Course Conditions
Copenhagen 2018 was one of the fastest editions on this course, the adjustment of 26:11 was quite a bit faster than the new course rating of 20:51. Especially the bike was quick this year, Kristian Hoegenhaug was just over a minute outside the bike course record by Andi Raelert from 2016. The deep field made for interesting racing, even if we didn’t see any new course records.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money | KPR Points |
| 1 | Cyril Viennot | FRA | 00:49:14 | 04:18:50 | 02:47:28 | 07:59:52 | -05:39 | US$ 15,000 | 2000 |
| 2 | Kristian Hoegenhaug | DEN | 00:51:48 | 04:15:01 | 02:51:11 | 08:02:53 | -05:54 | US$ 7,500 | 1600 |
| 3 | Giulio Molinari | ITA | 00:49:06 | 04:18:55 | 02:53:40 | 08:05:56 | -02:34 | US$ 5,000 | 1280 |
| 4 | Boris Stein | GER | 00:49:17 | 04:18:53 | 02:57:35 | 08:10:51 | 13:43 | US$ 3,250 | 960 |
| 5 | Markus Fachbach | GER | 00:49:12 | 04:19:40 | 03:00:28 | 08:14:32 | 00:49 | US$ 2,750 | 720 |
| 6 | Johann Ackermann | GER | 00:45:54 | 04:28:50 | 02:56:02 | 08:15:47 | 06:25 | US$ 2,000 | 540 |
| 7 | Chris Fischer | DEN | 00:51:50 | 04:19:20 | 03:02:18 | 08:19:14 | 02:36 | US$ 1,500 | 405 |
| 8 | Nick Baldwin | SEY | 00:50:21 | 04:27:09 | 02:58:46 | 08:22:18 | -09:29 | US$ 1,250 | 305 |
| 9 | Sebastian Norberg | SWE | 00:52:00 | 04:25:40 | 03:03:21 | 08:25:25 | -05:06 | US$ 1,000 | 230 |
| 10 | Kristian Hindkjaer | DEN | 00:50:25 | 04:21:26 | 03:19:14 | 08:36:45 | n/a | US$ 750 | 170 |
| 11 | Vinicius Canhedo | BRA | 00:50:22 | 04:41:26 | 03:00:37 | 08:38:52 | -18:15 | 120 | |
| 12 | Rasmus Fitzner | DEN | 00:52:05 | 04:33:52 | 03:13:26 | 08:44:47 | -05:47 | 85 | |
| 13 | Mads Bang Jensen | DEN | 00:55:06 | 04:47:28 | 03:02:46 | 08:51:46 | -17:27 | 60 | |
| 14 | Dirk Baelus | BEL | 00:55:08 | 04:37:50 | 03:14:16 | 08:52:38 | -18:51 | 40 | |
| 15 | Jonas Oerarbaeck | SWE | 00:56:56 | 04:46:45 | 03:04:22 | 08:53:01 | 16:36 | 30 | |
| 16 | Olivier Esser | BEL | 00:52:03 | 04:44:36 | 03:11:26 | 08:53:11 | -03:13 | 20 | |
| 17 | Dennis Matzen | DEN | 00:51:44 | 04:42:31 | 03:14:35 | 08:53:38 | -07:31 | 15 | |
| 18 | Michael Louys | BEL | 01:02:33 | 04:34:33 | 03:10:38 | 08:53:52 | -07:25 | 10 | |
| 19 | Marijn De Jonge | NED | 00:52:04 | 04:41:14 | 03:27:47 | 09:07:16 | -01:58 | 8 | |
| 20 | Anthony Cadario | FRA | 00:55:11 | 04:56:45 | 03:11:48 | 09:09:09 | 05:41 | 5 | |
| 21 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 01:10:22 | 05:40:18 | 04:16:55 | 11:14:23 | -00:49 | 3 | |
| Clemente Alonso McKernan | ESP | 00:45:59 | 04:16:37 | DNF | |||||
| Tim Don | GBR | 00:45:56 | 04:22:38 | DNF | |||||
| Markus Liebelt | GER | 00:51:57 | 04:17:59 | DNF | |||||
| Bekim Christensen | DEN | 00:55:12 | 04:24:06 | DNF | |||||
| Morten Banke | DEN | 00:55:01 | 04:31:31 | DNF | |||||
| Stefan Overmars | NED | 00:51:54 | 04:41:56 | DNF | |||||
| Mihai Baractaru | ROM | 00:59:33 | 05:03:03 | DNF | |||||
| Sebastian Neef | GER | 00:49:07 | 05:19:46 | DNF | |||||
| Daniil Sapunov | UKR | 00:49:14 | 05:27:13 | DNF | |||||
| Jesper Svensson | SWE | 00:45:54 | DNF | ||||||
| Jens Petersen-Bach | DEN | 00:49:10 | DNF | ||||||
| Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan | ESP | 00:52:09 | DNF | ||||||
| Jacob Frandsen | DEN | 00:55:09 | DNF | ||||||
| Imanol Sagarzazu | ESP | 00:56:51 | DNF |
Kona Qualifying
Boris Stein, Cyril Viennot and Giulio Molinari have secured their Kona slots. Nick Baldwin has to wait for the Mont Tremblant results, Tim Don has dropped out of the Top 10 August ranks. For details on qualifying, have a look at my updated post on “Kona 2018 Pro Qualifying”.