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Ironman France 2015 (June 28th) – Predictions

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Update June 18th: Domenico Passuello mentioned on Twitter that he won’t be starting in Nice.

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Herve Faure (FRA) 08:49:06 Mariska Kramer-Postma (NED) 10:12:29
2006 Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:33:56 Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 09:56:32
2007 Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:38:45 Alexandra Louison (FRA) 09:49:11
2008 Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:34:03 Martina Dogana (ITA) 09:35:29
2009 Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:30:06 Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:30:29
2010 Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:25:28 Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:21:29
2011 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:28:30 Silvia Felt (GER) 09:34:31
2012 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:21:51 Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:16:05
2013 Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:08:59 Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 09:12:54
2014 Bart Aernouts (BEL) 08:33:22 Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:12:21

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Bart Aernouts BEL 00:51:58 04:46:10 02:49:58 08:33:22
2 Victor Del Corral ESP 00:56:46 04:52:34 02:42:33 08:37:23
3 Tyler Butterfield BMU 00:51:53 04:54:10 02:49:39 08:40:56

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Tine Deckers BEL 01:00:03 05:06:38 02:59:47 09:12:21
2 Caitlin Snow USA 00:56:17 05:17:56 02:52:26 09:13:02
3 Lisa Roberts USA 01:05:13 05:13:28 02:58:06 09:23:58

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:08:59 Frederik Van Lierde 2013-06-23
Swim overall 00:44:18 Gilles Reboul 2006-06-24
Bike overall 04:33:29 Frederik Van Lierde 2013-06-23
Run overall 02:37:01 Bart Aernouts 2013-06-23
Total female 09:12:21 Tine Deckers 2014-06-29
Swim female 00:48:59 Edith Niederfriniger 2006-06-24
Bike female 05:05:22 Christel Robin 2009-06-28
Run female 02:52:26 Caitlin Snow 2014-06-29

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM France is 04:42.

Race Adjustments for IM France

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Athletes Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 11:03 06:06 -01:25 02:26 13 11:03 06:06 -01:25 02:26
2007 10:04 00:26 00:16 08:47 32 10:34 03:16 -00:35 05:37
2008 01:53 -00:41 -01:55 01:59 32 07:40 01:57 -01:02 04:24
2009 03:40 -01:46 00:35 03:27 27 06:40 01:01 -00:37 04:10
2010 10:20 -02:01 -01:36 06:30 26 07:24 00:25 -00:49 04:38
2011 02:03 -00:14 -02:59 02:18 27 06:31 00:18 -01:11 04:15
2012 00:20 00:07 -04:11 04:03 18 05:38 00:17 -01:37 04:13
2013 06:05 00:05 -02:23 09:52 16 05:41 00:15 -01:42 04:55
2014 -03:10 -01:52 -05:16 04:09 24 04:42 00:01 -02:06 04:50

KPR points and Prize Money

IM France is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 29 Victor Del Corral ESP 08:30:15 08:39:30 00:54:40 04:45:13 02:45:22 46
2 3 Romain Guillaume FRA 08:31:06 08:44:42 00:47:35 04:39:24 02:59:07 63
3 32 Jeremy Jurkiewicz FRA 08:34:30 08:35:31 00:47:16 04:50:45 02:51:29 38
4 2 Boris Stein GER 08:36:52 08:37:36 00:55:58 04:41:54 02:53:59 42
5 6 Herve Faure FRA 08:38:12 08:50:38 00:50:36 04:46:21 02:56:14 (86)
6 1 Domenico Passuello ITA 08:39:14 08:51:29 00:54:31 04:42:29 02:57:13 91
7 4 Ritchie Nicholls GBR 08:44:42 09:08:04 00:48:14 04:59:17 02:52:11 (158)
8 16 Mauro Baertsch SUI 08:45:39 08:59:25 00:53:57 04:51:35 02:55:08 122
9 8 Simon Billeau FRA 08:48:31 08:53:46 00:54:02 04:42:43 03:06:46 99
10 27 Joerie Vansteelant BEL 08:48:38 09:04:00 00:59:52 04:43:17 03:00:29 (144)
11 11 Sylvain Rota FRA 08:52:21 08:59:35 00:52:29 04:49:01 03:05:51 (124)
12 28 Bertrand Billard FRA 08:54:48 09:17:42 00:48:06 04:43:12 03:18:29 (199)
13 34 Mike Schifferle SUI 08:56:03 09:03:40 01:00:04 04:50:09 03:00:51 142
14 26 Patrick Jaberg SUI 08:56:45 09:05:02 00:53:34 04:53:41 03:04:30 150
15 24 Cedric Lassonde FRA 08:59:16 09:10:07 00:54:31 04:51:41 03:08:05 (174)
16 25 Tomas Mika CZE 09:02:53 09:10:42 00:55:08 05:07:58 02:54:47 177
17 21 Rinus Holvoet BEL 09:10:28 09:26:28 00:52:30 05:02:31 03:10:27 (242)
18 47 Remy Vasseur NED 09:15:49 09:21:55 00:54:00 05:05:57 03:10:52 (226)
19 10 Anthony Pannier FRA 09:17:24 09:36:27 00:47:39 04:49:11 03:35:35 (282)
20 7 Herve Banti MEX 09:18:14 09:54:48 00:51:55 05:07:16 03:14:03 (352)
21 46 Leonardo Simoncini ITA 09:19:16 09:38:05 00:54:04 05:13:51 03:06:21 (291)
22 31 Ivan Jezko SVK 09:20:28 09:31:54 00:58:14 05:01:02 03:16:12 263
23 13 Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen BEL 09:23:09 09:31:24 00:57:07 05:04:14 03:16:48 260
24 33 Dan McGuigan AUS 09:27:31 09:49:07 01:01:49 04:55:17 03:25:26 (321)
25 30 Rafael Espinar Puig ESP 09:32:00 09:43:52 01:01:42 05:15:34 03:09:44 (307)
26 23 Roman Krutina CZE 09:59:09 10:16:34 00:56:54 05:15:31 03:41:44 (409)
27 14 Remmert Wielinga NED 09:59:36 10:30:40 01:11:47 05:05:15 03:37:34 (446)
28 20 Christian Funk GER 10:51:48 11:04:17 01:25:03 05:47:00 03:34:44 (463)
5 Sylvain Sudrie FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
9 Drew Scott USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
12 Frederic Schaffner FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
15 Alexander Wulff DEN n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
17 David Claerebout LUX n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
18 Frederik Flagstad GRL n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
19 Matteo Fontana ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
22 Guillaume Jeannin FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

The KPR situation for the men looks very interesting. Among the participants, Romain Guillaume (4.950) is already safe for a Kona slot. For Domenico Passuello (3.000) and Jeremy Juekiewicz (2.755) a podium spot should be enough, while Mauro Baertsch (1.905), Mike Schifferle (1.760) and Patrick Jaberg (1.724) would need a win to get close to the projected cutoff of 3.800 points. Simon Billeau (1.570), Victor Del Corral (1.420) and Drew Scott (1.280) are probably too far back for a July slot even with a good result in France, but could improve their position for qualifying in future races.

Female Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 35 Caitlin Snow USA 09:16:23 09:29:50 00:54:59 05:19:51 02:56:33 25
2 36 Lisa Roberts USA 09:25:04 09:41:40 01:03:51 05:14:42 03:01:31 46
3 37 Jeanne Collonge FRA 09:34:59 09:55:59 00:56:41 05:15:00 03:18:18 77
4 38 Emma Pooley GBR 09:35:29 09:46:16 01:07:41 05:03:51 03:18:56 (53)
5 41 Nina Pekerman ISR 10:06:35 10:17:30 00:59:30 05:33:39 03:28:26 120
6 43 Nicole Woysch GER 10:18:39 10:28:48 00:58:37 05:32:22 03:42:40 147
7 40 Angela Kuehnlein GER 10:31:55 10:43:49 01:03:14 05:39:53 03:43:48 (158)
8 45 Anna Rovira Garrido ESP 10:48:27 11:13:57 01:18:59 05:36:31 03:47:57 (166)
39 Carol Anne Bridge GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
42 Stephanie Reymond FRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

The female athletes are mainly racing for the prestige of winning an Ironman. The best placed athlete in the KPR is Cait Snow, but with 1.735 points even she is far short of the projected cutoff of 5.100 points.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Based on the numbers, it looks like a close race between Victor Del Corral (2nd last year) and Romain Guillaume (10th in Kona), but Victor has been struggling to have a good result since last year (DNF in Kona, 9th in South Africa). Domenico Passuello has bib #1, he is the recent winner of IM Taiwan. Jeremy Jurkiewicz was fourth here last year, and Boris Stein had great results last summer, winning IM Switzerland.

  • Victor Del Corral: 30% (2-1)
  • Romain Guillaume: 27% (3-1)
  • Domenico Passuello: 22% (4-1)
  • Jeremy Jurkiewicz: 11% (8-1)
  • Boris Stein: 6% (15-1)
The Iron rookies Sylvain Sudrie (previously ITU Long Distance World Champion) and Drew Scott could be interesting additions.

Female Race Participants

Last year’s second (Cait Snow) and third place (Lisa Roberts) are back to contend for the title this year, while Jean Collonge will try be the first French winner since 2007. Emma Pooley will make the race interesting, her strength on the bike is well suited for the tough and technical course in Nice, and I expect her to be at the front of the race in T2. Emma has run a stand-alone marathon in 2:44, so she surely wants to prove she can run faster in an Ironman than the 3:21 she ran in Melbourne.

  • Caitlin Snow: 46% (1-1)
  • Lisa Roberts: 37% (2-1)
  • Jeanne Collonge: 11% (8-1)
  • Emma Pooley: 5% (19-1)

Ironman Austria 2015 (June 28th) – Predictions

IMAustriaLogo Update (June 21st): Corinne Abraham has mentioned on Twitter that she won’t be racing Austria and is looking into other options.

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

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Ivan Rana ESP 00:44:36 04:15:57 02:43:43 07:48:43
2 Christian Kramer GER 00:44:30 04:18:26 02:46:46 07:54:31
3 David Plese SLO 00:49:57 04:23:52 02:44:06 08:02:54

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Linsey Corbin USA 00:53:02 04:47:02 02:56:52 08:42:42
2 Simone Braendli SUI 00:45:51 04:57:15 03:01:14 08:49:16
3 Lisa Huetthaler AUT 00:52:05 04:48:55 03:07:26 08:53:20

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 04:15:37 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Run overall 02:39:24 Marino Vanhoenacker 2011-07-03
Total female 08:42:42 Linsey Corbin 2014-06-29
Swim female 00:45:51 Simone Braendli 2014-06-29
Bike female 04:43:50 Diana Riesler 2011-07-03
Run female 02:54:45 Sandra Wallenhorst 2008-07-13

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Austria is 18:37.

Race Adjustments for IM Austria

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Athletes Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 15:28 02:26 05:09 03:16 26 15:28 02:26 05:09 03:16
2007 13:37 02:22 13:36 03:11 24 14:32 02:24 09:23 03:13
2008 22:48 02:16 14:02 06:31 33 17:17 02:21 10:56 04:19
2009 21:45 01:14 14:45 04:17 28 18:24 02:05 11:53 04:19
2010 16:23 00:52 11:01 02:17 30 18:00 01:50 11:43 03:54
2011 25:48 01:58 15:01 09:56 25 19:18 01:51 12:16 04:55
2012 08:43 -03:26 11:51 -00:02 21 17:47 01:06 12:12 04:12
2013 23:14 05:43 12:28 06:03 42 18:28 01:41 12:14 04:26
2014 19:44 03:05 10:41 07:57 36 18:37 01:50 12:04 04:50

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Austria is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 75.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 2 Ivan Rana ESP 07:59:49 08:25:11 00:45:52 04:23:10 02:45:47 10
2 1 Marino Vanhoenacker BEL 07:59:55 08:22:11 00:47:12 04:17:48 02:49:55 5
3 10 Michael Weiss AUT 08:06:35 08:31:05 00:51:31 04:16:55 02:53:09 17
4 4 Andreas Giglmayr AUT 08:11:57 08:42:20 00:45:39 04:18:54 03:02:23 (56)
5 3 David Plese SLO 08:14:59 08:39:44 00:50:55 04:26:20 02:52:45 47
6 5 Stephen Bayliss GBR 08:24:35 09:04:29 00:46:08 04:34:44 02:58:43 (146)
7 22 Miguel Fidalgo ESP 08:27:54 08:56:36 00:46:18 04:48:26 02:48:10 (114)
8 8 Dejan Patrcevic CRO 08:31:13 08:55:26 00:50:44 04:44:36 02:50:52 110
9 12 Georg Swoboda AUT 08:35:01 09:03:28 00:54:16 04:28:02 03:07:43 141
10 6 Massimo Cigana ITA 08:38:36 08:51:08 00:53:30 04:30:05 03:10:01 (89)
11 7 Daniel Herlbauer AUT 08:40:49 09:06:29 00:51:40 04:38:43 03:05:27 (152)
12 39 Daniel Niederreiter AUT 08:41:30 09:02:57 00:50:02 04:42:25 03:04:02 138
13 11 Christian Birngruber AUT 08:42:18 09:14:34 00:51:09 04:40:53 03:05:16 (193)
14 37 Matic Modic SLO 09:01:04 09:35:37 00:54:37 04:51:13 03:10:14 (280)
15 30 James Brown GBR 09:04:55 09:32:22 00:59:03 04:49:39 03:11:13 265
16 28 Lukas Polan CZE 09:10:53 09:49:53 01:01:56 04:49:17 03:14:40 328
17 13 Markus Mlinar AUT 09:13:04 09:44:19 00:54:05 04:53:26 03:20:33 (309)
18 36 David Jilek CZE 09:19:17 09:52:19 00:56:50 04:48:57 03:28:30 (340)
19 15 Armin Atzlinger AUT 09:31:39 10:03:58 00:52:57 05:05:57 03:27:45 (377)
20 34 Mario Radevic GER 09:36:43 10:09:18 01:00:17 04:59:33 03:31:53 (394)
21 24 Vincent Depuiset FRA 09:42:22 10:04:49 01:07:58 05:04:45 03:24:39 380
22 29 Matthew Smith CZE 09:48:30 10:24:51 01:00:02 05:20:10 03:23:17 (437)
23 26 Reinaldo Oliveira BRA 10:01:52 10:28:09 00:59:58 05:12:29 03:44:25 (442)
24 33 Valentin Zasypkin RUS 10:07:53 10:42:14 01:06:04 05:22:43 03:34:07 (457)
25 19 Rodrigo Acevedo COL 10:15:16 10:50:02 00:51:06 05:26:25 03:52:45 (460)
26 18 Robert Pingitzer AUT 10:17:57 10:56:07 00:59:15 04:44:40 04:29:01 (462)
27 21 Marek Nemcik SVK 11:15:55 12:10:03 01:08:41 05:35:08 04:27:06 470
28 35 Josef Svoboda CZE 11:20:33 12:01:50 01:10:29 05:48:12 04:16:53 469
9 Frank Souza BRA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
14 Roman Thuerauer AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
16 Werner Steiner AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
17 Thomas Angerer AUT n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
20 Michal Jalovecky CZE n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
23 Gilian Oriet SUI n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
25 Marco Marini ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
27 Luca Cozza ITA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
31 Daniel Beynon GBR n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
32 Lluis Vila aguilar ESP n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

After winning Brasil, Marino Vanhoenacker has an automatic qualifier slot, but it is unclear if he is going to accept it. Ivan Rana (4.560 points) is also safe for Kona if he wants to. Then there is Michael Weiss (3.427 points) who needs a few more points for a slot.

Behind these, there are Miguel Fidalgo (1.998 points) and David Plese (1.325 points) are the athletes with the most KPR points, but they are probably too far back to be able to secure a slot in Austria.

Female Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 54 Lisa Huetthaler AUT 08:56:25 09:23:15 00:54:04 04:47:45 03:09:36 15
2 50 Eva Wutti AUT 08:59:03 09:19:28 00:55:37 04:51:00 03:07:26 11
3 63 Corinne Abraham GBR 09:04:40 09:23:37 00:57:38 04:56:22 03:05:40 16
4 53 Erika Csomor HUN 09:07:18 09:42:26 00:55:54 04:56:09 03:10:15 47
5 51 Michi Herlbauer AUT 09:07:23 09:41:24 00:52:44 05:00:44 03:08:55 (46)
6 52 Sarah Piampiano USA 09:14:36 09:40:12 00:59:32 04:59:17 03:10:48 44
7 64 Elisabeth Gruber AUT 09:16:23 09:43:55 00:57:51 05:02:51 03:10:41 48
8 57 Kamila Polak AUT 09:32:59 10:05:22 00:56:47 05:11:14 03:19:58 (99)
9 56 Michaela Rudolf AUT 09:33:19 10:01:03 01:02:15 04:59:03 03:27:01 88
10 59 Christina Jackson USA 09:36:42 10:09:01 00:51:15 05:05:12 03:35:15 (107)
11 55 Martina Dogana ITA 09:36:58 09:52:17 00:57:10 05:23:01 03:11:47 (67)
12 58 Bianca Steurer AUT 09:43:01 10:15:58 00:58:25 05:22:38 03:16:58 (116)
13 62 Gabriella Zelinka HUN 09:46:19 10:19:27 00:57:27 05:18:56 03:24:56 (127)
14 61 Cindy Lewis CAN 09:51:49 10:22:09 00:59:40 05:20:38 03:26:31 134
15 65 Nicole Woysch GER 09:53:44 10:28:48 00:55:54 05:13:03 03:39:47 147
60 Cori Burnett USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

There are a lot of female athletes looking for their remaining KPR points in order to qualify in July (estimated cutoff at 5.100 points): Corinne Abraham (4.725), Eva Wutti (4.170), Lisa Huetthaler (3.595) and Sarah Piampiano (3.435 but already 5 races) already have a decent number of points.

Behind these four, the athlete with the most points is Michi Herlbauer, but with 1.600 points she is still far back from the estimated cutoff.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

The main contenders in the male race are Marino and Ivan who posted the two fastest times on this course:

  • Marino Vanhoenacker: 38% (2-1)
  • Ivan Rana: 32% (2-1)
  • Michael Weiss: 20% (4-1)
  • David Plese: 4% (21-1)

Female Race Participants

The Austrians are hoping for a home winner in the female race: With Lisa Huetthaler, Eva Wutti and Michi Herlbauer there are three strong contenders. They face Corinne Abraham (racing again after Brasil), Erika Csomor (winner in 2013 and always fast in the summer IMs), and Sarah Piampiano (getting faster and faster after her injury break last year):

  • Lisa Huetthaler: 35% (2-1)
  • Eva Wutti: 27% (3-1)
  • Corinne Abraham: 14% (6-1)
  • Erika Csomor: 10% (9-1)
  • Sarah Piampiano: 7% (13-1)
  • Michi Herlbauer: 5% (19-1)

Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2015 (June 28th) – Predictions

IMCdALogo

Previous Winners

Year Male Winner Time Female Winner Time
2005 Viktor Zyemtsev (USA) 08:23:29  (no female Pros)
2006 (no male Pros) Joanna Zeiger (USA) 09:31:07
2007 Viktor Zyemtsev (USA) 08:33:32 (no female Pros)
2008 Tom Evans (CAN) 08:34:22 Heather Wurtele (CAN) 09:38:58
2009 Francisco Pontano (ARG) 08:32:12 Tyler Stewart (USA) 09:23:21
2010 Andy Potts (USA) 08:24:40 Linsey Corbin (USA) 09:17:54
2011 Craig Alexander (AUS) 08:19:48 Julie Dibens (GBR) 09:16:40
2012 Viktor Zyemtsev (USA) 08:32:29 Meredith Kessler (USA) 09:21:44
2013 Ben Hoffman (USA) 08:17:31 Heather Wurtele (CAN) 09:16:02
2014 Andy Potts (USA) 08:25:44 Heather Wurtele (CAN) 09:34:32

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Andy Potts USA 00:47:57 04:42:35 02:51:53 08:25:44
2 Viktor Zyemtsev USA 00:53:01 04:46:24 02:46:03 08:28:32
3 Ben Hoffman USA 00:53:05 04:48:58 02:43:59 08:29:12

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time
1 Heather Wurtele CAN 00:59:14 05:22:19 03:09:10 09:34:32
2 Kelly Williamson USA 00:58:30 05:37:52 03:09:47 09:50:07
3 Jessica Smith USA 00:59:12 05:29:38 03:26:14 09:58:42

Course Records

Leg Gender Record Athlete Date
Total overall 08:17:31 Ben Hoffman 2013-06-23
Swim overall 00:45:23 Matthew Dixon 2003-06-29
Bike overall 04:29:09 Maik Twelsiek 2011-06-26
Run overall 02:42:07 Matt Hanson 2014-06-29
Total female 09:16:02 Heather Wurtele 2013-06-23
Swim female 00:48:08 Monica Byrn 2003-06-29
Bike female 04:52:18 Julie Dibens 2011-06-26
Run female 03:03:12 Caitlin Snow 2011-06-26

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM Coeur d’Alene is 00:54.

Race Adjustments for IM Coeur d’Alene

Year Adjustment Swim Adj. Bike Adj. Run Adj. # of Athletes Rating Swim Rating Bike Rating Run Rating
2006 -04:43 -00:22 -01:29 -09:01 18 -04:43 -00:22 -01:29 -09:01
2007 -02:48 -04:06 -07:58 01:55 23 -03:45 -02:14 -04:43 -03:33
2008 -00:13 -03:18 -03:02 03:25 24 -02:35 -02:35 -04:10 -01:14
2009 04:38 -03:38 01:18 05:38 30 -00:46 -02:51 -02:48 00:29
2010 05:42 -02:18 01:55 03:54 29 00:31 -02:44 -01:51 01:10
2011 00:27 -02:51 01:31 02:28 18 00:31 -02:45 -01:18 01:23
2012 -03:42 -02:30 -04:42 03:35 18 -00:05 -02:43 -01:47 01:42
2013 03:44 -01:15 00:18 02:00 29 00:23 -02:32 -01:31 01:44
2014 04:56 -03:08 -02:27 06:45 15 00:54 -02:36 -01:37 02:18

KPR points and Prize Money

IM Coeur d’Alene is a P-2000 race. It has a total prize purse of 100.000 US$.

Male Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 1 Andy Potts USA 08:25:36 08:27:15 00:47:40 04:40:21 02:52:36 13
2 3 Maik Twelsiek GER 08:29:39 08:35:15 00:51:42 04:30:10 03:02:47 36
3 7 Callum Millward NZL 08:31:15 08:42:24 00:49:35 04:43:56 02:52:45 (56)
4 5 Paul Matthews AUS 08:33:39 08:32:46 00:48:41 04:41:24 02:58:34 27
5 11 Pedro Gomes POR 08:41:55 08:41:56 00:53:13 04:46:51 02:56:51 53
6 4 Trevor Wurtele CAN 08:43:03 08:51:34 00:55:19 04:43:34 02:59:10 92
7 2 Matthew Russell USA 08:44:44 08:50:13 01:00:25 04:42:49 02:56:30 84
8 9 Barrett Brandon USA 08:45:29 09:02:18 00:51:27 04:51:04 02:57:59 (136)
9 21 Jonathan Shearon USA 08:46:04 08:59:54 00:55:16 04:43:13 03:02:35 126
10 10 Trevor Delsaut FRA 08:46:52 08:53:56 00:55:49 04:50:31 02:55:33 101
11 17 Patrick Evoe USA 08:53:27 08:55:30 00:58:42 04:47:51 03:01:54 111
12 13 Derek Garcia USA 09:01:51 09:14:14 00:55:16 04:47:50 03:13:45 191
13 8 Matt Lieto USA 09:03:51 09:04:44 00:54:16 04:54:19 03:10:16 147
14 6 Leon Griffin AUS 09:05:13 09:16:38 00:52:57 04:44:19 03:22:57 (196)
15 23 Yu Shinozaki JPN 09:11:49 09:55:36 00:58:43 04:47:57 03:20:10 353
16 16 Jim Lubinski USA 09:13:53 09:34:14 01:03:19 05:02:41 03:02:53 272
17 22 Matthew Sheeks USA 09:15:01 09:24:15 01:06:07 05:03:39 03:00:15 237
18 24 Michael Starkey USA 09:15:05 09:27:11 01:02:19 04:58:28 03:09:17 (245)
19 14 Patrick Wheeler USA 09:18:03 09:30:36 00:58:36 05:08:01 03:06:26 257
20 19 Douglas MacLean USA 09:19:37 09:22:55 01:00:19 05:05:10 03:09:08 229
21 18 Stephen Kilshaw CAN 09:23:11 09:28:50 00:59:09 05:05:04 03:13:58 248
22 15 Dantley Young USA 09:51:08 09:58:31 01:09:03 05:18:18 03:18:47 361
23 25 Dan Brown PHI 10:00:46 10:15:42 01:05:23 05:19:59 03:30:24 (408)
24 20 Eric Reid USA 11:10:17 11:24:54 01:03:16 05:11:08 04:50:53 (469)
25 12 Andrew Fast USA 14:47:04 15:06:23 01:01:13 05:05:12 08:35:39 (472)
41 Terry Casey USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

Andy Potts only has to finish an IM in order to be assured a Kona slot. Pedro Gomes (4.090 points) is already in a great position for a July slot, but already has three IMs in his score, so he has to finish fourth or better to improve. Make Twelsiek (3.790 points) is a few points back from Pedro, but has an empty points slot so will likely improve his score and secure a slot. After his recent 70.3 win in Boulder, Callum Millward (currently 3.225 points and an empty points slot) is also on track for a Kona slot, but needs at least a fifth place or better.

Behind these Matthew Russell (2.440, but already 3 IMs), Leon Griffin (2.300) Paul Matthews (1.900) would need to win to get in the mix for a Kona slot. Barrett Brandon (1.600), Trevor Delsaut (1.525) and Patrick Evoe (1.365) can improve their score and get close, but even a win probably won’t be enough for a slot.

Trevor Wurtele (2.125) also has a decent number of KPR points, but has already said he is not interested in racing Kona this year.

Female Race Participants

Rank Bib Name Nation Expected Time Rating Exp. Swim Exp. Bike Exp. Run Overall
1 31 Amanda Stevens USA 09:32:33 09:33:49 00:53:02 05:15:15 03:19:16 33
2 33 Heather Jackson USA 09:33:27 09:48:10 01:00:32 05:03:14 03:24:40 (55)
3 40 Katy Blakemore USA 09:35:27 09:41:12 00:54:39 05:19:53 03:15:55 45
4 50 Laura Siddall GBR 09:39:35 09:47:41 01:00:53 05:14:05 03:19:37 (54)
5 46 Tamara Kozulina UKR 09:40:38 09:48:47 01:05:06 05:19:24 03:11:09 55
6 32 Dede Griesbauer USA 09:41:00 09:49:15 00:55:23 05:15:34 03:25:03 57
7 38 Kim Schwabenbauer USA 09:41:47 09:39:13 01:05:25 05:18:26 03:12:56 43
8 34 Amber Ferreira USA 09:45:41 09:49:40 00:58:13 05:21:41 03:20:47 60
9 47 Mackenzie Madison USA 09:47:08 09:51:52 01:02:00 05:19:51 03:20:17 65
10 42 Haley Cooper-Scott USA 09:55:11 10:02:04 01:04:34 05:20:18 03:25:19 (90)
11 39 Anne Basso FRA 10:04:38 10:34:12 01:00:28 05:29:36 03:29:35 151
12 49 Jen Annett CAN 10:06:17 10:14:51 01:08:34 05:22:18 03:30:25 (115)
13 44 Sarah Graves USA 10:07:52 10:15:07 01:14:59 05:28:17 03:19:37 (116)
14 43 Olesya Prystayko UKR 10:10:01 10:24:47 01:03:26 05:29:17 03:32:18 142
15 36 Sarah Jarvis USA 10:21:05 10:34:37 01:02:12 05:25:13 03:48:40 (152)
16 45 Amy Javens USA 10:24:13 10:25:15 01:09:11 05:30:16 03:39:46 143
17 35 Alyssa Godesky USA 10:34:00 10:38:56 01:07:41 05:42:40 03:38:38 155
37 Leslie DiMichele Miller USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)
48 Michelle Mighdoll USA n/a unrated unrated unrated unrated (n/a)

There are three athletes that are very close to a July Kona slot: Amanda Stevens (5.030 but already 3IMs), Dede Griesbauer (4.500) and Heather Jackson (3.800 but already 5 races in her total) are looking for the few remaining points to qualify in the first round.

Katy Blakemore (2.990) can get very close to the projected 5.100 points cutoff, while Kim Schwabenbauer (1.515) or Tamara Kozulina (1.915) are too far back for a slot even if they do well in Coeur d’Alene.

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Andy Potts is the clear favorite to defend his title from last year. However, Mike Twelsiek and a number of other good cyclists will try to put the pressure on Andy:

  • Andy Potts: 51% (1-1)
  • Maik Twelsiek: 25% (3-1)
  • Paul Matthews: 9% (10-1)
  • Callum Millward: 3% (30-1)
  • Trevor Wurtele: 3% (30-1)
  • Trevor Delsaut: 2% (40-1)
  • Jonathan Shearon: 2% (48-1)
  • Pedro Gomes: 2% (51-1)

Female Race Participants

After her recent good result in Brasil, Amanda Stevens is the statistical front runner. Dede Griesbauer, Amber Ferreira and Kim Schwabenbauer would love to add another IM win to her resume. Among others, Heather Jackson is steadily improving over the full IM distance, so I expect a close and exciting race for the podium spots:

  • Amanda Stevens: 28% (3-1)
  • Dede Griesbauer: 20% (4-1)
  • Katy Blakemore: 17% (5-1)
  • Heather Jackson: 14% (6-1)
  • Amber Ferreira: 7% (13-1)
  • Tamara Kozulina: 7% (14-1)
  • Kim Schwabenbauer: 3% (29-1)

Challenge Denmark 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Challenge Denmark appears to be a pretty quick course, the adjustment of 14:57 is somewhere between Germany or Melbourne and Brasil. Unfortunately, there was no easy way to get to the splits for the legs, so I can’t analyze where the quick time is coming from.

Male Race Results

Rank Name Nation Time Diff to expected
1 Chris Fischer DEN 08:23:29 -14:27
2 Dirk Wijnalda NED 08:31:08 -17:40
3 Anders Christensen DNK 08:37:04 n/a
4 Sergio Marques POR 08:38:58 -03:07
5 Peter Seidel GER 08:39:30 n/a
6 Christophe Bastie FRA 08:42:10 02:38
7 Petr Vabrousek CZE 08:44:23 -01:08
8 Jesse Vondracek USA 08:44:55 -29:37
9 Marin Koceic CRO 08:46:16 -07:22
10 Steven Osborne GBR 08:50:16 -32:31
11 Thijs Koelen NED 08:51:53 01:56
12 Magnus Magnoy SWE 09:36:18 n/a
13 Blaz Brecko SLO 09:38:52 n/a

Female Race Results

Rank Name Nation Time Diff to expected
1 Beate Goertz GER 09:22:28 -14:00
2 Carolin Lehrieder GER 09:23:29 -17:07
3 Jessie Donavan USA 09:33:28 11:53
4 Susanne Svendsen DEN 09:36:21 n/a
5 Eva Potuckova CZE 09:46:24 -04:41
6 Celia Kuch GER 09:53:55 -02:06
7 Anne Jensen DNK 09:55:18 01:06
8 Louise Rundqvist SWE 10:03:22 16:31

Ironman Cairns 2015 – Analyzing Results

Race Conditions

Based on the results, the conditions in Cairns were unremarkable: An adjustment of 5:35 was just a little bit faster than the new course rating of 3:47, with all three legs showing average numbers.

Male Race Results

After making up the ground to super-swimmer Dylan McNeice, Luke McKenzie was putting time into the field, posting the fastest bike by more than six minutes. Luke was still able to follow that with his strongest marathon since placing second in Kona 2013. He was followed by Cameron Brown who posted the fastest run of the day, and Dylan McNeice who battled his way back into third place.

The race was paying ten deep, but there were only seven male finishers – I think that this is the first time that not all prize money was assigned on the male side of an Ironman race.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Luke McKenzie AUS 00:47:18 04:30:19 02:57:37 08:18:01 -16:04 US$ 20000
2 Cameron Brown NZL 00:49:44 04:40:42 02:52:54 08:26:22 01:30 US$ 10000
3 Dylan McNeice NZL 00:44:54 04:49:41 02:58:40 08:36:55 -04:16 US$ 6500
4 Simon Billeau FRA 00:52:48 04:36:08 03:10:41 08:42:05 -08:13 US$ 4000
5 Simon Cochrane NZL 00:49:33 04:49:38 03:10:47 08:52:46 -05:44 US$ 3000
6 Luke Whitmore AUS 00:49:46 05:02:52 03:10:04 09:06:07 08:30 US$ 2000
7 Luke Martin AUS 00:52:46 05:19:29 04:13:45 10:30:19 1:42:38 US$ 1500
James Cunnama ZAF 00:49:39 04:50:44 DNF

Luke McKenzie and Dylan McNeice added enough points for safe Kona slots, Cameron Brown was already safe before the race. James Cunnama had a frustrating DNF and his chances for Kona don’t look too promising at this point.

Female Race Results

Liz Blatchford was leading the race almost all day: She had the fastest swim by almost four minutes. Early in the bike she received a four-minute penalty (apparently for a swimming error as mentioned on FirstOffTheBike’s Cairns review) which allows Michelle Bremer to take the lead for a bit. But Liz quickly reclaimed the lead, posting the fastest bike leg. She followed that up with the fastest run, finishing in 9:11 and a new course record (even including the penalty!).

Gina Crawford was never too far back from Liz, and was steadily putting time into the rest of the field, posting the second fastest legs and finishing nine minutes behind Liz in second place. Michelle Bremer claimed the last spot on the podium.

Rank Name Nation Swim Bike Run Time Diff to expected Prize Money
1 Liz Blatchford AUS 00:49:54 05:07:37 03:10:30 09:11:49 00:21 US$ 20000
2 Gina Crawford NZL 00:53:37 05:10:34 03:12:58 09:20:56 03:12 US$ 10000
3 Michelle Bremer NZL 00:56:34 05:13:02 03:22:31 09:35:32 -00:29 US$ 6500
4 Sarah Crowley AUS 00:56:24 05:17:38 03:20:24 09:38:43 n/a US$ 4000
5 Kym Coogan AUS 00:55:09 05:15:57 03:32:39 09:46:42 -00:16 US$ 3000
6 Christie Sym AUS 00:57:07 05:29:32 03:27:07 09:56:34 05:52 US$ 2000
7 Larisa Marsh NZL 00:57:08 05:12:59 03:45:20 09:58:45 -04:48 US$ 1500
8 Ange Castle AUS 01:03:00 05:34:25 03:22:59 10:05:10 -10:13 US$ 1250
9 Kate Bruck USA 01:04:11 05:47:02 03:26:48 10:23:54 16:24 US$ 1000
Beth Gerdes USA 00:58:11 DNF
Marie Sorrell NZL 00:59:08 DNF

As Liz and Gina were already safe for Kona, the only result with Kona implications was Beth Gerdes’ DNF after two flats early on in the bike. After the race she tweeted her frustration about her first DNF in an IM, but at least she was able to see her fiancee Luke McKenzie win the race.

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