Here is a look at the top Kona contenders after IM Brasil (end of May).

Male

At this point, the male race looks is a dead heat between the last two year’s winners, Frederik Van Lierde and Sebastian Kienle. The statistical “front runner status” will be decided when they face off in Frankfurt – but regardless of that result they will both be strong contenders for this year’s Kona win.

Brent McMahon’s two sub-8 IMs (even on fast courses in Arizona and Brasil) have pit him in a good position to at least content for a podium spot. Ivan Rana has added a good IM South Africa to his resume and has enough time to focus on Kona. Craig Alexander, Pete Jacobs and Andreas Raelert are included on the strength of their previous Kona results while Nils Frommhold is one who could surprise if he continues his development over the full distance.

• Frederik Van Lierde: 24% (3-1)
• Sebastian Kienle: 24% (3-1)
• Brent McMahon: 9% (10-1)
• Ivan Rana: 7% (13-1)
• Craig Alexander: 4% (26-1)
• Pete Jacobs: 3% (29-1)
• Andreas Raelert: 3% (30-1)
• Nils Frommhold: 3% (31-1)

Most notable athletes missing in this list? Jan Frodeno has almost unlimited potential – but still needs to have a “good IM” – maybe Frankfurt? The US hopes don’t have good statistical chances: Andy Potts, Tim O’Donnell, Ben Hoffman or Matt Hanson are all at less than 1%. Jordan Rapp only has an outside chance to qualify after his DNF in Texas (even a win in a P-2000 race would probably leave him just short) and Andrew Starykowicz seems to focus on Challenge Roth this year.

Female

On the female side, Mirinda Carfrae is the clear favorite to defend her title. Rachel Joyce and Daniela Ryf (also starting in Frankfurt) are her strongest challengers.

These are followed by a couple of experienced athletes: Meredith Kessler, Caroline Steffen, Linsey Corbin (still looking to qualify after two DNSs in Regional Championships) and Leanda Cava would need a big step forward to a contend for a Kona win this year.

• Mirinda Carfrae: 41% (1-1)
• Rachel Joyce: 20% (4-1)
• Daniela Ryf: 12% (7-1)
• Meredith Kessler: 7% (13-1)
• Caroline Steffen: 5% (19-1)
• Linsey Corbin: 3% (36-1)
• Leanda Cave: 2% (46-1)

As always, there is a ton of athletes that could content for a Top5 or better. Among these, I would pick Jodie Swallow and Angela Naeth as serious podium contenders. But sometimes Kona rookies have a great first year and maybe Mel Hauschildt, Susie Cheetham or Annabel Luxford could also play a factor.

Update June 10th: Fredrik Croneborg announced on Twitter that he has a slight injury and won’t be able to start in Cairns.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2011	Chris McCormack (AUS)	08:15:56	Rebekah Keat (AUS)	09:26:31
2012	David Dellow (AUS)	08:15:04	Carrie Lester (AUS)	09:21:00
2013	Luke McKenzie (AUS)	08:17:43	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:19:51
2014	Cameron Brown (NZL)	08:20:15	Liz Blatchford (AUS)	09:16:58

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Cameron Brown	NZL	00:55:16	04:36:20	02:44:54	08:20:15
2	Tim Van Berkel	AUS	00:52:11	04:39:35	02:48:15	08:23:23
3	Peter Robertson	AUS	00:50:34	04:41:13	02:58:08	08:33:26

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Liz Blatchford	AUS	00:52:47	05:13:09	03:06:57	09:16:58
2	Melanie Burke	NZL	01:06:23	05:00:37	03:12:00	09:22:53
3	Asa Lundstroem	SWE	01:04:41	05:08:06	03:09:03	09:25:56

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:15:04	David Dellow	2012-06-02
Swim	overall	00:43:48	Clayton Fettell	2011-06-05
Bike	overall	04:21:52	Luke McKenzie	2013-06-01
Run	overall	02:44:24	Tim Van Berkel	2013-06-01
Total	female	09:16:58	Liz Blatchford	2014-06-08
Swim	female	00:52:47	Liz Blatchford	2014-06-08
Bike	female	05:00:37	Melanie Burke	2014-06-08
Bike	female	05:00:37	Belinda Harper	2012-06-02
Run	female	03:06:57	Liz Blatchford	2014-06-08

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Cairns is 03:20.

Race Adjustments for IM Cairns

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Athletes	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2011	01:30	01:09	04:20	01:47	12	01:30	01:09	04:20	01:47
2012	09:39	-01:17	06:56	-00:06	20	05:34	-00:04	05:38	00:51
2013	00:03	-02:09	07:36	-03:20	14	03:44	-00:46	06:17	-00:33
2014	02:09	-02:48	04:55	02:45	13	03:20	-01:16	05:57	00:17

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Cairns is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$, paying ten deep.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	1	Cameron Brown	NZL	08:24:18	08:30:08	00:52:21	04:35:15	02:51:42	16
2	2	Luke McKenzie	AUS	08:28:06	08:39:15	00:49:56	04:28:26	03:04:44	46
3	3	James Cunnama	ZAF	08:29:59	08:35:31	00:50:54	04:35:05	02:58:59	35
4	6	Courtney Ogden	AUS	08:38:35	08:40:18	00:52:03	04:40:11	03:01:21	50
5	5	Fredrik Croneborg	SWE	08:41:33	08:47:53	00:53:28	04:47:06	02:55:59	76
6	4	Dylan McNeice	NZL	08:41:35	08:51:49	00:46:50	04:45:58	03:03:47	90
7	10	Luke Martin	AUS	08:53:15	08:59:35	00:53:37	04:49:24	03:05:13	124
8	7	Brian Fuller	AUS	08:54:39	09:02:02	00:52:57	04:45:05	03:11:38	136
9	12	Simon Billeau	FRA	08:54:48	08:55:43	00:56:01	04:38:57	03:14:50	111
10	13	Simon Cochrane	NZL	08:58:14	09:09:28	00:53:06	04:53:32	03:06:36	168
11	8	Luke Whitmore	AUS	09:02:05	09:08:43	00:56:14	04:56:04	03:04:47	(164)
12	11	Daniel Brown	AUS	10:47:17	11:04:23	01:06:13	05:31:16	04:04:47	(459)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Overall
1	21	Liz Blatchford	AUS	09:13:59	09:17:12	00:52:02	05:08:21	03:08:36	8
2	22	Gina Crawford	NZL	09:19:22	09:23:34	00:53:22	05:08:50	03:12:10	16
3	23	Beth Gerdes	USA	09:30:50	09:47:01	01:03:43	05:14:58	03:07:09	53
4	25	Rebecca Preston	AUS	09:37:33	09:36:55	00:59:25	05:13:28	03:19:40	37
5	24	Michelle Bremer	NZL	09:42:42	09:47:49	00:59:13	05:11:57	03:26:32	56
6	33	Christie Sym	AUS	09:52:51	10:14:59	00:59:59	05:14:06	03:33:46	(113)
7	28	Kym Coogan	AUS	09:55:13	10:04:59	00:57:50	05:18:19	03:34:04	(96)
8	32	Marie Sorrell	NZL	09:58:59	10:14:49	01:00:24	05:20:16	03:33:19	(113)
9	27	Larisa Marsh	NZL	10:06:01	10:15:52	01:01:58	05:21:06	03:37:56	115
10	31	Ange Castle	AUS	10:11:40	10:27:53	01:07:34	05:19:13	03:39:52	(146)
11	30	Kate Bruck	USA	10:16:18	10:32:35	01:08:17	05:36:28	03:26:33	(150)
12	29	Jana Candrova	CZE	10:24:50	10:31:44	01:06:15	05:32:00	03:41:34	149
	26	Sarah Crowley	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

KPR Situation

Cameron Brown (4.545) is already safe for a slot, and Frederik Croneborg (3.975) just needs to slightly improve his score to also be safe. Behind these two, there are Dylan MacNeice (3.025) and Luke McKenzie (2.450) within a reasonable distance of my projected July cutoff of 3.800 points. James Cunnama (1.725) can also get close, but will need another score in addition to Cairns.

On the female side, only Beth Gerdes is still hunting for KPR points. She has already scored 4.515 points with some great results in Western Australia (4th in 9:04) and Melbourne (5th in 9:05) but is still short of the roughly 5.100 points that will be needed for a July slot. She has to improve her score from Malaysia (5th = 720) which would get bumped from her total score and needs at least a podium spot (3rd = 1280) to get close for a July slot. Liz Blatchford (6.170) and Gina Crawford (7.880) are already safe, and the others are probably too far back (Michelle Bremer with 2.000 has the best score).

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Cam Brown is the defending champion and the clear favorite for the win. Luke McKenzie and James Cunnama are looking for a good race after a few sub-par results.

• Cameron Brown: 42% (1-1)
• Luke McKenzie: 23% (3-1)
• James Cunnama: 14% (6-1)
• Courtney Ogden: 11% (8-1)
• Dylan McNeice: 7% (14-1)
• Fredrik Croneborg: 3% (39-1)

Female Race Participants

The female race is a toss-up between two-time defending champion Liz Blatchford and Gina Crawford. Behind these two, Beth Gerdes looks the favorite for the remaining podium spot.

• Gina Crawford: 44% (1-1)
• Liz Blatchford: 42% (1-1)
• Beth Gerdes: 9% (11-1)
• Rebecca Preston: 3% (37-1)
• Michelle Bremer: 2% (55-1)

Race Conditions

As usual, the conditions in Brasil were fast, especially on the bike. A bike adjustment of 17:40 leads to a total adjustment of 22:14, a little bit slower than last year, but still a bit quicker than the new course rating of 17:48.

Male Race Results

After the swim Marino had to make up some time to the front, but a monster 4:11 bike ride (the forth fastest ever) gave him a six minute lead into T2. During the run it looked as if Tim O’Donnell would be able to close the gap, but he never got closer than 36 seconds. In the end Marino won by 2 minutes over TO and another minute over Brent McMahon. Igor Amorelli also finished under 8 hours but had to settle for 4th place.

As the winner of the Regional Championships, Marino receives an automatic qualifier slot for Kona. He has stated before that he doesn’t want to return to Kona, but having qualified in May may be a reason to reconsider. (If he declines his slot, it will not roll down.) Tim and Igor should also be safe for a July slot, Brent and Matt Trautmann had a safe slot before the race. Ty Butterfield, Kyle Buckingham and Guilherme Manocchio will need more points for a slot.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Marino Vanhoenacker	BEL	00:48:31	04:11:23	02:49:38	07:53:44	-11:00	US$ 30000
2	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	00:47:03	04:19:26	02:45:52	07:55:56	-21:48	US$ 15000
3	Brent McMahon	CAN	00:47:02	04:19:01	02:47:08	07:56:55	12:57	US$ 8000
4	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:47:01	04:19:23	02:49:05	07:59:36	-19:29	US$ 6500
5	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	00:48:17	04:18:05	02:48:54	08:05:22	-08:29	US$ 5000
6	Matt Trautman	ZAF	00:52:21	04:25:19	02:44:31	08:06:29	01:10	US$ 3500
7	Kyle Buckingham	ZAF	00:48:29	04:26:05	02:50:30	08:09:33	-04:00	US$ 2500
8	Mike Aigroz	SUI	00:48:17	04:26:17	02:54:42	08:13:22	-13:35	US$ 2000
9	Guilherme Manocchio	BRA	00:50:29	04:22:39	02:58:18	08:17:02	-12:45	US$ 1500
10	Frank Silvestrin	BRA	00:48:16	04:29:46	02:56:22	08:20:07	-24:10	US$ 1000
11	Anton Blokhin	UKR	00:48:26	04:34:22	03:03:00	08:30:29	08:23
12	Mario De Elias	ARG	00:52:12	04:44:01	02:52:09	08:32:59	-09:27
13	Nick Baldwin	SEY	00:50:24	04:37:56	03:01:58	08:36:08	05:09
14	Thiago Vinhal	BRA	00:50:06	04:56:16	02:51:06	08:41:10	04:00
15	Ivan Risti	ITA	00:48:20	04:36:32	03:19:50	08:49:43	11:26
16	Marcel Bischof	GER	00:58:10	04:39:57	03:10:48	08:54:22	02:41
17	Paul Matthews	AUS	00:46:58	04:23:53	03:40:22	08:55:04	50:55
18	Andres Darricau	Arg	00:53:34	04:49:39	03:12:38	09:02:50	-42:25
19	Edmilson Pereira	BRA	00:50:30	04:53:19	03:13:19	09:03:41	-09:45
20	Alejo Badino	ARG	00:48:28	04:56:42	03:15:38	09:07:02	n/a
21	Christian Carletto	ARG	00:55:28	05:00:24	03:14:48	09:20:46	-01:07
22	Luan Ortiz Silva	BRA	00:52:00	05:04:17	03:50:18	09:53:04	n/a
	Karol Dzalaj	SVK	00:55:32	04:33:00		DNF
	Ciro Violin	BRA	00:53:41	04:49:09		DNF
	Fabio Carvalho	BRA	00:48:27	05:00:50		DNF
	Santiago Ascenco	BRA	01:06:26	04:43:10		DNF
	Sergio Carrettoni	ARG	01:20:23	08:39:45		DNF
	Per Bittner	GER	00:48:19			DNF
	Felipe De Oliveira Manente	BRA	00:56:58			DNF
	Jason Britton	CAN	00:56:59			DNF
	Damon Barnett	USA	00:59:21			DNF
	Gaston Duran	ARG	01:01:36			DNF

Female Race Results

Haley Chura was leading the race in T1 and T2. In addition to her, Liz Lyles, Amanda Stevens, Tine Deckers and Asa Lundstoem were in the lead on the run, but eventually Ariane Monticelli won the race with the first sub-3 women’s marathon of the 2015 season. Liz finished 83 seconds back in second place, Amanda took third another 56 seconds back. Tine finished fourth, Laurel Wassner ran her way to fifth, Haley finished sixth and Asa finished 9th after struggling with stomach issues on the last part of the run.

Ariane receives an automatic qualifier slot, and Liz is now also safe (she had a lot of points after her 7th place in Kona and just needed to validate). Behind these two, Amanda Stevens and Haley Chura are on the bubble. Mareen Hufe and Asa Lundstroem were not able to score enough points to secure a slot but are close. Ashley Clifford is also close but had a frustrating DNF.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Ariane Monticeli	BRA	01:00:18	04:57:59	02:56:28	08:59:08	-26:05	US$ 30000
2	Elizabeth Lyles	USA	00:57:49	04:54:31	03:03:04	09:00:31	-01:45	US$ 15000
3	Amanda Stevens	USA	00:51:15	04:57:32	03:05:47	09:01:27	-12:04	US$ 8000
4	Tine Deckers	BEL	00:59:15	04:50:19	03:14:03	09:08:29	03:44	US$ 6500
5	Laurel Wassner	USA	00:52:51	05:03:11	03:07:27	09:09:47	-08:40	US$ 5000
6	Haley Chura	USA	00:49:35	04:58:29	03:20:47	09:14:03	-00:34	US$ 3500
7	Mareen Hufe	GER	01:00:27	04:51:32	03:17:09	09:14:50	00:40	US$ 2500
8	Karen Thibodeau	CAN	00:53:03	05:05:09	03:11:47	09:15:08	-15:23	US$ 2000
9	Asa Lundstroem	SWE	01:01:12	04:48:36	03:29:08	09:23:35	14:12	US$ 1500
10	Ana Lidia Borba	BRA	01:01:08	05:11:49	03:23:44	09:42:27	-12:24	US$ 1000
11	Lucie Reed	CZE	00:52:47	05:05:14	03:45:09	09:48:13	31:12
	Astrid Ganzow	GER	01:01:22	04:51:35		DNF
	Mariana Andrade	BRA	01:00:11	05:08:53		DNF
	Laura Barrena	ARG	01:17:26	06:02:32		DNF
	Ashley Clifford	USA	00:55:38			DNF

Challenge Denmark is a new race indicating Challenge’s continuing commitment to the Danish triathlon market (after loosing the races in Copenhagen and Aarhus when WTC bought the company running these races). Race director Claus Vesterby (husband of Pro athlete Michelle Vesterby) is trying to build a great race that also appeals to the family of athletes – the race is run around the original Legoland in Billund, Denmark. In addition to the full distance race covered in this post, there is another one over the half distance with strong athletes such as Martin Jensen, Dirk Bockel or Mary Beth Ellis on the start list.

As this is the first time the race is run, there are no expected times.

Male Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating	Overall
1	Christophe Bastie	FRA	n/a	08:53:59	00:53:35	04:43:23	03:12:12	100
2	Dejan Patrcevic	CRO	n/a	08:55:26	00:52:47	05:02:21	02:56:56	108
3	Sergio Marques	POR	n/a	08:56:27	00:54:59	05:00:18	02:58:36	113
4	Chris Fischer	DEN	n/a	08:57:11	00:53:14	04:50:28	03:04:16	117
5	Petr Vabrousek	CZE	n/a	09:00:02	00:55:15	04:53:55	03:05:28	128
6	Georg Potrebitsch	GER	n/a	09:06:59	00:49:50	04:57:08	03:15:31	(151)
7	Dirk Wijnalda	NED	n/a	09:08:23	00:57:07	04:58:17	03:02:42	162
8	Thijs Koelen	NED	n/a	09:15:37	00:52:33	04:52:31	03:14:57	(192)
9	Jens Kaiser	GER	n/a	09:17:45	00:58:36	04:54:10	03:16:13	(198)
10	Marin Koceic	CRO	n/a	09:24:49	00:52:18	04:59:15	03:12:07	(239)
11	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	n/a	09:33:49	00:58:52	04:55:50	03:24:57	(269)
12	Jesse Vondracek	USA	n/a	09:34:45	00:55:25	05:11:16	03:17:48	273
13	Stefan Eichheimer	GER	n/a	09:39:04	00:57:36	04:56:28	03:18:39	(293)
14	Steven Osborne	GBR	n/a	09:43:13	00:57:25	05:25:07	03:10:51	(305)
15	Armin Atzlinger	AUT	n/a	10:03:58	00:54:29	05:17:14	03:32:00	(372)
	Blaz Brecko	SLO	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Anders Christensen	DNK	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Markus Hoermann	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Magnus Magnoy	SWE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Dominic Rohan-Gates	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Peter Seidel	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)
	Christian Woelsted	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating	Overall
1	Beate Goertz	GER	n/a	09:57:58	01:04:49	05:12:56	03:27:50	81
2	Carolin Lehrieder	GER	n/a	10:08:11	00:57:49	05:31:11	03:24:41	(103)
3	Kristin Lie	NOR	n/a	10:13:41	01:11:55	05:18:24	03:31:06	110
4	Celia Kuch	GER	n/a	10:18:34	01:03:10	05:25:20	03:37:26	124
5	Kathrin Walther	GER	n/a	10:20:34	01:00:03	05:27:37	03:40:41	131
6	Louise Rundqvist	SWE	n/a	10:28:03	01:06:25	05:31:10	03:30:49	(146)
7	Vanessa Pereira	POR	n/a	10:44:57	01:02:41	05:43:14	03:45:26	159
	Susanne Svendsen	DEN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

• Dirk Wijnalda: 27% (3-1)
• Georg Potrebitsch: 23% (3-1)
• Chris Fischer: 23% (3-1)
• Sergio Marques: 10% (9-1)
• Christophe Bastie: 8% (12-1)
• Dejan Patrcevic: 7% (14-1)
• Petr Vabrousek: 2% (40-1)

Female Race Participants

• Beate Goertz: 25% (3-1)
• Carolin Lehrieder: 23% (3-1)
• Kathrin Walther: 18% (4-1)
• Celia Kuch: 13% (7-1)
• Kristin Lie: 11% (8-1)
• Louise Rundqvist: 9% (10-1)

Race Conditions

With a course rating of -12:47, Lanzarote is a very slow course  – but this year it was even slower: Strong winds led to a bike adjustment of -31:21, the second slowest only to the “legendary” bike leg of the last IM St. George in 2012. Not only did this lead to slow bike times, but also to a pretty high number of DNFs (42% for the men, 21% for the women Pros).

Male Race Results

Christian Kramer was leading the race for a long time and with a 5:05 had the best bike leg and had a solid sub-3 marathon. But in his second Ironman, Italian Alessandro Degasperi had a great 2:47:15 run and took the lead 3k from the finish. Third place went to Mauro Baertsch who was able to beat his expected time by almost 30 minutes.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Alessandro Degasperi	ITA	00:51:10	05:12:12	02:47:15	08:56:49	-06:51	US$ 5000
2	Christian Kramer	GER	00:48:20	05:05:51	02:59:14	08:59:30	-05:36	US$ 2750
3	Mauro Baertsch	SUI	00:52:04	05:10:48	02:54:13	09:04:45	-29:27	US$ 1750
4	Miquel Blanchart Tinto	ESP	00:48:33	05:24:26	02:51:42	09:10:25	00:28	US$ 1250
5	Bert Jammaer	BEL	00:48:25	05:09:27	03:08:17	09:12:05	-03:11	US$ 1000
6	Daniel Herlbauer	AUT	00:51:26	05:20:29	03:07:24	09:25:58	-06:40	US$ 750
7	Sergio Marques	POR	00:54:42	05:29:57	02:56:58	09:27:58	-01:57
8	Will Clarke	GBR	00:48:19	05:17:29	03:16:36	09:28:31	n/a
9	Cedric Lassonde	FRA	00:53:36	05:23:22	03:14:21	09:39:15	13:31
10	Roman Deisenhofer	GER	00:51:29	05:21:27	03:21:32	09:40:57	-18:00
11	Guy Crawford	NZL	00:48:21	05:17:24	03:30:49	09:44:09	07:19
12	Mark Oude Bennink	NED	00:48:11	05:36:11	03:15:23	09:47:40	15:16
13	Henrik Oftedal	NOR	00:58:13	05:22:40	03:20:16	09:50:18	-10:41
14	Marcus Hultgren	SWE	00:56:22	05:39:46	03:14:09	09:57:19	-09:04
15	Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen	BEL	00:56:25	05:44:12	03:23:14	10:11:04	15:20
16	James Brown	GBR	01:01:00	05:43:23	03:39:27	10:30:51	33:46
17	Christoph Schlagbauer	AUT	00:57:34	05:35:35	04:31:15	11:11:17	n/a
18	Tom Angerer	AUT	00:57:55	06:09:36	04:52:23	12:10:27	n/a
	Rayco Marrero Avero	ESP	00:51:39	05:26:01		DNF
	Frederic Schaffner	FRA	00:55:42	05:27:10		DNF
	Guillaume Jeannin	FRA	00:51:59	05:35:53		DNF
	Miguel Platero	ESP	00:52:28	05:38:32		DNF
	Owen Cummins	IRL	00:48:16	05:43:37		DNF
	Craig Twigg	GBR	00:51:40	05:58:14		DNF
	Dominik Berger	AUT	00:48:43	06:01:27		DNF
	Stephen Bayliss	GBR	00:48:14			DNF
	Konstantin Bachor	GER	00:48:27			DNF
	Herve Banti	MEX	00:49:13			DNF
	Antonio Cardona	ESP	00:53:46			DNF
	Gilian Oriet	SUI	01:00:59			DNF

Christian Kramer (now 4.055 points) should be safe for a Kona slot, Miquel Blanchard Tinto (3.520) is close, but will need to score some more points in 70.3s. 

Female Race Results

Michi Herlbauer had the lead after the swim, but at 40k Diana Riesler took the lead and had the fastest bike time by a wide margin. Her lead into T2 was 17 minutes and there wasn’t much change on the run. Diana won the race in front of Michi. Third place went to Caroline Livesay.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Diana Riesler	GER	00:55:40	05:37:11	03:16:20	09:56:03	-06:52	US$ 5000
2	Michi Herlbauer	AUT	00:53:21	05:58:16	03:15:05	10:13:49	18:11	US$ 2750
3	Caroline Livesey	GBR	00:58:47	05:59:25	03:25:52	10:31:56	-03:00	US$ 1750
4	Shiao-yu Li	TWN	01:05:31	06:07:41	03:12:47	10:33:42	01:51	US$ 1250
5	Verena Walter	GER	00:57:52	06:06:20	03:32:47	10:44:40	25:47	US$ 1000
6	Anne Jensen	DNK	01:06:27	05:54:31	03:39:54	10:48:40	n/a	US$ 750
7	Saleta Castro	ESP	00:53:42	06:09:27	03:41:01	10:52:23	05:15
8	Alena Stevens	SVK	00:57:52	06:22:27	03:27:16	10:54:59	-11:16
9	Kate Bevilaqua	AUS	00:53:49	06:13:20	03:42:08	10:58:04	22:58
10	Corina Hengartner	SWI	01:01:06	06:04:20	03:53:45	11:07:43	n/a
11	Amy Forshaw	GBR	01:01:16	06:24:18	03:35:32	11:09:24	08:07
	Lisa Roberts	USA	01:04:09	06:51:26		DNF
	Eimear Mullan	IRL	00:57:59			DNF
	Nicole Woysch	GER	00:58:11			DNF

Among the women, only Diana Riesler (now 6.270) was able to significantly improve her Kona positions – she should be safe for a July slot.