Course Conditions
Challenge Roth is always a fast course, and this year was even faster than normal. The weather contributed a good part – the swim was wetsuit-legal (compared to last year’s non-wetsuit swim about three minutes quicker), then a fast bike with very little wind followed by a quick run. Compared to other years, the number of motor cycles on the course was much reduced, and it was probably the most fair edition of Roth in recent years.
There were a number of world bests set in Roth today. Magnus Ditlev posted a 3:57 bike split, to me the fastest ever time ever in a legit race. Magnus followed that uo with a 2:37 run to finish in an amazing time of 7:24:40, also a new fastest legitimate full-distance finish. (My post on “IM Records” will be updated in the next days.) Patrick Lange finished second with a 2:30 run, a few seconds quicker than his run in Israel.
It was also a record-setting day for the women. Daniela Ryf biked a 4:22, more than four minutes quicker than the old “world best” posted by her in Kona 2018. As she was also able to run a new marathon PR, she set a new females fastest time of 8:08, chopping a full ten minutes off the 12-year-old record from Chrissie Wellington (also set in Roth).
It was great to see the old record holders, Chrissie Wellington and Jan Frodeno, put the finisher’s medals on the new record holders, Daniela Ryf and Magnus Ditlev.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Magnus Elbaek Ditlev | DEN | 00:46:47 (6) | 03:57:45 (1) | 02:37:09 (3) | 07:24:40 | -13:24 | EUR 25,000 |
| 2 | Patrick Lange | GER | 00:46:42 (4) | 04:10:02 (5) | 02:30:27 (1) | 07:30:04 | -07:24 | EUR 13,000 |
| 3 | Ben Kanute | USA | 00:46:36 (1) | 04:10:17 (6) | 02:37:18 (4) | 07:37:01 | -04:35 | EUR 8,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Baekkegard | DEN | 00:46:40 (3) | 04:14:01 (12) | 02:36:04 (2) | 07:39:59 | -01:12 | EUR 3,000 |
| 5 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 00:51:18 (24) | 04:09:04 (3) | 02:40:52 (6) | 07:44:10 | -00:42 | EUR 2,000 |
| 6 | Bradley Weiss | ZAF | 00:48:33 (10) | 04:12:07 (9) | 02:42:38 (7) | 07:46:06 | -01:50 | EUR 1,100 |
| 7 | Jason Pohl | CAN | 00:50:05 (20) | 04:14:40 (13) | 02:39:17 (5) | 07:46:59 | -40:53 | EUR 800 |
| 8 | Sam Laidlow | FRA | 00:46:37 (2) | 03:58:01 (2) | 03:00:48 (20) | 07:48:05 | 00:09 | EUR 700 |
| 9 | Andreas Dreitz | GER | 00:49:51 (13) | 04:10:01 (4) | 02:47:56 (9) | 07:50:30 | -09:45 | EUR 600 |
| 10 | Kieran Lindars | GBR | 00:47:32 (8) | 04:12:59 (11) | 02:47:21 (8) | 07:50:53 | -11:29 | EUR 550 |
| 11 | Tristan Olij | NED | 00:49:55 (15) | 04:12:00 (8) | 02:48:20 (10) | 07:53:28 | -01:14 | |
| 12 | Ondrej Kubo | SVK | 00:51:22 (26) | 04:12:23 (10) | 02:48:28 (11) | 07:55:20 | -14:04 | |
| 13 | Will Crudgington | GBR | 00:49:54 (14) | 04:15:50 (14) | 02:48:54 (13) | 07:57:40 | n/a | |
| 14 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 00:50:02 (19) | 02:52:07 (15) | 08:03:49 | 13:04 | ||
| 15 | Christopher Declan Mintern | IRL | 00:47:35 (9) | 04:16:47 (15) | 03:00:39 (19) | 08:08:12 | n/a | |
| 16 | Pete Dyson | GBR | 00:53:54 (27) | 04:21:20 (17) | 02:53:49 (17) | 08:12:17 | -06:47 | |
| 17 | Simon Huckestein | GER | 01:00:10 (33) | 04:21:15 (16) | 02:48:42 (12) | 08:13:05 | -28:16 | |
| 18 | Nils Frommhold | GER | 00:49:06 (11) | 04:11:33 (7) | 03:11:43 (26) | 08:16:02 | 08:16 | |
| 19 | Christopher Dels | GER | 00:54:59 (30) | 04:28:49 (20) | 02:50:04 (14) | 08:17:04 | -11:47 | |
| 20 | Silas Koehn | GER | 00:50:01 (18) | 03:06:30 (23) | 08:17:32 | -07:08 | ||
| 21 | Ernie Mantell | USA | 00:50:00 (17) | 02:52:32 (16) | 08:18:46 | -01:09 | ||
| 22 | Jean-Claude Besse | SUI | 00:49:56 (16) | 03:03:32 (21) | 08:21:39 | -06:53 | ||
| 23 | Nicolas Quenette | CAN | 00:51:15 (23) | 04:24:40 (19) | 03:06:57 (24) | 08:26:31 | -29:00 | |
| 24 | Thomas Vanhalst | BEL | 00:51:11 (22) | 04:24:03 (18) | 03:08:32 (25) | 08:27:45 | n/a | |
| 25 | Steffen Bonde Jensen | DEN | 01:04:17 (34) | 04:30:34 (21) | 03:04:52 (22) | 08:43:16 | n/a | |
| 26 | Bruno Slegers | BEL | 00:55:02 (31) | 04:51:01 (23) | 02:58:31 (18) | 08:49:04 | n/a | |
| 27 | William Cowen | GBR | 00:50:42 (21) | 04:33:14 (22) | 03:27:19 (28) | 08:55:46 | n/a | |
| 28 | Alberto Eugenio Casillas Garcia | LTU | 00:51:21 (25) | 03:23:39 (27) | 09:01:18 | n/a | ||
| 29 | Gergely Nagy | HUN | 00:55:04 (32) | 04:57:33 (25) | 04:41:04 (29) | 10:37:38 | 58:55 | |
| Andrew Starykowicz | USA | 00:49:10 (12) | 04:52:06 (24) | DNF | ||||
| Robert Wilkowiecki | POL | 00:46:45 (5) | DNF | |||||
| Pieter Heemeryck | BEL | 00:46:53 (7) | DNF | |||||
| Jesse Vondracek | USA | 00:53:55 (28) | DNF | |||||
| Victor Arroyo Bugallo | ESP | 00:54:57 (29) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 00:50:15 (2) | 04:22:56 (1) | 02:51:55 (3) | 08:08:21 | -25:12 | EUR 25,000 |
| 2 | Anne Haug | GER | 00:54:12 (8) | 04:39:17 (4) | 02:44:45 (1) | 08:21:09 | -01:20 | EUR 13,000 |
| 3 | Laura Philipp | GER | 00:54:11 (7) | 04:37:29 (3) | 02:51:12 (2) | 08:25:31 | -00:15 | EUR 8,000 |
| 4 | Fenella Langridge | GBR | 00:50:12 (1) | 04:41:19 (6) | 02:59:34 (5) | 08:33:53 | -06:25 | EUR 3,000 |
| 5 | Lisa Norden | SWE | 00:52:08 (3) | 04:34:00 (2) | 03:13:33 (11) | 08:43:11 | 05:13 | EUR 2,000 |
| DQ | ||||||||
| 6 | Katrine Graesboell Christensen | DEN | 01:02:50 (17) | 04:52:18 (10) | 02:58:42 (4) | 08:57:27 | n/a | EUR 1,100 |
| 7 | Johanna Ahrens | GER | 00:54:09 (6) | 04:57:52 (13) | 03:18:37 (12) | 09:13:59 | -27:43 | EUR 800 |
| 8 | Maja Betz | GER | 01:08:47 (20) | 04:49:29 (8) | 03:13:01 (9) | 09:15:33 | -29:21 | EUR 700 |
| 9 | Margie Santimaria | ITA | 00:52:12 (5) | 05:03:49 (15) | 03:18:49 (13) | 09:18:12 | -01:03 | EUR 600 |
| 10 | Debbie Greig | GBR | 00:59:24 (11) | 05:08:41 (17) | 03:13:20 (10) | 09:25:15 | 06:49 | EUR 550 |
| 11 | Elena Illeditsch | GER | 01:02:48 (16) | 05:09:37 (18) | 03:12:33 (7) | 09:28:42 | 18:25 | |
| 12 | Vanessa Pereira | POR | 01:00:43 (15) | 04:57:10 (12) | 03:29:54 (15) | 09:32:19 | -16:30 | |
| 13 | Leonie Zumhasch | GER | 01:10:58 (21) | 04:57:03 (11) | 03:23:22 (14) | 09:34:47 | n/a | |
| 14 | Hannah Arlom | GER | 01:00:41 (14) | 05:04:04 (16) | 03:30:04 (16) | 09:38:34 | n/a | |
| 15 | Jamie Albert | SUI | 01:07:34 (19) | 05:17:19 (19) | 03:12:46 (8) | 09:41:13 | n/a | |
| 16 | Elisabetta Curridori | ITA | 00:55:20 (9) | 05:02:53 (14) | 03:41:52 (17) | 09:43:46 | 40:22 | |
| Chelsea Sodaro | USA | 00:52:09 (4) | 04:40:08 (5) | DNF | ||||
| Margrit Elfers | GER | 01:00:38 (13) | 04:49:51 (9) | DNF | ||||
| Line Borsinski | DEN | 01:00:36 (12) | DNF | |||||
| Lina-Kristin Schink | GER | 01:04:53 (18) | DNF |
Could I suggest the table adds a column next to overall time with ‘time back from the winner’.
Could also add ‘percentage time back from winner’, given that’s how PTO now allocates points (and how many federations administer the pro licenses)
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