IM Wales

Race Conditions

All accounts from Wales have highlighted the “epic conditions”. The data tells the same story: While the swim was still pretty normal, the rain and wind on the bike made conditions extremely hard, a bike adjustment of -33:36 is the slowest ever in Wales, Combined with a tough run the overall adjustment of -43:11 is the second slowest ever in an Ironman-branded race .. the only slower race was in Wales 2014 when the swim and run were even harder than this year.

Even with the crazy slow bike conditions, Cam Wurf came very close to breaking the bike course record – he was just 36 seconds slower than Markus Thomschke in 2015.

Male Race Results

Australian cyclist-turned-traithlete Cameron Wurf continues his “Ironman education”: After his second place in Sweden (and securing a Kona slot) he won his first Ironman race. He built a large lead on the bike with the fastest bike split by more almost twelve minutes, then also had a solid 3:11 run. Philip Graves was able to close the gap with a strong 3:11 run, he finished second just over two minutes back. Third place went to Christian Kramer with a solid day in all three legs.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:48:22	04:57:50	03:11:00	09:07:03	-13:01	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Philip Graves	GBR	00:48:16	05:09:45	03:03:30	09:09:33	-29:55	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Christian Kramer	GER	00:48:11	05:13:47	03:05:33	09:14:26	-05:35	US$ 3,000	1280
4	Andrej Vistica	CRO	00:54:33	05:21:59	02:51:38	09:17:41	-06:02	US$ 2,500	960
5	Matthew Leeman	GBR	00:48:10	05:27:09	03:08:12	09:30:14	n/a	US$ 1,500	720
6	Antony Costes	FRA	00:48:14	05:27:10	03:10:15	09:32:03	-48:58	US$ 1,000	540
7	Fabian Rahn	GER	01:00:36	05:25:31	02:59:02	09:33:46	09:44		405
8	Christopher Baird	USA	00:58:22	05:38:15	03:00:38	09:48:00	31:47		305
9	Xavier Torrades	ESP	00:48:24	05:42:28	03:07:31	09:48:36	-08:55		230
10	Joris Buyl	BEL	00:49:14	05:23:51	03:26:05	09:50:01	n/a		170
11	Pavel Simko	SVK	00:48:20	05:37:05	03:19:34	09:53:25	-01:01		120
12	Jesse Vondracek	USA	00:53:15	05:36:59	03:22:37	10:03:34	07:36		85
13	Hannes Cool	BEL	00:51:30	05:33:14	03:34:13	10:09:58	18:01		60
14	Mike Schifferle	SUI	00:58:30	05:44:34	03:24:37	10:22:23	26:07		40
15	Matthias Knossalla	GER	01:00:28	05:24:11	04:19:27	10:54:53	1:08:36		30
	Markus Thomschke	GER	00:50:14	05:17:21		DNF
	Romain Guillaume	FRA	00:48:17	05:20:22		DNF
	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	00:48:08	05:25:21		DNF
	Chris McDonald	AUS	00:50:44	05:24:13		DNF
	Domenico Passuello	ITA	00:54:25	05:30:34		DNF
	Scott Cooper	CAN	01:02:36	05:59:07		DNF
	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	01:07:51	05:57:55		DNF
	Sebastian Guhr	GER	01:03:26			DNF

Female Race Results

As expected Lucy Gossage was able to win her seventh Ironman, but she had to put in more than ten hours of hard work. Parys Edwards had great first Ironman race to finish second, third place went to Kate Comber.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Lucy Gossage	GBR	01:00:01	05:46:01	03:16:20	10:11:20	04:42	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Parys Edwards	GBR	01:00:06	05:59:27	03:24:55	10:35:16	n/a	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Kate Comber	GBR	00:53:01	06:05:24	03:35:29	10:44:02	-03:23	US$ 3,000	1280
	Rachel Hallam	GBR	00:58:04			DNF

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA)	09:04:21	Kristin Moeller (GER)	10:01:19
2012	Sylvain Rota (FRA)	08:52:43	Regula Rohrbach (SUI)	09:45:09
2013	Scott Neyedli (GBR)	09:09:10	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:51:21
2014	Matt Trautman (ZAF)	09:07:28	Amy Forshaw (GBR)	10:57:26
2015	Jesse Thomas (USA)	08:57:33	Anja Beranek (GER)	09:56:31
2016	Marc Duelsen (GER)	09:01:39	Darbi Roberts (USA)	10:00:17

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:46:39	05:08:50	02:58:18	09:01:39
2	Philip Graves	GBR	00:45:26	05:01:43	03:06:43	09:02:56
3	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:47:10	05:05:02	03:07:11	09:07:22

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Darbi Roberts	USA	00:49:26	05:46:41	03:14:41	10:00:17
2	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	00:53:52	05:29:48	03:28:23	10:02:44
3	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	00:56:59	05:39:07	03:22:48	10:09:15

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:52:43	Sylvain Rota	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Harry Wiltshire	2012-09-16
Swim	overall	00:44:07	Daniel Halksworth	2012-09-16
Bike	overall	04:57:14	Markus Thomschke	2015-09-13
Run	overall	02:48:01	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	2011-09-11
Total	female	09:45:09	Regula Rohrbach	2012-09-16
Swim	female	00:47:55	Anja Beranek	2011-09-11
Bike	female	05:29:48	Jeanne Collonge	2016-09-18
Run	female	03:02:28	Kristin Moeller	2011-09-11

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Wales is – 24:58.

Race Adjustments for IM Wales

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	-25:01	04:58	-23:44	00:12	22	-25:01	04:58	-23:44	00:12
2012	-00:49	05:07	-21:53	16:30	25	-12:55	05:02	-22:48	08:21
2013	-30:20	01:08	-26:31	-04:02	22	-18:43	03:44	-24:03	04:13
2014	-43:48	-03:26	-26:33	-07:01	14 of 16	-24:59	01:57	-24:40	01:25
2015	-34:02	-03:28	-27:10	-00:04	22 of 26	-26:48	00:52	-25:10	01:07
2016	-15:50	05:14	-20:47	-00:47	15 of 18	-24:58	01:35	-24:26	00:48

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Wales is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 11% of a typical Kona field.

A couple of the participants are questionable to race in Tenby as they have qualified for Kona (Cam Wurf, Harry Wiltshire, potentially Chris McDonald) and are likely to adjust their plans.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	8	Christopher Baird	USA	08:53:03	08:39:26	00:54:21	05:04:25	06:03:46	02:49:17	8% +92% -0% (2)	(72)
2	12	Bas Diederen	NED	08:55:26	08:33:02	00:46:59	05:04:18	05:56:17	02:59:09	48% +4% -48% (21)	49
3	32	Cameron Wurf	AUS	08:57:14	08:41:30	00:49:14	04:51:16	05:45:30	03:11:44	26% +58% -16% (7)	78
4	17	Christian Kramer	GER	08:58:11	08:40:50	00:46:36	05:05:17	05:56:54	03:01:17	65% +6% -29% (20)	75
5	29	Andrej Vistica	CRO	09:00:33	08:39:08	00:52:40	05:07:55	06:05:34	02:54:59	86% +0% -14% (13)	70
6	2	Romain Guillaume	FRA	09:02:35	08:43:14	00:47:52	05:01:45	05:54:38	03:07:57	50% +7% -43% (30)	82
7	22	Fabian Rahn	GER	09:04:49	08:59:11	00:55:41	05:13:54	06:14:35	02:50:14	38% +0% -62% (2)	(145)
8	5	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	09:06:03	08:48:52	00:47:26	05:16:09	06:08:35	02:57:28	88% +12% -0% (7)	101
9	26	Markus Thomschke	GER	09:06:10	08:52:30	00:51:57	05:01:14	05:58:11	03:07:59	37% +33% -30% (18)	(119)
10	3	Domenico Passuello	ITA	09:06:40	08:48:20	00:53:41	05:06:03	06:04:44	03:01:56	25% +39% -37% (7)	(99)
11	6	Chris McDonald *	AUS	09:07:57	08:43:52	00:51:31	05:07:57	06:04:29	03:03:28	74% +11% -15% (46)	85
12	4	Fraser Cartmell *	GBR	09:08:02	09:01:39	00:48:04	05:08:21	06:01:25	03:06:37	24% +6% -69% (12)	149
13	31	Harry Wiltshire *	GBR	09:08:50	08:50:28	00:46:31	05:14:08	06:05:39	03:03:11	20% +22% -58% (24)	108
14	13	Michael Goehner	GER	09:10:58	08:55:37	00:52:19	05:12:29	06:09:48	03:01:10	58% +2% -41% (20)	(130)
15	16	Matthias Knossalla	GER	09:13:33	09:15:36	01:03:08	05:03:35	06:11:42	03:01:51	10% +23% -67% (4)	(190)
16	1	Philip Graves	GBR	09:17:48	08:55:32	00:48:44	05:06:21	06:00:05	03:17:43	100% +0% -0% (8)	129
17	10	Hannes Cool	BEL	09:19:58	09:14:06	00:51:29	05:18:34	06:15:03	03:04:55	28% +37% -36% (7)	(186)
18	19	Markus Liebelt	GER	09:20:24	09:14:36	00:54:00	05:08:34	06:07:34	03:12:50	38% +0% -62% (2)	(188)
19	9	Malte Bruns	GER	09:22:31	09:13:02	00:52:27	05:20:44	06:18:11	03:04:20	43% +0% -57% (4)	(183)
20	21	Bryan McCrystal	IRL	09:23:24	09:04:51	00:58:23	05:04:52	06:08:16	03:15:08	78% +22% -0% (4)	158
21	15	Arnaud Guilloux	FRA	09:27:00	09:15:34	00:51:29	05:10:20	06:06:49	03:20:11	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(190)
22	30	Jesse Vondracek	USA	09:29:14	09:13:12	00:53:12	05:21:37	06:19:49	03:09:25	54% +42% -4% (18)	184
23	23	Mike Schifferle	SUI	09:29:41	09:06:30	00:58:53	05:18:15	06:22:08	03:07:33	90% +8% -2% (68)	167
24	25	Pavel Simko	SVK	09:29:58	09:12:28	00:51:21	05:15:11	06:11:32	03:18:26	70% +0% -30% (3)	181
25	24	Peter Seidel	GER	09:34:04	09:17:09	00:53:44	05:22:39	06:21:23	03:12:41	19% +36% -45% (4)	195
26	27	Xavier Torrades	ESP	09:36:48	09:15:57	00:48:46	05:25:12	06:18:58	03:17:50	43% +0% -57% (6)	191
27	20	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	09:41:05	09:25:52	00:52:50	05:31:29	06:29:18	03:11:47	39% +5% -56% (9)	217
28	28	Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen	BEL	09:44:21	09:32:23	00:54:19	05:27:55	06:27:14	03:17:07	44% +0% -56% (8)	241
29	7	Antony Costes *	FRA	09:48:13	09:41:02	00:47:55	05:05:44	05:58:40	03:49:33	28% +0% -72% (7)	257
30	11	Scott Cooper	CAN	09:49:54	09:38:01	00:59:36	05:34:58	06:39:34	03:10:20	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(253)
	14	Sebastian Guhr	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	18	Matt Leeman	GBR	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 4% of a typical Kona field.

While Lucy Gossage has declined her Kona slot specifically to focus on fall racing, Nikki Bartlett qualified for Kona and has said she’s withdrawn from IM Wales.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	35	Lucy Gossage	GBR	09:44:37	09:17:45	00:58:02	05:31:06	06:34:07	03:10:30	96% +0% -4% (16)	11
2	40	Nikki Bartlett	GBR	10:13:21	09:48:22	01:00:07	05:43:38	06:48:45	03:24:36	100% +0% -0% (3)	68
3	37	Kate Comber	GBR	10:25:15	10:01:52	00:52:29	05:56:12	06:53:41	03:31:34	100% +0% -0% (6)	88
4	39	Kathryn Thomas	USA	10:44:17	10:37:37	00:54:46	06:00:54	07:00:41	03:43:36	49% +0% -51% (2)	(155)
5	38	Lotty Harari	PAN	11:10:06	10:56:37	01:07:44	06:04:21	07:17:04	03:53:02	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(162)
	36	Parys Edwards	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Cameron Wurf: 23% (3-1)
• Andrej Vistica: 17% (5-1)
• Christian Kramer: 17% (5-1)
• Christopher Baird: 10% (9-1)
• Harry Wiltshire: 9% (10-1)
• Bas Diederen: 7% (14-1)
• Fraser Cartmell: 5% (18-1)
• Markus Thomschke: 5% (19-1)
• Chris McDonald: 4% (26-1)
• Romain Guillaume: 2% (59-1)

Female Race Participants

• Lucy Gossage: 86% (1-1)
• Nikki Bartlett: 10% (9-1)
• Kate Comber: 4% (24-1)

Male Race Participants

Name	Nation
Fraser Cartmell	GBR
Hannes Cool	BEL
Scott Cooper	CAN
Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA
Bas Diederen	NED
Michael Goehner	GER
Romain Guillaume	FRA
Lachlan Kerin	AUS
Matthias Knossalla	GER
Christian Kramer	GER
Mike Schifferle	SUI
Peter Seidel	GER
Markus Thomschke	GER
Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen	BEL
Andrej Vistica	CRO
Jesse Vondracek	USA

Female Race Participants

Name	Nation
Kate Comber	GBR
Parys Edwards	GBR
Lucy Gossage	GBR
Dede Griesbauer	USA
Natascha Schmitt	GER
Kathryn Thomas	USA