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Announcing the TriRating Report 2015

BookMockup_paperback I’ve been busy working on my free TriRating Report 2015, more than 60 pages filled with results, data, and analysis about the 2015 season. This year I’ll be designating female and male “Athletes of the Year”, “Rookie of the Year” and “Comeback of the Year”. Of course the report also contains my Top 10 Ratings (overall and individually for swim, bike and run), the fastest 2015 times and best performances, 2015 Money Lists and a look forward to the 2016 Racing Season and to Kona 2016.

To test your knowledge about the 2015 season, here are a few trivia questions that will be answered in the report:

  1. Who had the fastest Ironman-distance times of 2015?
    1. Men
    2. Women
  2. Who posted the fastest marathon times in an Ironman in 2015?
    1. Men
    2. Women
  3. Who are the three Canadian athletes that won a Pro Ironman in 2015?
  4. Who had the slowest swim when winning an IM in 2015?
    1. Men
    2. Women
  5. Who overcame the biggest deficit after the bike to win an IM in 2015?
    1. Male
    2. Women
  6. Which athletes won two or more Ironman-distance races in 2015?
  7. Who are the last Pro podium finishers in Kona from the US?
    1. Men
    2. Women
  8. Which athletes won a 2015 race on a race on another continent than they are from?
    1. Three North American athletes that won a race in Europe?
    2. Three European athletes that won a race in North America (excluding Kona)?
  9. Which four athletes won a 2015 Ironman-distance race with the best times in all three legs?
  10. Which IM-distance races in 2015 had the closest margin between the winner and runner-up (Pros only)?
    1. Closest Men’s Race (race, margin, name of 1st and 2nd finisher)
    2. Closest Women’s Race (race, margin, name of 1st and 2nd finisher)

I’m sure that you’ll like what I’ve put together, so order today to re-live the 2015 season and get fired up for the upcoming 2016 races! The report is available for free, but if you want to you can show your support of my work by donating an amount of your choice. As always, thank you for your feedback and support!

2016 Kona Pro Qualifying in Five Charts

While 2016 Kona Pro Qualifying takes a bit of a breather after the fall races, I wanted to discuss a few charts and observations about this qualifying cycle. The KPR rules itself haven’t changed, but there are some subtle issues that will impact how the season develops.

Ironman Races Qualifying for Kona 2016

Here is an overview of the Ironman races that offer qualifying points for the first cutoff at the end of July for Kona 2016. To be exact, the first of these races was IM Vichy on August 30th, the last ones will be IM Switzerland, IM Lake Placid (WPRO only) and IM Whistler (MPRO only) on July 24th.

The following table shows for each of the continents and months when IM races with a Pro category will be (the numbers correspond to the day of the race):

IMRaces

The only Ironman not shown here is IM Hawaii, which is an 8000 points race in October, but as a World Championship it doesn’t really “belong” to one continent. In addition, there will be some more Ironman races in August, but these haven’t been finalized yet and are not included in any further graphs.

KPR Points in IMs Per Continent From 2014 to 2016

The following chart shows how the total number of KPR points per continent has changed over the last few years (again excluding the August races but showing “Kona” as a separate category):

KPRYears

Some observations about the developments:

  • The number of North American IMs has been shrinking (Wisconsin and Florida no longer a Pro race in 2016, and Coeur d’Alene moves to August probably without a Pro category).
  • Growth in Europe continues (IM Vichy as an additional race in the 2016 season), overtaking North America as the continent with the most IM races and KPR points.
  • There have been declines in Asia (IM Taiwan moving to October, Pro category not clear; also cancellation of IM Japan in August), Australia (cancellation of IM Melbourne) and South America (Fortaleza without a Pro race in 2016 season)

Some of these changes are short term changes that will probably be reversed in the following years, for example Ironman has expressed their interest in expanding in the Asian market. But I expect the trend of fewer Pro races to continue, and probably be extended from North America to other continents. The way I see it, this is a likely change for the expected 2017 redesign of the KPR.

Breakdown Of 2016 Points By Continent

The reduced number of IM Pro races has been most pronounced in North America. The following chart shows the distribution of the 2016 KPR points (excluding Kona) available in the different continents:

KPRPoints

This corresponds quite well to the number of races: Europe has 10 of 22 non-Kona races (45%), while North America only has 5 (23%).

Breakdown Of 2016 Prize Money By Continent

There is less of a disadvantage for North America when considering the Prize Purse:

KPRPrizePurse

Most of the North American IMs are races with a 100k$ prize purse, while a lot of the European races only offer 25k$ for the field.

Breakdown of 2015 Pro Finishers Per Continent

To build an opinion if Ironman’s distribution of races is detrimental to North American Pros, one has to consider where the Pros are from. The next chart breaks down the number of Ironman finishers in 2015 season Pro races based on athlete’s nationality and corresponding continent:

ProFinishers

(I could have included a similar chart showing the number of Pros qualified for Kona per continent, but the distribution is almost identical and wouldn’t have provided additional information.)

Comparing the points distribution to the distribution of the athletes:

  • Europe has the most Pros and also the largest number of points. Still there are only 41% of the points for 52% of the Pros.
  • There is also a gap for North America, but the difference is smaller (22% of points for 28% of the Pros).
  • Australia has more points than their share of Pros would indicate (19% of the points vs. 13% of the Pros).
  • The continents with fewer Pros have a larger share of points, especially South America and Africa who only have between 1% and 3% of the Pros but 4% to 7% of the points.

Summary

Comparing the continents based on the nationality of athletes may not be completely fair to North America, as there are a lot of non-US athletes that have moved to the US or at least spend a considerable time there. But the number of IMs in North America is still roughly fitting as North America has a larger share of the prize money and also a larger number of 70.3s (in the 2015 season, there have been 17 in Europe and 25 in North America) which should help both the established Pros and the athletes still growing in the Pro ranks. However, qualifying for Kona as a Pro is more and more a year-round and global endeavor, one that needs careful planning and almost flawless execution.

If you are interested in Pro qualifying, you should subscribe to the 2016 KPR Observer newsletter!
More details can be found here.

Ironman Western Australia 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Even with the smaller field this year, the athletes in the Busselton race posted fast times, mainly aided by the flat bike course. This year’s adjustment of 14:52 is almost the same as the course’s new rating of 13:15. Compared to last year, the windy conditions lead to the swim and bike being a little bit slower, but allowed for a quicker run.

Male Race Results

LukeWA

Luke McKenzie had a fantastic day of racing: It only took him 20 miles to erase his two minute deficit after the swim, and he never waited for anyone to set the pace on the bike for him. Before the race he had said he couldn’t see “a 4:15 bike split happen” – instead he annihilated the 4:18 bike course record by Mitch Anderson with a fantastic 4:08 bike leg (the second fastest in 2015)! He followed that up with a 2:52 marathon which was within a minute of his IM marathon PR (a 2:51:37 from Louisville 2009). Combined, this gave him a new Ironman PR, also improving the old course record (8:03:55 by Jason Shortis from 2006). In addition, this is now the fastest time on Australian soil, beating the old record of 7:57:44 by Craig Alexander from Melbourne 2012. The Australian Iron-distance record is still held by Chris McCormack (7:54:23 from Roth 2007).

It took more than 20 minutes after Luke for the next athlete to cross the finish line: Defending champion Denis Chevrot had a good race but with Luke’s fantastic day it was clear he was only in a race for second place. There was a close race for third place, Per Bittner managed to hold off David Dellow who had the best marathon of the day.

Jens-Petersen Bach in fifth had a good comeback race after a string of injuries, while Christian Kramer had to pay the price with a 3:07 marathon for trying to limit the distance to Luke on the bike.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Luke McKenzie AUS 00:50:31 04:08:12 02:52:29 07:55:58 -28:22 US$ 10000
2 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:48:45 04:28:58 02:54:49 08:16:24 -09:11 US$ 5000
3 Per Bittner GER 00:50:56 04:27:33 02:56:37 08:19:15 -08:08 US$ 3250
4 David Dellow AUS 00:50:36 04:38:22 02:46:04 08:19:24 08:43 US$ 2500
5 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 00:51:53 04:37:00 02:51:47 08:25:04 01:38 US$ 1750
6 Christian Kramer GER 00:49:42 04:26:49 03:07:52 08:28:33 03:14 US$ 1250
7 Adam Gordon AUS 00:57:28 04:49:29 02:52:39 08:44:35 -42:54 US$ 750
8 Petr Vabrousek CZE 01:02:23 04:42:10 03:06:03 08:55:19 09:22 US$ 500
9 Darren Jenkins AUS 01:07:55 04:48:29 02:58:10 08:59:50 01:34
10 Jarmo Hast FIN 00:52:18 04:47:45 03:24:13 09:09:43 37:07
Tim Reed AUS 00:50:54 04:28:48 DNF
Fredrik Croneborg SWE 00:51:56 04:36:44 DNF
Todd Skipworth AUS 00:48:41 04:40:23 DNF
Bryan Rhodes NZL 00:50:33 04:39:41 DNF
Courtney Ogden AUS 00:52:03 04:38:19 DNF
Allister Caird AUS 01:02:38 04:30:08 DNF
Simon Billeau FRA 00:57:33 DNF

Female Race Results

A small, but fast field of women made the female race very interesting. In her IM debut race, Georgie Rutherford led the race into T2 but she struggled with her nutrition for the rest of the day. Yvonne Van Vlerken took control of the race on the bike and quickly built a lead over Dimity-Lee Duke who swam a few seconds faster. But it quickly became apparent that the real threat for Yvonne would come from the pair of Mareen Hufe and Sarah Piampiano who had lost four minutes to Yvonne in the swim but were keeping the difference under control. Towards the end of the bike Mareen was eating a bit into Yvonne’s lead, and she was second in T2 about three minutes back putting about three minutes into Sarah. It was quickly apparent that Sarah would have the best run of the three leaders, and when Yvonne had to walk a bit after vomiting, Sarah took the lead and managed to build a solid lead. What a fantastic year for Sarah: A year ago she raced Busselton as her comeback Ironman race after being forced to take some time off with a broken leg, now she can look back to a great season of racing including qualifying for Kona, finishing seventh there and winning her first Ironman title! (She’ll still have some goals left for 2016: Sub-9 finish, a sub-3 marathon and I’m sure she’d love to be on the Kona podium – qualifying has already been taken care of.)

SarahWA

Behind Sarah, Yvonne continued to struggle with food poisoning and Mareen managed to have a good run until the finish. (In Kona she was in the Top 10 less than 5k from the finish but then had to walk for most of the rest.) After crashing at Mandurah 70.3 and struggling for a while with her injuries, Mareen finished in second place and scored valuable KPR points to keep Kona qualifying in reach. Yvonne’s 9:12 finish would have been good enough to win a number of Ironman races, in Busselton it resulted in a third place. She’ll only need a few more points to secure a Kona slot (placing well in a 70.3 should be enough for her). But first it’s time to take a break to recover from a lot of hard racing in 2015!

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Sarah Piampiano USA 01:06:49 04:50:46 03:01:18 09:03:47 -15:32 US$ 10000
2 Mareen Hufe GER 01:06:52 04:47:38 03:10:18 09:09:16 -13:20 US$ 5000
3 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 01:02:53 04:49:09 03:15:50 09:12:07 10:56 US$ 3250
4 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 01:02:33 05:03:29 03:16:05 09:26:38 -04:39 US$ 2500
5 Georgie Rutherford GBR 00:59:31 05:21:09 03:47:22 10:17:47 n/a US$ 1750

Photo Credits: Korupt Vision/Ironman, Witsup

Ironman Cozumel 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

The weather in Cozumel was quite favorable for the racers, no strong winds impeded the race on the swim or the bike, and the heat wasn’t too bad on the run.

Male Race Results

Stefan Schmid wasn’t the top favorite to win the race, but he was close to the front after the swim and in the lead into T2. For a good part of the run he was shoulder to shoulder with Patrik Nilsson who DNF’d after the half marathon mark. Stefan was racing well all day, racing faster than expected in all three legs and winning his first Ironman. He missed the course record by only 11 seconds. Second place went to Matt Russell who also had a great day and posted the fastest marathon, but even a 2:47 wasn’t enough to reel in Stefan.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Stefan Schmid GER 00:47:02 04:26:55 02:53:44 08:12:27 -24:38 US$ 20000
2 Matthew Russell USA 00:49:41 04:32:17 02:47:49 08:14:10 -32:30 US$ 10000
3 Michael Weiss AUT 00:49:40 04:29:41 03:00:13 08:24:24 01:08 US$ 6500
4 Barrett Brandon USA 00:43:18 04:44:16 03:02:47 08:35:11 -01:29 US$ 4000
5 Raul Tejada GTM 00:48:56 04:50:39 02:56:12 08:39:14 -10:50 US$ 3000
6 Chris McDonald AUS 00:49:45 04:50:31 03:04:08 08:48:30 06:38 US$ 2000
7 Jonathan Shearon USA 00:49:42 04:42:24 03:14:25 08:51:21 06:15 US$ 1500
8 Andrey Lyatskiy RUS 00:46:51 05:04:34 03:02:23 08:58:47 01:53 US$ 1250
9 Matt Hanson USA 00:49:49 04:53:05 03:17:09 09:03:56 30:39 US$ 1000
10 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:43:59 04:58:58 03:13:40 09:05:35 41:52 US$ 750
11 Nicolas Hemet FRA 00:49:53 05:09:12 03:14:58 09:18:24 18:49
12 Oliver Gonzalez MEX 00:46:53 05:17:39 03:12:30 09:21:46 -14:45
13 Frederic Limousin FRA 00:49:38 05:12:14 03:28:18 09:35:50 19:34
14 Peter Kotland CZE 00:56:26 05:10:46 03:25:22 09:37:27 -09:31
15 Jorge Vazquez MEX 00:49:42 05:10:13 03:49:16 09:54:45 n/a
16 Matthew Curbeau USA 00:49:47 05:26:19 03:38:27 10:00:01 54:11
17 Sergio Quezada MEX 00:48:56 05:10:28 03:56:03 10:00:30 -00:31
18 Eduardo Chong MEX 00:56:17 05:21:31 03:38:17 10:01:52 n/a
19 Tyler Jordan USA 00:53:25 05:21:53 05:31:55 11:54:14 n/a
Patrik Nilsson SWE 00:43:57 04:31:08 DNF
Trevor Wurtele CAN 00:46:57 04:38:40 DNF
Rod De Kanel FRA 00:46:53 05:10:06 DNF
Ivan Risti ITA 00:43:52 DNF
Alessandro Degasperi ITA 00:46:56 DNF
Trevor Delsaut FRA 00:47:00 DNF
Justin Daerr USA 00:47:03 DNF
Vincent Riess AUT 00:49:41 DNF
Gilian Oriet SUI 00:53:23 DNF
Richard Wygand BRA 00:58:00 DNF

Female Race Results

The female race saw a bigger group of leaders that only broke up shortly before T2. Emma-Kate Lidbury was leading early in the run, eventually finishing in 5th place. For a while Leanda Cave was in front, but she was overtaken by Corinne Abraham who wasn’t part of the front group but posted the fastest bike and run times. After having to decline her Kona spot because of an injury, Corinne had a great comeback race, winning Cozumel with a new course record. After crashing out of Kona, Leanda Cave finished the 2015 season with a solid second place. She validated her Kona slot, as did Camilla Pedersen in third place who should be safe after her 8th place in Kona. After being in great position in T2, Heather Wurtele didn’t quite have the run she was looking but still finished fourth.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Corinne Abraham GBR 00:53:49 05:01:15 03:07:38 09:06:40 -13:01 US$ 20000
2 Leanda Cave GBR 00:47:21 05:05:22 03:16:17 09:13:29 -04:28 US$ 10000
3 Camilla Pedersen DEN 00:48:50 05:06:25 03:14:14 09:14:08 00:16 US$ 6500
4 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:48:58 05:04:08 03:23:58 09:21:52 -04:14 US$ 4000
5 Emma-Kate Lidbury GBR 00:48:52 05:02:43 03:32:55 09:29:18 -05:58 US$ 3000
6 Carolin Lehrieder GER 00:48:57 05:13:45 03:23:15 09:29:45 -23:11 US$ 2000
7 Karina Ottosen DEN 00:53:47 05:13:33 03:21:22 09:33:06 -26:57 US$ 1500
8 Erin Spitler USA 01:01:33 05:11:26 03:19:14 09:35:46 -47:32 US$ 1250
9 Brooke Brown CAN 00:56:49 05:19:40 03:21:18 09:43:34 -07:06 US$ 1000
10 Caroline Gregory USA 00:52:13 05:33:53 03:27:24 09:57:51 -14:31 US$ 750
11 Karen Thibodeau CAN 00:48:54 05:30:41 03:38:50 10:03:05 20:15
12 Marina Jurjevic AUS 01:02:32 05:25:40 03:31:57 10:05:13 -00:06
13 Anne Basso FRA 00:53:44 05:24:49 03:49:07 10:13:09 07:56
14 Christine Avelar USA 00:52:01 05:31:24 04:03:33 10:35:15 03:24
15 Maria Lopez USA 01:08:31 05:54:07 04:14:54 11:25:45 02:35
Dede Griesbauer USA 00:48:50 05:19:44 DNF
Danielle Mack USA 00:53:54 05:18:28 DNF
Maggie Rusch USA 00:58:39 05:29:29 DNF
Amanda Wendorff USA 00:53:56 05:55:59 DNF
Celine Schaerer SUI 00:47:18 DNF

Ironman Western Australia 2015 (Dec 6th) – Predictions

WALogoUpdate Dec 1st: The latest startlist shows withdrawals by Simon Billeau, Chris Legh, Giles Clayton, Sarah Crowley, Kathrin Walter and Allison Fitch.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Mitchell Anderson (AUS) 08:27:35 Charlotte Paul (AUS) 09:47:27
2006 Jason Shortis (AUS) 08:03:55 Lisbeth Kristensen (DEN) 09:10:00
2007 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:05:58 Charlotte Paul (AUS) 09:00:54
2008 Tim Van Berkel (AUS) 08:07:06 Gina Crawford (NZL) 08:59:24
2009 Patrick Vernay (NCL) 08:13:59 Gina Crawford (NZL) 09:16:52
2010 Courtney Ogden (AUS) 08:14:01 Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 09:19:44
2011 Timo Bracht (GER) 08:12:39 Michelle Bremer (NZL) 09:25:38
2012 Jimmy Johnsen (DEN) 08:29:06 Britta Martin (NZL) 09:13:00
2013 Jeremy Jurkiewicz (FRA) 08:08:16 Elizabeth Lyles (USA) 08:59:44
2014 Denis Chevrot (FRA) 08:05:58 Britta Martin (NZL) 08:56:34

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Denis Chevrot FRA 00:46:23 04:26:42 02:49:11 08:05:58
2 Patrik Nilsson SWE 00:47:04 04:27:50 02:53:37 08:12:11
3 Per Bittner GER 00:48:36 04:26:20 02:56:29 08:14:37

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Britta Martin NZL 00:56:39 04:55:37 03:00:00 08:56:34
2 Mareen Hufe GER 00:58:02 04:44:16 03:14:13 09:00:21
3 Liz Blatchford AUS 00:52:13 04:58:27 03:07:27 09:02:11

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:03:55 Jason Shortis 2006-12-03
Swim overall 00:44:42 Pete Jacobs 2007-12-01
Bike overall 04:18:07 Mitchell Anderson 2006-12-03
Run overall 02:43:48 Robert Thomas 2007-12-01
Total female 08:56:34 Britta Martin 2014-12-07
Swim female 00:48:25 Tereza Macel 2007-12-01
Bike female 04:44:16 Mareen Hufe 2014-12-07
Run female 02:58:17 Beth Gerdes 2014-12-07

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Western Australia is 13:05.

Race Adjustments for IM Western Australia

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Finishers Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2005 01:54 -02:58 01:52 -02:32 27 01:54 -02:58 01:52 -02:32
2006 16:01 00:31 15:04 02:55 31 08:57 -01:14 08:28 00:12
2007 23:57 00:43 13:40 04:29 47 13:57 -00:35 10:12 01:37
2008 15:30 -00:07 15:24 00:34 39 14:20 -00:28 11:30 01:22
2009 14:55 01:15 14:35 -04:00 25 14:27 -00:07 12:07 00:17
2010 09:38 00:10 10:09 02:05 24 13:39 -00:04 11:48 00:35
2011 03:58 -00:22 09:00 02:33 27 12:16 -00:07 11:24 00:52
2012 13:06 -01:22 08:49 02:36 26 12:22 -00:16 11:04 01:05
2013 16:04 00:07 15:16 06:41 22 of 30 12:47 -00:14 11:32 01:42
2014 15:49 00:58 17:35 04:11 32 of 48 13:05 -00:07 12:09 01:57

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Western Australia is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 50.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 7 David Dellow AUS 08:10:47 08:29:29 00:47:44 04:24:31 02:53:31 17
2 1 Denis Chevrot FRA 08:17:33 08:49:41 00:47:14 04:32:30 02:52:49 82
3 2 Luke McKenzie AUS 08:17:47 08:42:37 00:48:42 04:22:40 03:01:25 58
4 5 Christian Kramer GER 08:21:58 08:41:55 00:48:18 04:30:25 02:58:14 56
5 17 Courtney Ogden AUS 08:23:36 08:40:24 00:50:48 04:32:17 02:55:32 50
6 3 Per Bittner GER 08:23:51 08:41:08 00:49:24 04:30:21 02:59:06 54
7 18 Jens Petersen-Bach DEN 08:29:26 08:53:02 00:51:28 04:37:45 02:55:13 95
8 4 Fredrik Croneborg SWE 08:32:25 08:42:32 00:51:33 04:39:24 02:56:27 57
9 15 Jarmo Hast FIN 08:34:52 08:47:44 00:50:53 04:40:35 02:58:24 74
10 6 Simon Billeau FRA 08:37:47 08:59:12 00:53:41 04:28:49 03:10:16 123
11 10 Tim Reed AUS 08:38:50 08:54:38 00:47:55 04:32:21 03:13:33 (107)
12 20 Todd Skipworth AUS 08:44:16 09:10:09 00:45:19 04:38:09 03:15:48 176
13 21 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:45:32 09:05:34 00:55:39 04:41:11 03:03:42 157
14 9 Chris Legh AUS 08:51:13 09:04:33 00:53:34 04:38:36 03:14:02 148
15 19 Bryan Rhodes NZL 08:51:35 09:11:56 00:47:55 04:37:26 03:21:13 (185)
16 11 Johan Borg AUS 08:58:02 09:29:12 00:55:48 04:42:27 03:14:48 251
17 16 Darren Jenkins AUS 09:02:58 09:18:40 01:06:29 04:46:58 03:04:31 217
12 Giles Clayton AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
13 Allister Caird AUS n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

Female Race Participants

Both Sarah Crowley and Kathrin Walther have said they won’t be racing in Busselton after doing IM Malaysia.

Rank Bib Name Nation Exp. Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 31 Yvonne Van Vlerken NED 09:05:23 09:16:23 00:58:39 04:51:07 03:10:37 7
2 33 Sarah Piampiano USA 09:13:55 09:34:18 01:02:25 04:56:40 03:09:49 34
3 32 Mareen Hufe GER 09:15:10 09:37:44 00:59:25 04:50:40 03:20:05 40
4 38 Rebecca Preston AUS 09:24:41 09:38:28 00:57:52 05:05:09 03:16:41 43
5 37 Dimity-Lee Duke AUS 09:25:44 09:46:53 01:01:41 05:02:54 03:16:08 58
6 35 Sarah Crowley AUS 09:32:35 09:53:11 00:57:42 05:02:29 03:27:24 (74)
7 40 Alison Fitch AUS 09:35:26 09:50:08 00:53:16 05:06:26 03:30:44 (66)
8 36 Kate Bevilaqua AUS 09:36:04 09:58:50 00:56:08 05:07:12 03:27:44 84
9 39 Kathrin Walther GER 09:41:10 10:15:58 01:00:32 05:04:51 03:30:47 123
41 Georgie Rutherford GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Last year’s winner Denis Chevrot is back to defend his title, but he faces strong competition in David Dellow who always races well when he’s fit. Luke McKenzie and Christian Kramer want to close the year with a good result after a DNF and a 34st in Kona. Per Bittner is working to qualify for Kona 2016, he already has a 3rd in Barcelona in his KPR total.

  • David Dellow: 34% (2-1)
  • Denis Chevrot: 24% (3-1)
  • Luke McKenzie: 19% (4-1)
  • Christian Kramer: 10% (9-1)
  • Per Bittner: 6% (16-1)
  • Courtney Ogden: 6% (16-1)

Female Race Participants

Yvonne Van Vlerken is the clear favorite, but she has been racing a lot even after declining her Kona slot. Her main challengers are Sarah Piampiano (7th in Kona – maybe also not the freshest after a long season of racing) and Mareen Hufe (last year’s second who also raced Kona).

  • Yvonne Van Vlerken: 57% (1-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 25% (3-1)
  • Mareen Hufe: 11% (8-1)
  • Rebecca Preston: 4% (24-1)
  • Dimity-Lee Duke: 2% (65-1)
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