Race Conditions
As has to be expected by the tough course in Lanzarote, the race was quite slow. An adjustment of -23:21 is easily 40 minutes slower than Austria, Roth, Copenhagen or Barcelona, mainly because of the hard bike course (adjustment of -20:07). This year’s edition was maybe two or three minutes slower (again mainly because of the bike) than what is “normal” for IM Lanzarote.
Male Race Results
Jan Frodeno started the race well: He had the fastest swim of the day but then lost roughly two minutes in T1 in order to fix some issue with his helmet. (He also had some issues with the same or very similar helmet in Frankfurt.) While Johann Ackermann was leading the bike, a lot of good runners were within minutes. After T2, Jan was quickly back in the lead, but Jesse Thomas had paced the swim and bike well, had the best run of the day, was able to overtake Jan and continue his perfect IM record by winning IM Lanzarote. Jan validated his Kona slot with a solid second place finish while David McNamee had to fight hard for the third spot on the podium.
Christopher Baird had the best relative race of the day – the best bike split and a 2:47 run was more than an hour quicker than expected and good for fourth. Ivan Rana finished fifth while Timo Bracht couldn’t quite find the run speed to finish better than sixth.
Jesse, Jan and David are now safe for a July Kona slot, while Ivan is “on the bubble”. Timo and the rest of the finishers still need more points.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Jesse Thomas | USA | 00:50:55 | 04:58:33 | 02:46:56 | 08:42:33 | -04:26 | US$ 5000 |
| 2 | Jan Frodeno | GER | 00:46:52 | 04:58:18 | 02:50:03 | 08:44:38 | 14:35 | US$ 2750 |
| 3 | David McNamee | GBR | 00:47:03 | 05:01:39 | 02:51:51 | 08:46:36 | -03:19 | US$ 1750 |
| 4 | Christopher Baird | USA | 00:55:11 | 04:57:27 | 02:47:54 | 08:48:35 | -1:01:14 | US$ 1250 |
| 5 | Ivan Rana | ESP | 00:47:04 | 05:02:34 | 02:54:35 | 08:50:09 | 02:19 | US$ 1000 |
| 6 | Timo Bracht | GER | 00:50:55 | 04:58:35 | 02:56:59 | 08:52:47 | 06:56 | US$ 750 |
| 7 | Miquel Blanchart Tinto | ESP | 00:50:57 | 05:07:15 | 02:54:35 | 08:58:21 | -02:47 | |
| 8 | Roman Deisenhofer | GER | 00:52:41 | 04:59:05 | 03:03:51 | 09:02:33 | -30:52 | |
| 9 | Diego Van Looy | BEL | 01:04:24 | 05:05:35 | 02:52:10 | 09:11:22 | n/a | |
| 10 | Erik-Simon Strijk | NED | 00:52:44 | 05:10:24 | 03:03:38 | 09:13:56 | 02:04 | |
| 11 | Karl-Johan Danielsson | SWE | 00:50:45 | 05:12:10 | 03:10:44 | 09:20:12 | -02:18 | |
| 12 | Nicholas Ward Munoz | GBR | 00:54:37 | 05:20:18 | 02:59:35 | 09:22:09 | 02:58 | |
| 13 | Marcel Bischof | GER | 00:56:47 | 05:15:36 | 03:06:54 | 09:26:56 | -09:25 | |
| 14 | Marcus Hultgren | SWE | 00:58:26 | 05:14:59 | 03:08:58 | 09:29:55 | -24:13 | |
| 15 | Andrey Lyatskiy | RUS | 00:52:46 | 05:27:18 | 03:04:23 | 09:31:39 | 05:54 | |
| 16 | Esben Hovgaard | DEN | 00:54:39 | 05:13:36 | 03:20:24 | 09:35:07 | 25:51 | |
| 17 | Till Schramm | GER | 00:56:24 | 05:23:04 | 03:09:20 | 09:35:52 | -21:41 | |
| 18 | Mikita Hryhoryeu | POL | 00:52:12 | 05:25:40 | 03:08:41 | 09:35:56 | 14:22 | |
| 19 | Michael Louys | BEL | 01:03:10 | 05:15:49 | 03:17:48 | 09:45:12 | -14:06 | |
| 20 | Frederic Garcia | FRA | 00:56:35 | 05:31:39 | 03:12:58 | 09:49:23 | n/a | |
| 21 | Armin Atzlinger | AUT | 00:57:01 | 05:39:03 | 03:06:48 | 09:53:59 | -18:06 | |
| 22 | Eneko Elosegui | ESP | 00:58:28 | 05:23:41 | 03:41:35 | 10:10:43 | 15:55 | |
| 23 | Gilian Oriet | SUI | 00:57:22 | 05:30:54 | 03:41:13 | 10:18:12 | 03:54 | |
| 24 | Graeme Stewart | GBR | 00:55:41 | 05:55:59 | 03:19:17 | 10:19:48 | 56:33 | |
| 25 | Rob Bobbaers | BEL | 01:00:44 | 05:29:01 | 03:47:56 | 10:26:57 | n/a | |
| 26 | John Manuel Galindo Rooney | ESP | 00:50:58 | 06:04:56 | 03:29:13 | 10:33:32 | 34:00 | |
| 27 | Enric Gussinyer | ESP | 00:52:21 | 05:52:03 | 03:41:26 | 10:35:21 | 42:32 | |
| Johann Ackermann | GER | 00:47:00 | 04:59:17 | DNF | ||||
| Stephen Bayliss | GBR | 00:46:57 | 05:24:03 | DNF | ||||
| Carlos Lopez Diaz | ESP | 00:46:58 | 05:29:47 | DNF | ||||
| Craig Twigg | GBR | 00:52:50 | 05:34:41 | DNF | ||||
| Jim Thijs | BEL | 00:54:41 | 06:06:29 | DNF |
Female Race Results
For a long time, Lucy Charles was leading the field in her Pro IM debut. She swam with the men’s lead group, her 47:11 is a new swim course record. She maintained the lead on the bike, but defending champion Diana Riesler was closing the gap. But the fastest bike of the day was posted by Tine Holst who also stormed to the lead on the run. Towards the end Alexandra Tondeur was getting closer with the best run of the day, but Tine won her first Ironman race in front of Alexandra. Lucy Charles managed to finish third, she overtook Diana Riesler who was cramping towards the end and finished fourth. Caroline Livesey finished fifth. Alyssa Godesky has recovered from her crash in Wanaka to finish the day with a good 3:21 marathon and sixth place.
With Lanzarote only Tine managed to score enough points to be safe for a Kona slot. Alexandra Tondeur is “on the bubble”, while the others will need to race again and score more points.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to expected | Prize Money |
| 1 | Tine Holst | DEN | 01:01:15 | 05:34:25 | 03:19:48 | 10:02:35 | -23:37 | US$ 5000 |
| 2 | Alexandra Tondeur | BEL | 01:03:00 | 05:42:36 | 03:10:26 | 10:04:53 | -03:29 | US$ 2750 |
| 3 | Lucy Charles | GBR | 00:47:11 | 05:48:36 | 03:27:40 | 10:10:13 | n/a | US$ 1750 |
| 4 | Diana Riesler | GER | 00:56:51 | 05:40:19 | 03:40:02 | 10:24:52 | 31:24 | US$ 1250 |
| 5 | Caroline Livesey | GBR | 00:58:53 | 05:45:22 | 03:34:03 | 10:28:32 | 06:51 | US$ 1000 |
| 6 | Alyssa Godesky | USA | 01:00:22 | 06:01:51 | 03:21:52 | 10:32:40 | -12:06 | US$ 750 |
| 7 | Anne Jensen | DEN | 01:03:28 | 05:52:17 | 03:40:25 | 10:44:16 | -08:07 | |
| Saleta Castro Nogueira | ESP | 00:54:48 | 05:49:31 | DNF | ||||
| Nicole Woysch | GER | 01:03:30 | 06:36:28 | DNF |