Ironman Lanzarote Preview
Race goes Saturday May 18.
One of the toughest Ironman races on the planet gets going this coming Saturday May 18 at Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote.
Last year’s winners – Spain’s Victor Del Coral (8:44:39) and Denmark’s Michelle Vesterby (9:58:06) will not be back to defend.
Over 1800 athletes will swim 3.8 km in two loops in the ocean off the coast of Playa Grande, then ride a one loop 180 km around the island, and end with a three-loop 42.2 km marathon on the promenade in Puerto del Carmen. 40 for age group spots are available for the 2013 Ironman Word Championship.
The Professional Start list is below along with past race winners and course records.
Pro List
| Bella Bayliss | United Kingdom |
| Stephen Bayliss | United Kingdom |
| Bert Jammaer | Belgium |
| Faris Al-Sultan | Germany |
| Heleen Bij de Vaate | Netherlands |
| Kristin Möller | Germany |
| Alvaro Velazquez | Spain |
| Diepart Xavier | Belgium |
| Tara Norton | Canada |
| Nicole Woysch | Germany |
| Saleta Castro | Spain |
| Philip Graves | United Kingdom |
| Kirill Kotsegarov | Estonia |
| Alejandro Santamaria Perez | Spain |
| Miquel Blanchart | Spain |
| Peru Alfaro | Spain |
| Annett Finger | Germany |
| Joyce Wolfe | Ireland |
| Zsuzsanna Harsanyi dr. | Hungary |
| Ute Streiter | Austria |
| Andreas Fuchs | Austria |
| Andreas Wolpert | Germany |
| Cedric Lassonde | France |
| David Rodriguez Rodriguez | Spain |
| David Vázquez | Spain |
| Fernando Cuenllas | Spain |
| Mathieu Gerlache | Belgium |
| Ivan Kharin | Russian Federation |
| Iván Tejero Vázquez | Spain |
| Martin Cain | United Kingdom |
| Michael Wetzel | Germany |
| Nicolai Baumann | Germany |
| Pascal Richter | Germany |
| Stefano Paoli | Italy |
| Victor Rodriguez Sanchez | Spain |
| Yves Moubayed | Germany |
Ironman Lanzarote winners:
Male:
2012: Victor Del Coral (ESP) 00:53:35 04:54:31 02:50:09 08:44:39
2011: Timo Bracht (GER) 00:47:53 04:49:53 02:47:20 08:30:34
2010: Eneko Llanos (ESP) 00:47:49 04:53:26 02:50:21 08:37:43
2009: Bert Jammaer (BEL) 00:50:30 05:00:18 02:56:51 08:54:03
2008: Bert Jammaer (BEL) 00:49:39 05:03:29 02:59:16 08:59:38
2007: Eneko Llanos (ESP) 00:49:18 04:53:18 03:01:33 08:49:38
2006: Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 00:53:05 04:56:41 03:00:14 08:54:11
2005: Ain-Alar Juhanson (EST) 00:55:26 04:57:24 02:58:24 08:55:37
Female:
2012: Michelle Vesterby (DEN)00:51:43 05:39:25 03:20:16 09:58:06
2011: Rachel Joyce (GBR) 00:49:05 05:30:25 03:02:04 09:28:12
2010: Catriona Morrison (SCO) 00:52:39 05:58:02 03:04:36 10:03:36
2009: Bella Baylilss (GBR) 00:56:00 05:46:37 03:04:06 09:54:58
2008: Bella Comerford (GBR) 00:56:17 05:48:14 03:09:20 10:02:28
2007: Tiina Boman (FIN) 00:55:16 05:35:02 03:22:22 09:58:41
2006: Karin Thuerig (SUI) 00:59:30 05:27:30 03:18:47 09:52:43
2005: Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 00:52:10 05:51:54 03:20:54 10:09:39
Course records
Swim
Nick Croft AUS 00:42:24 1994
Paula Newby-Fraser ZIM 00:46:50 1994
Bike
Maik Twelsiek GER 04:40:58 2010
Tara Norton CAN 05:26:23 2010
Run
Gerrit Schellens BEL 02:44:29 2005
Rachel Joyce GBR 03:02:04 2011
Full course
Timo Bracht GER 08:30:34 2011
Paula Newby-Fraser ZIM 09:24:39 1995