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Update (July 22nd): There have been a few changes to the start list. Most notably, Natascha Badmann and Kristin Möller have been added to the women’s field – also changing the situation for the July KPR cutoff. (Thanks to Angela Naeth for letting me know that my data was outdated!)
Update (July 25th): Based on information I received from the Pro meeting, there is another interesting late addition: Daniela Ryf will be racing IM Switzerland as a “long training day”. She’s now being coached by Brett Sutton – you never know what he’ll be able to achieve with his athletes.
Previous Winners
| Year | Male Winner | Time | Female Winner | Time |
| 2005 | Christoph Mauch (SUI) | 08:21:48 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:10:51 |
| 2006 | Mathias Hecht (SUI) | 08:26:01 | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 09:24:18 |
| 2007 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:24:58 | Rebecca Preston (AUS) | 09:20:40 |
| 2008 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:16:05 | Sibylle Matter (SUI) | 09:30:12 |
| 2009 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:20:00 | Sibylle Matter (SUI) | 09:14:35 |
| 2010 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:12:40 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:00:04 |
| 2011 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:19:51 | Karin Thuerig (SUI) | 09:03:26 |
| 2012 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:17:13 | Erika Csomor (HUN) | 09:20:16 |
| 2013 | Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | 08:33:39 | Anja Beranek (GER) | 09:21:31 |
Last Year’s TOP 3
Male Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Ronnie Schildknecht | SUI | 00:55:59 | 04:32:16 | 03:01:59 | 08:33:39 |
| 2 | Ivan Rana | ESP | 00:52:37 | 04:45:57 | 02:59:09 | 08:40:55 |
| 3 | Per Bittner | GER | 00:55:47 | 04:49:07 | 02:57:54 | 08:46:23 |
Female Race Results
| Rank | Name | Nation | Swim | Bike | Run | Time |
| 1 | Anja Beranek | GER | 00:58:21 | 04:56:23 | 03:22:55 | 09:21:31 |
| 2 | Celine Schaerer | SUI | 00:52:38 | 05:06:57 | 03:24:09 | 09:28:28 |
| 3 | Erika Csomor | HUN | 01:01:21 | 05:10:12 | 03:17:24 | 09:33:17 |
Course Records
| Leg | Gender | Record | Athlete | Date |
| Total | overall | 08:12:40 | Ronnie Schildknecht | 2010-07-25 |
| Swim | overall | 00:45:29 | Benjamin Sanson | 2005-07-15 |
| Bike | overall | 04:27:42 | Ronnie Schildknecht | 2012-07-15 |
| Run | overall | 02:41:58 | Clemente Alonso-McKernan | 2011-07-10 |
| Total | female | 09:00:04 | Karin Thuerig | 2010-07-25 |
| Swim | female | 00:51:35 | Alison Hayden | 2005-07-15 |
| Bike | female | 04:43:53 | Karin Thuerig | 2010-07-25 |
| Run | female | 03:04:24 | Karin Thuerig | 2010-07-25 |
Course Rating
The Course Rating for IM Switzerland is 07:57.
Race Adjustments for IM Switzerland
| Year | Adjustment | Swim Adj. | Bike Adj. | Run Adj. | # of Athletes | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating |
| 2005 | -03:50 | 00:25 | 02:46 | -07:19 | 6 | -03:50 | 00:25 | 02:46 | -07:19 |
| 2006 | 15:12 | 01:09 | 04:34 | 00:02 | 21 | 05:41 | 00:47 | 03:40 | -03:39 |
| 2007 | 16:41 | -00:58 | 10:09 | 01:36 | 25 | 09:21 | 00:12 | 05:50 | -01:54 |
| 2008 | 08:49 | -00:10 | 01:43 | 01:50 | 22 | 09:13 | 00:06 | 04:48 | -00:58 |
| 2009 | 12:50 | -00:57 | 05:50 | 05:19 | 30 | 09:56 | -00:06 | 05:00 | 00:18 |
| 2010 | 07:14 | -01:25 | 05:36 | 01:59 | 27 | 09:29 | -00:19 | 05:06 | 00:34 |
| 2011 | 11:01 | -02:31 | 00:56 | 07:24 | 17 | 09:42 | -00:38 | 04:31 | 01:33 |
| 2012 | 08:30 | -03:10 | 04:02 | 02:18 | 24 | 09:33 | -00:57 | 04:27 | 01:39 |
| 2013 | -04:50 | -05:13 | 02:43 | -05:08 | 35 | 07:57 | -01:26 | 04:15 | 00:53 |
KPR points and Prize Money
IM Switzerland has 2000 KPR points for the winner. It has a total prize purse of 25k$.
Male Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating | Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Pete Jacobs | AUS | 08:31:36 | 08:39:15 | 00:47:22 | 04:43:08 | 03:03:47 | 42 |
| 2 | 10 | David Plese | SLO | 08:34:20 | 08:42:02 | 00:53:26 | 04:43:39 | 02:57:46 | 49 |
| 3 | 11 | Filip Ospaly | CZE | 08:35:05 | 08:42:47 | 00:46:44 | 04:47:54 | 02:49:15 | (53) |
| 4 | 8 | Michael Goehner | GER | 08:42:09 | 08:49:58 | 00:53:39 | 04:45:08 | 03:03:43 | 71 |
| 5 | 7 | Stephen Bayliss | GBR | 08:42:22 | 08:50:11 | 00:47:51 | 04:50:00 | 03:05:53 | 72 |
| 6 | 2 | Jan Van Berkel | SUI | 08:43:16 | 08:51:06 | 00:48:11 | 04:40:56 | 03:16:07 | 76 |
| 8 | 20 | Darby Thomas | FIN | 08:44:42 | 08:52:33 | 00:57:15 | 04:45:41 | 03:00:03 | 88 |
| 9 | 12 | Joe Skipper | GBR | 08:49:45 | 08:57:40 | 00:53:50 | 04:47:19 | 03:04:48 | 113 |
| (9) | 34 | Alejandro Santamaria | ESP | 08:49:57 | 08:57:53 | 00:54:48 | 04:54:33 | 03:03:23 | 114 |
| 10 | 4 | Mathias Hecht | SUI | 08:50:11 | 08:58:07 | 00:49:06 | 04:51:09 | 03:12:18 | (116) |
| 11 | 9 | Sergio Marques | POR | 08:55:16 | 09:03:16 | 00:55:31 | 05:04:34 | 03:00:15 | 138 |
| 12 | 6 | Mike Schifferle | SUI | 08:56:03 | 09:04:04 | 01:00:35 | 04:50:53 | 03:05:48 | 143 |
| 13 | 5 | Boris Stein | GER | 08:56:15 | 09:04:16 | 00:56:44 | 04:38:39 | 03:07:16 | (145) |
| 14 | 29 | Daniel Niederreiter | AUT | 08:58:02 | 09:06:05 | 00:52:10 | 04:54:51 | 03:11:34 | (155) |
| (15) | 32 | Vincent Riess | AUT | 08:58:47 | 09:06:50 | 00:53:45 | 05:56:55 | 02:58:31 | 159 |
| (16) | 33 | Bertrand Billard | FRA | 09:00:26 | 09:08:31 | 00:48:02 | 04:41:11 | 03:17:38 | (163) |
| 15 | 15 | Reto Stutz | SUI | 09:03:35 | 09:11:43 | 00:56:57 | 04:44:14 | 03:17:27 | (177) |
| 16 | 21 | Gabriele Mazzetta | ITA | 09:07:08 | 09:15:19 | 00:51:55 | 04:59:10 | 03:12:21 | (190) |
| 17 | 19 | Tomas Mika | CZE | 09:24:16 | 09:32:42 | 00:52:27 | 05:16:09 | 03:09:53 | (257) |
| 18 | 28 | Stefan Eichheimer | GER | 09:26:28 | 09:34:56 | 00:57:35 | 04:56:32 | 03:18:44 | (264) |
| 19 | 30 | Daniel Mueller | GER | 09:30:04 | 09:38:36 | 00:51:15 | 05:05:44 | 03:37:50 | 282 |
| 20 | 18 | David Jilek | CZE | 09:42:33 | 09:51:16 | 00:58:18 | 04:57:43 | 03:33:24 | (330) |
| 21 | 24 | Ludovic Le Guellec | FRA | 09:54:45 | 10:03:39 | 01:00:05 | 05:22:20 | 03:32:09 | 371 |
| 22 | 17 | Remmert Wielinga | NED | 10:13:04 | 10:22:14 | 01:17:55 | 04:52:30 | 03:49:43 | (417) |
| 23 | 22 | Marek Nemcik | SVK | 11:52:18 | 12:02:57 | 01:11:45 | 05:56:37 | 04:43:06 | 452 |
| 24 | 27 | Josef Svoboda | CZE | 11:58:05 | 12:08:49 | 01:12:22 | 06:08:08 | 04:30:39 | 453 |
| 16 | Dominic Rohan-Gates | GBR | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 23 | Eduardo Crooke Gonzalez | ESP | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 25 | Roland Schlappal | AUT | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| 26 | Mauro Baertsch | SUI | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
Female Race Participants
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nation | Expected Time | Rating | Swim Rating | Bike Rating | Run Rating | Rank |
| (1) | 58 | Natascha Badmann | SUI | 09:19:36 | 09:27:58 | 01:01:05 | 05:02:13 | 03:16:35 | 16 |
| 1 | 54 | Sonja Tajsich | GER | 09:22:54 | 09:31:19 | 01:01:43 | 05:12:55 | 03:09:21 | 22 |
| 2 | 52 | Erika Csomor | HUN | 09:23:05 | 09:31:30 | 00:57:55 | 05:13:47 | 03:13:21 | 23 |
| 3 | 51 | Celine Schaerer | SUI | 09:26:14 | 09:34:42 | 00:47:38 | 05:09:46 | 03:18:38 | (32) |
| (5) | 59 | Kristin Moeller | GER | 09:27:06 | 09:35:35 | 01:03:31 | 05:19:35 | 03:06:11 | 32 |
| 5 | 66 | Michaela Rudolf | AUT | 09:47:31 | 09:56:18 | 01:05:09 | 05:12:47 | 03:30:04 | 83 |
| 6 | 53 | Regula Rohrbach | SUI | 09:47:31 | 09:56:18 | 00:57:33 | 05:10:23 | 03:37:33 | 83 |
| 10 | 55 | Evi Neuscheler | GER | 10:13:39 | 10:22:50 | 01:07:18 | 05:17:49 | 03:32:34 | (133) |
| 11 | 68 | Monique Grossrieder | SUI | 10:14:50 | 10:24:02 | 01:05:22 | 05:37:27 | 03:29:21 | 133 |
| 13 | 61 | Vanessa Pereira | POR | 10:30:21 | 10:39:47 | 01:02:49 | 05:40:03 | 03:37:34 | (149) |
| 14 | 63 | Megumi Shigaki | JPN | 10:43:59 | 10:53:37 | 00:59:12 | 05:41:39 | 04:04:48 | 154 |
| 56 | Carolin Lehrieder | GER | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) | |
| Daniela Ryf | SUI | n/a | unrated | unrated | unrated | unrated | (n/a) |
Winning Odds
Male Race Participants
The biggest name on the start list is Pete Jacobs – just one week after Roth he will try to validate his automatic Kona slot by just finishing. Even though he is the statistical odds-on favorite, I don’t see him to contend for the win. Mathias Hecht and Jan Van Berkel will try to continue the Swiss winning streak, but they face strong competition from Eastern European David Plese and Filip Ospaly, British Stephen Bayliss and German athletes Georg Potrebitsch and Michael Goehner.
- Pete Jacobs: 29% (2-1)
- David Plese: 14% (6-1)
- Mathias Hecht: 11% (8-1)
- Stephen Bayliss: 10% (9-1)
- Filip Ospaly: 9% (10-1)
- Georg Potrebitsch: 9% (10-1)
- Michael Goehner: 6% (14-1)
- Sergio Marques: 6% (16-1)
- Jan Van Berkel: 5% (21-1)
Female Race Participants
On the women’s side, Erika Csomor has to be considered the favorite – she’s doing her „normal“ Austria – Switzerland double. Sonja Tajsich is still on the start list, but after her disappointing race in Frankfurt she’s probably a non-start. Similar to the men, Celine Schaerer and Regula Rohrbach will try to win another edition for their home country.
- Erika Csomor: 38% (2-1)
- Sonja Tajsich: 38% (2-1)
- Celine Schaerer: 13% (6-1)
- Regula Rohrbach: 7% (13-1)
Assessing the impact of Natascha and Kristin is tricky. As for Sonja, they have raced in Frankfurt and are probably not yet fully recovered. However, both just need a few extra KPR points, so they seem to be willing to risk a start so soon after their last IM. They might have a great day, but will probably not contend for the win.
KPR Situation
Men
As noted above, Pete Jacobs just has has to finish to validate his automatic Kona slot.
After him, there are two athletes in a good position to qualify in July: David Plese (3.325) and Filip Ospaly (3.170) just need a few hundred additional points, so a 7th place should be enough for either of them. Behind them, Stephen Bayliss (1.690), Michael Geoehner (1.590) and Boris Stein (1.500) would need a win to get to the cutoff number – not very likely. Other athletes – such as Jan Van Berkel (1.215) – are already too far back, but they could use the points to increase their chances for an August slot.
Women
On the women’s side there is no athlete that can get to my projected cutoff of 4.900 points. The best placed athlete is Erika Csomor at 2.460 points.
The addition of Natascha and Kristin make Switzerland a lot more interesting from a KPR perspective. Kristin (4.790) just needs few hundred extra points to be really sure of a slot, so 10th is probably enough for her. Natascha has 3.755 points and needs at least 1.000 points to get a slot. A 4th place (960 points) might be enough, but a 3rd (1.280 points) would be better.
Daniela Ryf (late entry) is an athlete that I had so far in the “not interested” category. She has already scored 2.810 points just from 70.3s, so winning the race might get her very close to the qualifying threshold. I have no idea whether this is a reasonable goal for her, but she is trained by Brett Sutton and he wouldn’t let her race if she wasn’t ready for it.