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Ironman Lanzarote 2023 – Analyzing Results

2023 IMLanzaCourse 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 and Niek Heldoorn and Oliver Martinussen for the men
    and
  • Lydia Dant and Liesbeth Verbiest Jeanne 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    

3 thoughts on “Ironman Lanzarote 2023 – Analyzing Results”

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