DNF      
  Adam Munch DEN 00:53:56 (34)     DNF      
  Tomasz Brembor POL       DQ      
  Sam Laidlow FRA       DQ      

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money PTO Points
1 Katrina Matthews GBR 00:55:07 (2) 04:30:07 (2) 02:54:40 (1) 08:24:23 -07:51 US$ 18,000 90.19
2 Els Visser NED 00:55:08 (3) 04:31:04 (4) 03:01:41 (4) 08:32:29 -18:06 US$ 11,500 85.57
3 Ruth Astle GBR 00:55:11 (6) 04:29:54 (1) 03:08:24 (7) 08:38:07 -11:03 US$ 9,000 81.89
4 Daniela Bleymehl GER 00:55:13 (7) 04:30:41 (3) 03:10:30 (9) 08:41:12 -11:36 US$ 6,000 79.19
5 Simone Mitchell GBR 00:55:09 (4) 04:44:21 (7) 02:56:35 (3) 08:41:39 -25:08 US$ 5,000 77.49
6 Katharina Wolff GER 00:55:14 (8) 04:44:27 (8) 03:03:57 (5) 08:47:58 -27:08 US$ 4,000 73.82
7 Jana Uderstadt GER 00:57:12 (10) 04:42:35 (6) 03:05:15 (6) 08:49:02 -25:59 US$ 3,000 72.05
8 Gurutze Frades Larralde ESP 00:58:27 (12) 04:55:34 (14) 02:55:05 (2) 08:54:01 03:44 US$ 2,500 68.99
9 Stephanie Clutterbuck GBR 00:50:40 (1) 04:37:30 (5) 03:23:48 (13) 08:56:46 n/a US$ 2,000 66.77
10 Heini Hartikainen FIN 01:02:12 (17) 04:44:48 (9) 03:10:19 (8) 09:02:13 -08:40 US$ 1,500 63.67
11 Ruth Brito Curbelo ESP 00:59:26 (14) 05:00:08 (15) 03:16:29 (12) 09:22:17 -09:19   55.53
12 Jamie Besse SUI 01:03:37 (20) 05:01:25 (16) 03:15:39 (11) 09:25:38 -24:12   53.28
13 Ewa Komander POL 00:57:49 (11) 04:54:52 (13) 03:34:11 (16) 09:31:34 15:08   50.19
14 Silvia Toscas ESP 01:02:22 (18) 05:09:59 (17) 03:14:37 (10) 09:33:05 n/a   48.69
15 Elisabetta Curridori ITA 00:55:10 (5) 04:46:58 (10) 03:51:02 (19) 09:37:55 28:02   46.08
16 Carolina Fernandez Ortuno ESP 01:00:19 (16) 05:17:15 (20) 03:25:15 (14) 09:48:46 -12:18   41.41
17 Tara Rooney USA 01:04:58 (21) 05:17:05 (19) 03:26:56 (15) 09:55:11 -46:08   40.37
18 Dominique Lothaller AUT 01:05:15 (22) 05:13:23 (18) 03:41:02 (17) 10:06:11 00:23   39.58
19 Maria Florencia Diaz Philippi ESP 01:03:24 (19) 05:24:47 (21) 03:44:18 (18) 10:18:00 11:31   38.83
  Rebecca Anderbury GBR 00:58:49 (13) 04:48:52 (11)   DNF      
  Alexandra Tondeur BEL 01:00:00 (15) 04:53:52 (12)   DNF      
  Franzi Reng GER 00:55:40 (9)     DNF      

Ironman Vitoria 2024 (July 14th) – Seedings

VitoriaPrevious 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    
2023     Gurutze Frades Larralde (ESP) 08:46:17

Last Race’s TOP 3

Female Race Results (2023)

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Gurutze Frades Larralde ESP 00:59:14 04:49:15 02:53:07 08:46:17
2 Svenja Thoes GER 00:56:35 04:51:47 03:00:23 08:53:17
3 Els Visser NED 00:56:36 04:41:16 03:26:39 09:08:59

Male Race Results (2022)

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

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 08:46:17 Gurutze Frades Larralde 2023-07-16
Swim female 00:52:40 Helene Alberdi Sololuze 2023-07-16
Bike female 04:41:16 Els Visser 2023-07-16
Run female 02:53:07 Gurutze Frades Larralde 2023-07-16

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Vitoria-Gasteiz is 15:40.

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
2023 15:57 01:28 14:08 00:39 8 of 9 15:40 00:07 15:40 -00:07

Kona slots and Prize Money

IM Vitoria-Gasteiz has 3m+3f Pro Kona slot(s). It has a total prize purse of 125.000 US$, paying 10 deep.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 17% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 1 Sam Laidlow (AQ NV) FRA 07:39:56 07:55:18 00:47:04 04:00:13 04:52:17 02:47:39 39% +29% -31% (10)
2 7 Arthur Horseau (KQ) FRA 07:44:45 08:00:07 00:51:34 04:08:40 05:05:14 02:39:31 50% +14% -36% (7)
3 2 Robert Wilkowiecki (KQ) POL 07:48:15 08:12:08 00:46:30 04:11:18 05:02:47 02:45:28 2% +42% -56% (10)
4 4 Antonio Benito Lopez ESP 07:49:24 08:15:36 00:46:54 04:16:12 05:08:07 02:41:17 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
5 11 Bradley Weiss ZAF 07:49:58 08:03:20 00:48:00 04:12:33 05:05:33 02:44:25 85% +0% -15% (5)
6 10 Cameron Wurf (KQ) AUS 07:52:50 08:08:33 00:49:48 04:03:09 04:57:56 02:54:54 77% +15% -9% (34)
7 21 Lukas Stahl GER 07:52:50 08:19:14 00:52:07 04:10:27 05:07:34 02:45:16 52% +0% -48% (2)
8 26 Robert Kallin (KQ) SWE 07:53:16 08:09:49 00:47:37 04:02:37 04:55:14 02:58:02 26% +57% -17% (5)
9 5 David McNamee GBR 07:54:12 08:07:49 00:47:29 04:19:00 05:11:29 02:42:43 51% +14% -35% (16)
10 3 Kristian Hogenhaug DEN 07:55:35 08:20:48 00:48:37 04:07:32 05:01:09 02:54:26 56% +5% -39% (19)
11 6 Mathias Petersen (KQ) DEN 07:56:08 08:09:54 00:48:05 04:14:09 05:07:14 02:48:54 86% +0% -14% (13)
12 44 Dominik Sowieja GER 07:58:35 08:20:57 00:51:34 04:14:46 05:11:21 02:47:14 90% +10% -0% (7)
13 22 Stenn Goetstouwers (KQ) BEL 07:59:32 08:27:26 00:49:41 04:15:38 05:10:18 02:49:14 24% +51% -26% (11)
14 9 Jesper Svensson SWE 08:00:08 08:14:11 00:46:55 04:12:27 05:04:22 02:55:46 75% +4% -20% (17)
15 29 Kristian Grue NOR 08:03:27 08:16:11 00:49:55 04:14:31 05:09:25 02:54:02 47% +0% -53% (4)
16 13 Franz Loeschke GER 08:04:58 08:17:30 00:50:00 04:19:59 05:15:00 02:49:58 66% +0% -34% (7)
17 14 Andreas Dreitz GER 08:06:43 08:24:46 00:50:44 04:14:44 05:10:28 02:56:15 58% +0% -42% (16)
18 28 Fernando Toldi * BRA 08:07:28 08:28:13 00:48:11 04:18:27 05:11:39 02:55:49 47% +11% -41% (7)
19 53 Pim Van Diemen NED 08:09:44 08:32:08 00:52:07 04:17:29 05:14:36 02:55:08 100% +0% -0% (2)
20 61 Piotr Lawicki POL 08:09:57 08:33:06 00:54:13 04:22:01 05:21:14 02:48:43 100% +0% -0% (2)
21 51 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL 08:10:06 08:31:28 00:47:25 04:20:04 05:12:30 02:57:36 62% +20% -18% (8)
22 16 Joao Ferreira POR 08:11:23 08:39:38 00:48:49 04:20:46 05:14:34 02:56:49 31% +33% -36% (9)
23 17 Ruben Zepuntke GER 08:11:55 08:34:10 00:47:55 04:13:13 05:06:08 03:05:47 100% +0% -0% (2)
24 37 Victor Arroyo Bugallo ESP 08:13:09 08:35:07 00:56:08 04:24:06 05:25:14 02:47:55 82% +3% -15% (20)
25 20 Emilio Aguayo Munoz ESP 08:16:09 08:50:13 00:47:38 04:25:24 05:18:02 02:58:07 6% +22% -72% (8)
26 19 Thomas Davis GBR 08:17:24 08:40:03 00:48:20 04:25:19 05:18:38 02:58:46 45% +13% -42% (10)
27 25 Yvan Jarrige FRA 08:17:50 08:41:42 00:49:13 04:26:36 05:20:49 02:57:01 28% +62% -10% (8)
28 24 Finn Arentz GBR 08:19:01 08:43:09 00:53:56 04:34:12 05:33:07 02:45:54 100% +0% -0% (2)
29 60 Roger Manya Valenzuela ESP 08:22:29 08:39:55 00:52:16 04:29:43 05:26:59 02:55:30 100% +0% -0% (3)
30 55 Sven Wies GER 08:25:57 08:54:56 00:49:02 04:25:10 05:19:12 03:06:45 10% +57% -33% (6)
31 31 Juan Ignacio Villarruel Curra ESP 08:27:36 08:50:05 00:53:16 04:38:19 05:36:35 02:51:01 49% +51% -0% (6)
32 54 Erwan Jacobi FRA 08:28:04 09:01:48 00:53:05 04:19:43 05:17:48 03:10:16 39% +0% -61% (2)
33 8 Antony Costes FRA 08:28:54 08:54:52 00:47:53 04:18:11 05:11:04 03:17:50 33% +8% -59% (18)
34 38 Jean-Claude Besse SUI 08:29:08 08:56:16 00:51:02 04:30:49 05:26:52 03:02:16 40% +23% -37% (7)
35 39 Thiago Vinhal BRA 08:30:22 08:44:22 00:48:36 04:35:07 05:28:42 03:01:40 57% +2% -41% (27)
36 59 Simon Huckestein GER 08:30:57 08:52:20 00:59:46 04:33:45 05:38:32 02:52:25 59% +25% -15% (4)
37 40 Gotzon Gondra Etxebarria ESP 08:34:53 08:56:50 01:01:51 04:21:18 05:28:09 03:06:44 100% +0% -0% (3)
38 42 Ander Irigoien Egia ESP 08:38:58 09:07:56 00:53:21 04:31:32 05:29:53 03:09:05 58% +0% -42% (3)
39 23 Jan Sneberger CZE 08:49:54 09:11:25 00:55:37 04:47:14 05:47:52 03:02:02 20% +80% -0% (3)
40 57 Albert Askengren SWE 08:55:12 09:30:43 00:55:14 04:43:11 05:43:25 03:11:47 45% +0% -55% (2)
41 34 Julen Diez Rodriguez ESP 09:01:01 09:25:20 00:56:48 04:41:56 05:43:45 03:17:16 100% +0% -0% (2)
42 49 Liam Lloyd GBR 09:34:47 10:06:52 00:49:26 04:11:49 05:06:15 04:28:32 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  15 James Teagle GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  27 Richard Varga SVK n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  30 Ion Bermejo Yanguas ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  32 Tomasz Brembor POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  33 Garrick Loewen CAN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  35 David Mendes Mercado ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  36 Paulin Philippe FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  41 Corentin Chouvelon FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  43 Adam Munch DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  45 Matti Weitz GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  46 Renning Elischer GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  47 Joan Colino Calomarde ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  48 Drake Deuel USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  50 Mikel Txopitea Elorriaga ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  56 Paul Loiseaux FRA 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.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 16% of a typical Kona field.

# Bib Name Nat Expected Rating ESwim EBike ET2 ERun Consistency
1 2 Katrina Matthews (KQ) GBR 08:35:51 08:50:15 00:54:31 04:40:07 05:39:39 02:56:12 60% +0% -40% (9)
2 1 Gurutze Frades Larralde (KQ) ESP 08:48:40 09:09:22 01:00:12 04:49:21 05:54:34 02:54:06 81% +19% -1% (22)
3 9 Ruth Astle GBR 08:49:06 09:07:41 00:58:58 04:36:22 05:40:20 03:08:46 73% +27% -0% (8)
4 4 Daniela Bleymehl (KQ) GER 08:52:59 09:11:25 00:58:20 04:34:54 05:38:13 03:14:46 41% +3% -56% (23)
5 3 Els Visser (KQ) * NED 08:57:04 09:11:23 00:57:35 04:41:11 05:43:46 03:13:18 93% +7% -0% (16)
6 7 Barbara Riveros CHI 09:02:17 09:26:16 00:52:52 04:52:19 05:50:11 03:12:06 4% +33% -63% (3)
7 14 Elisabetta Curridori (KQ) ITA 09:08:51 09:30:32 00:57:07 04:54:34 05:56:40 03:12:11 31% +30% -38% (7)
8 8 Simone Mitchell GBR 09:10:00 09:31:04 00:56:48 04:58:05 05:59:52 03:10:08 45% +0% -55% (8)
9 23 Katharina Wolff GER 09:13:05 09:39:42 00:58:26 04:54:23 05:57:49 03:15:16 27% +41% -33% (8)
10 22 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:13:56 09:40:31 00:59:06 04:59:30 06:03:35 03:10:21 26% +2% -72% (15)
11 17 Chloe Lane AUS 09:14:05 09:31:48 00:54:08 04:54:27 05:53:35 03:20:30 65% +21% -15% (8)
12 15 Heini Hartikainen FIN 09:15:06 09:41:43 01:03:09 04:48:30 05:56:39 03:18:27 44% +7% -50% (9)
13 25 Jana Uderstadt GER 09:17:08 09:45:27 01:01:18 04:47:26 05:53:44 03:23:24 60% +0% -40% (2)
14 21 Ewa Komander POL 09:21:25 10:06:17 00:56:59 04:55:55 05:57:54 03:23:31 9% +0% -91% (7)
15 12 Renee Kiley AUS 09:21:47 09:42:31 00:57:11 04:46:23 05:48:34 03:33:13 55% +10% -34% (19)
16 19 Rebecca Anderbury GBR 09:24:22 09:56:50 01:02:25 04:48:10 05:55:35 03:28:47 28% +72% -0% (3)
17 20 Ruth Brito Curbelo ESP 09:35:57 10:09:37 00:57:18 05:04:07 06:06:25 03:29:32 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
18 29 Franzi Reng GER 09:46:43 10:19:28 00:55:16 05:03:12 06:03:28 03:43:15 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
19 28 Jamie Besse SUI 09:54:51 10:22:18 01:09:23 05:24:08 06:38:32 03:16:19 100% +0% -0% (2)
20 33 Carolina Fernandez Ortuno ESP 10:07:04 10:40:57 01:03:14 05:34:28 06:42:42 03:24:22 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
21 27 Maria Florencia Diaz Philippi ESP 10:11:42 10:41:12 01:06:35 05:25:35 06:37:10 03:34:32 100% +0% -0% (2)
22 30 Dominique Lothaller AUT 10:12:17 10:46:28 01:07:50 05:24:13 06:37:03 03:35:14 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
23 26 Tara Rooney USA 10:46:34 11:22:40 01:14:17 05:33:35 06:52:51 03:53:43 n/a (1 IM Pro race)
  24 Stephanie Clutterbuck GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race)
  32 Silvia Toscas ESP 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

  • Sam Laidlow: 32% (2-1)
  • Arthur Horseau: 17% (5-1)
  • Robert Wilkowiecki: 14% (6-1)
  • Cameron Wurf: 10% (9-1)
  • Bradley Weiss: 10% (9-1)
  • Robert Kallin: 6% (15-1)
  • Mathias Petersen: 4% (25-1)
  • Kristian Hogenhaug: 3% (32-1)
  • Stenn Goetstouwers: 2% (65-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Katrina Matthews: 42% (1-1)
  • Gurutze Frades Larralde: 34% (2-1)
  • Ruth Astle: 14% (6-1)
  • Els Visser: 7% (13-1)
  • Daniela Bleymehl: 3% (38-1)

Ironman Vitoria 2023 – Analyzing Results

VitoriaCourse 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    

Ironman Vitoria 2023 (July 16th; WPRO-only) – Seedings

VitoriaPrevious 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)

Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz 2022 – Analyzing Results

VitoriaCourse 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    
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