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Ironman UK 2017 (July 16) – Entry List

Male Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Harry Wiltshire GBR 3085 2+2 (305/280)
Cyril Viennot FRA 2920 2+2 (705/435)
Mark Bowstead NZL 2640 2+2 (720/415)
Kirill Kotshegarov EST 2430 2+0
Romain Guillaume FRA 2390 1+2 (720/750)
Miquel Blanchart Tinto ESP 2245 2+2 (230/195)
Esben Hovgaard DEN 1330 2+2 (540/55)
Pedro Gomes POR 585 1+2 (540/10)
Fraser Cartmell GBR 430 0+2 (0/85)
Diego Van Looy BEL 289 2+1
Bryan McCrystal IRL 245 0+2 (0/65)
Nicholas Ward Munoz GBR 120 1+0
Michael Goehner GER 50 0+2 (0/15)

Female Race Participants

Name Nation KPR points KPR races
Lucy Gossage GBR 5475 2+1
Diana Riesler GER 3185 1+2 (2000/400)
Nikki Bartlett GBR 2900 2+2 (855/125)
Katja Konschak GER 2445 2+2 (235/220)
Lucy Charles GBR 2115 1+1
Kate Comber GBR 1780 3+1 (385/135)
Brooke Brown CAN 885 1+1
Hannah Drewett GBR 755 0+2 (0/320)

Challenge Roth 2017 (July 9th) – Seedings

ChallRothLogoThis year’s Roth races promise to be exciting: A strong men’s field with a number of potential winners, and a female field dominated by Daniela Ryf. Hopefully Daniela will be healthy and fit enough to try to make a go at Chrissie Wellington’s fastest time on the Ironman distance as she announced in May. I have written about some of her Advantages and Hurdles for Triathlete (“Can Ryf Break Wellington’s Iron-Distance World Record?“, check out the post here).

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:58:45 Belinda Granger (AUS) 09:14:06
2006 Chris McCormack (AUS) 08:00:52 Joanna Lawn (NZL) 09:01:17
2007 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:54:23 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:51:55
2008 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:09:34 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:45:48
2009 Michael Goehner (GER) 07:55:53 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:31:59
2010 Rasmus Henning (DEN) 07:52:36 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:19:13
2011 Andreas Raelert (GER) 07:41:33 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:18:13
2012 James Cunnama (ZAF) 07:59:59 Rachel Joyce (GBR) 08:45:04
2013 Dirk Bockel (LUX) 07:52:01 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 08:40:35
2014 Timo Bracht (GER) 07:56:00 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:38:53
2015 Nils Frommhold (GER) 07:51:28 Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED) 08:50:53
2016 Jan Frodeno (GER) 07:35:39 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:22:04

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Jan Frodeno GER 00:45:22 04:08:07 02:39:18 07:35:39
2 Joe Skipper GBR 00:52:36 04:21:12 02:38:52 07:56:23
3 Nils Frommhold GER 00:46:59 04:17:34 02:48:50 07:57:49

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Daniela Ryf SUI 00:49:10 04:31:29 02:57:40 08:22:04
2 Carrie Lester AUS 00:52:23 04:42:50 03:03:38 08:42:13
3 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 00:55:14 04:40:29 03:10:58 08:49:35

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:35:39 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Swim overall 00:45:22 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Bike overall 04:08:07 Jan Frodeno 2016-07-17
Run overall 02:38:52 Joe Skipper 2016-07-17
Total female 08:18:13 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10
Swim female 00:47:27 Ute Mueckel 2005-06-24
Bike female 04:31:29 Daniela Ryf 2016-07-17
Run female 02:44:35 Chrissie Wellington 2011-07-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 21:22.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Roth

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25 28 23:16 01:15 13:16 09:25
2006 18:53 01:44 08:33 04:19 41 21:04 01:30 10:54 06:52
2007 29:57 01:18 12:15 08:14 35 24:02 01:26 11:21 07:19
2008 25:59 02:33 09:07 08:30 40 24:31 01:43 10:48 07:37
2009 29:11 02:32 17:28 05:18 43 25:27 01:52 12:08 07:09
2010 20:31 01:04 06:51 04:27 43 24:38 01:44 11:15 06:42
2011 24:18 02:05 17:28 05:32 38 24:35 01:47 12:08 06:32
2012 14:09 02:41 06:42 04:12 50 23:17 01:54 11:28 06:15
2013 22:46 01:01 15:15 04:13 41 23:13 01:48 11:53 06:01
2014 08:34 00:24 14:38 -02:43 37 21:46 01:40 12:09 05:09
2015 19:22 01:35 12:35 04:24 44 of 56 21:32 01:39 12:12 05:05
2016 19:24 01:23 17:02 02:43 39 of 43 21:22 01:38 12:36 04:53

Prize Money

Challenge Roth has a total prize purse of 75.000 EUR.

Estimated Time Plan

The following table shows the time plan for the race start and the estimated times for the first athlete in the transition zones or across the finish line. The estimates are based on the start time and my time estimates, these times can change based on how fast or slow the race ends up:

What Est. Racetime Est. Local Time
Male Pro Start 06:30
Female Pro Start 06:35
Age Group Wave Start 06:40 – 07:55
First Male in T1 00:44:29 07:14
First Female in T1 00:49:23 07:24
First Male in T2 05:06:30  11:36
First Female in T2 05:31:27  12:06
Male Winner 07:52:39  14:22
Female Winner 08:25:54  15:00

Roth is on Central European Summer Time, 2 hours ahead of UTC. Here are conversions to a few other time zones:

  • + 8 hours: Sydney (AEST), race starts at 14:30
  • – 1 hour: United Kingdom (BST), race starts at 5:30
  • – 6 hours: US East Coast (EDT), race starts at 12:30am
  • – 9 hours: US West Coast (PDT), race starts at 9:30pm on Saturday

There is going to be a German and English language live stream on the Challenge Roth homepage.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 14% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 3 Nils Frommhold GER 07:52:39 08:16:05 00:46:37 04:14:53 05:06:30 02:46:09 88% +0% -12% (9) 3
2 1 Timo Bracht GER 07:58:52 08:27:24 00:47:31 04:22:18 05:14:48 02:44:04 80% +14% -6% (28) 25
3 14 Bart Aernouts BEL 08:00:31 08:20:16 00:50:22 04:21:13 05:16:35 02:43:56 89% +0% -11% (11) 9
4 5 Terenzo Bozzone NZL 08:01:19 08:24:42 00:45:27 04:19:20 05:09:47 02:51:32 54% +21% -26% (13) 20
5 2 Joe Skipper GBR 08:02:43 08:36:53 00:52:04 04:23:05 05:20:08 02:42:35 36% +21% -43% (16) 59
6 10 Brad Kahlefeldt AUS 08:08:34 08:30:57 00:44:29 04:30:18 05:19:47 02:48:47 68% +0% -32% (3) (33)
7 9 Dougal Allan NZL 08:09:44 08:34:10 00:55:17 04:17:10 05:17:27 02:52:17 85% +7% -8% (9) 44
8 8 Per Bittner GER 08:15:24 08:44:57 00:47:49 04:27:52 05:20:41 02:54:43 49% +8% -43% (23) 83
9 6 Fabian Rahn GER 08:18:54 08:53:51 00:55:00 04:34:17 05:34:16 02:44:38 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (113)
10 13 Chris Fischer DEN 08:19:17 08:45:15 00:53:12 04:30:52 05:29:04 02:50:13 71% +11% -18% (7) 87
11 12 Herve Faure FRA 08:24:33 08:51:59 00:49:34 04:32:00 05:26:34 02:57:59 45% +0% -55% (8) (107)
12 45 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:25:00 08:53:02 00:54:17 04:34:46 05:34:04 02:50:56 86% +6% -8% (21) 110
13 15 Christian Brader GER 08:27:04 08:49:28 00:53:39 04:36:44 05:35:23 02:51:41 83% +4% -13% (36) 100
14 21 Matthias Knossalla GER 08:28:09 09:10:06 01:02:19 04:25:06 05:32:24 02:55:45 16% +39% -44% (3) (167)
15 17 Roman Deisenhofer GER 08:28:56 08:57:34 00:50:09 04:29:23 05:24:32 03:04:24 48% +52% -0% (7) 128
16 18 Jose Estrangeiro POR 08:29:50 09:04:11 00:48:07 04:37:32 05:30:39 02:59:11 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (155)
17 41 Jens Frommhold GER 08:29:54 09:00:45 00:54:11 04:30:25 05:29:36 03:00:18 20% +36% -44% (4) 140
18 31 Guillaume Lecallier FRA 08:32:45 09:07:19 00:54:22 04:32:33 05:31:54 03:00:51 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (163)
19 44 Jaroslav Kovacic SLO 08:33:50 09:04:23 00:47:39 04:43:22 05:36:01 02:57:49 22% +78% -0% (3) (156)
20 100 Sergio Marques POR 08:34:10 09:02:19 00:53:29 04:42:07 05:40:36 02:53:34 56% +4% -40% (38) 145
21 101 Darby Thomas FIN 08:34:15 09:03:16 00:56:59 04:33:49 05:35:48 02:58:27 53% +0% -47% (10) 151
22 3451 Teemu Lemmettylae FIN 08:36:55 08:59:51 00:55:31 04:39:51 05:40:22 02:56:33 90% +9% -1% (14) (138)
23 46 Tuukka Miettinen FIN 08:37:40 09:13:10 00:54:17 04:42:06 05:41:23 02:56:17 50% +13% -37% (9) (176)
24 11 Sebastian Neef GER 08:43:26 09:18:43 00:49:43 04:34:58 05:29:41 03:13:45 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (190)
25 23 Thomas Naasz NED 08:43:52 09:21:29 00:54:30 04:43:14 05:42:44 03:01:08 69% +31% -0% (6) 197
26 16 Till Schramm GER 08:49:22 09:21:25 00:53:38 04:40:26 05:39:04 03:10:18 53% +22% -25% (9) 196
27 20 Henry Beck GER 08:49:41 09:50:38 00:48:08 04:34:05 05:27:13 03:22:28 21% +36% -43% (3) (260)
28 3456 Sean Donnelly * GER 08:51:50 09:51:55 00:46:23 04:37:41 05:29:05 03:22:45 12% +14% -74% (3) (262)
29 22 Andi Fuchs AUT 08:53:52 09:24:11 00:54:47 04:42:23 05:42:10 03:11:42 100% +0% -0% (2) (203)
30 32 Christian Jais GER 08:55:47 09:34:50 00:54:27 04:37:33 05:37:00 03:18:47 37% +63% -0% (2) (235)
31 29 Stefan Overmars NED 08:56:30 09:27:15 00:53:44 04:36:27 05:35:12 03:21:18 100% +0% -0% (2) (218)
32 34 Michael Louys BEL 08:58:04 09:44:20 01:01:06 04:42:33 05:48:39 03:09:25 45% +7% -48% (12) (252)
33 39 Young Hwan Oh KOR 09:03:02 09:30:06 01:00:49 04:52:37 05:58:27 03:04:35 61% +24% -16% (8) 226
34 27 Moises Vidal Gil ESP 09:11:12 09:42:31 00:55:43 05:03:05 06:03:47 03:07:25 100% +0% -0% (2) (248)
35 35 Rafael Gomes POR 09:13:22 09:46:34 00:53:47 05:02:13 06:01:00 03:12:22 100% +0% -0% (2) (257)
36 40 Travis Hawkins USA 09:14:35 09:40:40 00:59:59 04:51:55 05:56:54 03:17:41 100% +0% -0% (3) 244
37 38 Peter Kotland CZE 09:21:05 09:50:49 00:57:06 04:53:16 05:55:21 03:25:44 69% +19% -12% (24) 261
38 25 Nathan Miller AUS 10:04:50 10:45:36 00:51:54 05:20:58 06:17:51 03:46:59 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (293)
4 Maurice Clavel GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
19 Markus Hoermann GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
24 Michael Smith Larsen DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
26 Marcus Woellner GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
28 Ilkka Utriainen FIN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
36 Jon Albizuri Izaguirre SPA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
37 Simon Schwarz GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 21% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 51 Daniela Ryf SUI 08:25:54 08:42:49 00:49:23 04:37:04 05:31:27 02:54:27 88% +0% -12% (10) 1
2 53 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 08:50:25 09:22:11 00:55:19 04:44:15 05:44:35 03:05:50 76% +0% -24% (30) 18
3 54 Laura Siddall GBR 08:57:41 09:32:10 00:55:14 04:49:46 05:50:00 03:07:41 68% +26% -6% (11) 35
4 52 Heather Wurtele CAN 09:06:56 09:28:48 00:53:02 04:56:10 05:54:12 03:12:44 77% +1% -22% (21) 30
5 3457 Lisa Roberts * USA 09:09:24 09:30:36 01:02:05 05:03:28 06:10:33 02:58:51 75% +8% -18% (17) 33
6 55 Ruth Brennan Morrey USA 09:09:40 09:35:17 01:03:49 05:01:36 06:10:24 02:59:16 76% +0% -24% (4) 37
7 56 Annah Watkinson ZAF 09:14:27 09:42:12 00:56:47 04:58:23 06:00:11 03:14:16 76% +0% -24% (5) 49
8 58 Martina Dogana ITA 09:24:46 09:49:53 00:57:06 05:11:15 06:13:22 03:11:24 62% +0% -38% (13) 62
9 59 Corina Hengartner SUI 09:34:33 10:07:17 01:00:04 05:06:58 06:12:03 03:22:30 68% +18% -14% (5) 93
10 3452 Anne Jensen DEN 09:50:13 10:29:32 01:05:09 05:06:34 06:16:43 03:33:30 44% +21% -35% (6) (134)
11 60 Steph Corker CAN 09:52:19 10:32:15 00:59:45 05:22:48 06:27:32 03:24:47 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (141)
12 57 Vanessa Pereira POR 09:56:40 10:36:13 01:01:00 05:21:38 06:27:38 03:29:02 52% +0% -48% (12) 145
61 Ana Revilla ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Nils Frommhold: 45% (1-1)
  • Terenzo Bozzone: 15% (6-1)
  • Timo Bracht: 15% (6-1)
  • Joe Skipper: 12% (8-1)
  • Bart Aernouts: 11% (8-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Daniela Ryf: 78% (1-1)
  • Yvonne Van Vlerken: 15% (6-1)
  • Laura Siddall: 6% (17-1)

Ironman Germany 2017 (July 9th) – Seedings

IMGermanyLogoThe final Regional Championship race is coming up, known either as the Ironman European Championships, IM Germany or IM Frankfurt. It is the last race with “big points” for Kona. Most of the top seeds only need to “validate” their slots after a good Kona result, but a lot of athletes have raced earlier in the season but without the result they were looking for, so most of the field is hoping for a lot of points to be able to qualify for Kona.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Normann Stadler (GER) 08:20:50 Lisa Bentley (CAN) 09:15:31
2006 Cameron Brown (NZL) 08:13:40 Andrea Steinbecher (GER) 09:16:17
2007 Timo Bracht (GER) 08:09:15 Nicole Leder (GER) 09:04:11
2008 Chris McCormack (AUS) 07:59:55 Chrissie Wellington (GBR) 08:51:24
2009 Timo Bracht (GER) 07:59:15 Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 08:58:08
2010 Andreas Raelert (GER) 08:05:15 Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 09:04:27
2011 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:13:50 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 09:12:13
2012 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:03:31 Caroline Steffen (SUI) 08:52:33
2013 Eneko Llanos (ESP) 07:59:58 Camilla Pedersen (DEN) 08:56:01
2014 Sebastian Kienle (GER) 07:55:14 Corinne Abraham (GBR) 08:52:40
2015 Jan Frodeno (GER) 07:49:48 Daniela Ryf (SUI) 08:51:00
2016 Sebastian Kienle (GER) 07:52:43 Melissa Hauschildt (AUS) 09:01:17

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Sebastian Kienle GER 00:52:12 04:12:12 02:44:12 07:52:43
2 Andi Boecherer GER 00:48:41 04:15:27 02:45:02 07:53:40
3 Eneko Llanos ESP 00:49:11 04:15:21 03:00:33 08:09:08

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Melissa Hauschildt AUS 00:59:15 04:57:10 03:00:12 09:01:17
2 Katja Konschak GER 00:56:05 05:06:45 02:59:29 09:09:58
3 Daniela Saemmler GER 00:58:18 04:56:54 03:12:47 09:13:23

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:49:48 Jan Frodeno 2015-07-05
Swim overall 00:42:17 Jan Sibbersen 2004-07-12
Bike overall 04:08:43 Jan Frodeno 2015-07-05
Run overall 02:42:08 Will Clarke 2016-07-03
Total female 08:51:00 Daniela Ryf 2015-07-05
Swim female 00:45:04 Amanda Stevens 2012-07-08
Bike female 04:44:25 Natascha Badmann 2014-07-06
Run female 02:57:13 Kristin Moeller 2013-07-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Germany is 15:28.

Race Adjustments for IM Germany

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 06:40 01:17 07:25 -04:44 21 06:40 01:17 07:25 -04:44
2006 14:02 n/a n/a n/a 21 10:21 01:17 07:25 -04:44
2007 27:36 02:16 16:42 06:14 35 16:06 01:47 12:03 00:45
2008 30:17 04:53 10:36 06:21 21 of 28 19:39 02:49 11:34 02:37
2009 22:50 03:30 15:52 00:10 19 of 25 20:17 02:59 12:39 02:00
2010 11:33 01:20 05:55 00:52 30 18:50 02:39 11:18 01:47
2011 10:37 01:54 06:10 00:20 41 17:39 02:32 10:27 01:32
2012 12:24 04:20 05:29 01:27 37 17:00 02:47 09:44 01:31
2013 18:03 02:45 10:25 03:40 69 17:07 02:47 09:49 01:48
2014 14:11 02:25 14:57 01:01 39 of 56 16:49 02:44 10:23 01:42
2015 05:18 00:00 08:30 -03:44 32 of 44 15:47 02:28 10:12 01:10
2016 12:04 -01:31 11:26 05:06 44 of 61 15:28 02:06 10:19 01:31

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Germany is a P-4000 race. It has a total prize purse of 150.000 US$.

Estimated Time Plan

The following table shows the time plan for the race start and the estimated times for the first athlete in the transition zones or across the finish line. The estimates are based on the start time and my time estimates, these times can change based on how fast or slow the race ends up:

What Est. Racetime Est. Local Time
Male Pro Start 06:30
Female Pro Start 06:32
Rolling Age Group Start 06:40 – 07:00
First Male in T1 00:44:43 07:14
First Female in T1 00:45:39 07:17
First Male in T2 05:04:41  11:34
First Female in T2 05:43:45  12:15
Male Winner 07:53:04  14:23
Female Winner 08:59:51  15:31

Frankfurt is on Central European Summer Time, 2 hours ahead of UTC. Here are the conversions to a few other time zones:

  • + 8 hours: Sydney (AEST), race starts at 14:30
  • – 1 hour: United Kingdom (BST), race starts at 5:30
  • – 6 hours: US East Coast (EDT), race starts at 12:30am
  • – 9 hours: US West Coast (PDT), race starts at 9:30pm on Saturday

German TV will cover the race and will show it on hr3 (available in Germany and adjacent countries). Ironman is going to pick up the pictures and will add their own commentary. The IMLive stream will be available worldwide through Ironman.com.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 20% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 1 Sebastian Kienle GER 07:53:04 08:08:32 00:48:27 04:11:43 05:05:11 02:47:53 98% +0% -2% (13) 2
2 3 Patrick Lange GER 07:53:32 08:14:49 00:45:58 04:27:44 05:18:42 02:34:50 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (3)
3 2 Andi Boecherer GER 07:54:21 08:17:13 00:45:10 04:14:31 05:04:41 02:49:40 56% +43% -2% (15) 4
4 11 Patrik Nilsson SWE 07:57:02 08:19:21 00:46:30 04:23:14 05:14:44 02:42:18 27% +51% -22% (8) 7
5 6 Bas Diederen NED 08:07:08 08:26:29 00:46:00 04:21:56 05:12:56 02:54:12 47% +6% -47% (19) 22
6 16 Clemente Alonso McKernan ESP 08:07:15 08:35:32 00:45:31 04:28:49 05:19:20 02:47:55 42% +10% -48% (15) (55)
7 57 Ivan Tutukin RUS 08:09:29 08:41:47 00:45:59 04:37:51 05:28:50 02:40:39 43% +0% -57% (2) (76)
8 13 Marko Albert EST 08:13:02 08:31:02 00:44:43 04:25:09 05:14:52 02:58:10 96% +2% -2% (17) 33
9 5 Cyril Viennot * FRA 08:13:26 08:28:57 00:49:01 04:28:04 05:22:05 02:51:21 66% +11% -22% (19) 29
10 65 Jeff Symonds CAN 08:15:00 08:39:22 00:49:01 04:37:54 05:31:56 02:43:04 50% +0% -50% (10) 70
11 10 Giulio Molinari ITA 08:16:10 08:38:27 00:47:14 04:24:23 05:16:37 02:59:33 100% +0% -0% (2) (65)
12 20 Mark Bowstead NZL 08:16:42 08:34:41 00:46:28 04:28:07 05:19:35 02:57:07 100% +0% -0% (3) 48
13 14 Peru Alfaro ESP 08:17:30 08:40:35 00:45:25 04:31:55 05:22:20 02:55:10 82% +0% -18% (3) (73)
14 59 James Cunnama ZAF 08:18:58 08:33:24 00:47:24 04:28:59 05:21:23 02:57:35 65% +8% -27% (24) 41
15 60 Markus Fachbach GER 08:20:00 08:35:48 00:48:16 04:29:37 05:22:52 02:57:08 69% +1% -31% (20) 56
16 7 Michael Raelert GER 08:20:25 08:48:51 00:46:19 04:31:36 05:22:55 02:57:30 31% +0% -69% (4) (100)
17 64 Cameron Wurf AUS 08:20:37 08:45:13 00:47:00 04:16:14 05:08:13 03:12:24 18% +82% -0% (4) 86
18 22 Alberto Casadei ITA 08:23:06 08:44:37 00:46:05 04:38:09 05:29:14 02:53:52 34% +27% -39% (10) 82
19 36 Carlos Lopez Diaz ESP 08:24:58 08:58:31 00:46:10 04:34:32 05:25:43 02:59:15 12% +22% -66% (9) 132
20 47 Evert Scheltinga NED 08:26:37 08:54:42 00:47:06 04:26:08 05:18:13 03:08:24 60% +0% -40% (3) (116)
21 40 Ritchie Nicholls GBR 08:27:09 08:55:11 00:49:06 04:43:51 05:37:58 02:49:11 35% +0% -65% (7) 118
22 30 Esben Hovgaard DEN 08:28:14 08:52:12 00:50:14 04:32:39 05:27:53 03:00:21 41% +38% -21% (11) 108
23 45 Daniil Sapunov UKR 08:28:30 08:48:48 00:46:40 04:42:35 05:34:15 02:54:15 80% +20% -0% (5) 99
24 26 Trevor Delsaut * FRA 08:30:36 08:46:14 00:50:55 04:37:29 05:33:23 02:57:13 39% +5% -55% (27) 93
25 43 Ivan Risti ITA 08:31:09 09:09:32 00:46:04 04:39:38 05:30:42 03:00:27 32% +14% -54% (9) 165
26 35 Andreas Linden SWE 08:31:21 09:05:04 00:56:32 04:19:10 05:20:43 03:10:38 49% +0% -51% (2) (157)
27 38 Matic Modic SLO 08:31:49 09:04:00 00:53:22 04:37:42 05:36:04 02:55:45 45% +11% -44% (12) 153
28 44 Michael Ruenz GER 08:31:52 08:51:46 00:53:41 04:38:07 05:36:48 02:55:04 77% +0% -23% (10) 106
29 55 Thiago Vinhal BRA 08:31:58 08:57:06 00:47:33 04:42:59 05:35:32 02:56:26 58% +34% -8% (13) 126
30 8 Horst Reichel GER 08:34:49 09:01:53 00:47:00 04:36:20 05:28:20 03:06:29 23% +13% -64% (17) 143
31 63 Sylvain Sudrie FRA 08:36:03 09:04:38 00:48:02 04:39:01 05:32:03 03:04:00 53% +0% -47% (2) (156)
32 33 Philipp Koutny SUI 08:36:08 08:56:04 00:50:19 04:36:20 05:31:39 03:04:29 44% +0% -56% (5) 120
33 51 Erik-Simon Strijk NED 08:37:28 08:57:34 00:51:20 04:36:57 05:33:17 03:04:11 73% +2% -25% (9) 128
34 29 Philip Graves GBR 08:40:56 08:54:47 00:47:35 04:30:13 05:22:48 03:18:08 100% +0% -0% (7) 116
35 18 Nick Baldwin SEY 08:41:06 09:05:26 00:51:17 04:37:00 05:33:17 03:07:49 60% +0% -40% (19) 159
36 9 Mike Schifferle * SUI 08:46:38 09:04:09 00:58:03 04:40:14 05:43:18 03:03:20 87% +11% -2% (63) 154
37 58 Peter Seidel GER 08:47:22 09:17:09 00:52:14 04:45:55 05:43:10 03:04:12 19% +36% -45% (4) 185
38 48 Youri Severin NED 08:48:05 09:31:30 00:45:21 04:41:17 05:31:39 03:16:26 27% +0% -73% (3) 228
39 53 Xavier Torrades ESP 08:50:49 09:10:13 00:47:52 04:47:15 05:40:07 03:10:42 57% +0% -43% (5) 168
40 28 Olivier Esser BEL 09:04:45 09:34:56 00:52:42 04:51:41 05:49:23 03:15:22 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (235)
41 34 Frederic Limousin FRA 09:06:42 09:29:54 00:50:59 04:52:45 05:48:45 03:17:57 61% +39% -0% (3) (226)
42 27 Sean Donnelly GER 09:08:33 09:51:55 00:46:01 04:41:39 05:32:40 03:35:53 12% +14% -74% (3) (262)
43 23 Bekim Christensen DEN 09:08:48 09:45:00 01:02:08 04:48:10 05:55:18 03:13:30 22% +0% -78% (2) (256)
44 49 Yu Shinozaki JPN 09:09:58 10:06:57 00:53:53 04:41:19 05:40:11 03:29:47 11% +18% -71% (11) (279)
45 24 Andres Darricau ARG 09:11:32 09:44:19 00:51:49 04:57:47 05:54:35 03:16:57 7% +93% -0% (2) (252)
46 61 David Jilek * CZE 09:12:55 09:38:54 00:55:38 04:50:27 05:51:04 03:21:51 64% +21% -15% (7) (241)
47 62 Alfred Rahm GER 09:20:44 09:47:11 01:01:41 04:55:34 06:02:14 03:18:30 57% +0% -43% (19) 257
48 50 Ohad Sinai ISR 09:23:08 09:54:20 00:55:54 05:12:22 06:13:16 03:09:52 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (265)
49 42 Lukas Polan * CZE 09:31:30 10:07:24 01:00:35 05:00:26 06:06:01 03:25:29 32% +9% -60% (12) 280
50 19 Rob Bobbaers * BEL 09:48:20 10:20:58 00:59:29 04:58:48 06:03:16 03:45:04 65% +0% -35% (3) (286)
51 37 Charles Martin FRA 09:50:35 10:29:32 00:51:10 05:07:51 06:04:01 03:46:34 48% +0% -52% (2) (291)
52 52 Kevin Thewes GER 09:53:19 10:26:11 01:07:04 05:05:12 06:17:17 03:36:02 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (288)
53 39 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:20:31 11:58:58 01:08:55 05:39:28 06:53:23 04:27:08 30% +19% -50% (39) 300
15 Michael Patrick Alonso Mckernan ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
17 Lucas Amirault FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
21 Ivan Caceres Lopez ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
31 Michal Ivanco * SVK n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
32 Alfonso Jimenez Hernandez ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
41 Yuri Novikau BLR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
46 Frederic Schaffner FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated 0% +0% -100% (4) (n/a)
54 Felipe Van de Wyngard CHI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
56 Lukasz Wojt POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 31% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 101 Anja Beranek GER 08:59:51 09:16:56 00:49:54 04:48:51 05:43:45 03:16:06 83% +8% -9% (10) 9
2 105 Corinne Abraham * GBR 09:01:07 09:22:06 00:55:52 04:56:48 05:57:39 03:03:28 91% +9% -0% (11) 17
3 125 Lucy Charles GBR 09:02:25 09:36:35 00:45:39 04:53:34 05:44:13 03:18:12 38% +62% -0% (2) (39)
4 118 Elizabeth Lyles USA 09:05:40 09:28:38 00:54:12 05:01:23 06:00:34 03:05:06 56% +8% -37% (16) 28
5 103 Sarah Crowley AUS 09:06:20 09:27:07 00:54:10 04:54:56 05:54:06 03:12:14 49% +51% -0% (5) 23
6 119 Diana Riesler * GER 09:08:31 09:28:46 00:55:41 04:51:55 05:52:36 03:15:55 48% +10% -42% (20) 29
7 104 Sonja Tajsich GER 09:09:44 09:27:21 00:59:01 04:55:42 05:59:42 03:10:02 79% +4% -17% (23) 26
8 127 Michaela Herlbauer * AUT 09:09:52 09:27:17 00:54:07 05:03:10 06:02:17 03:07:35 77% +14% -9% (8) 25
9 116 Katja Konschak GER 09:15:33 09:47:52 00:51:40 05:10:34 06:07:14 03:08:19 53% +23% -24% (19) 58
10 124 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:17:11 09:37:42 00:59:14 05:06:17 06:10:31 03:06:40 95% +5% -0% (9) 40
11 102 Natascha Schmitt GER 09:18:26 10:03:02 00:51:55 04:58:51 05:55:46 03:22:40 33% +23% -43% (8) 81
12 121 Pamela Tastets CHI 09:22:03 09:47:44 00:54:51 05:03:12 06:03:03 03:19:00 100% +0% -0% (2) (57)
13 122 Magali Tisseyre CAN 09:22:15 09:53:24 00:52:00 05:04:10 06:01:10 03:21:05 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (69)
14 128 Laurel Wassner USA 09:23:07 09:44:50 00:52:18 05:13:08 06:10:25 03:12:42 63% +16% -21% (10) 54
15 123 Alexandra Tondeur BEL 09:24:52 09:45:22 00:57:47 05:09:33 06:12:21 03:12:31 73% +0% -27% (5) 55
16 111 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 09:24:54 09:42:09 00:57:00 05:04:57 06:06:56 03:17:58 74% +12% -14% (13) 48
17 109 Camille Deligny FRA 09:30:14 09:56:35 00:59:48 04:56:06 06:00:55 03:29:19 53% +0% -47% (3) (73)
18 112 Katharina Grohmann GER 09:31:06 09:57:31 01:07:56 05:05:44 06:18:40 03:12:26 73% +27% -0% (16) 73
19 117 Shiao-yu Li TWN 09:41:11 10:04:20 01:03:08 05:14:17 06:22:25 03:18:46 47% +14% -39% (14) 88
20 120 Lina-Kristin Schink GER 09:56:38 10:20:47 01:09:13 05:18:25 06:32:38 03:24:00 70% +0% -30% (9) 120
21 113 Helena Herrero Gomez ESP 09:56:57 10:34:13 00:57:32 05:33:18 06:35:50 03:21:07 38% +0% -62% (8) 143
22 110 Annabel Diawuoh * GER 11:35:09 12:13:40 01:22:07 06:03:57 07:31:04 04:04:05 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (157)
108 Franziska Bossow * GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
114 Pleuni Hooijman NED n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
115 Annett Jalowi GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
126 Olga Kowalska * POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note:Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

  • Sebastian Kienle: 60% (1-1)
  • Andi Boecherer: 22% (4-1)
  • Patrik Nilsson: 15% (6-1)

Female Race Participants

  • Anja Beranek: 30% (2-1)
  • Lucy Charles: 19% (4-1)
  • Corinne Abraham: 18% (4-1)
  • Elizabeth Lyles: 12% (7-1)
  • Sarah Crowley: 9% (11-1)
  • Diana Riesler: 7% (13-1)

Kona Qualifying Situation

As IM Germany is a Regional Championship and there are Automatic Qualifier spots for the winners, every participant has a chance to qualify for Kona. Also the P-4000 race has a lot of KPR points so there are a lot of athletes that should be able to qualify even without winning the race. Here are the minimum finishes to get close to the cutoffs for most of the participants.

Male Race Participants

The male cutoff for July is projected to be around 3.500 points. With 3.780 Thiago Vinhal is already in a good position to qualify, I’d be surprised to see him racing.

  • Just finish to validate: Sebastian Kienle, Andi Böcherer, Patrick Lange
  • 10th or better (at least 685 points): Marko Albert
  • 8th (1070 points) or better: Cyril Viennot, Daniil Sapunov, Mark Bowstead
  • 6th (1670 points) or better: Ivan Tutukin, Giulio Molinari, Patrik Nilsson, Nick Baldwin, Carlos Diaz, Michael Raelert
  • 5th (2090 points) or better: James Cunnama, Cameron Wurf, Markus Fachbach, Philip Graves, Jeff Symonds
A podium finish (3rd place is 2.890 points) should be enough for Esben Hovgaard, Ivan Risti, Michael Ruenz, Trevor Delsaut, Bas Diederen, Phillip Koutny, and Peru Alfaro – the list gets almost too long to mention!

Female Race Participants

The female cutoff is likely to be around 4.300 points. Sarah Crowley (winner of IM Cairns) is already safe for Kona, but she indicated that she wants to try the “double” and see how she handles racing two Ironman so close together.

  • Just finish to validate: Anja Beranek
  • 12th (385 points) or better: Michi Herlbauer (though she’s likely racing IM Austria a week before)
  • 11th (515 points) or better: Liz Lyles
  • 10th (685 points) or better: Dimity-Lee Duke
  • 8th (1070 points) or better: Katharina Grohmann, Sonja Tajsich
  • 7th (1335 points) or better: Diana Riesler
  • 6th (1670 points) or better: Corinne Abraham
  • 5th (2090 points) or better: Lisi Gruber, Alexandra Tondeur, Pamela Tastets, Shiao-Yu Li
  • 4th (2455 points) or better: Katja Konschak, Lucy Charles, Magali Tisseyre

Ironman Austria 2017 (July 2nd) – Seedings

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Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Raynard Tissink (ZAF) 08:14:37 Katherine Allen (AUT) 09:07:04
2006 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:07:59 Rebecca Preston (AUS) 09:12:09
2007 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:06:39 Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 09:08:45
2008 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:06:11 Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) 08:47:26
2009 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:01:38 Bella Bayliss (GBR) 08:50:13
2010 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:52:05 Eva Dollinger (AUT) 09:18:50
2011 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:45:58 Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 08:43:34
2012 Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 08:11:31 Linsey Corbin (USA) 09:09:58
2013 Andreas Raelert (GER) 07:59:51 Erika Csomor (HUN) 08:59:31
2014 Ivan Rana (ESP) 07:48:43 Linsey Corbin (USA) 08:42:42
2015 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 07:48:45 Eva Wutti (AUT) 08:45:37
2016 Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) 08:04:18 Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) 08:41:17

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 00:52:38 04:19:56 02:47:13 08:04:18
2 Viktor Zyemtsev UKR 00:52:49 04:32:36 02:39:57 08:09:54
3 Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:52:39 04:32:39 02:42:58 08:13:53

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Mirinda Carfrae AUS 00:59:15 04:47:38 02:49:06 08:41:17
2 Michaela Herlbauer AUT 00:59:14 04:53:47 02:59:22 08:57:23
3 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 01:06:31 05:03:23 03:01:57 09:17:20

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 07:45:58 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Swim overall 00:42:54 Bart Colpaert 2013-06-30
Bike overall 04:11:47 Marino Vanhoenacker 2015-06-28
Run overall 02:39:24 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Total female 08:41:17 Mirinda Carfrae 2016-06-26
Swim female 00:45:51 Simone Braendli 2014-06-29
Bike female 04:43:50 Diana Riesler 2011-07-03
Run female 02:49:06 Mirinda Carfrae 2016-06-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Austria is 21:21.

Race Adjustments for IM Austria

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 26:39 02:53 17:37 -00:14 34 26:39 02:53 17:37 -00:14
2006 24:20 03:40 11:02 03:31 39 25:30 03:16 14:20 01:39
2007 20:16 03:48 18:11 02:37 32 23:45 03:27 15:37 01:58
2008 28:01 02:48 16:05 05:37 39 24:49 03:17 15:44 02:53
2009 23:48 02:04 18:13 03:54 37 24:37 03:03 16:14 03:05
2010 19:28 01:29 13:09 01:37 36 23:46 02:47 15:43 02:50
2011 27:46 02:25 17:36 09:15 31 24:20 02:44 15:59 03:45
2012 07:03 -02:52 14:02 -01:47 30 22:10 02:02 15:45 03:04
2013 25:32 05:53 13:49 06:18 60 22:33 02:28 15:32 03:25
2014 20:51 03:24 12:49 07:08 56 of 65 22:22 02:33 15:15 03:48
2015 18:27 02:29 10:42 04:44 32 of 46 22:01 02:33 14:51 03:53
2016 13:56 -03:02 13:54 07:02 40 of 51 21:21 02:05 14:46 04:09

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Austria is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 40.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

The strength of the field is 25% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 1 Jan Frodeno GER 07:44:32 07:59:19 00:44:55 04:13:55 05:03:51 02:40:41 69% +31% -0% (7) 1
2 2 Ivan Rana ESP 07:59:25 08:23:37 00:45:58 04:24:00 05:14:58 02:44:27 90% +6% -4% (11) 17
3 3 Viktor Zyemtsev UKR 08:06:21 08:34:49 00:48:11 04:29:58 05:23:09 02:43:12 63% +0% -37% (20) (49)
4 5 Michael Weiss AUT 08:06:24 08:32:03 00:51:15 04:16:05 05:12:19 02:54:05 93% +6% -1% (17) 37
5 12 Cyril Viennot * FRA 08:07:54 08:28:57 00:49:09 04:24:26 05:18:35 02:49:19 66% +11% -22% (19) 29
6 9 Eneko Llanos ESP 08:07:57 08:34:00 00:46:25 04:17:29 05:08:54 02:59:03 76% +0% -24% (30) 42
7 6 David Plese SLO 08:10:00 08:35:08 00:50:43 04:24:19 05:20:01 02:49:59 85% +10% -5% (21) 51
8 8 Stefan Schmid GER 08:11:19 08:34:29 00:50:26 04:24:14 05:19:40 02:51:39 55% +30% -14% (14) 47
9 7 Ruedi Wild SUI 08:11:58 08:30:00 00:47:05 04:27:25 05:19:30 02:52:28 43% +32% -25% (4) 32
10 4 Paul Reitmayr AUT 08:13:44 08:48:18 00:47:36 04:21:07 05:13:43 03:00:01 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (97)
11 24 Tim Brydenbach BEL 08:16:39 08:40:12 00:45:37 04:33:51 05:24:28 02:52:11 100% +0% -0% (4) 72
12 10 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 08:17:48 08:39:18 00:48:38 04:34:28 05:28:06 02:49:42 47% +0% -53% (19) 69
13 21 Anton Blokhin UKR 08:23:35 08:56:34 00:47:10 04:33:01 05:25:11 02:58:24 60% +10% -30% (21) 125
14 18 Trevor Delsaut * FRA 08:24:53 08:46:14 00:51:02 04:33:43 05:29:46 02:55:07 39% +5% -55% (27) 93
15 26 Matt Burton AUS 08:29:26 09:20:04 00:51:47 04:26:55 05:23:42 03:05:44 15% +0% -85% (7) (195)
16 11 Harry Wiltshire GBR 08:30:16 08:57:22 00:45:49 04:38:27 05:29:16 03:01:00 27% +18% -55% (21) 127
17 31 Markus Liebelt GER 08:34:28 09:09:07 00:53:04 04:28:30 05:26:34 03:07:54 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (165)
18 36 Pavel Simko SVK 08:34:47 09:24:40 00:50:05 04:30:25 05:25:31 03:09:16 47% +0% -53% (2) (203)
19 14 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:36:33 09:01:04 00:49:15 04:40:10 05:34:25 03:02:08 52% +0% -48% (14) 142
20 20 Mike Schifferle * SUI 08:39:59 09:04:09 00:57:55 04:35:41 05:38:36 03:01:23 87% +11% -2% (63) 154
21 38 Michael Van Cleven BEL 08:42:12 09:22:57 00:48:05 04:25:19 05:18:24 03:23:48 37% +0% -63% (3) (199)
22 13 Christian Birngruber AUT 08:42:26 09:25:54 00:50:15 04:35:26 05:30:41 03:11:45 29% +0% -71% (5) (213)
23 39 Lluis Vila aguilar ESP 08:51:41 09:34:36 00:55:34 04:47:20 05:47:54 03:03:47 48% +0% -52% (2) (234)
24 17 Antony Costes FRA 08:53:28 09:33:45 00:46:36 04:24:53 05:16:29 03:36:59 35% +0% -65% (6) 231
25 19 Freddy Lampret ZAF 08:55:46 09:44:22 00:51:20 04:39:00 05:35:20 03:20:26 1% +20% -79% (10) 253
26 27 Vinicius Canhedo BRA 09:02:45 09:39:18 00:49:16 04:45:13 05:39:30 03:23:15 52% +0% -48% (2) (243)
27 30 Ivan Jezko SVK 09:03:46 09:42:01 00:57:16 04:47:44 05:50:00 03:13:46 51% +26% -23% (14) 246
28 42 David Jilek CZE 09:04:40 09:38:54 00:55:49 04:45:50 05:46:39 03:18:01 64% +21% -15% (7) 241
29 28 Nicholas Chase USA 09:05:37 09:36:53 00:50:27 04:44:57 05:40:23 03:25:14 100% +0% -0% (2) (239)
30 34 Lukas Polan * CZE 09:20:30 10:07:24 01:00:41 04:56:24 06:02:05 03:18:25 32% +9% -60% (12) 280
31 32 Gergely Nagy HUN 09:35:58 10:05:47 00:52:48 04:46:39 05:44:27 03:51:31 39% +9% -52% (8) 277
32 22 Rob Bobbaers * BEL 09:41:45 10:20:58 00:59:38 04:54:44 05:59:22 03:42:23 65% +0% -35% (3) (286)
33 40 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 10:00:10 10:35:05 01:08:38 05:17:16 06:30:54 03:29:16 7% +62% -32% (7) 291
34 23 Simon Brierley SEY 10:19:30 10:54:56 00:57:13 05:11:06 06:13:20 04:06:10 66% +0% -34% (4) (294)
35 37 Josef Svoboda CZE 10:46:00 11:58:44 01:13:31 05:29:28 06:48:00 03:58:00 45% +15% -39% (17) 299
36 25 Michal Bucek SVK 10:53:04 11:37:04 00:57:01 05:33:22 06:35:22 04:17:42 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (298)
37 33 Marek Nemcik * SVK 11:10:34 11:58:58 01:08:39 05:36:18 06:49:58 04:20:36 30% +19% -50% (39) 300
  15 Paul Ruttmann AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (1 IM Pro race) (n/a)
  16 Thomas Meusburger AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  29 Michal Ivanco * SVK n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  35 Robin Schneider GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  41 Sébastien Moreau FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Female Race Participants

The strength of the field is 15% of a typical Kona field.

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. T2 Exp. Run Consistency Overall
1 61 Eva Wutti AUT 08:48:02 09:16:40 00:54:02 04:50:49 05:49:52 02:58:10 79% +0% -21% (8) (9)
2 66 Michaela Herlbauer AUT 08:56:22 09:27:17 00:53:39 04:54:32 05:53:11 03:03:11 77% +14% -9% (8) 25
3 62 Michelle Vesterby DEN 08:58:08 09:19:18 00:50:31 04:52:07 05:47:38 03:10:30 81% +3% -16% (20) 11
4 63 Corinne Abraham * GBR 08:59:47 09:22:06 00:56:42 04:55:41 05:57:22 03:02:25 91% +9% -0% (11) 17
5 65 Diana Riesler * GER 09:00:53 09:28:46 00:55:45 04:47:10 05:47:54 03:12:59 48% +10% -42% (20) 29
6 80 Lisa Roberts USA 09:09:25 09:30:36 01:01:48 05:02:20 06:09:08 03:00:17 75% +8% -18% (17) 33
7 64 Camilla Lindholm Borg SWE 09:17:08 09:49:19 01:04:50 04:57:11 06:07:01 03:10:07 55% +18% -27% (17) (61)
8 68 Bianca Steurer AUT 09:27:43 09:50:01 00:55:45 05:10:17 06:11:02 03:16:41 86% +14% -0% (6) 63
9 67 Kamila Polak AUT 09:27:44 09:57:58 00:57:22 05:05:26 06:07:48 03:19:56 100% +0% -0% (3) (74)
10 76 Kelly Fillnow USA 09:30:48 10:03:56 01:02:20 05:09:46 06:17:07 03:13:41 67% +10% -23% (12) 87
11 81 Jenny Fletcher CAN 09:47:14 10:17:00 00:56:07 05:11:43 06:12:50 03:34:24 61% +0% -39% (3) 113
12 73 Rahel Bellinga NED 09:59:54 10:32:18 01:03:22 05:02:26 06:10:48 03:49:06 71% +21% -8% (7) 141
13 69 Julia Montgomery SWE 10:11:22 10:52:33 01:04:23 05:16:24 06:25:46 03:45:36 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (152)
14 75 Annabel Diawuoh * GER 11:27:21 12:13:40 01:22:18 05:58:55 07:26:13 04:01:08 n/a (1 IM Pro race) (157)
  74 Franziska Bossow * GER n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  77 Olga Kowalska POL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  78 Sara Tavecchio ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)
  79 Maja Urban CRO n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated unrated n/a (no IM Pro race) (n/a)

Note: Athletes with a ‘*’ are also registered for another race within 8 days.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Of course, reigning Kona Champion Jan Frodeno is the clear favorite to win, but a 25% Kona strength shows that he faces a good, strong field. A number of other athletes – most notably Ivan Rana who won in 2014 – have also shown that they can go crazy fast on this course:

  • Jan Frodeno: 58% (1-1)
  • Ivan Rana: 15% (6-1)
  • Viktor Zyemtsev: 11% (8-1)
  • Stefan Schmid: 5% (21-1)

Female Race Participants

Based on the previous results Eva Wutti is the favorite, but this will be her first big race after the birth of her daughter and she has also been hit by a car while training on the bike and it’s unclear how strong she’ll be able to race.

  • Eva Wutti: 47% (1-1)
  • Michaela Herlbauer: 17% (5-1)
  • Diana Riesler: 13% (7-1)
  • Michelle Vesterby: 11% (8-1)
  • Corinne Abraham: 9% (10-1)

Ironman Boulder 2017 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

This was only the second time that IM Boulder had Pros racing the course. The first time was in 2014 and apparently the course underwent a lot of changes since then. Even with that, the general conditions are comparable as the race is still held in June and at altitude. The bike course continues to be relatively fast (adjustment of 11:52), but overall the race was quite slow (adjustment of -4:27). This is caused by a very slow run course (adjustment -8:35, almost the same as in 2014) – probably the altitude makes this very hard to run fast and also causing a number of explosions.

As noted above the 2014 course was different from this year, but almost all “course records” were broken this year. Tim O’Donnell had the fastest times in all three legs and overall, he now holds all the male records. On the female side Heather Jackson has the new bike course record while Rachel Joyce took the run and overall records. The only time from 2014 that still stands is Laura Bennett’s swim time.

Male Race Results

There was never a doubt that Tim O’Donnell was out to win the race – he took the lead during the swim and was extending his lead all day with the fastest times in all three legs. What a dominating performance and a good indicator that Tim will be an athlete to reckon with in Kona.

2014 Champion Justin Darr was second across the line but after the race he was DQ’d for course cutting (even if unintentionally and by just a few hundred meters, see Justin’s blog for more details). Matt Chrabot with a good race across the board took second place, and Patrick Mckeon took the last podium spot in his first Pro Ironman race. Jarrod Shoemaker had the best relative performance of the day to finish in fourth.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Timothy O’Donnell USA 00:49:20 04:24:25 02:53:55 08:13:30 -14:01 US$ 15,000 2000
2 Matt Chrabot USA 00:50:25 04:30:33 03:07:42 08:34:36 -09:05 US$ 7,500 1600
3 Patrick Mckeon USA 00:57:08 04:35:15 03:03:40 08:42:24 n/a US$ 5,000 1280
4 Jarrod Shoemaker USA 00:50:18 04:50:25 02:59:21 08:45:38 -27:07 US$ 3,250 960
5 Jozsef Major HUN 01:03:20 04:31:10 03:10:57 08:51:35 -06:04 US$ 2,750 720
6 Tripp Hipple USA 00:54:34 04:35:35 03:18:23 08:55:03 01:17 US$ 2,000 540
7 Sam Long USA 01:01:39 04:32:50 03:17:52 08:57:16 02:04 US$ 1,500 405
8 Colin Laughery USA 00:58:13 04:40:07 03:13:30 08:58:45 -18:43 US$ 1,250 305
9 Mike Schifferle SUI 01:03:15 04:45:22 03:12:00 09:09:32 00:55 US$ 1,000 230
 DQ Justin Daerr USA 00:54:05 04:30:57 02:57:13 DQ      
 DQ Leon Griffin AUS 00:52:14 04:34:43 03:11:56 DQ      
  Christopher Bagg USA 00:56:40 04:39:23   DNF      
  Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:54:04 04:51:17   DNF      
  Robert Wade IRL 00:59:32 04:48:45   DNF      
  Kennett Peterson USA 00:54:37     DNF      

Justin Daerr and Leon Griffin were DQ’d after the race for making one of the turns on the run course too early and missing a timing mat. Some more notes on Justin’s blog.

Female Race Results

As expected Kelly Williamson was first out of the water but then fell back on the bike, still finishing in fourth with a good marathon. Rachel Joyce was just a few seconds behind Kelly in T1 and took over the lead for most of the bike. Heather Jackson had the fastest bike ride and able to close the gap to Rachel. By T2 Heather had built a lead of three minutes, but Rachel refused to cede the race to her and slowly started to eat into the lead. When Rachel took the lead in the second half of the marathon she quickly created a gap and eventually won her return to Ironman racing by seven minutes. Heather finished in second place, more than 20 minutes ahead of 2014 winner Danielle Mack in third place.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to exp. Prize Money KPR Points
1 Rachel Joyce GBR 00:54:59 04:56:09 03:16:01 09:13:32 05:00 US$ 15,000 2000
2 Heather Jackson USA 00:59:51 04:49:06 03:26:09 09:20:42 03:26 US$ 7,500 1600
3 Danielle Mack USA 01:04:46 05:11:02 03:20:24 09:42:16 -01:22 US$ 5,000 1280
4 Kelly Williamson USA 00:54:56 05:26:15 03:16:35 09:44:08 05:24 US$ 3,250 960
5 Uli Bromme USA 01:04:49 05:05:30 03:34:45 09:52:32 -00:32 US$ 2,750 720
6 Kimberly Goodell USA 01:04:48 05:25:53 03:36:00 10:13:34 n/a US$ 2,000 540
7 Carla Schubiger SUI 01:04:43 05:27:29 03:43:29 10:22:59 n/a US$ 1,500 405
8 Maggie Rusch USA 01:07:37 05:26:51 03:55:33 10:36:36 19:24 US$ 1,250 305
9 Kate Bruck USA 01:04:32 05:42:19 03:59:03 10:54:20 21:47 US$ 1,000 230
  Amy Vantassel USA 01:11:51 05:56:36   DNF      

Kona Qualifying Implications

There are not too many changes for Kona Qualifying: Only Heather Jackson and Tim O’Donnell are now safe for a July slot – after their great results in Kona they just needed a validation finish.

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