Weekend Wrap-Up: Ironman Sweden, Ironman Mont-Tremblant, Ironman Copenhagen, and Ironman 70.3 Dublin
IRONMAN Sweden Kalmar
At IRONMAN Sweden, Clemente Alonso-McKernan came out of the water in first place. Things changed early on the bike, however, when Australia’s strong rider Cameron Wurf put on an impressive performance and caught up with the Spanish leader early on. Everyone who saw Wurf in transition had an idea about the Australian’s match plan: He stormed through transition looking like someone aiming for nothing else than the win. Thanks to a new bike record, Wurf dominated the field for 2 hours while Mc-Kernan controlled his pace and place. He battled with local hero Karl-Johan Danielsson for runner-up position, but Alonso-McKernan kept cool. Meanwhile, Wurf had to fight hard to keep the distance between him and second-placed Alonso-McKernan who started downsizing the lead of the Australian on the first kilometers of the marathon. The Spaniard is well known for solid running, and he also proved strong in Copenhagen. With 10 kilometers to go, Alonso-McKernan made the decisive pass. Wurf didn’t give up, and took second.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 | Alonso-McKernan, Clemente | ESP | 8:07:48 |
2 | Wurf, Cameron | AUS | 8:08:58 |
3 | Hovgaard, Esben | DEN | 8:25:18 |
4 | Danielsson, Karl-Johan | SWE | 8:28:32 |
5 | Sapunov, Daniil | UKR | 8:34:02 |
IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant
Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) was in his own time zone this weekend in Quebec at IRONMAN Mont-Tremblant. The Belgian legend went to work early into the bike and managed to carry a 12-minute advantage as he raced into an empty transition. The 41-year-old didn’t let off the gas for the run as he smacked out a race-best run to claim his 16th IRONMAN title of his career by winning margin of over 20 minutes.
In the women’s race, Lauren Brandon (USA) was the first pro (male and female) out of the water and hit the bike course with close to a seven-minute lead on the entire women’s field. On the strength of the fastest bike split on the day, Brandon padded her lead to over 13 minutes as she dismounted her bike and headed into T2. The wheels fell off Brandon’s run early into the run as Rachel Joyce (GBR) and Magali Tisseyre (CAN) started the run together in second and third.
It was evident early into the run that Brandon was hurting as the gaps narrowed quickly. By 26 miles, Joyce took the lead from Brandon and held off late challenges from Kim Schwabenbauer (USA) and Jennie Hansen (USA) to claim her second IRONMAN win of the year, a guaranteed start spot in Kona, and all this with less than a year after the birth of her son, Archie.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 | Vanhoenacker, Marino | BEL | 8:21:29 |
2 | McDonald, Chris | AUS | 8:41:27 |
3 | Monnink, Jordan | CAN | 8:51:29 |
4 | Holderbaum, Chad | USA | 8:56:59 |
5 | Pohl, Jason | CAN | 8:57:28 |
1 | Joyce, Rachel | GBR | 9:19:08 |
2 | Schwabenbauer, Kim | USA | 9:21:22 |
3 | Hansen, Jennie | USA | 9:25:58 |
4 | Brandon, Lauren | USA | 9:27:27 |
5 | Tisseyre, Magali | CAN | 9:30:09 |
IRONMAN Copenhagen
Top 5 Pro Women
1 | Michelle Vesterby | DEN | 9:00:19 |
2 | Corinne Abraham | GBR | 9:08:06 |
3 | Sofie Goos | BEL | 9:17:17 |
4 | Camilla Lindholm Borg | SWE | 9:22:46 |
5 | Alyssa Godesky | USA | 9:33:20 |
IRONMAN 70.3 Dublin
Two-time defending champion Susie Cheetham was expected to dominate the women’s race heading into the competition. The 31-year-old seemed to be on the way to take her third consecutive win when she passed the timing mats after 75 kilometers of the bike course. Cheetham had the race under control, but the gaps were there. Things changed quickly when Sarah Lewis downsized Cheetham’s lead on the final kilometers of the bike and started the run only about 40 seconds behind. It took her less than 8 kilometers on the run to fix the win.
Top 5 Pro Men
1 | McNamee, David | GBR | 3:48:14 |
2 | Guillaume, Romain | FRA | 3:48:43 |
3 | Donnelly, Sean | POL | 3:56:06 |
4 | McCrystal, Bryan | IRL | 3:58:43 |
5 | Smales, Elliot | GBR | 3:59:14 |
Top 5 Pro Women
1 | Lewis, Sarah | GBR | 4:23:11 |
2 | Cheetham, Susue | GBR | 4:26:26 |
3 | Wilson, Amanda | AUS | 4:34:43 |
4 | Donegan, Aine | IRL | 4:36:22 |
5 | Deary, Emman | GBR | 4:36:39 |
Originally from: http://ap.ironman.com/triathlon/news/articles/2017/08/the-monday-round-up-8.21.aspx#ixzz4qRLSWKli
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