Race

Race Conditions

After last year’s record heat, this year the conditions were much colder and included some showers on the run that probably helped those that were running fast. Both Sebastian Kienle and Andi Boecherer ran new marathon PRs in their battle for the win and Will Clarke was able to post a new run course record – his 2:42:08 beat Timo Bracht’s time from 2008.

Overall conditions were fast as is typical for Frankfurt (adjustment of 12:48 leading to a new course rating of 11:58). This year the biggest impact on the race was probably the swim. With an official temperature of 22.6°C it was decided to not allow wetsuits, but a lot of Pros were battling hypothermia, most notable Daniela Ryf who was forced to DNF early on the bike. 

Male Race Results

The Top 3 finishers came off the bike together, but Eneko Llanos quickly lost contact to Sebastian Kienle and Andi Böcherer who ran shoulder-to-shoulder for some time. Sebi was slowly able to move away and build a small lead, but towards the end Andi put in another effort but couldn’t quite close the gap. Eneko struggled in the second and third loop and lost third place to Marko Albert, but a strong last lap allowed him to grab the last spot on the podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:52:12	04:12:12	02:44:12	07:52:43	-12:34	US$ 30000
2	Andi Boecherer	GER	00:48:41	04:15:27	02:45:02	07:53:40	-27:07	US$ 15000
3	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:49:11	04:15:21	03:00:33	08:09:08	-02:26	US$ 8000
4	Marko Albert	EST	00:48:12	04:22:04	02:57:33	08:11:38	-12:55	US$ 6500
5	Will Clarke	GBR	00:52:17	04:36:01	02:42:08	08:14:56	-32:18	US$ 5000
6	Christian Kramer	GER	00:48:34	04:32:35	02:51:44	08:18:14	-08:40	US$ 3500
7	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:48:14	04:39:39	02:47:33	08:19:59	-05:07	US$ 2500
8	Bertrand Billard	FRA	00:52:15	04:35:49	02:53:58	08:26:27	-20:00	US$ 2000
9	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:54:23	04:34:23	02:53:32	08:26:59	03:21	US$ 1500
10	Johann Ackermann	GER	00:48:25	04:31:09	03:06:41	08:31:06	05:42	US$ 1000
11	Alexander Schilling	GER	00:48:34	04:41:33	03:00:49	08:35:08	n/a
12	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:52:10	04:49:08	02:53:53	08:39:57	12:18
13	Youri Severin	NED	00:48:26	04:41:43	03:11:09	08:45:38	n/a
14	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:50:51	04:57:15	03:01:35	08:55:19	12:22
15	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:48:32	04:48:23	03:15:01	08:57:25	10:18
16	Mike Schifferle	SUI	01:04:25	04:44:16	02:58:59	08:57:45	08:15
17	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:48:35	04:30:47	03:34:59	08:58:42	30:32
18	Michael Louys	BEL	01:05:31	04:43:21	03:04:05	08:58:45	-14:48
19	Pascal Ramali	GER	01:01:03	04:41:46	03:17:46	09:05:12	34:52
20	Hywel Davies	GBR	01:06:12	04:53:10	02:58:22	09:05:54	-00:04
21	Julian Mutterer	GER	00:52:14	04:37:30	03:32:01	09:06:12	25:32
22	Maciej Chmura	POL	00:52:03	05:04:20	03:07:09	09:08:33	n/a
23	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	01:07:38	04:56:43	02:58:49	09:09:14	-23:47
24	David Jilek	CZE	00:59:10	04:50:53	03:16:34	09:12:07	-10:34
25	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	00:48:31	04:39:34	03:39:55	09:12:58	59:03
26	Ivan Jezko	SVK	01:03:00	04:55:53	03:11:21	09:17:29	-07:20
27	Vincent Depuiset	FRA	01:12:01	05:01:08	03:09:31	09:29:21	-10:41
28	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	00:59:31	05:07:34	03:30:30	09:44:37	-08:43
29	David Krupicka	CZE	01:06:26	05:14:39	04:07:11	10:35:07	07:28
	Joe Gambles	AUS	00:48:39	04:48:54		DNF
	Victor Del Corral	ESP	00:59:00	04:42:56		DNF
	Christian Brader	GER	00:58:52	04:49:43		DNF
	Thomas Bosch	GER	00:59:02	04:49:49		DNF
	Bas Diederen	NED	00:48:36	05:18:57		DNF
	Michal Volejnik	CZE	01:03:56	05:10:25		DNF
	Timo Moeschk	GER	01:16:24	05:08:15		DNF
	Petr Bednar	CZE	01:06:25	05:25:27		DNF
	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:13:48	05:48:50		DNF
	Ivan Risti	ITA	00:48:27			DNF
	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:49:09			DNF
	Marton Flander	HUN	00:52:18			DNF
	Gilian Oriet	SUI	00:59:03			DNF
	Gudmund Snilstveit	NOR	01:04:43			DNF
	Alfred Rahm	GER	01:07:52			DNF

Female Race Results

After pre-race favorite Daniela Ryf was in trouble after getting extremely cold on the swim, Natascha Schmitt was leading the race into T2. But Mel Hauschildt was running a good deal faster and took the lead in the second loop. When even an unjustified stop-and-go penalty on the run couldn’t derail her, she won IM Germany, an Automatic Qualifier slot and continued her streak of being unbeaten in an Ironman (3 wins in 3 starts). There were a lot of late position changes behind Mel, eventually Katja Konschak ran herself into second place with the best run of the day. Daniela Sämmler finished third with a solid bike/run-combo while Natascha Schmitt dropped back into fourth place. Verena Walter in fifth was the fourth German in the Top 5.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	00:59:15	04:57:10	03:00:12	09:01:17	-06:52	US$ 30000
2	Katja Konschak	GER	00:56:05	05:06:45	02:59:29	09:09:58	-36:46	US$ 15000
3	Daniela Saemmler	GER	00:58:18	04:56:54	03:12:47	09:13:23	-08:07	US$ 8000
4	Natascha Schmitt	GER	00:55:57	04:54:15	03:21:43	09:16:40	-29:42	US$ 6500
5	Verena Walter	GER	01:01:45	04:55:49	03:16:04	09:18:58	-24:26	US$ 5000
6	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	00:56:58	05:14:53	03:04:54	09:22:41	-28:49	US$ 3500
7	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	00:59:18	05:06:09	03:19:16	09:30:48	-01:28	US$ 2500
8	Katharina Grohmann	GER	01:13:48	05:06:06	03:07:20	09:31:54	-14:05	US$ 2000
9	Bianca Steurer	AUT	00:59:19	05:14:46	03:19:14	09:37:59	04:11	US$ 1500
10	Petra Krejcova	CZE	01:03:48	05:22:41	03:13:36	09:45:13	-07:34	US$ 1000
11	Celia Kuch	GER	01:06:30	05:13:13	03:27:29	09:53:24	-06:06
12	Caroline Livesey	GBR	01:06:36	05:13:13	03:32:34	10:00:24	17:53
13	Christine Fletcher	CAN	01:03:30	05:15:03	03:49:02	10:17:20	21:26
14	Lotty Harari	PAN	01:10:55	05:20:18	03:45:21	10:23:23	n/a
15	Mariana Andrade	BRA	01:00:13	05:15:14	04:17:05	10:37:31	41:12
	Astrid Stienen	GER	01:00:20	05:00:53		DNF
	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:53:45			DNF
	Diana Riesler	GER				DNF
	Kristin Möller	GER				DNF

One day before IM Germany in Frankfurt athletes checked in their bikes into T1 at the “Langener Waldsee”. I was able to see most of them and snap a few pictures. For the whole Pro field, have a look at my predictions post.

At first it was raining quite hard, and athletes improvised ways to cover their bikes. Balasz Csoke used a few plastic bags to protect his drivetrain:

Joe Gambles was more focused on covering the saddle and his aerobars:

Katharina Grohmann made sure that there weren’t any small stones lodged in her tires:

When Celia Kuch dropped off her bike for one of her last Professional IMs, the rain had stopped:

Mel Hauschildt was smiling when she dropped her bike – she’ll be the big “wild card” tomorrow. Hopefully she’s fit and healthy:

Male favorite Sebastian Kienle has a new bike for this season with a very clean fronted:

This year’s color scheme is much smoother than last year:

Shortly after Sebi female favorite Daniela Ryf checked in. Both joked around that Sebi – racing with bib #51 – shouldn’t grab the #1 bike that belongs to Daniela:

No doubt who owns this bike:

There will be a close fight for the podium, a lot of German females are eyeing third place and a very likely Kona slot. Among them is run course record holder Kristin Möller:

Astrid Stienen has won IM Sweden last year, this year she has been building with a clear focus towards IM Frankfurt:

Bianca Steurer from Austria is – other than Daniela – the female with the most Kona points in the field. She’ll look for a sixth place to qualify:

Mariana Andrade is one of the small Brazilian contingent racing in Frankfurt:

Eneko Llanos has won this race in 2013 – but as a late entry he was assigned bib #112:

Another nice color scheme on the bike of Russian Pro Daniil Sapunov:

IM Texas Champion Patrick Lange is also racing, but only as part of a relay for the new title sponsor Mainova:

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)