With the Top 16 of the women in, here are a few observations about the women’s bike leg:
- The bike for the women has been very fast, most of the women raced considerable faster than their expected time.
- Best relative performances have been by Mareen Hufe (6:45 faster) and Michelle Vesterby (7:18 faster).
- Only Carolin Steffen has been considerably slower than what I would have expected based on her previous times (11 minutes slower). Susie Cheetham was slower by four minutes, but is still in a good position for a Top 10 finish.
Top 10 Projection
Here are the current projections for Top 10 on the female side (with Angela Naeth a DNF):
- Daniela Ryf SUI 09:02:12
- Rachel Joyce GBR 09:10:21
- Jodie Swallow GBR 09:13:37
- Liz Blatchford AUS 09:19:07
- Mary Beth Ellis USA 09:20:08
- Camilla Pedersen DEN 09:20:51
- Michelle Vesterby DEN 09:20:53
- Lucy Gossage GBR 09:23:35
- Caroline Steffen SUI 09:24:06
- Susie Cheetham GBR 09:27:34
Bike Analysis
| Rank | Name | Nation | Bike | Bike Diff |
| 1 | Daniela Ryf | SUI | 04:50:46 | -04:37 |
| 2 | Angela Naeth | CAN | 04:54:54 | -04:10 |
| 3 | Jodie Swallow | GBR | 04:58:48 | -04:05 |
| 4 | Mareen Hufe | GER | 04:59:15 | -06:45 |
| 5 | Camilla Pedersen | DEN | 04:59:17 | -05:55 |
| 6 | Mary Beth Ellis | USA | 04:59:29 | -04:43 |
| 7 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 05:00:41 | -07:18 |
| 8 | Rachel Joyce | GBR | 05:01:29 | -01:32 |
| 9 | Lucy Gossage | GBR | 05:02:40 | -04:07 |
| 10 | Annabel Luxford | AUS | 05:04:00 | 02:46 |
| 11 | Heather Jackson | USA | 05:04:43 | 01:03 |
| 12 | Liz Blatchford | AUS | 05:07:25 | -03:39 |
| 13 | Caroline Steffen | SUI | 05:10:53 | 11:01 |
| 14 | Dede Griesbauer | USA | 05:11:08 | -05:53 |
| 15 | Susie Cheetham | GBR | 05:14:33 | 04:42 |
| 16 | Elizabeth Lyles | USA | 05:18:32 | 02:22 |