Race Conditions
This year’s Challenge Vichy was significantly faster than the 2011 race: An pretty fast adjustment of 22:09 as compared to a slow adjustment of -6:15 indicates that there were some course changes.
Male Race Results
Andrej Vistica again improved on his previous race results and won the European championships:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Andrej Vistica | CRO | 00:54:17 | 04:27:39 | 02:55:28 | 08:21:16 | -04:33 |
| 2 | Trevor Delsaut | FRA | 00:53:08 | 04:29:52 | 02:59:58 | 08:27:38 | -06:30 |
| 3 | Christophe Bastie | FRA | 00:54:21 | 04:31:34 | 03:03:20 | 08:33:44 | 04:25 |
| 4 | Jose Jeuland | FRA | 00:52:06 | 04:41:17 | 03:01:56 | 08:39:35 | -09:26 |
| 5 | Marin Koceic | CRO | 00:52:01 | 04:45:19 | 03:05:19 | 08:46:08 | n/a |
| 6 | Joseph Spindler | GER | 01:03:52 | 04:37:35 | 03:02:51 | 08:48:25 | 06:22 |
| 7 | Vincent Fromont | FRA | 00:54:43 | 04:46:03 | 03:13:24 | 08:59:43 | n/a |
| 8 | Aleksei Brylev | RUS | 00:54:16 | 04:53:37 | 03:06:26 | 09:00:33 | n/a |
| 9 | Enric Gussinyer | ESP | 00:52:15 | 04:44:32 | 03:19:04 | 09:02:07 | 14:08 |
| 10 | Rudolf Cogan | CZE | 01:01:57 | 04:52:34 | 03:14:22 | 09:12:38 | n/a |
| 11 | Jan Oppolzer | CZE | 00:58:20 | 04:58:07 | 03:14:52 | 09:19:10 | n/a |
| 12 | Georgy Kaurov | RUS | 00:50:09 | 04:46:21 | 03:26:24 | 09:19:58 | n/a |
| 13 | Yulian Malyshev | RUS | 00:50:12 | 05:04:30 | 03:20:01 | 09:20:02 | n/a |
| 14 | Sergio Marques | POR | 00:54:14 | 05:29:22 | 03:22:58 | 09:51:03 | 16:36 |
| 15 | Laurynas Urbsys | LAT | 01:00:50 | 05:16:15 | 03:53:19 | 10:16:33 | n/a |
Female Race Results
Diana Riesler had a fantastic comeback race, posting a sub-9h result with the fastest time in each of the disciplines:
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected |
| 1 | Diana Riesler | GER | 00:56:30 | 04:44:29 | 03:14:10 | 08:59:48 | -17:54 |
| 2 | Celia Kuch | 01:04:20 | 05:00:57 | 03:20:42 | 09:30:42 | -19:50 | |
| 3 | Gabriella Zelinka | HUN | 00:58:23 | 05:13:07 | 03:20:19 | 09:37:01 | n/a |
| 4 | Kristin Lie | NOR | 01:12:01 | 05:06:56 | 03:14:28 | 09:38:41 | -02:28 |
| 5 | Vanessa Pereira | POR | 01:02:05 | 05:19:43 | 03:23:02 | 09:51:03 | n/a |
| 6 | Nicole Woysch | GER | 00:59:28 | 05:21:32 | 03:28:35 | 09:54:37 | -01:27 |
| 7 | Steffi Jansen | GER | 01:17:42 | 05:22:14 | 03:57:57 | 10:23:31 | n/a |
| 8 | Alina Ranceva | LAT | 01:08:13 | 05:52:20 | 03:49:14 | 10:55:20 | n/a |
Thank you Thorsten for all the detailed times.
PS1: Celia Kuch is GER too:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Kuch
PS2: Do you think #1 female has a ‘suspicious’ time (minus half an hour to #2!)?
ad 1: Updated Celia’s country. This is always a bit inconsistent in the results, most races use “Country of Residence”. This causes problems for a lot of athletes, e.g. all those living and training for most of the year in the US.
ad 2: What do you mean by “suspicious”? When healthy and fit, Diana is a very strong athlete, who has gone sub-9h before (Austria 2011 with a 4:43 bike split). Therefore, I think her result is legitimate. I look forward to her racing again in a string field (maybe IM Florida?).
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