Course Conditions
Compared to other years, 2019 was a slot year for Roth: A non-wetsuit swim for the Pros (very unusual for Roth) and wet roads after some light rain in the morning led to times roughly 6 minutes slower than last year.
Male Race Results
Jesper Svensson was the fastest swimmer, but a “group of three Andi/Andys” was lighting up the slippery bike course – not even allowing uber-biker Cameron Wurf to catch up to them. On the run, both Andy Potts and Andi Böcherer fell back, but Andi Dreitz had a great 2:51 marathon that allowed him to post the only sub-8 finish of the day and to take the win by three minutes.
Photo Credit: Ingo Kutsche
Jesper Svensson had the fastest swim of the day and fell back a bit on the bike, but then was able to move back into second place with a 2:48 marathon. Third place went to Cameron Wurf who posted a new run PB – his 2:50 marathon was 11 minutes quicker than last year and allowed him to hold the place he had in T2.
Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
1 | Andreas Dreitz | GER | 00:51:28 | 04:13:12 | 02:51:11 | 07:59:02 | -08:40 | EUR 14,000 |
2 | Jesper Svensson | SWE | 00:48:27 | 04:22:30 | 02:48:43 | 08:02:20 | -07:10 | EUR 7,000 |
3 | Cameron Wurf | AUS | 00:54:38 | 04:15:53 | 02:50:37 | 08:04:08 | -05:27 | EUR 3,500 |
4 | Bart Aernouts | BEL | 00:56:11 | 04:17:57 | 02:47:49 | 08:04:48 | -00:01 | EUR 2,000 |
5 | David McNamee | GBR | 00:50:21 | 04:31:39 | 02:41:01 | 08:05:50 | -02:33 | EUR 1,000 |
6 | Alessandro Degasperi | ITA | 00:53:45 | 04:29:02 | 02:42:05 | 08:08:24 | -10:30 | EUR 900 |
7 | Andy Potts | USA | 00:50:20 | 04:17:43 | 02:58:20 | 08:09:39 | 01:16 | EUR 800 |
8 | Jens Petersen-Bach | DEN | 00:51:38 | 04:30:12 | 02:48:08 | 08:13:01 | -12:33 | EUR 700 |
9 | Matthew Russell | USA | 00:57:23 | 04:25:35 | 02:52:06 | 08:18:11 | 04:41 | EUR 600 |
10 | Lukas Kraemer | GER | 00:56:05 | 04:26:18 | 02:53:41 | 08:19:15 | 00:15 | EUR 500 |
11 | Christian Altstadt | GER | 00:56:10 | 02:55:09 | 08:21:12 | -10:04 | ||
12 | Evert Scheltinga | NED | 00:51:34 | 04:30:04 | 02:58:01 | 08:22:39 | 05:35 | |
13 | Pete Dyson | GBR | 00:57:47 | 04:28:48 | 02:57:01 | 08:26:26 | -18:04 | |
14 | Markus Hoermann | GER | 00:56:06 | 04:26:51 | 03:03:31 | 08:29:02 | 04:12 | |
15 | Michael Kalb | GER | 00:53:37 | 04:37:31 | 03:02:23 | 08:36:44 | n/a | |
16 | Johannes Moldan | GER | 00:56:03 | 04:29:02 | 03:10:04 | 08:37:58 | 00:44 | |
17 | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | BEL | 00:58:49 | 04:26:26 | 03:09:06 | 08:38:14 | n/a | |
18 | Carson Christen | USA | 00:54:08 | 04:40:47 | 03:02:50 | 08:40:40 | -14:00 | |
19 | Alexander Siegmund | GER | 01:00:20 | 04:36:40 | 03:00:42 | 08:40:57 | n/a | |
20 | Simon Schwarz | GER | 00:58:28 | 04:34:20 | 03:06:00 | 08:41:54 | -11:37 | |
21 | Juan Bautista Nadal Clar | ESP | 00:57:40 | 04:45:08 | 02:57:11 | 08:42:57 | n/a | |
22 | Rodrigo Romero Garcia de la Cadena | MEX | 00:56:08 | 04:50:07 | 03:02:09 | 08:53:07 | n/a | |
23 | Guy Crawford | NZL | 00:51:35 | 04:39:17 | 03:27:32 | 09:02:35 | 10:41 | |
24 | Benjamin Pernet | FRA | 00:49:40 | 04:33:54 | 03:35:37 | 09:03:10 | 02:25 | |
25 | Douglas MacLean | USA | 01:01:46 | 04:57:55 | 02:57:20 | 09:04:45 | 01:49 | |
26 | David Sharman | GBR | 00:57:49 | 04:49:39 | 03:13:23 | 09:05:12 | n/a | |
27 | Simon Billeau | FRA | 00:58:12 | 04:23:59 | 03:51:32 | 09:17:25 | 32:19 | |
28 | Thomas Naasz | NED | 01:02:02 | 04:56:22 | 03:20:33 | 09:22:01 | 18:26 | |
29 | Andi Boecherer | GER | 00:51:34 | 04:13:11 | 04:27:42 | 09:35:40 | 1:38:50 | |
30 | Luiz Feliz | ESP | 01:07:37 | 04:58:20 | 04:14:17 | 10:25:44 | 1:34:43 | |
Braden Currie | NZL | 00:50:16 | 04:28:13 | DNF | ||||
Marcus Woellner | GER | 00:51:37 | 04:36:49 | DNF | ||||
Vicenc Castella Serra | ESP | 01:01:58 | DNF |
Female Race Results
On the female side, it was Lucy Charles who had an all-around good day, posting the fastest swim (of course!) and also the fastest run – er 2:59 was her first sub-3 marathon in a full-distance race. (She was ten seconds quicker at the shortened-swim IM South Africa earlier this year.) She was delighted to claim the top spot this year after finishing second last year.
Photo Credit: Ingo Kutsche
Sarah Crowley was losing time to Lucy in all three legs but was able to claim a solid second, posting a new personal best overall and on the marathon and claiming second place. Just a week after her DNF in Frankfurt, Daniela Bleymehl also posted a new PR (15 seconds quicker than last year’s winning time in Roth). She was working hard on the second loop of the bike to make up time to the Lucy and maybe put some ground between her and the stronger runners in her group. A solid 3:06 marathon saw her finish on the final podium spot.
Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
1 | Lucy Charles-Barclay | GBR | 00:49:01 | 04:39:20 | 02:59:42 | 08:31:09 | -18:00 | EUR 14,000 |
2 | Sarah Crowley | AUS | 00:54:38 | 04:40:13 | 03:00:02 | 08:38:11 | -16:21 | EUR 7,000 |
3 | Daniela Bleymehl | GER | 00:58:03 | 04:36:17 | 03:06:06 | 08:43:17 | -22:42 | EUR 3,500 |
4 | Agnieszka Jerzyk | POL | 00:54:41 | 04:42:59 | 03:08:17 | 08:48:49 | n/a | EUR 2,000 |
5 | Carolin Lehrieder | GER | 00:54:36 | 04:40:26 | 03:17:13 | 08:55:13 | -25:57 | EUR 1,000 |
6 | Rachel McBride | CAN | 00:54:29 | 04:43:46 | 03:24:50 | 09:06:47 | -18:51 | EUR 900 |
7 | Els Visser | NED | 00:58:21 | 04:49:10 | 03:17:31 | 09:07:49 | -16:15 | EUR 800 |
8 | Anja Ippach | GER | 00:54:33 | 04:42:53 | 03:43:14 | 09:23:58 | 09:54 | EUR 700 |
9 | Lina-Kristin Schink | GER | 01:11:31 | 04:52:25 | 03:18:23 | 09:27:41 | -21:07 | EUR 600 |
10 | Tara Grosvenor | GBR | 01:02:57 | 05:05:28 | 03:17:09 | 09:29:01 | n/a | EUR 500 |
11 | Antonina Reznikov | ISR | 01:18:57 | 04:54:19 | 03:13:19 | 09:31:16 | -26:58 | |
12 | Vanessa Pereira | POR | 01:08:30 | 05:01:06 | 03:22:43 | 09:37:59 | -34:47 | |
13 | Gemma Frost | GBR | 00:58:24 | 05:03:05 | 03:38:44 | 09:44:33 | n/a | |
14 | Simona Krivankova | CZE | 01:08:21 | 05:17:17 | 03:15:38 | 09:46:09 | 14:51 | |
15 | Kristin Lie | NOR | 01:11:35 | 05:35:04 | 03:34:34 | 10:25:37 | 20:20 | |
16 | Kate Bevilaqua | AUS | 00:58:33 | 05:26:41 | 05:00:40 | 11:33:22 | 1:31:42 | |
Lisa Roberts | USA | 01:08:57 | DNF |
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Does Challenge Roth have a 20m no-drafting zone for the professionals?
As far as I know, the drafting zone for Roth is 12 meters .. but the penalty is five minutes in the “sin bin” plus running an extra 1k.
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