Triathlon Digest for August 24, 2003
Katherine Williams
Sunday, August 24, 2003: Vol. 7, No. 36
Published by Katherine Williams (mailto:kath...@midmaine.com)
What the triathlon world is talking about on Sunday:
1. Aug 24 Subaru Ironman Canada: Winners are South Africa's Raynard Tissink,
Canada's Lisa Bentley
2. Aug 24 Accenture Chicago Triathlon: Winners are Australia's Craig Walton
and USA's Barb Lindquist
3. Aug 24 Triathlon International de Genève/ITU Points Race: Winners are
Australia's Simon Thompson, Austria's Kate Allen
4. Aug 23 XTerra Netherlands: Winners are the Netherlands' Rob Barel, USA's
Jamie Whitmore (from Hans Geerts, Netherlands)
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1. IRONMAN CANADA: From race publicist Shane Facteau
(mailto:fac...@capital.net):
South Africa's Raynard Tissink and Canada's Lisa Bentley won Sunday's
fire-threatened Subaru Ironman Canada in Penticton, British Columbia.
Early in the week there was question whether or not the event would take
place, as forest fires threatened the nearby communities of Kelowna and
Okanagan Falls, on opposite ends of Penticton. But despite smoky conditions
on race day and last-minute course changes, the full event took place.
Bentley, who claimed her fifth career Ironman title, used a superb run of
2:59:56 to win her first Ironman Canada title. The 34-year-old finished
second to fellow Canadian Lori Bowden one year ago. Bentley's winning time
of 9:21:18 was more than 25 minutes faster than Gillian Bakker (9:47:09),
the 2001 Ironman Canada winner.
The USA's Andrea Fisher (9:51:20) led throughout the day, posting the
fastest swim among the women and leading off the bike, but faded on the run
to finish third in 9:51:20.
The men's race really hit home for much of the Okanagan Valley that was
suffering with major fires, as Naramata's Tom Evans led throughout most of
the event. Evans's home in the nearby community was on evacuation alert due
to the Kelowna wildfire that has claimed more than 250 homes.
Despite that, Evans raced and wasn't passed by Tissink until late on the
run. Tissink (8:35:11), the 2002 Ironman Korea winner, was less than two
minutes faster than runner-up Evans (8:37:01).
More than 1,950 athletes from 40 countries competed in the 21st event.
Subaru Ironman Canada Triathlon
Sunday, 24 August, Penticton, BC, Canada
2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run
MEN:
1. Raynard Tissink RSA 8:35:11 (49:37, 4:50:17, 2:52:31)
2. Tom Evans CAN 8:37:01 (46:37, 4:49:52, 2:57:54)
3. Gordo Byrn CAN 8:46:57 (53:55, 4:59:42, 2:49:42)
4. Faris Al-Sultan GER 8:48:45 (46:30, 5:00:46, 2:58:03)
5. Garrett MacFadyen CAN 8:51:40 (1:03:14, 4:42:03, 3:03:03)
6. Chuck Veylupek USA 8:54:11
7. Don King CAN 8:55:01
8. Mike Neill CAN 8:58:34
9. Steve Chrapchynski USA 9:00:27
10. Nick Saunders AUS 9:02:38
11. Gerrit Heusinkveld CAN 9:05:57
12. Chann McRae USA 9:07:07 (51:29, 5:00:40, 3:12:09)
13. Peter Traylor USA 9:07:46
14. Kevin Cutjar CAN 9:12:39
15. Curt Chesney USA 9:13:20
16. Michael Tymoff USA 9:14:40
17. Masayuki Matsumaru JPN 9:14:44
18. Murray McCutcheon CAN 9:17:02
19. Eduard Korat USA 9:19:05
20. Richard Chalverat SUI 9:20:30
Also:
28. Tim Sheeper CAN 9:31:09
38. Romuald Lepers FRA 9:38:52
40. Billy Contreras USA 9:44:44
56. Didier Curtet FRA 9:54:22
88. Brett Armstrong CAN 9:58:30
DNFs: Bryan Rhodes (NZL), Juan Mutti (ARG), Jeff Beech (CAN), Clive Asplen
(NZL), Ben Travis (USA), Bobo Anderson (USA).
WOMEN:
1. Lisa Bentley CAN 9:21:18 (54:59,. 5:23:16, 2:59:56)
2. Gillian Bakker CAN 9:47:09 (57:39, 5:20:57, 3:24:35)
3. Andrea Fisher USA 9:51:20 (49:24, 5:21:18, 3:37:19)
4. Deanna Frank USA 9:53:17 (57:36, 5:26:22, 3:24:53)
5. Barbara Scatchard CAN 9:56:16 (1:00:42, 5:27:04, 3:26:01)
6. Barbara Buenahora ARG 10:05:08 (58:21, 5:32:04, 3:30:25)
7. Catherine Phillips USA 10:05:11
8. Charlene Waldner CAN 10:09:35
9. Pauline Li CAN 10:09:43
10. Pamela Ens CAN 10:14:19
11. Esther Wolsey CAN 10:16:02
DNFs: Lori-Lynn Leach (CAN), Cherie Cooper (CAN), Sophie Delemer (FRA),
Julie Pittsinger (USA), Leslie Dittrich (USA), Cailla Patterson (CAN).
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2. ACCENTURE CHICAGO TRIATHLON: Australia's Craig Walton and the USA's Barb
Lindquist made for a pair of repeat winners in the Chicago Triathlon, which
had Accenture as a first-year sponsor on Sunday. Greg Remaly of Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania, was the lone American in the men's top-10, which was loaded
with international athletes who make the USA's triathlon hot-spots (Boulder,
northern San Diego) their summer training base.
With more than 9,000 triathletes registered across many races, distances and
relays, Chicago is the world's biggest triathlon--by several thousand.
Accenture Chicago Triathlon
Sunday, 24 August, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run
MEN:
1. Craig Walton AUS 1:47:07
2. Simon Lessing GBR 1:48:57
3. Craig Alexander AUS 1:51:36
4. Conrad Stoltz RSA 1:52:39
5. Ben Buchholz AUS 1:54:41
6. Chris Moffat GBR 1:55:11
7. Greg Remaly USA 1:56:38
8. Matthew Reed NZL 1:58:36
9. Matthew Clark AUS 2:00:04
10. Marc Lees AUS 2:01:04
WOMEN:
1. Barb Lindquist USA 2:01:01
2. Nicole DeBoom USA 2:02:43
3. Becky Lavelle USA 2:03:00
4. Julie Swail USA 2:07:44
5. Heather Gollnick USA 2:08:43
6. Lauren Jensen USA 2:09:11
7. Evelyn Williamson NZL 2:09:49
8. Heather Jorris USA 2:17:36
DNF: Joanna Zeiger (USA).
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3. TRIATHLON DE GENEVA/ITU POINTS RACE: From the TriSuisse website:
Triathlon International de Genève/ITU Points Race
Sunday, 24 August, Geneva, Switzerland
1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run
MEN:
1. Simon Thompson AUS 1:58:38 (19:25, 1:04:02, 35:10)
2. Brad Kahlefeldt AUS 2:00:28 (19:28, 1:06:48, 34:10)
3. Didier Brocard SUI 2:00:35 (20:10, 1:06:11, 34:14)
4. Andrew Johns GBR 2:01:15 (19:35, 1:07:11, 34:27)
5. Steffen Justus GER 2:01:24 (19:26, 1:07:17, 34:40)
6. Andreas Raelert GER 2:01:37
7. Maik Petzold GER 2;01:37
8. Tony Moulai FRA 2:01:59
9. Vincent Yohann FRA 2:02:02
10. Sylvain Sudrie FRA 2:02:24
11. Laurent Vidal FRA 2:02:49
12. Patrick Vernay FRA 2:03:10
13. Dominik Rechsteiner SUI 2:03:50
14. Nicolas Becker FRA 2:04:00
15. Raymond Lotz NED 2:04:11
16. Jasper Blake CAN 2:04:29
17. Guillaume Dechavanne FRA 2:04:47
18. Cyrille Mazure FRA 2:05:30
19. Marek Jakolska POL 2:05:42
20. Bertrand Boulch FRA 2:05:46
Also:
22. Simon Kennedy GBR 2:05:55
26. Danny McKeating GBR 2:06:44
27. Reto Hug SUI 2:06:54
29. Derek Kite USA 2:07:28
DNFs: Edward Dyer (GBR), Anthony Parish (AUS), Gavin Noble (IRL), Adam
Campbell (CAN), Richard Allen (GBR), Daniele Fiorentini (ITA), Andrew Fargus
(GBR).
WOMEN:
1. Kate Allen AUT 2:13:53 (21:52, 1:14:08, 37:52)
2. Melissa Ashton AUS 2:16:00 (21:45, 1:14:20, 39:54)
3. Joelle Franzmann GER 2:16:46 (20:45, 1:15:14, 33:47)
4. Simone Bürli SUI 2:17:06
5. Brigit McMahon SUI 2:17:30
6. Virginie Jouve FRA 2:18:29
7. Wendy DeBoer NED 2:18:37
8. Tanja Allen GBR 2:19:21
9. Lisbeth Kristiansen DEN 2:21:25
10. Delphine Py FRA 2:25:53
11. Jane Kargotich AUS 2:27:41
12. Cornelia Bourgadel FRA 2:28:52
13. Charlotte Kolters DEN 2:28:53
14. Caroline Kearney IRL 2:30:21
15. Julie Gigault FRA 2:31:40
16. Manon André FRA 2:32:22
17. Ryane Layhee USA 2:34:29
18. Carine Esbri FRA 2:35:16
19. Amory Rowe USA 2:36:01
20. Cécile Lemesle FRA 2:41:40
DNFs: Pip Taylor (AUS), Sybille Matter (SUI), Magalie Satre Buisson (FRA),
Catriona Morris (GBR), Victoria Seay (CAN).
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4. XTERRA NETHERLANDS: From Hans Geerts:
XTERRA is the Formula One of multisport. The similarity is not as
much in the maximum speeds, but all the more in the importance of a
good choice of tires. XTERRA Netherlands 2003 (August 23) was the
proof of that. Before as well as after the race, there was much
discussion going on about which tires were the best choice for this
particular course. Before the race, the general opinion was that semi-
slick tires would be the best choice. But the weather conditions on
race day demanded another choice of tires. The beach sands were
not as hard as expected, and thus a wide and slick beach tire
eventually became the best choice.
In the men's race, the choice of tires most probably was
determinative for the win. Rob Barel had chosen slick beach tires, his
opponent Royce Kortekaas had 'Fast Fred' semi-slicks. In the more
technical parts of the course, Kortekaas indeed was faster than Barel,
but on the beach Kortekaas could not follow the old master. The 20-second
gap at the end of the bike was enough for Barel to bring home
is third consecutive victory in XTERRA Netherlands.
Former winter triathlon world champion Marc Ruhe from
Liechtenstein came back from an anonymous 50th position after the
swim to a third position after the bike. Alongside Machiel Ittmann he
started the run, three minutes after Barel. Eric van der Linden
followed them about one minute later. With a fenomenal run (the
fastest run split of the day) Van der Linden easily passed Ittmann and
Ruhe and took third place.
In the women's division, US athlete Jamie Whitmore was once again
way better than the competition. She also made an extensive study of
the choice of tires. After consulting Ned Overend (third place finisher
in 2002), she bought the widest downhill tires, and her husband
Courtney scraped off most of the profile in the middle. Three days of
testing the tires on the beach gave her enough confidence.
Ingrid van Lubek, who was the second woman to exit the water, had
to allow that Whitmore passed her on the bike and she battled with
Ute Schäfer for second place. With a solid run she shook off the
multiple German champion in order to secure second place.
Only winter triathlon world champion Marianne Vlasveld rode faster
than Whitmore during the race. She knew that biking on the beach is
quite similar to biking over soft snow, something she has tons of
experience in. Her strong bike brought her back from bhe backfield
after the swim to sixth woman after the bike. She gained another two
places with a strong run.
Thanks to his second place in Den Haag / Kijkduin, Royce Kortekaas
is strengthening his position for the XTERRA European Tour. With
one race to go (Titisee, Germany, on September 13th) he has taken a
considerable lead on his main contestant, Marc Ruhe. Jamie
Whitmore did the same in the women's division. With two wins in two
races, who is going to threaten her in Germany?
XTERRA Netherlands
Saturday, 23 August, Den Haag (Kijkduin), Netherlands
1500 m swim, 28 km MTB, 10 km trail run
MEN:
1. Rob Barel NED 2:08:50 M45
2. Royce Kortekaas NED 2:09:40
3. Eric van der Linden NED 2:10:27
4. Marc Ruhe LIE 2:13:04
5. Machiel Ittmann NED 2:13:20
6. Ronny Dietz GER 2:14:12
7. Cees Colijn NED 2:17:49
8. Frans van Heteren NED 2:19:00
9. Brad Storm RSA 2:20:20
10. Chris Volley GBR 2:20:50
WOMEN:
1. Jamie Whitmore USA 2:30:37
2. Ingrid van Lubek NED 2:34:04
3. Ute Schäfer GER 2:34:48
4. Marianne Vlasveld NED 2:35:38
5. Riikka Kelja NED 2:36:04
6. Ariane Gutknecht SUI 2:37:24
7. Joke Keuning NED 2:41:26 F40
8. Katrin Helmcke GER 2:42:28
9. Melissa Thomas USA 2:44:42
10. Jenette Tolhoek NED 2:45:05
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