*Laurent Vidal not eligible for either NZ or Oceania titles, both of which are awarded to Kris Gemmell
**One minute penalty for running without shoes
Abu Dhabi International Triathlon
March 13th 2010, - 3km swim, 200km bike , 20km run
Top 10 men
1.
Eneko Llanos
(SPA)
6:34:37
2.
Dirk Bockel
(LUX)
6:35:30
3.
Rasmus Henning
(DEN)
6:36:07
4.
Fraser Cartmell
(SCO)
6:36:12
5.
Frederick Van Lierde
(BEL)
6:36:31
6.
Faris Al-Sultan
(GER)
6:37:53
7.
Jordan Rapp
(USA)
6:38:02
8.
Andi Boecherer
(GER)
6:38:48
9.
Maik Twelsiek
(GER)
6:39:40
10.
Raynard Tissink
(S.A.)
6:41:48
Top 10 women
1.
Julie Dibens
(UK)
7:08:25
2.
Leanda Cave
(UK)
7:12:23
3.
Virginia Berasategui
(SPA)
7:18:23
4.
Caroline Steffen
(SWI)
7:21:01
5.
Carrie Lester
(AUS)
7:23:04
6.
Tine Deckers
(BEL)
7:25:22
7.
Yvonne Van Vlerken
(HOL)
7:26:05
8.
Lucie Zelenkova
(CZE)
7:26:33
9.
Rebekah Keat
(AUS)
7:29:13
10.
Tereza Macel
(CAN)
7:29:27
Abu Dhabi Triathlon in 2 days, what will we see?
March 11th 2010, - 3km swim, 200km bike , 20km run
I am expecting the mens race to have some surprising results. Someone with early season form who is also a very good cyclist such as Richard Ussher could take the win. Rutger Beke has been keeping a relatively low profile recently but he could also surprise if he has done the preparation. The thing is that this is a new race on an untested course so making predictions is more tricky than usual.
Top 7 women
1. Belinda Granger (AUS) 9:23:33
2. Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 9:35:02
3. Hillary Biscay (USA) 10:10:59
4. Ariane Monteceli (BRA) 10:15:17
5. Jocelyn Wong (USA) 10:20:32
6. Kimiko Senzai (JPN) 10:26:24 * F25-29
7. Inge Vancauwenberghe (BEL) 10:47:07
Bad breaks for 3 of the worlds best female triathletes
February 24th 2010
Over the past two months it has been reported that Chrissy Wellington has come of her bike due to icy conditions and fractured her lower arm. And in the last 2 weeks the 2009 ITU world series champion Emma Moffat has come off the bike resulting in fracture in the shoulder region. The 2008 ITU world series champion Sam Warriner has also suffered a similiar fate after coming off her bike in a sprint triathlon the past weekend.
Am sure the whole triathlon community is wishing them all a full and fast recovery so they are all back racing and making the sport exciting to follow.
Contact Tri Series - Race 6
Auckland, New Zealand - February 23rd 2010
Top 5 men:
1. Kris Gemmell NZ nn 47:20
2. Ryan Sissons NZ l 47:22
3. Laurent Vidal FRnnl 47:30
4. Tony Dodds NZ 47:33
5. Clark Ellice l NZ 47:36
Top 5 women:
1. Vicky Holland llllllll GB 50:14
2. Vendula Frintova CZllllllllllll 50:15
3. Andrea Hewitt llllll NZ llllllllll 50:17
4. Kate McIlroy llllll NZ 50:18
5. Debbie Tanner lllll NZ 51:16
Action of an age group triathlon from the same day/location as the elite race in the photo above by Robin Ducker. Robin will be covering the photography for IMNZ coming the 6th March.
This 'tri NZ' series event was an interesting warm up for many top triathletes with the ITU world series beginning 20th April in Sydney.
This race was was rougly a 500m swim, 17km bike and 4.2km run on a very tight inner-city course.
Both Bevan Docherty and Samantha Warriner started but both had some hiccups in this short race.
Race favourite, Bevan Docherty was forced to pull over and change his wheel after a puncture on the first lap of the bike. It was a disappointing day for Sam Warriner who suffered a freak accident early in the bike, crashing to the main street and requiring medical assistance to cuts and abrasions and a broken wrist.
Richard Ussher taking it out. Richard said after the race that he is aiming for Kona this year.
He also plans to race the Abu Dhabi race in March and it should suit him as it is a 3km swim, a 200km cycle and a 30km run. If anything only his swim is holding him back but he is focusing on that aspect.
Auckland teenager Michael Poole surprised many to become the youngest winner of the Port of Tauranga Half Ironman in Mt Maunganui today.
Poole, 18, had no ambitions of winning the gruelling 2km swim 90km bike and 21km run, treating the day for experience following his win over the standard distance at Whangamata last weekend. Read more...
Top 10 men
1. Michael Raelert (GER) 3:34:04
2. Daniel Fontana (ITA) 3:36:44
3. Matthew Reed (USA) 3:37:50
4. Sylvain Sudrie (FRA) 3:38:02
5. Joe Gambles (AUS) 3:38:19
6. Kevin Collington (USA) 3:40:16
7. Luke Bell (AUS) 3:40:16
8. Alberto Casadei (ITA) 3:40:19
9. Leon Griffin (AUS) 3:40:31
10. Brian Fleischmann (USA) 3:41:37
Top 10 women
1. Julie Dibens (GBR) 3:59:33
2. Mary Beth Ellis (USA) 4:03:49
3. Magali Tisseyre (CAN) 4:05:27
4. Caroline Steffen (SWI) 4:0533
5. Laura Bennett (USA) 4:07:39
6. Michellie Jones (AUS) 4:08:17
7. Sarah Groff (CAN) 4:09:34
8. Amanda Stevens (USA) 4:13:16
9. Karin Thuerig (SWI) 4:15:04
10. Vanessa Gianinni (BRA) 4:17:57
Final results of the 2009 'Tour of Southland'
Southland, New Zealand - November 2nd to 7th
Above is the end of one of the stages at the 'Crown Range' near Queenstown.
General Classification
1. Heath BLACKGROVE 21:44:52
2. Jack BAUER at 01:03
3. Tom FINDLAY (U23) at 01:16 4. Marc RYAN at 01:34
5. Peter LATHAM at 02:45
6. Glen CHADWICK at 03:48
7. Jeremy VENNELL at 06:34
8. Ben KING (U23) at 06:38
9. Michael VINK (U23) at 11:45
10. Romain FONDARD at 12:53
Sprint Ace
1. Patrick Bevin 80
2. Kyle Marwood 40
3. James McCoy 31
King of the Mountains 1. Ben King 54
2. Michael Vink 26
3. Karl Moore 14
Floyd Landis made the trip down-under to compete in this years 6 day 'Tour of Southland'.
April 11 - Sydney, Australia
May 08-09 - Seoul, South Korea
June 05-06 - Madrid, Spain
July 17-18 - Hamburg,Germany
July 24-25 - London, United Kingdom
August 14-15 - Kitzbuehel, Austria
September 11-12 - Budapest, Hungary (Grand Final)
