Course Conditions
As usual, the finishing times in Lanzarote were very slow compared to other races. This year, conditions were maybe even slower than normal, on average the bike and run performances were the slowest we have seen since 2019. Having said this, it might come as a surprise that we’ve had an almost complete set of course records on the men’s side: Sam Laidlow swam faster Lucy Van Lierde in 2006, but as he DNF’d his course record time does not count. On the bike, Cam Wurf improved the 2010 bike course record set by Maik Twelsiek, then Arthur Horse set a new run course record (which was set only last year by Kenneth Vandendriessche). The first three finishers also posted a faster time than the 2011 course record set by Timo Bracht with winner Arthur Horseau setting the new mark of 8:22, ten minutes faster than Timo.
Nice & Kona Qualifying
Lanzarote offered two male slots (for Nice) and two female slots (for Kona). These go to
Arthur Horseau andNiek Heldoorn and Oliver Martinussen for the men
andLydia Dant and Liesbeth VerbiestJeanne Collonge and Hilary Hughes for the women.
Usually, the “rolldown meeting” (where Kona slots are assigned) just confirms the expected slot allocation for the Pros. Occasionally, an athlete declines a slot and it rolls down. At Lanzarote, there was some drama when winner Arthur Horseau was late and the slot rolled down to Oliver Martinussen. (More details in Arthur’s Instagram post and Triathlon Canada Magazine’s article by Kevin Mackinnon who was the announcer for Lanzarote.) There were also a few number of declines (and probably Pros not present) on the women’s side, here the slots rolled down to third place Jeanne Collonge and seventh Hilary Hughes. The full lists of qualifiers are available on my “Kona 2023” page.
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Arthur Horseau | FRA | 00:49:22 (6) | 04:47:01 (3) | 02:39:19 (1) | 08:22:30 | -35:19 | US$ 3,000 |
| 2 | Niek Heldoorn | NED | 00:46:59 (2) | 04:48:07 (4) | 02:43:53 (2) | 08:24:47 | -43:25 | US$ 2,250 |
| 3 | Cameron Wurf | AUS | 00:49:15 (4) | 04:37:56 (1) | 02:56:44 (5) | 08:30:16 | -19:01 | US$ 1,500 |
| 4 | Jordi Montraveta Moya | ESP | 00:52:07 (9) | 04:57:34 (7) | 02:47:47 (3) | 08:43:58 | -25:02 | US$ 1,250 |
| 5 | Christian Stoerzer | GER | 00:54:08 (14) | 04:59:20 (9) | 02:59:15 (8) | 08:59:21 | n/a | US$ 1,000 |
| 6 | Oliver Martinussen | DEN | 00:53:36 (12) | 05:00:11 (10) | 03:03:21 (11) | 09:03:46 | n/a | US$ 900 |
| 7 | Gonzalo Fuentes | ESP | 00:52:15 (11) | 05:16:29 (15) | 02:55:11 (4) | 09:10:51 | -13:00 | US$ 800 |
| 8 | Alessandro Degasperi | ITA | 00:49:17 (5) | 05:21:04 (18) | 02:57:27 (6) | 09:14:30 | 10:37 | US$ 700 |
| 9 | Milosz Sowinski | POL | 00:49:29 (8) | 05:14:33 (13) | 03:04:00 (12) | 09:15:04 | 01:46 | US$ 600 |
| 10 | Christopher Dels | GER | 00:55:00 (15) | 05:14:48 (14) | 02:59:20 (9) | 09:16:14 | -16:27 | US$ 500 |
| 11 | Amaury Dehez | FRA | 00:56:17 (17) | 05:13:17 (11) | 02:58:51 (7) | 09:16:52 | -24:52 | |
| 12 | Seppe Odeyn | BEL | 01:07:48 (22) | 05:13:58 (12) | 03:03:20 (10) | 09:34:14 | -08:19 | |
| 13 | Thomas Hounjet | NED | 00:59:50 (18) | 05:29:49 (19) | 03:10:26 (13) | 09:47:49 | n/a | |
| 14 | Juan Pedro Garcia Ochoa | ESP | 01:00:18 (20) | 05:32:38 (20) | 03:11:23 (14) | 09:53:22 | n/a | |
| 15 | Michiel De Wilde | NED | 00:54:07 (13) | 05:19:15 (17) | 03:44:37 (15) | 10:05:04 | 18:47 | |
| 16 | William Mennesson | FRA | 00:49:13 (3) | 04:58:57 (8) | 05:17:59 (16) | 11:12:47 | 1:13:04 | |
| Sam Laidlow | FRA | 00:46:06 (1) | 04:44:09 (2) | DNF | ||||
| Andreas Dreitz | GER | 00:49:22 (6) | 04:52:40 (5) | DNF | ||||
| Kenneth Vandendriessche | BEL | 00:52:11 (10) | 04:55:16 (6) | DNF | ||||
| Thomas Bosch | GER | 01:00:03 (19) | 05:17:13 (16) | DNF | ||||
| Sybren Baelde | BEL | 01:15:16 (23) | 06:43:54 (21) | DNF | ||||
| Marcel Bischof | GER | 00:56:12 (16) | DNF | |||||
| Alejandro Jimenez Valverde | ESP | 01:01:30 (21) | DNF |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time | Diff to exp. | Prize Money |
| 1 | Lydia Dant | GBR | 00:58:35 (1) | 05:31:24 (1) | 03:21:27 (5) | 09:59:12 | 15:18 | US$ 3,000 |
| 2 | Liesbeth Verbiest | BEL | 01:03:31 (7) | 05:44:29 (2) | 03:09:19 (1) | 10:06:09 | n/a | US$ 2,250 |
| 3 | Jeanne Collonge | FRA | 00:58:35 (1) | 05:45:12 (3) | 03:29:19 (7) | 10:20:52 | -03:36 | US$ 1,500 |
| 4 | Heleen Moes | NED | 01:03:28 (5) | 06:01:23 (6) | 03:17:19 (3) | 10:30:12 | n/a | US$ 1,250 |
| 5 | Petra Eggenschwiler | SUI | 01:09:10 (9) | 05:53:17 (4) | 03:19:09 (4) | 10:32:37 | 09:38 | US$ 1,000 |
| 6 | Lenny Ramsey | NED | 01:12:28 (10) | 06:03:00 (8) | 03:11:39 (2) | 10:37:05 | 03:39 | US$ 900 |
| 7 | Hilary Hughes | IRL | 01:03:28 (5) | 06:06:42 (9) | 03:28:50 (6) | 10:48:26 | 07:03 | US$ 800 |
| 8 | Lina-Kristin Schink | GER | 01:03:05 (4) | 05:54:21 (5) | 04:22:30 (8) | 11:27:49 | 59:01 | US$ 700 |
| Camille Deligny | FRA | 01:06:29 (8) | 06:02:55 (7) | DNF | ||||
| Alexandra Tondeur | BEL | 00:58:43 (3) | DNF |
Wow….cycling legend Alejandro Valverde raced! Didn’t finish, has he done sny others?
It is another athlete with the same name I believe also spanish but a long time triathlete
According to IRONMAN (https://www.ironman.com/pro-athletes), the pro slots did not go to the top two finishers, but to Heldoorn and Martinussen (men) and Collonge and Hughes (women).
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