Update July 11th: Daniela Ryf is a thrilling late addition to the women’s field. With her in the race I have recalculated my odds as well.

Update July 9th: Unfortunately, Meredith Kessler has to take care of an injury that was slowing her down in this season and won’t be racing Roth. Get better soon, MBK! I’ve also crossed out Susie Cheetham who announced a while ago that she won’t be able to race.

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

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Nils Frommhold	GER	00:47:33	04:09:30	02:51:47	07:51:28
2	Timo Bracht	GER	00:47:37	04:20:42	02:45:33	07:56:31
3	David Dellow	AUS	00:47:35	04:20:24	02:48:12	07:59:28

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	00:54:46	04:47:34	03:05:43	08:50:53
2	Carrie Lester	AUS	00:52:09	04:47:43	03:09:50	08:53:09
3	Anja Beranek	GER	00:49:20	04:47:58	03:14:55	08:55:19

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	07:41:33	Andreas Raelert	2011-07-10
Swim	overall	00:45:57	Pete Jacobs	2009-07-12
Bike	overall	04:09:13	Andrew Starykowicz	2015-07-12
Run	overall	02:39:43	Rasmus Henning	2010-07-18
Total	female	08:18:13	Chrissie Wellington	2011-07-10
Swim	female	00:47:27	Ute Mueckel	2005-06-24
Bike	female	04:36:33	Chrissie Wellington	2010-07-18
Run	female	02:44:35	Chrissie Wellington	2011-07-10

Course Rating

The Course Rating for Challenge Roth is 18:49.

Race Adjustments for Challenge Roth

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2005	18:02	01:08	13:32	05:29	28	18:02	01:08	13:32	05:29
2006	12:19	01:18	06:23	03:08	41	15:10	01:13	09:57	04:18
2007	23:37	00:54	10:36	07:18	35	17:59	01:07	10:10	05:18
2008	21:38	01:58	06:55	08:02	40	18:54	01:20	09:21	05:59
2009	26:32	02:06	15:53	05:03	43	20:26	01:29	10:40	05:48
2010	18:19	00:29	06:54	05:38	43	20:05	01:19	10:02	05:46
2011	20:53	01:52	15:28	05:42	38	20:11	01:24	10:49	05:46
2012	14:26	02:25	05:11	04:43	50	19:28	01:31	10:06	05:38
2013	21:21	00:30	13:41	04:53	41	19:41	01:25	10:30	05:33
2014	10:21	-00:06	13:01	-01:13	37	18:45	01:15	10:45	04:52
2015	19:36	01:18	11:56	04:15	44 of 56	18:49	01:16	10:52	04:49

Male Race Participants

Roth does not have a “Pro” Category per se, so I may have missed some of the Professional athletes racing.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	2	Jan Frodeno	GER	07:55:26	08:11:20	00:45:24	04:20:13	02:44:48	80% +20% -0% (5)	1
2	1	Nils Frommhold	GER	07:55:57	08:20:44	00:46:41	04:13:31	02:50:45	78% +0% -22% (7)	6
3	3	Tyler Butterfield	BMU	08:13:32	08:35:20	00:47:26	04:26:41	02:54:24	46% +24% -30% (11)	40
4	7	Joe Skipper	GBR	08:15:15	08:33:35	00:52:53	04:26:14	02:51:08	51% +27% -22% (11)	32
5	5	Cyril Viennot	FRA	08:16:01	08:34:12	00:48:59	04:28:27	02:53:35	63% +24% -13% (15)	35
6	4	Per Bittner	GER	08:16:09	08:42:19	00:47:41	04:27:20	02:56:07	52% +17% -31% (17)	64
7	6	Jan Raphael	GER	08:24:21	08:38:32	00:47:23	04:34:25	02:57:32	91% +0% -9% (22)	53
8	8	Martin Jensen	DEN	08:27:20	08:39:21	00:49:09	04:35:35	02:57:36	100% +0% -0% (3)	(55)
9	9	Thomas Hellriegel	GER	08:31:59	09:09:16	00:49:57	04:24:12	03:12:50	22% +8% -69% (6)	(164)
10	10	Andreas Linden	SWE	08:33:07	09:07:45	00:57:28	04:20:24	03:10:15	49% +0% -51% (2)	(159)
11	21	Bernd Hagen	GER	08:35:53	09:06:41	00:54:32	04:41:03	02:55:19	99% +1% -0% (13)	(158)
12	14	Marcel Bischof	GER	08:44:43	09:15:43	00:54:53	04:42:06	03:02:44	83% +17% -0% (13)	190
13	18	Xavier Diepart	BEL	08:49:56	09:11:54	00:55:15	04:47:56	03:01:45	80% +14% -6% (8)	(175)
14	24	Tjardo Visser	NED	08:56:00	09:26:32	00:50:45	04:58:47	03:01:28	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(216)
15	16	Luke Dragstra	CAN	08:59:05	09:27:35	00:52:01	04:47:49	03:14:15	14% +2% -84% (22)	220
16	23	Thomas Naasz	NED	08:59:45	09:27:06	00:54:33	04:49:27	03:10:46	100% +0% -0% (5)	217
17	27	Ivan Jezko	SVK	09:13:03	09:42:32	00:58:53	04:54:00	03:15:11	42% +23% -34% (11)	257
18	12	Christian Jais	GER	09:20:36	09:55:28	00:54:55	04:48:38	03:32:03	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(274)
19	26	Jeremy Howard	USA	09:43:52	10:14:55	00:51:24	05:14:35	03:32:53	48% +0% -52% (2)	(291)
20	25	Rob Bobbaers	BEL	09:44:50	10:18:08	00:59:17	04:55:46	03:44:47	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(292)
21	28	Henry Beck	GER	09:57:56	10:35:08	00:47:42	04:49:21	04:15:53	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(297)
	11	Robert Duncan	USA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	13	Tobias Heining	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	15	Daniel Mugica Corrales	ESP	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	17	Nick Kastelein	AUS	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	19	Lukas Storath	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	20	Jurgen Van Oevelen	BEL	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	22	Fabian Rahn	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Female Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1		Daniela Ryf	SUI	08:42:19	09:05:05	00:50:40	04:45:17	03:01:21	71% +0% -29% (6)	2
1	51	Yvonne Van Vlerken	NED	08:54:44	09:17:16	00:56:01	04:47:34	03:06:09	84% +0% -16% (23)	10
2	55	Meredith Kessler	USA	08:56:01	09:17:50	00:48:23	04:54:13	03:08:25	65% +14% -20% (23)	12
3	53	Anja Beranek	GER	08:59:25	09:19:16	00:49:40	04:48:56	03:15:49	83% +6% -11% (7)	15
4	52	Carrie Lester	AUS	09:01:22	09:29:35	00:52:27	04:54:55	03:09:00	58% +24% -17% (18)	26
5	57	Susie Cheetham	GBR	09:01:26	09:16:19	00:53:32	05:02:41	03:00:13	100% +0% -0% (4)	8
6	56	Michelle Vesterby	DEN	09:02:23	09:22:59	00:50:26	04:55:30	03:11:27	71% +4% -25% (17)	18
7	54	Mary Beth Ellis	USA	09:03:29	09:17:57	00:49:53	04:53:27	03:15:08	93% +0% -7% (17)	13
8	61	Laura Siddall	GBR	09:12:12	09:43:20	00:56:05	04:54:19	03:16:47	41% +44% -15% (6)	55
9	60	Erika Csomor	HUN	09:13:02	09:33:50	00:57:35	05:00:43	03:09:45	81% +0% -19% (33)	39
10	58	Mirjam Weerd	NED	09:15:08	09:39:58	00:51:54	04:59:22	03:18:52	85% +5% -10% (12)	49
11	67	Jessica Fleming	AUS	09:32:01	09:53:57	00:59:04	05:03:27	03:24:30	88% +0% -12% (7)	81
12	69	Kathryn Haesner	NZL	09:35:09	10:24:49	00:55:41	05:15:59	03:18:30	41% +59% -0% (2)	(148)
13	63	Monique Grossrieder	SUI	09:40:31	10:08:08	01:02:54	05:14:59	03:17:38	45% +23% -32% (6)	(106)
14	68	Carla Van Rooijen	NED	09:50:56	10:17:21	01:11:04	05:15:07	03:19:45	78% +22% -0% (6)	122
15	62	Caroline Gregory	USA	09:51:50	10:20:21	00:54:32	05:28:50	03:23:28	59% +9% -32% (12)	131
16	64	Michelle Duffield	AUS	09:55:28	10:20:34	01:00:08	05:21:03	03:29:17	77% +0% -23% (6)	132
17	74	Line Foss	NOR	10:08:56	11:09:05	01:22:33	05:05:22	03:36:01	23% +24% -53% (4)	(173)
18	66	Fabiola Corona	MEX	10:13:29	10:48:25	00:57:27	05:30:23	03:40:39	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(169)
	59	Rachel McBride	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	65	Franzi Bossow	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	70	Jenny Latham	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	71	Tereza Durdiakova	CZE	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	72	Carole Fuchs	THA	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	73	Jenny Fletcher	CAN	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)
	75	Daniela Zoll	GER	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

Winning Odds

Male Race Participants

Kona Champion Jan Frodeno is the clear favorite for this race – he’d love to get close or even beat Andreas Reeler’s 7:41 from 2011. But based on the “raw numbers” last year’s winner Nils Frommhold could get close and will be there if “Frodo” shows any sign of weakness.

• Jan Frodeno: 38% (2-1)
• Nils Frommhold: 27% (3-1)
• Tyler Butterfield: 10% (9-1)
• Joe Skipper: 10% (9-1)
• Cyril Viennot: 8% (11-1)

Female Race Participants

Yvonne Van Vlerken is already the female with the most sub-9 finishes – she has ten, ahead of Chrissie Wellington’s nine. She has won in Roth three times (same number as Chrissie) and would like to move ahead in this statistic as well.

• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 36% (2-1)
• Meredith Kessler: 25% (3-1)
• Carrie Lester: 16% (5-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 12% (7-1)
• Anja Beranek: 7% (12-1)

Here are the odds after Daniela Ryf has been added to the field:

• Daniela Ryf: 60% (1-1)
• Yvonne Van Vlerken: 14% (6-1)
• Carrie Lester: 10% (9-1)
• Michelle Vesterby: 10% (9-1)
• Anja Beranek: 6% (17-1)

Update July 10th: Congratulations to Brad Williams on the birth of his first child. Of course that takes precedence over racing.

Previous Winners

Year	Male Winner	Time	Female Winner	Time
2009	Philip Graves (GBR)	08:45:52	Bella Bayliss (GBR)	09:34:00
2010	Fraser Cartmell (GBR)	08:40:18	Yvette Grice (GBR)	10:01:03
2011	Aaron Farlow (AUS)	08:24:34	Kristin Moeller (GER)	09:19:04
2012	Daniel Halksworth (GBR)	08:55:11	Eimear Mullan (IRL)	10:08:44
2013	Daniel Halksworth (GBR)	08:45:48	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:29:12
2014	Cyril Viennot (FRA)	08:44:10	Tamsin Lewis (GBR)	09:52:12
2015	David McNamee (GBR)	08:46:37	Lucy Gossage (GBR)	09:31:58

Last Year’s TOP 3

Male Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	David McNamee	GBR	00:48:01	05:02:34	02:51:48	08:46:37
2	Fraser Cartmell	GBR	00:48:28	04:58:39	02:59:52	08:51:06
3	Joe Skipper	GBR	00:56:06	04:58:30	02:55:44	08:55:38

Female Race Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time
1	Lucy Gossage	GBR	00:59:11	05:22:56	03:03:43	09:31:58
2	Caroline Livesey	GBR	01:01:03	05:36:36	03:21:07	10:05:21
3	Alice Hector	GBR	00:56:49	05:59:01	03:16:06	10:18:46

Course Records

Leg	Gender	Record	Athlete	Date
Total	overall	08:24:34	Aaron Farlow	2011-07-31
Swim	overall	00:43:35	Fraser Cartmell	2010-08-01
Bike	overall	04:50:48	Cyril Viennot	2014-07-20
Run	overall	02:41:46	Aaron Farlow	2011-07-31
Total	female	09:19:04	Kristin Moeller	2011-07-31
Swim	female	00:48:19	Amanda Stevens	2012-07-22
Bike	female	05:22:13	Lucy Gossage	2013-08-04
Run	female	02:41:57	Kristin Moeller	2011-07-31

Course Rating

The Course Rating for IM UK is – 03:43.

Race Adjustments for IM UK

Year	Adjustment	Swim Adj.	Bike Adj.	Run Adj.	# of Finishers	Rating	Swim Rating	Bike Rating	Run Rating
2009	02:29	-03:02	-10:14	10:31	20	02:29	-03:02	-10:14	10:31
2010	01:11	04:35	-23:58	09:10	14	01:50	00:46	-17:06	09:50
2011	08:38	04:47	-14:27	22:54	16	04:06	02:07	-16:13	14:12
2012	-06:47	00:02	-09:59	02:04	11	01:23	01:35	-14:40	11:10
2013	-05:23	04:05	-12:08	02:59	15	00:02	02:05	-14:09	09:32
2014	-09:47	01:11	-14:57	01:20	16 of 21	-01:36	01:56	-14:17	08:10
2015	-16:19	-01:11	-20:05	00:55	20 of 24	-03:43	01:29	-15:07	07:08

KPR points and Prize Money

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

Female Race Participants

Similar to IM Frankfurt, the defending women’s champion has the honor of racing with bib #1.

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	1	Lucy Gossage	GBR	09:20:22	09:17:37	00:56:19	05:17:58	03:01:05	92% +0% -8% (12)	11
2	2	Tine Deckers	BEL	09:34:52	09:28:30	00:56:56	05:20:32	03:12:25	58% +9% -33% (18)	24
3	3	Kristin Moeller	GER	09:39:11	09:35:55	01:00:50	05:37:14	02:56:08	83% +15% -2% (17)	41
4	6	Katja Konschak	GER	09:43:56	09:53:47	00:51:40	05:42:03	03:05:13	39% +43% -18% (16)	80
5	4	Lucy Charles	GBR	09:53:49	10:01:38	00:45:46	05:41:16	03:21:48	n/a (1 IM Pro race)	(95)
6	7	Kate Comber	GBR	10:04:23	10:06:14	00:52:15	05:45:10	03:21:58	100% +0% -0% (2)	(102)
7	8	Vicky Gill	GBR	10:06:30	10:25:04	01:02:37	05:39:39	03:19:14	10% +46% -44% (3)	(148)
8	5	Alyssa Godesky	USA	10:20:55	10:21:50	00:59:40	05:53:01	03:23:14	61% +20% -19% (11)	134

Male Race Participants

Rank	Bib	Name	Nation	Expected Time	Rating	Exp. Swim	Exp. Bike	Exp. Run	Consistency	Overall
1	35	Fraser Cartmell	GBR	08:42:07	08:48:19	00:46:27	04:53:22	02:57:18	57% +14% -28% (9)	81
2	21	Michael Raelert	GER	08:42:21	08:47:46	00:46:15	04:57:51	02:53:15	11% +20% -69% (4)	(79)
3	24	Romain Guillaume	FRA	08:43:56	08:44:11	00:47:10	04:52:21	02:59:25	61% +20% -19% (27)	67
4	27	Kirill Kotshegarov	EST	08:44:28	08:49:21	00:51:51	04:53:30	02:54:06	61% +19% -20% (11)	87
5	25	Andrej Vistica	CRO	08:46:15	08:44:28	00:51:52	04:57:19	02:52:04	75% +0% -25% (10)	68
6	26	Fabio Carvalho	BRA	08:46:59	09:16:16	00:46:07	05:06:13	02:49:38	2% +39% -59% (9)	193
7	29	Ritchie Nicholls	GBR	08:50:40	08:58:34	00:48:45	05:11:39	02:45:17	47% +0% -53% (4)	(118)
8	31	Denis Sketako	SLO	08:52:07	08:58:52	00:52:25	04:57:36	02:57:06	51% +49% -0% (3)	120
9	23	Harry Wiltshire	GBR	08:53:51	08:53:05	00:46:08	05:03:06	02:59:37	26% +32% -42% (14)	98
10	22	Markus Thomschke	GER	08:54:01	08:57:39	00:51:34	04:55:11	03:02:17	62% +12% -26% (15)	116
11	34	Karl-Johan Danielsson	SWE	08:59:36	09:03:01	00:49:24	04:55:21	03:09:50	35% +31% -34% (9)	139
12	36	Patrick Evoe	USA	09:03:37	08:57:10	00:54:26	05:01:06	03:03:05	87% +4% -9% (22)	112
13	28	Nick Baldwin	SEY	09:04:46	09:02:31	00:51:36	05:03:45	03:04:25	60% +0% -40% (16)	136
14	33	Simon Billeau	FRA	09:06:53	09:03:29	00:53:00	04:58:47	03:10:06	43% +0% -57% (17)	142
15	38	Graeme Stewart	GBR	09:09:45	09:10:34	00:52:39	05:11:52	03:00:13	53% +9% -38% (12)	168
16	32	Oliver Simon	GBR	09:21:18	09:38:53	00:47:42	05:10:09	03:18:26	55% +0% -45% (12)	251
17	30	Brad Williams	USA	09:27:25	09:46:13	00:54:46	05:13:26	03:14:13	76% +0% -24% (4)	264
18	37	Eneko Elosegui	ESP	09:32:29	09:38:41	00:56:09	05:09:13	03:22:06	73% +25% -1% (14)	250
19	39	Peter Kern	GER	09:38:13	10:02:53	00:54:28	05:15:53	03:22:52	16% +0% -84% (7)	(284)
	40	Chris Whitcombe	GBR	n/a	unrated	unrated	unrated	unrated	n/a (no IM Pro race)	(n/a)

KPR Situation

Female Race Participants

On the women’s side defending champion and race favorite Lucy Gossage is already safe for Kona. I also consider Katja Konschak safe at 4.860 points after finishing second at IM Germany, but she said she wants to be absolutely certain of qualifying and wants to control things herself. Among the others, the following athletes still have a chance for a July slot

• Tine Deckers (3840), needs a 3rd place
• Kristin Moeller (3145), needs a 2nd place

Male Race Participants

There are quite a large number of athletes that are still looking to secure a July slot, here’s the result they roughly need:

• 6th: Michael Raelert
• 4th: Markus Thomschke
• 3rd: Harry Wiltshire, Romain Guillaume
• 2nd: Andrej Vistica, Fabio Carvalho, Kirill Kotshegarov

Winning Odds

Female Race Participants

• Lucy Gossage: 65% (1-1)
• Tine Deckers: 16% (5-1)
• Kristin Moeller: 9% (10-1)
• Katja Konschak: 9% (10-1)

Male Race Participants

• Fraser Cartmell: 26% (3-1)
• Kirill Kotshegarov: 19% (4-1)
• Romain Guillaume: 17% (5-1)
• Michael Raelert: 12% (7-1)
• Andrej Vistica: 10% (9-1)
• Harry Wiltshire: 6% (15-1)

Race Conditions

After last year’s record heat, this year the conditions were much colder and included some showers on the run that probably helped those that were running fast. Both Sebastian Kienle and Andi Boecherer ran new marathon PRs in their battle for the win and Will Clarke was able to post a new run course record – his 2:42:08 beat Timo Bracht’s time from 2008.

Overall conditions were fast as is typical for Frankfurt (adjustment of 12:48 leading to a new course rating of 11:58). This year the biggest impact on the race was probably the swim. With an official temperature of 22.6°C it was decided to not allow wetsuits, but a lot of Pros were battling hypothermia, most notable Daniela Ryf who was forced to DNF early on the bike. 

Male Race Results

The Top 3 finishers came off the bike together, but Eneko Llanos quickly lost contact to Sebastian Kienle and Andi Böcherer who ran shoulder-to-shoulder for some time. Sebi was slowly able to move away and build a small lead, but towards the end Andi put in another effort but couldn’t quite close the gap. Eneko struggled in the second and third loop and lost third place to Marko Albert, but a strong last lap allowed him to grab the last spot on the podium.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Sebastian Kienle	GER	00:52:12	04:12:12	02:44:12	07:52:43	-12:34	US$ 30000
2	Andi Boecherer	GER	00:48:41	04:15:27	02:45:02	07:53:40	-27:07	US$ 15000
3	Eneko Llanos	ESP	00:49:11	04:15:21	03:00:33	08:09:08	-02:26	US$ 8000
4	Marko Albert	EST	00:48:12	04:22:04	02:57:33	08:11:38	-12:55	US$ 6500
5	Will Clarke	GBR	00:52:17	04:36:01	02:42:08	08:14:56	-32:18	US$ 5000
6	Christian Kramer	GER	00:48:34	04:32:35	02:51:44	08:18:14	-08:40	US$ 3500
7	Denis Chevrot	FRA	00:48:14	04:39:39	02:47:33	08:19:59	-05:07	US$ 2500
8	Bertrand Billard	FRA	00:52:15	04:35:49	02:53:58	08:26:27	-20:00	US$ 2000
9	Marc Duelsen	GER	00:54:23	04:34:23	02:53:32	08:26:59	03:21	US$ 1500
10	Johann Ackermann	GER	00:48:25	04:31:09	03:06:41	08:31:06	05:42	US$ 1000
11	Alexander Schilling	GER	00:48:34	04:41:33	03:00:49	08:35:08	n/a
12	Jeremy Jurkiewicz	FRA	00:52:10	04:49:08	02:53:53	08:39:57	12:18
13	Youri Severin	NED	00:48:26	04:41:43	03:11:09	08:45:38	n/a
14	Daniil Sapunov	UKR	00:50:51	04:57:15	03:01:35	08:55:19	12:22
15	Balazs Csoke	HUN	00:48:32	04:48:23	03:15:01	08:57:25	10:18
16	Mike Schifferle	SUI	01:04:25	04:44:16	02:58:59	08:57:45	08:15
17	Igor Amorelli	BRA	00:48:35	04:30:47	03:34:59	08:58:42	30:32
18	Michael Louys	BEL	01:05:31	04:43:21	03:04:05	08:58:45	-14:48
19	Pascal Ramali	GER	01:01:03	04:41:46	03:17:46	09:05:12	34:52
20	Hywel Davies	GBR	01:06:12	04:53:10	02:58:22	09:05:54	-00:04
21	Julian Mutterer	GER	00:52:14	04:37:30	03:32:01	09:06:12	25:32
22	Maciej Chmura	POL	00:52:03	05:04:20	03:07:09	09:08:33	n/a
23	Young Hwan Oh	KOR	01:07:38	04:56:43	02:58:49	09:09:14	-23:47
24	David Jilek	CZE	00:59:10	04:50:53	03:16:34	09:12:07	-10:34
25	Timothy O’Donnell	USA	00:48:31	04:39:34	03:39:55	09:12:58	59:03
26	Ivan Jezko	SVK	01:03:00	04:55:53	03:11:21	09:17:29	-07:20
27	Vincent Depuiset	FRA	01:12:01	05:01:08	03:09:31	09:29:21	-10:41
28	Ludovic Le Guellec	FRA	00:59:31	05:07:34	03:30:30	09:44:37	-08:43
29	David Krupicka	CZE	01:06:26	05:14:39	04:07:11	10:35:07	07:28
	Joe Gambles	AUS	00:48:39	04:48:54		DNF
	Victor Del Corral	ESP	00:59:00	04:42:56		DNF
	Christian Brader	GER	00:58:52	04:49:43		DNF
	Thomas Bosch	GER	00:59:02	04:49:49		DNF
	Bas Diederen	NED	00:48:36	05:18:57		DNF
	Michal Volejnik	CZE	01:03:56	05:10:25		DNF
	Timo Moeschk	GER	01:16:24	05:08:15		DNF
	Petr Bednar	CZE	01:06:25	05:25:27		DNF
	Marek Nemcik	SVK	01:13:48	05:48:50		DNF
	Ivan Risti	ITA	00:48:27			DNF
	Clemente Alonso McKernan	ESP	00:49:09			DNF
	Marton Flander	HUN	00:52:18			DNF
	Gilian Oriet	SUI	00:59:03			DNF
	Gudmund Snilstveit	NOR	01:04:43			DNF
	Alfred Rahm	GER	01:07:52			DNF

Female Race Results

After pre-race favorite Daniela Ryf was in trouble after getting extremely cold on the swim, Natascha Schmitt was leading the race into T2. But Mel Hauschildt was running a good deal faster and took the lead in the second loop. When even an unjustified stop-and-go penalty on the run couldn’t derail her, she won IM Germany, an Automatic Qualifier slot and continued her streak of being unbeaten in an Ironman (3 wins in 3 starts). There were a lot of late position changes behind Mel, eventually Katja Konschak ran herself into second place with the best run of the day. Daniela Sämmler finished third with a solid bike/run-combo while Natascha Schmitt dropped back into fourth place. Verena Walter in fifth was the fourth German in the Top 5.

Rank	Name	Nation	Swim	Bike	Run	Time	Diff to expected	Prize Money
1	Melissa Hauschildt	AUS	00:59:15	04:57:10	03:00:12	09:01:17	-06:52	US$ 30000
2	Katja Konschak	GER	00:56:05	05:06:45	02:59:29	09:09:58	-36:46	US$ 15000
3	Daniela Saemmler	GER	00:58:18	04:56:54	03:12:47	09:13:23	-08:07	US$ 8000
4	Natascha Schmitt	GER	00:55:57	04:54:15	03:21:43	09:16:40	-29:42	US$ 6500
5	Verena Walter	GER	01:01:45	04:55:49	03:16:04	09:18:58	-24:26	US$ 5000
6	Saleta Castro Nogueira	ESP	00:56:58	05:14:53	03:04:54	09:22:41	-28:49	US$ 3500
7	Dimity-Lee Duke	AUS	00:59:18	05:06:09	03:19:16	09:30:48	-01:28	US$ 2500
8	Katharina Grohmann	GER	01:13:48	05:06:06	03:07:20	09:31:54	-14:05	US$ 2000
9	Bianca Steurer	AUT	00:59:19	05:14:46	03:19:14	09:37:59	04:11	US$ 1500
10	Petra Krejcova	CZE	01:03:48	05:22:41	03:13:36	09:45:13	-07:34	US$ 1000
11	Celia Kuch	GER	01:06:30	05:13:13	03:27:29	09:53:24	-06:06
12	Caroline Livesey	GBR	01:06:36	05:13:13	03:32:34	10:00:24	17:53
13	Christine Fletcher	CAN	01:03:30	05:15:03	03:49:02	10:17:20	21:26
14	Lotty Harari	PAN	01:10:55	05:20:18	03:45:21	10:23:23	n/a
15	Mariana Andrade	BRA	01:00:13	05:15:14	04:17:05	10:37:31	41:12
	Astrid Stienen	GER	01:00:20	05:00:53		DNF
	Daniela Ryf	SUI	00:53:45			DNF
	Diana Riesler	GER				DNF
	Kristin Möller	GER				DNF

One day before IM Germany in Frankfurt athletes checked in their bikes into T1 at the “Langener Waldsee”. I was able to see most of them and snap a few pictures. For the whole Pro field, have a look at my predictions post.

At first it was raining quite hard, and athletes improvised ways to cover their bikes. Balasz Csoke used a few plastic bags to protect his drivetrain:

Joe Gambles was more focused on covering the saddle and his aerobars:

Katharina Grohmann made sure that there weren’t any small stones lodged in her tires:

When Celia Kuch dropped off her bike for one of her last Professional IMs, the rain had stopped:

Mel Hauschildt was smiling when she dropped her bike – she’ll be the big “wild card” tomorrow. Hopefully she’s fit and healthy:

Male favorite Sebastian Kienle has a new bike for this season with a very clean fronted:

This year’s color scheme is much smoother than last year:

Shortly after Sebi female favorite Daniela Ryf checked in. Both joked around that Sebi – racing with bib #51 – shouldn’t grab the #1 bike that belongs to Daniela:

No doubt who owns this bike:

There will be a close fight for the podium, a lot of German females are eyeing third place and a very likely Kona slot. Among them is run course record holder Kristin Möller:

Astrid Stienen has won IM Sweden last year, this year she has been building with a clear focus towards IM Frankfurt:

Bianca Steurer from Austria is – other than Daniela – the female with the most Kona points in the field. She’ll look for a sixth place to qualify:

Mariana Andrade is one of the small Brazilian contingent racing in Frankfurt:

Eneko Llanos has won this race in 2013 – but as a late entry he was assigned bib #112:

Another nice color scheme on the bike of Russian Pro Daniil Sapunov:

IM Texas Champion Patrick Lange is also racing, but only as part of a relay for the new title sponsor Mainova: