Race Conditions
This was the first time for Challenge Taiwan, and the feedback for the race was pretty good. Based on the times, the course was medium fast (adjustment of 8:11, comparable to France or Arizona), mainly on the strength of a fast bike course – a bike adjustment of 14:08 indicates that the course might have been a bit short.
Male Race Results
Dylan McNeice made it two for two: After winning the slow Challenge Wanaka he also won the faster Challenge Taiwan. He’s further improved his rating, it’ll be interesting to see how he’s going to do in a stronger field. (In his IMTalk interview he mentioned that he plans to race Challenge Roth.)
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Dylan McNeice | NZL | 00:47:00 | 04:29:35 | 02:54:54 | 08:16:21 | 08:40:39 |
| 2 | Georg Potrebitsch | GER | 00:52:19 | 04:28:40 | 03:01:46 | 08:27:06 | 08:37:23 |
| 3 | Fredrik Croneborg | SWE | 00:56:20 | 04:34:57 | 02:52:33 | 08:28:28 | 09:06:18 |
| 4 | Petr Vabrousek | CZE | 01:01:20 | 04:35:34 | 02:53:20 | 08:35:55 | 08:46:57 |
| 5 | Todd Skipworth | AUS | 00:50:10 | 04:28:40 | 03:18:39 | 08:42:25 | n/a |
| 6 | Guy Crawford | AUS | 00:52:55 | 04:35:37 | 03:12:51 | 08:46:07 | 09:15:17 |
| 7 | Jamie Whyte | NZL | 00:56:22 | 04:32:10 | 03:26:02 | 08:58:51 | 08:40:31 |
| 8 | Eneko Elosegui | ESP | 01:02:26 | 04:41:29 | 03:18:01 | 09:06:46 | 09:33:37 |
| 9 | Justin Granger | AUS | 01:01:14 | 04:55:16 | 03:45:52 | 09:47:49 | 09:17:25 |
Female Race Results
On the female side, Belinda Granger managed to win another IM-distance race (“didn’t think I had one more in me”). Hillary Biscay also had a “super fun” day finishing in second, managing to beat Kate Bevilaqua who had a “frustrating day”.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Actual Time | Expected Time |
| 1 | Belinda Granger | AUS | 01:01:16 | 04:55:34 | 03:21:10 | 09:23:15 | 09:31:18 |
| 2 | Hillary Biscay | USA | 00:54:53 | 05:09:54 | 03:27:18 | 09:37:40 | 10:03:59 |
| 3 | Kate Bevilaqua | AUS | 00:56:26 | 05:24:00 | 03:39:14 | 10:05:09 | 09:48:57 |
| 4 | Shiao Yu Li | TWN | 01:09:46 | 05:27:46 | 03:28:44 | 10:12:08 | n/a |
| 5 | Yasuko Miyazaki | JPN | 01:06:00 | 05:39:21 | 03:32:37 | 10:23:50 | 10:29:35 |