Amberger and Marangon ride to wins at Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie
Australia’s Josh Amberger led everyone out of the water, and then proceeded to smash the entire field with the day’s top bike split of 2:10:10. Comfortably in the lead, he ran a pressure free 1:20:25 half marathon to take the win in 3:56:48 – 3 minutes and 23 seconds ahead of Sam Appleton (AUS).
Top 10 Men
| AMBERGER, Josh | AUS | 03:56:48 | 1 |
| APPLETON, Sam | AUS | 04:00:11 | 2 |
| LAMPE, Joseph | AUS | 04:01:35 | 3 |
| BERKEL, Tim | AUS | 04:01:45 | 4 |
| MUNRO, Casey | AUS | 04:02:50 | 5 |
| DAVISON, Tom | NZL | 04:04:24 | 6 |
| REITHMEIER, Alex | AUS | 04:07:28 | 7 |
| AMBROSE, Paul | AUS | 04:08:43 | 8 |
| ISRAEL, Todd | AUS | 04:09:22 | 9 |
| WALL, Lindsey | AUS | 04:10:13 | 10 |
Fellow Australian Lisa Marangon also put together an unmatched one-two punch during the swim and bike. Her 26:13 swim, and top ride of 2:30:34 put her well in front by the start of the run where she easily captured the women’s title in 4:30:49 – that enabled her to have a margin of victory of 10 minutes and 6 seconds.
Top 10 Women
| MARANGON, Lisa | AUS | 04:30:49 | 1 |
| FORREST, Andrea | AUS | 04:40:54 | 2 |
| FLANAGAN, Kira | AUS | 04:47:13 | 3 |
| MOSLEY, Polly | AUS | 04:50:06 | 4 |
| MITCHELL, Jessica | AUS | 04:51:42 | 5 |
| RANSON, Holly | AUS | 04:52:52 | 6 |
| COOKE, Allison | AUS | 04:56:25 | 7 |
| PARKER, Lauren | AUS | 04:57:01 | 8 |
| AUSTON, Stephanie | AUS | 05:01:49 | 9 |
| PROFFIT, Shannon | AUS | 05:02:18 | 10 |
