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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

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