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Ironman Mont Tremblant 2017 – Analyzing Results

August 21, 2017

Course Conditions

Mont Tremblant is a challenging course: Even if the conditions this year were better than the torrential rains we’ve had last year, the adjustment of 3:45 indicates that this is one of the slower courses on the Ironman calendar.

Male Race Results

Marino Vanhoenacker put on a clinic: He was just a few seconds behind in the swim then posted the fastest times in the bike and run and won his 17th Ironman by twenty minutes! (By his words he won “only” 16 – he doesn’t count the abbreviated IM New Zealand 2012.) He secured a Kona slot but probably will decline it. His slot would roll down to Chris McDonald. Chris was solid all day – just 30 seconds behind Marino after the swim, then loosing time to him on the bike but gapping the rest of the field. A hard earned 3:04 marathon saw him finish second. Third place went to Jordan Monnink in his first Professional Ironman race, moving up from racing on the 70.3 distance.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	00:53:23	04:26:56	02:56:10	08:21:29	08:29	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Chris McDonald	AUS	00:53:56	04:38:10	03:04:28	08:41:47	01:42	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Jordan Monnink	CAN	00:54:33	04:46:49	03:04:58	08:51:29	n/a	US$ 3,000	1280
4	Chad Holderbaum	USA	00:58:13	04:44:54	03:08:17	08:56:59	-03:51	US$ 2,500	960
5	Jason Pohl	CAN	01:00:43	04:49:11	03:02:38	08:57:28	n/a	US$ 1,500	720
6	Wouter Monchy	BEL	00:53:26	04:52:44	03:11:38	09:03:25	-05:55	US$ 1,000	540
7	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	00:58:54	04:47:19	03:14:55	09:07:04	-04:50		405
8	Ryan Rau	USA	01:01:45	04:56:17	03:16:44	09:19:11	04:34		305
9	Oliver Gonzalez	MEX	00:53:28	05:17:17	03:09:16	09:25:43	01:49		230
10	Peter Kotland	CZE	01:05:50	04:59:10	03:30:55	09:42:29	02:36		170
11	Daniel Clarke	CAN	00:58:15	04:42:13	04:11:30	09:57:10	1:01:42		120
12	Sacha Cavelier	CAN	00:58:19	05:02:28	04:25:57	10:35:36	16:50		85
	Patrick Evoe	USA	00:58:42	04:30:28		DNF
	Antoine Jolicoeur Desroches	CAN	00:53:17	04:46:02		DNF
	Matt Shanks	USA	00:58:20	05:01:03		DNF
	Tim Russell	USA	01:00:50	05:08:23		DNF
	Alex Vanderlinden	CAN	00:54:32	05:27:22		DNF
	Derek Garcia	USA	00:56:32			DNF
	Stephen Kilshaw	CAN	00:56:41			DNF

Female Race Results

The female Pro field in Mont Tremblant was larger than the male, had more potential Kona qualifiers and was also a lot more exciting. The first two legs were clearly dominated by Lauren Brandon: Not only was she the first female out of the water, she was also the first overall out of the water, making up the three minutes that the male Pros started before the females! Lauren also posted the fastest bike split. By T2 she had built a lead of more than 13 minutes in front of Rachel Joyce and Magali Tisseyre who were looking for the the points to qualify for Kona. Two more females – Kim Schwabenbauer and Jennie Hansen – were 18 and almost 20 minutes back at the start of the marathon. 25k into the run, the order hadn’t changed – Lauren was still in the lead, but Rachel was just 30 seconds back and the other three ladies were within four minutes of the lead.

The last part of the run created a major re-shuffle: In the end Rachel Joyce won her second Ironman race of the season – and finishing her third IM within ten weeks was finally enough for her to secure a Kona slot. With Kim Schwabenbauer another recent mom had the fastest marathon and finished in second place. The final spot on the podium was claimed by Jennie Hansen who managed to end her three-year injury break with a great return to Ironman racing.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Rachel Joyce	GBR	00:56:19	05:07:51	03:08:27	09:19:08	06:55	US$ 8,000	2000
2	Kim Schwabenbauer	USA	01:05:43	05:03:39	03:05:59	09:21:22	-11:33	US$ 4,000	1600
3	Jennie Hansen	USA	01:04:07	05:05:56	03:08:54	09:25:58	-09:19	US$ 3,000	1280
4	Lauren Brandon	USA	00:49:34	05:02:12	03:30:05	09:27:27	07:01	US$ 2,500	960
5	Magali Tisseyre	CAN	00:56:30	05:08:04	03:18:57	09:30:09	-01:50	US$ 1,500	720
6	Brooke Brown	CAN	01:04:38	05:08:50	03:27:04	09:47:42	-01:56	US$ 1,000	540
7	Ashley Paulson	USA	01:14:10	05:26:25	03:10:31	09:57:38	-06:16		405
8	Sarah Jarvis	GER	01:02:31	05:19:59	03:28:08	09:57:40	-18:22		305
9	Kelly O’Mara	USA	01:00:23	05:26:28	03:29:38	10:02:53	n/a		230
10	Christine Fletcher	CAN	01:00:16	05:21:27	03:35:31	10:04:10	-02:59		170
11	Caroline St-Pierre	CAN	01:00:06	05:33:37	03:26:41	10:05:42	11:17		120
12	Erin Green	USA	01:02:34	05:21:46	03:38:19	10:09:50	-00:44		85
13	Miranda Tomenson	CAN	00:59:55	05:24:51	03:51:36	10:22:49	25:55		60
14	Katy Cargiulo	USA	01:07:35	05:47:12	03:33:40	10:36:13	-11:59		40
15	Caroline Martineau	CAN	01:06:01	05:36:52	04:11:04	11:00:59	n/a		30
	Valerie Belanger	CAN	01:20:59	05:06:15		DNF
	Darbi Roberts	USA	00:56:30			DNF

Ironman Copenhagen 2017 – Analyzing Results

August 21, 2017

Race Conditions

As is typical for Copenhagen, the bike course was pretty fast (adjustment of 15:59), also leading to quick overall times – Michelle Vesterby just missed going sub-9. With a course rating of 20:11 Copenhagen continues to be one of the quickest courses on the calendar.

Female Race Results

Michelle Vesterby was leading the race from wire to wire: She posted the fastest swim and bike legs, having a lead of nearly 15 minutes in T2. As Kona is already on the horizon, she probably didn’t push all that hard on the run, still winning by eight minutes. Second place went to Corinne Abraham who also had a good, sub-5 bike ride. She posted the fastest marathon of the day but couldn’t challenge Michelle for the leading position. After loosing her 2016 season with injuries she suffered from being attacked during one of her training runs, Sofie Goos had a satisfying third place finish.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	00:53:02	04:48:02	03:15:05	09:00:19	-05:05	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Corinne Abraham	GBR	01:00:21	04:53:20	03:09:51	09:08:06	02:26	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Sofie Goos	BEL	01:00:15	05:00:41	03:11:14	09:17:17	00:14	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Camilla Lindholm Borg	SWE	01:07:02	04:58:06	03:11:37	09:22:46	-04:44	US$ 3,250	960
5	Alyssa Godesky	USA	01:01:13	05:11:00	03:14:47	09:33:20	-15:00	US$ 2,750	720
6	Pia Nielsen Englyst	DEN	01:01:12	05:12:46	03:19:36	09:38:37	-28:24	US$ 2,000	540
7	Julia Montgomery	SWE	01:07:57	05:30:58	03:38:50	10:24:04	08:05	US$ 1,500	405
	Jeanne Collonge	FRA	01:00:25	05:14:27		DNF

Unofficial KPR & 2017 Kona Pro Slot Allocation for August Cutoff

August 26, 2017

Here is my calculation of the KPR at the end of August, deciding the final 10 male and 7 female slots (in addition to the July slots). You’ll always find all Kona Pros in my “Always Up-to-date Kona 2017 Startlist“.

My results are unofficial, the official results will be posted on the Ironman website at http://eu.ironman.com/triathlon/triathlon-rankings/points-system.aspx (but as far as I can tell will show the same data).

There is still going to be some time before all slots have been accepted or maybe rolled down to the next athletes. Athletes with rankings shown in brackets (such as “(11)”) are out of the slot positions and have to hope for a rolldown slot. For now there is some speculation whether Marino Vanhoenacker and Chris McDonald would accept their slots.

Once the field has been finalized, I will work on this year’s version of the Kona Rating Report, looking at the field and each athlete’s chances for a good result. The free report will be released in time before the Kona race, you can already pre-order your copy.

Male KPR Rankings

Rank	Name	Points
DECL	Vanhoenacker, Marino	4.555
1	Weiss, Michael	4.430
2	Wiltshire, Harry	3.765
3	Wurf, Cameron	3.485
4	Fachbach, Markus	3.400
5	Molinari, Giulio	3.395
6	Chevrot, Denis	3.390
7	Fox, Michael	3.355
8	Tohara, Kaito	3.330
9	López Diaz, Carlos	3.175
10	McDonald, Chris	3.048
(11)	Llanos, Eneko	2.975
(12)	Croneborg, Fredrik	2.820

Update Aug 22nd: All Top 10 males except for Marino have accepted their slots.

Update Aug 26th: Marino has declined his slot, and Chris McDonald accepted the rolldown. This means that all August slots have been decided.

Female KPR Rankings

Rank	Athlete	Points
1	Joyce, Rachel	5.880
2	Moeller, Kristin	5.120
3	McCauley, Jocelyn	4.415
4	Holst, Tine	4.295
Decl	Kessler, Meredith	4.265
5	Chura, Haley	4.180
6	Bartlett, Nikki	4.055
7	Collonge, Jeanne	3.910
(8)	Wutti, Eva	3.820
(9)	Mack, Danielle	3.820

Nominally, Meredith Kessler would receive a slot but she’s pregnant and so is extremely likely to decline. I assume she will still be asked (and the rolldown procedure to take a while), but Jeanne Collonge should receive a rolldown slot. (Update Aug 21st: Jeanne has posted on her Facebook page that she has received an invitation.) In case more slots roll down, Eva Wutti would be the next in line, she has the better tie-breaking score than Danielle Mack who has the same number of points.

Update Aug 22nd: All slots on the female side have settled. As expected Meredith declined, and all slots (including Jeanne’s) have been accepted.

Ironman Sweden 2017 – Analyzing Results

August 19, 2017

Race Conditions

Conditions in Sweden sounded decent – not too hot or cold, but probably a bit too windy for really fast times. After a new swim course record (Clemente Alonso’s 47:29 was faster than Andy Boecherer’s time from 2012 by more than a minute) Cameron Wurf posted a new bike course – he improved on the 2012 time (when the bike course was likely a bit short) by KJ Danielsson by more than 10 minutes! Clemente’s 8:07 was the second fastest ever in Sweden (after Jan Raphael’s 2012 winning time on what was a different – and likely shorter – course).

Male Race Results

Clemente Alonso was first out of the water, but it took Cameron Wurf only 60k to make up his three minute difference after the swim. Cam then continued to ride faster than everyone else, posted a new bike course record and entered T2 with an eight minute gap to Clemente and Swedish hopeful KJ Danielsson. Cam ran an even marathon pace, but Clemente was slowly eating into his lead. By 30k Clemente surged past Cam, but was never quite able to clearly gap him. Clemente won his first IM since IM Barcelona in 2014 (and a long time dealing with injuries) in front of Cam who was just over a minute behind at the finish. Third place went to Esben Hovgaard who overtook KJ in the last 4k of the run.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to exp.	Prize Money	KPR Points
1	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:47:29	04:24:55	02:50:23	08:07:48	-05:40	US$ 15,000	2000
2	Cameron Wurf	AUS	00:50:20	04:14:27	03:00:38	08:08:58	-19:41	US$ 7,500	1600
3	Esben Hovgaard	DEN	00:51:25	04:32:37	02:58:03	08:25:18	-06:56	US$ 5,000	1280
4	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	00:50:13	04:23:13	03:12:05	08:28:32	-13:17	US$ 3,250	960
5	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:47:33	04:41:25	03:01:23	08:34:02	03:33	US$ 2,750	720
6	Andrey Lyatskiy	RUS	00:51:26	04:50:30	02:58:51	08:44:16	-02:15	US$ 2,000	540
7	Michael Smith Larsen	DEN	00:55:25	04:37:29	03:10:00	08:46:09	04:39	US$ 1,500	405
8	Jonas Oerarbaeck	SWE	00:58:43	04:44:01	03:03:01	08:49:21	n/a	US$ 1,250	305
9	Pascal Ramali	GER	00:58:49	04:30:31	03:16:05	08:49:44	01:02	US$ 1,000	230
10	Marcus Hultgren	SWE	00:54:06	04:38:40	03:14:29	08:51:19	-24:14	US$ 750	170
11	Luiz Feliz	ESP	01:01:11	04:38:15	03:09:33	08:53:00	n/a		120
12	Mike Schifferle	SUI	00:58:59	04:41:01	03:09:43	08:55:16	01:58		85
13	Erik Holmberg	SWE	00:51:21	04:32:42	03:29:27	08:56:16	01:11		60
14	Emanuele Ciotti	ITA	00:51:23	04:55:25	03:06:43	08:58:47	-28:20		40
15	Lukas Polan	CZE	00:59:03	05:10:12	03:24:14	09:39:10	06:40		30
16	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:08:45	05:31:20	04:38:43	11:27:57	-03:44		20
	Andreas Linden	SWE	00:51:20	04:32:41		DNF
	Bekim Christensen	DEN	00:58:53	04:29:25		DNF
	Martin Olsson	SWE	01:01:04	04:41:06		DNF
	Markus Liebelt	GER	00:50:15			DNF
	Rasmus Fitzner	DEN	00:55:19			DNF

Kona Qualifying Implications

As Sweden is one of the last races before the August cutoff, a few Kona Qualifying decisions have been determined:

Cameron Wurf finished second, exactly the minimum result he needed to be secure for a Kona slot. Congratulations!
Giulio Molinari and Denis Chevrot were on the start list but decided not to race, but even without adding points this weekend they are also safe for a slot.
Esben Hovgaard and Daniil Sapunov were also in the running for a slot, but they finished one rank behind what they would have needed to make it into the bubble. They are now 14th and 17th in the August KPR (before IM Mont Tremblant), so don’t have a chance for a slot without a massive number of rolldowns.

ITU Long Distance Championships 2017 Penticton (Aug 27th) – Seedings

August 24, 2017

Penticton_Logo

This year’s venue for ITU Long Distance Championships will be held in Penticton, Canada. The Elite races will be held on August 27th as part of a week-long Multisport festival.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2005	Viktor Zyemtsev (UKR)	05:41:40	Kathleen Smet (BEL)	06:19:06
2006	Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN)	05:59:13	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	06:55:32
2007	Julien Loy (FRA)	03:30:11	Leanda Cave (GBR)	04:04:03
2008	Julien Loy (FRA)	05:43:22	Chrissie Wellington (GBR)	06:12:44
2009	Timothy O’Donnell (USA)	03:48:15	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	04:07:38
2010	Sylvain Sudrie (FRA)	06:24:57	Caroline Steffen (SUI)	06:55:21
2011	Jordan Rapp (USA)	05:00:15	Rachel Joyce (GBR)	05:34:15
2012	Chris McCormack (AUS)	05:29:47	Caroline Steffen (SUI)	06:04:17
2013	Bertrand Billard (FRA)	04:08:45	Melissa Hauschildt (AUS)	04:42:38
2014	Bertrand Billard (FRA)	05:09:09	Camilla Pedersen (DEN)	05:43:31
2015	Cyril Viennot (FRA)	04:54:33	Mary Beth Ellis (USA)	05:24:25
2016	Sylvain Sudrie (FRA)	05:59:46	Jodie Cunnama (GBR)	06:37:11

The official distance is usually a 4k Swim, 120k Bike and 30k Run, but as you can see from the widely varying finishing times, these distances are often changed (most often the swim is shortened because of cold water temperatures). I have seen conflicting data about this year’s swim – it’s planned to be either 3k or 4k.

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	00:57:03	02:57:53	02:03:23	05:59:46
2	Cyril Viennot	FRA	01:05:07	02:55:00	02:00:01	06:02:11
3	Matt Chrabot	USA	01:00:14	03:03:47	02:00:08	06:06:13

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Jodie Cunnama	GBR	01:03:31	03:15:50	02:15:52	06:37:11
2	Caroline Steffen	SUI	01:05:58	03:17:46	02:19:08	06:44:40
3	Rachel McBride	CAN	01:15:34	03:19:48	02:18:07	06:56:05

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Overall
1	21	Andy Potts	USA	05:48:20	00:49:48	02:55:52	03:50:41	01:57:39	13
2	28	Lionel Sanders	CAN	05:49:22	00:57:39	02:51:03	03:53:41	01:55:41	2
3	15	Josh Amberger	AUS	05:50:37	00:48:52	02:53:14	03:47:05	02:03:32	39
4	22	Joe Gambles	AUS	05:52:37	00:51:33	02:58:04	03:54:37	01:58:00	15
5	2	Cyril Viennot	FRA	05:56:13	00:53:31	02:57:58	03:56:28	01:59:45	22
6	24	Peru Alfaro	ESP	05:56:21	00:49:52	03:00:54	03:55:45	02:00:36	(400)
7	19	Bertrand Billard	FRA	06:00:32	00:53:03	02:56:19	03:54:23	02:06:09	18
8	23	Jeff Symonds	CAN	06:00:35	00:53:47	03:04:46	04:03:33	01:57:02	186
9	3	~~Cody Beals~~	~~CAN~~	~~06:01:17~~	~~00:57:46~~	~~02:57:58~~	~~04:00:44~~	~~02:00:33~~	44
10	26	Ben Collins	USA	06:02:31	00:51:25	02:59:10	03:55:36	02:06:55	82
11	1	Sylvain Sudrie	FRA	06:02:32	00:52:45	02:59:56	03:57:41	02:04:51	85
12	11	Pablo Dapena Gonzalez	ESP	06:04:11	00:52:21	03:06:25	04:03:47	02:00:24	(112)
13	16	Mark Buckingham	GBR	06:05:42	00:52:17	03:08:02	04:05:20	02:00:22	(127)
14	17	Francisco Serrano	MEX	06:05:49	00:53:06	03:00:41	03:58:47	02:07:02	106
15	5	Paul Ambrose	AUS	06:07:34	00:53:48	02:59:02	03:57:51	02:09:43	99
16	7	Nathan Killam	CAN	06:10:13	00:58:16	03:00:02	04:03:17	02:06:56	131
17	20	Denis Sketako	SLO	06:11:39	00:58:36	03:04:15	04:07:51	02:03:48	303
18	10	~~Matt Lieto~~	~~USA~~	~~06:12:29~~	~~00:55:03~~	~~03:02:32~~	~~04:02:36~~	~~02:09:53~~	~~143~~
19	12	Jordan Bryden	CAN	06:17:58	00:52:39	03:08:40	04:06:19	02:11:39	269
20	27	Christopher Bagg	USA	06:21:18	00:56:49	03:06:29	04:08:19	02:12:59	316
21	4	Kuniaki Takahama	JPN	06:25:03	00:52:25	03:25:54	04:23:19	02:01:44	(363)
22	6	Sebastian Norberg	SWE	06:25:56	01:04:06	03:10:08	04:19:13	02:06:43	279
23	18	Philippe Lamberty	LUX	06:33:08	00:57:39	03:14:38	04:17:18	02:15:50	382
24	14	Julian Beuchert	GER	06:36:49	00:56:09	03:21:28	04:22:36	02:14:13	(439)
25	8	Elmar Heger	GER	06:48:25	00:59:42	03:14:12	04:18:54	02:29:31	(n/a)
26	29	Drew Scott	USA	06:54:45	00:52:31	02:58:23	03:55:54	02:58:51	92

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. T2	Exp. Run	Overall
1	41	Kaisa Sali	FIN	06:27:28	00:58:48	03:16:09	04:19:57	02:07:31	12
2	42	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	06:27:53	00:59:09	03:16:06	04:20:16	02:07:37	5
3	46	Sarah Crowley	AUS	06:30:49	00:59:21	03:14:27	04:18:48	02:12:01	35
4	32	Camilla Pedersen	DEN	06:32:12	00:55:04	03:16:49	04:16:53	02:15:19	16
5	48	Heather Wurtele	CAN	06:32:23	00:57:48	03:16:29	04:19:17	02:13:06	3
6	43	Helle Frederiksen	DEN	06:33:27	00:56:40	03:18:26	04:20:06	02:13:21	10
7	38	Leanda Cave	GBR	06:36:59	00:54:34	03:20:28	04:20:01	02:16:58	33
8	31	Rachel McBride	CAN	06:38:25	00:56:45	03:16:45	04:18:31	02:19:54	(51)
9	39	Gurutze Frades Larralde	ESP	06:44:05	01:04:04	03:23:59	04:33:03	02:11:02	72
10	45	Jennifer Spieldenner	USA	06:45:38	00:56:24	03:26:08	04:27:32	02:18:06	44
11	47	Jen Annett	CAN	06:47:12	01:04:52	03:17:52	04:27:44	02:19:28	79
12	37	Melanie McQuaid	CAN	06:48:35	01:00:35	03:18:18	04:23:52	02:24:43	148
13	33	Skye Moench	USA	06:54:36	01:03:32	03:24:28	04:33:00	02:21:36	100
14	44	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	06:55:36	00:57:04	03:30:44	04:32:49	02:22:47	160
15	49	Fawn Whiting	CAN	06:55:40	01:05:29	03:30:02	04:40:32	02:15:08	(n/a)
16	40	Kendra Goffredo	USA	07:41:26	01:19:30	03:44:11	05:08:41	02:32:45	271

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