Update (June 25th): Jessie Donovan said she won’t be starting Frankfurt.
Update (June 30th): Vanessa Raw is also DNS.
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2005 | Normann Stadler (GER) | 08:20:50 | Lisa Bentley (CAN) | 09:15:31 |
| 2006 | Cameron Brown (NZL) | 08:13:40 | Andrea Steinbecher (GER) | 09:16:17 |
| 2007 | Timo Bracht (GER) | 08:09:15 | Nicole Leder (GER) | 09:04:11 |
| 2008 | Chris McCormack (AUS) | 07:59:55 | Chrissie Wellington (GBR) | 08:51:24 |
| 2009 | Timo Bracht (GER) | 07:59:15 | Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) | 08:58:08 |
| 2010 | Andreas Raelert (GER) | 08:05:15 | Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) | 09:04:27 |
| 2011 | Faris Al-Sultan (GER) | 08:13:50 | Caroline Steffen (SUI) | 09:12:13 |
| 2012 | Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) | 08:03:31 | Caroline Steffen (SUI) | 08:52:33 |
| 2013 | Eneko Llanos (ESP) | 07:59:58 | Camilla Pedersen (DEN) | 08:56:01 |
| 2014 | Sebastian Kienle (GER) | 07:55:14 | Corinne Abraham (GBR) | 08:52:40 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 00:49:40 | 04:12:13 | 02:49:35 | 07:55:14 |
| 2 | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL | 00:45:44 | 04:21:33 | 02:49:14 | 08:00:25 |
| 3 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 00:45:39 | 04:33:34 | 02:43:14 | 08:07:05 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Corinne Abraham | GBR | 00:54:23 | 04:49:06 | 03:04:38 | 08:52:40 |
| 2 | Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 00:53:40 | 04:56:53 | 03:01:14 | 08:56:36 |
| 3 | Gina Crawford | NZL | 00:49:21 | 04:56:01 | 03:07:37 | 08:58:06 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 07:55:14 | Sebastian Kienle | 2014-07-06 |
| Swim | overall | 00:42:17 | Jan Sibbersen | 2004-07-12 |
| Bike | overall | 04:12:13 | Sebastian Kienle | 2014-07-06 |
| Run | overall | 02:42:33 | Timo Bracht | 2008-07-06 |
| Total | female | 08:51:24 | Chrissie Wellington | 2008-07-06 |
| Swim | female | 00:45:04 | Amanda Stevens | 2012-07-08 |
| Bike | female | 04:44:25 | Natascha Badmann | 2014-07-06 |
| Run | female | 02:57:13 | Kristin Moeller | 2013-07-07 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Germany is 12:38.
Race Adjustments for IM Germany
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Athletes | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2005 | -03:26 | 00:41 | 04:40 | -04:09 | 5 | -03:26 | 00:41 | 04:40 | -04:09 |
| 2006 | 11:55 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 18 | 04:15 | 00:41 | 04:40 | -04:09 |
| 2007 | 20:50 | 01:39 | 13:38 | 04:52 | 22 | 09:46 | 01:10 | 09:09 | 00:22 |
| 2008 | 23:05 | 04:26 | 08:03 | 07:46 | 21 | 13:06 | 02:16 | 08:47 | 02:50 |
| 2009 | 17:11 | 03:00 | 12:59 | 00:04 | 17 | 13:55 | 02:27 | 09:50 | 02:08 |
| 2010 | 08:36 | 00:42 | 03:53 | 01:08 | 29 | 13:02 | 02:06 | 08:39 | 01:56 |
| 2011 | 07:57 | 01:24 | 05:35 | 00:47 | 37 | 12:18 | 01:59 | 08:08 | 01:45 |
| 2012 | 10:48 | 03:17 | 04:53 | 02:04 | 33 | 12:07 | 02:10 | 07:40 | 01:48 |
| 2013 | 16:52 | 02:14 | 09:08 | 05:19 | 62 | 12:38 | 02:10 | 07:51 | 02:14 |
| 2014 | 12:29 | 01:56 | 13:21 | 01:24 | 33 | 12:38 | 02:09 | 08:28 | 02:08 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Germany is a P-4000 race. It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$. As a Regional Championship it also offers Automatic Qualifier slots for the male and female winners.
Male Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Kienle | GER | 08:01:45 | 08:12:57 | 00:48:52 | 04:17:01 | 02:50:52 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | Frederik Van Lierde | BEL | 08:02:26 | 08:16:48 | 00:45:37 | 04:22:16 | 02:49:34 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 08:08:40 | 08:22:29 | 00:45:08 | 04:35:02 | 02:43:30 | (7) |
| 4 | 4 | Eneko Llanos | ESP | 08:08:51 | 08:22:19 | 00:46:01 | 04:26:21 | 02:51:29 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | Andreas Raelert | GER | 08:09:09 | 08:31:10 | 00:46:11 | 04:27:30 | 02:50:28 | 20 |
| 6 | 6 | Bas Diederen | NED | 08:14:27 | 08:27:21 | 00:45:43 | 04:30:30 | 02:53:14 | 14 |
| 7 | 34 | David Dellow | AUS | 08:16:35 | 08:31:39 | 00:45:18 | 04:30:38 | 02:55:38 | (23) |
| 8 | 7 | Andi Boecherer | GER | 08:19:54 | 08:38:00 | 00:45:46 | 04:26:40 | 03:02:27 | (43) |
| 9 | 12 | Alessandro Degasperi | ITA | 08:19:58 | 08:38:35 | 00:49:44 | 04:33:09 | 02:52:06 | (44) |
| 10 | 16 | Tyler Butterfield | BMU | 08:21:25 | 08:31:16 | 00:47:36 | 04:33:57 | 02:54:53 | 21 |
| 11 | 22 | Maxim Kriat | UKR | 08:24:49 | 08:39:45 | 00:48:31 | 04:37:54 | 02:53:24 | (48) |
| 12 | 13 | Marko Albert | EST | 08:25:06 | 08:34:26 | 00:45:01 | 04:36:46 | 02:58:20 | 33 |
| 13 | 36 | David Plese | SLO | 08:26:06 | 08:39:44 | 00:50:25 | 04:33:12 | 02:57:29 | 47 |
| 14 | 8 | Miquel Blanchart Tinto | ESP | 08:27:15 | 08:42:58 | 00:47:22 | 04:44:35 | 02:50:17 | 57 |
| 15 | 41 | Anton Blokhin | UKR | 08:33:19 | 08:49:32 | 00:46:44 | 04:40:59 | 03:00:37 | 83 |
| 16 | 10 | Michael Ruenz | GER | 08:34:25 | 08:52:22 | 00:51:04 | 04:42:01 | 02:56:19 | 95 |
| 17 | 14 | Simon Billeau | FRA | 08:40:47 | 08:53:46 | 00:51:57 | 04:33:51 | 03:09:59 | 100 |
| 18 | 11 | Johannes Moldan | GER | 08:41:00 | 09:04:11 | 00:48:41 | 04:31:41 | 03:15:37 | (145) |
| 19 | 9 | Carlos Lopez Diaz | ESP | 08:41:02 | 09:07:11 | 00:45:39 | 04:47:28 | 03:02:55 | (154) |
| 20 | 27 | Mark Oude Bennink | NED | 08:51:13 | 09:09:16 | 00:46:53 | 04:43:55 | 03:15:25 | 168 |
| 21 | 38 | Ivan Risti | ITA | 08:58:17 | 09:17:14 | 00:46:24 | 04:54:12 | 03:12:41 | (198) |
| 22 | 40 | Ivan Jezko | SVK | 09:02:54 | 09:31:54 | 00:56:20 | 04:51:58 | 03:09:36 | 265 |
| 23 | 47 | Lewis Elliot | USA | 09:10:40 | 09:37:27 | 00:52:11 | 04:45:53 | 03:27:36 | (289) |
| 24 | 29 | Lukas Polan | CZE | 09:22:57 | 09:49:53 | 01:01:06 | 04:54:55 | 03:21:56 | 330 |
| 25 | 23 | Ludovic Le Guellec | FRA | 09:23:09 | 10:09:28 | 00:58:34 | 05:10:28 | 03:09:06 | 398 |
| 26 | 37 | Alfred Rahm | GER | 09:23:25 | 09:53:53 | 01:01:48 | 04:56:50 | 03:19:47 | 350 |
| 27 | 42 | Juha Laitinen | FIN | 09:26:44 | 09:56:15 | 01:02:10 | 05:06:02 | 03:13:32 | (360) |
| 28 | 43 | David Jilek | CZE | 09:31:29 | 09:52:19 | 00:57:07 | 04:56:55 | 03:32:27 | (342) |
| 29 | 21 | Lachlan Kerin | AUS | 09:32:50 | 10:04:19 | 00:48:27 | 04:54:12 | 03:45:11 | (382) |
| 30 | 30 | Mario Radevic | GER | 09:43:20 | 10:09:18 | 00:59:56 | 05:03:25 | 03:35:00 | (397) |
| 31 | 44 | Fabio Carvalho | BRA | 09:47:18 | 10:10:41 | 00:45:32 | 05:13:57 | 03:42:49 | 402 |
| 32 | 46 | Maksim Kalinin | RUS | 10:16:57 | 10:41:57 | 01:09:23 | 05:21:47 | 03:40:47 | (461) |
| 33 | 35 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 11:24:02 | 12:10:03 | 01:08:17 | 05:39:32 | 04:31:13 | 474 |
| 15 | Thomas Bosch | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 17 | Emanuele Ciotti | ITA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 18 | Martijn Dekker | NED | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 19 | Martin Droell | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 20 | Thomas Kaiser | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 24 | Wouter Monchy | BEL | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 25 | Young Hwan Oh | KOR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 26 | Gilian Oriet | SUI | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 31 | Evgenii Rulevskii | RUS | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 32 | Evert Scheltinga | NED | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 33 | Andreas Thissen | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 39 | Frederic Limousin | FRA | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 45 | Mathias Nagel | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
From a KPR perspective, Sebastian Kienle and Jan Frodeno still have to finish their validation race, but are otherwise already safe for Kona. Frederik Van Lierde has already validated by winning IM South Africa, but he’ll want to show the Germans he can still win in the big races.
Because Germany is a P-4000 race, a lot of athletes are within 2.000 (a Top 5) or even 3.000 points (Top 3), there are more than 10 athletes that could potentially cross the projected cutoff of 3.800 points. Eneko Llanos (3.910), Miquel Tinto (3.700) and Ty Butterfield (3.630) are already close and should be fine with just a few more points.
For Bas Diederen (2.790), Marko ALbert (2.160), Alessandro Degasperi (2.000), Andi Boecherer (1.640), Simon Billeau (1.570) and Andreas Raelert (1.560) it’ll be a lot harder, they need a good result in Frankfurt to get the points they need.
Female Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Exp. Swim | Exp. Bike | Exp. Run | Overall |
| 1 | 51 | Caroline Steffen | SUI | 08:53:46 | 09:10:21 | 00:49:51 | 04:50:14 | 03:08:41 | 4 |
| 2 | 52 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 08:57:47 | 09:06:26 | 00:50:05 | 04:50:58 | 03:11:45 | 2 |
| 3 | 53 | Julia Gajer | GER | 09:07:22 | 09:17:22 | 00:51:35 | 05:05:05 | 03:05:42 | 9 |
| 4 | 55 | Kristin Moeller | GER | 09:10:49 | 09:33:48 | 01:00:01 | 05:05:03 | 03:00:46 | 32 |
| 5 | 56 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 09:14:17 | 09:24:48 | 00:50:04 | 05:01:30 | 03:17:43 | 20 |
| 6 | 54 | Tine Deckers | BEL | 09:14:31 | 09:28:06 | 00:56:40 | 05:00:07 | 03:12:44 | 22 |
| 7 | 66 | Sonja Tajsich | GER | 09:16:48 | 09:32:50 | 00:58:59 | 05:00:07 | 03:12:42 | 31 |
| 8 | 57 | Ruth Brennan-Morrey | USA | 09:20:15 | 09:45:12 | 00:59:22 | 05:12:47 | 03:03:07 | (50) |
| 9 | 63 | Mirjam Weerd | NED | 09:21:01 | 09:41:33 | 00:51:51 | 04:58:02 | 03:26:08 | (46) |
| 10 | 68 | Lisa Roberts | USA | 09:24:31 | 09:41:40 | 01:02:38 | 05:08:52 | 03:08:00 | 46 |
| 11 | 67 | Astrid Ganzow | GER | 09:27:46 | 09:49:43 | 00:56:14 | 05:02:10 | 03:24:22 | 61 |
| 13 | 58 | Katharina Grohmann | GER | 09:50:53 | 10:10:14 | 01:10:30 | 05:15:00 | 03:20:23 | 108 |
| 14 | 60 | Tine Holst | DEN | 09:52:28 | 10:10:30 | 01:03:53 | 05:13:54 | 03:29:41 | 109 |
| 15 | 61 | Annett Kamenz | GER | 09:54:30 | 10:27:34 | 01:00:03 | 05:20:10 | 03:29:17 | (148) |
| 16 | 59 | Helena Herrero Gomez | ESP | 09:58:59 | 10:22:25 | 00:57:47 | 05:33:49 | 03:22:23 | (135) |
| 17 | 64 | Nicole Woysch | GER | 10:06:51 | 10:28:48 | 00:55:37 | 05:16:28 | 03:49:46 | 148 |
Similar to the men, there are athletes that are already safe (Carolin Steffen) or just need to finish (Daniela Ryf, Julia Gajer) in order to secure a Kona slot. (To have a longer look at Julia Gajer, check out my profile on her.)
As the women’s cutoff is projected to be 5.100 points, Michelle Vesterby (3.575), Tine Deckers (3.325) or Ruth Brennan-Morrey (3.235) need a Top 5 result for a slot. Astrid Ganzow (2.520), Jessie Donavan (2.405) or Kristin Möller (1.805) need at least a podium finish. All the others (including Sonja Tajsich, 1.105) have to look for the Automatic Qualifier slot as the winner if they want to qualify for Kona in Frankfurt.
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
The race will be mainly a rematch from last year between Sebastian and Frederik. I’m sure Jan would love to spoil their party – his two IMs last year (Frankfurt and Kona) showed the amazing potential he has. In addition there are a couple of other well known names that could make the race even more exciting:
- Sebastian Kienle: 38% (2-1)
- Frederik Van Lierde: 38% (2-1)
- Andreas Raelert: 6% (15-1)
- Eneko Llanos: 5% (20-1)
- Jan Frodeno: 4% (23-1)
- David Dellow: 4% (23-1)
Female Race Participants
Based on the pure numbers, Caroline is the slight favorite. But she wasn’t able to show her full strength in her last races, while Daniela is going from one good race to the next. Behind these two Swiss, a couple of other European athletes would like to become European Champion: Julia was 6th in Kona last year and would love to be in the mix in Frankfurt. Tine, Kristin, Sonja and Michelle are probably more focused on placing well in order to qualify for Kona:
- Caroline Steffen: 48% (1-1)
- Daniela Ryf: 34% (2-1)
- Tine Deckers: 7% (13-1)
- Julia Gajer: 4% (26-1)
- Kristin Moeller: 3% (35-1)
- Sonja Tajsich: 2% (44-1)
- Michelle Vesterby: 2% (60-1)