Ironman Frankfurt European Championship Results
Victories for Eneko Llanos and Camilla Pedersen.
Great Britain’s Harry Wiltshire led everyone out of the water (46:00) but it was all Belgium’s Marino Vanhoenacker on the bike. He blazed through the 181km ride in 4:20:26 and headed out on the run with a 4:59 lead over Germany’s Andi Bocherer, 5:01 over German Jan Raphael, and 5:04 over Eneko Llanos of Spain, and Ironman World Champion Pete Jacobs.
The men set a torrid marathon pace right from the start, and Raphael passed a struggling Vanhoenacker before the end of the first lap of the run. Raphael was clocked at 2:34 marathon pace at that point but as most suspected he could hold that pace. Soon after Llanos took over the lead for good, and even though Jacobs got to within 1:47, Llanos held strong with a 2:44:12 marathon for the win in 7:59:58. Raphael battled back for second (8:07:19), and Bas Diederen ran 2:47:58 to get third (8:12:07). Vanhoenacker toughed out a 8:34:00 finish for 19th place, and Jacobs crossed the line in 9:33:23 who only needed to finish the race to secure a Kona spot for his title defence,
Top 10 Pro Men
| Llanos, Eneko | ESP | 00:46:10 | 04:25:32 | 02:44:12 | 07:59:58 | 1 |
| Raphael, Jan | GER | 00:46:12 | 04:25:41 | 02:51:21 | 08:07:19 | 2 |
| Diederen, Bas | NED | 00:46:10 | 04:34:00 | 02:47:58 | 08:12:07 | 3 |
| Zeebroek, Axel | BEL | 00:46:08 | 04:25:48 | 02:58:40 | 08:14:41 | 4 |
| Böcherer, Andi | GER | 00:46:06 | 04:25:51 | 02:59:14 | 08:15:13 | 5 |
| Ritter, Christian | GER | 00:46:01 | 04:34:04 | 02:52:06 | 08:16:30 | 6 |
| Raelert, Michael | GER | 00:46:08 | 04:31:07 | 02:56:04 | 08:16:58 | 7 |
| Kriat, Maxim | RUS | 00:48:09 | 04:36:46 | 02:49:20 | 08:18:10 | 8 |
| Kienle, Sebastian | GER | 00:49:25 | 04:30:28 | 02:55:12 | 08:18:38 | 9 |
| Dellow, David | AUS | 00:46:14 | 04:33:51 | 02:54:05 | 08:19:03 | 10 |
In the women’s race, Great Britain’s Jodie Swallow led the swim in 46:09, and the bike in 4:50:36, and took a 5:45 lead onto the run over Denmark’s Camilla Pedersen. Unfortunately for Swallow, her marathon struggles continue as they did in April at Ironman South Africa. Pedersen ran 3:09:29 to pass the faltering Swallow (who ran 3:17:40) to grab her first Ironman event victory in 8:56:01 (she won Challenge Copenhagen – now Ironman Copenhagen – last year). Swallow finished second in 8:58:43, and Germany’s Kristin Moeller ran an impressive 2:57:13 to take third in 9:01:55
Top 10 Pro Women
| Pedersen, Camilla | DEN | 00:48:08 | 04:54:20 | 03:09:29 | 08:56:01 | 1 |
| Swallow, Jodie | GBR | 00:46:09 | 04:50:36 | 03:17:40 | 08:58:43 | 2 |
| Moeller, Kristin | GER | 00:57:06 | 05:03:10 | 02:57:13 | 09:01:55 | 3 |
| Goos, Sofie | BEL | 00:51:28 | 04:59:53 | 03:11:57 | 09:07:43 | 4 |
| Lyles, Elizabeth | USA | 00:53:18 | 05:10:04 | 03:01:56 | 09:09:44 | 5 |
| Nyström, Eva | SWE | 00:57:51 | 04:58:55 | 03:10:43 | 09:11:47 | 6 |
| Hufe, Mareen | GER | 00:55:06 | 04:55:23 | 03:17:02 | 09:12:24 | 7 |
| Weerd, Mirjam | NED | 00:52:12 | 04:52:58 | 03:23:16 | 09:13:11 | 8 |
| Sämmler, Daniela | GER | 00:51:29 | 05:02:37 | 03:16:32 | 09:14:51 | 9 |
| Blatt, Susan | GER | 00:54:20 | 04:59:34 | 03:18:17 | 09:16:51 | 10 |