Ironman South Africa and 70.3 Texas Preview
Both races go Sunday.
Ironman South Africa
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Chrissie Wellington and Rutger Beke headline this Sunday’s Ironman South Africa.
Six time Ironman World Champion Natasha Badmann will try to give Wellington a run for her money along with Belinda Granger, and Amanda Stevens.
Beke will face stiff competition from Luke Bell, Marino Vanhoenacker, Tom Lowe, Jason Shortis, Eduardo Sturla, and hometown favourites Raynard Tissink and James Cunnama.
Professional Start List
Men
1 Rutger Beke Male Belgium
2 Luke Bell Male Australia
3 Dominik Berger Male Austria
4 Marcel Bischof Male Germany
5 Andreas Böcherer Male Germany
6 Balazs Csoke Male Hungary
7 James Cunnama Male South Africa
8 Trevor Delsaut Male France
9 Erich Felbabel Male France
10 Daniel Fontana Male Italy
11 Bryn Freeman Male South Africa
12 Michael Göhner Male Germany
13 Kent Horner Male South Africa
14 Bert Jammaer Male Belgium
15 Freddy Lampret Male South Africa
16 Cedric Largajolli Male France
17 Tom Lowe Male England
18 Sergio Marques Male Portugal
19 Toby Radcliffe Male England
20 Dave Rost Male Netherlands
21 Gilad Rotem Male Israel
22 Mike Schifferle Male Switzerland
23 Jason Shortis Male Australia
24 Heinrich Sickl Male Austria
25 Erik-Simon Strijk Male Netherlands
26 Eduardo Sturla Male Argentina
27 Swen Sundberg Male Germany
28 Raynard Tissink Male South Africa
29 Craig Twigg Male England
30 Petr Vabrousek Male Czech Republic
31 Marino Vanhoenacker Male Belgium
32 Cyril Viennot Male France
33 Patrick Wallimann Male Switzerland
34 Uwe Widmann Male Germany
Women
1 Natascha Badmann Female Switzerland
2 Silvia Balbach Female Germany
3 Simone Benz Female Switzerland
4 Helen Buley Female South Africa
5 Martina Dogana Female Italy
6 Eva Dollinger Female Austria
7 Belinda Granger Female Australia
8 Yvette Grice Female England
9 Claire Horner Female South Africa
10 Rachel Joyce Female England
11 Caroline Koll Female South Africa
12 Diana Riesler Female Germany
13 Amanda Stevens Female United States
14 Chrissie Wellington Female England
15 Nicole Woysch Female Germany
Ironman 70.3 Texas
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Galveston Island, Texas
By the looks of it, it will be another fast one at Galveston Island. Not only is there a star-studded list of fast athletes expected, but the course is flat and fast. The only thing that might slow them down is wind during the mostly unsheltered bike ride. The run course at Moody Gardens is also lined with spectators to keep motivation at a high level. The race serves as the Ironman 70.3 US Professional Championship so there is $75 000 US in prize money.
With the ever changing nature of the professional start list for Ironman 70.3 races, we can’t be 100% sure of who will toe the start line until registration. Regardless, we’ve highlighted some of the notable names on the professional start list. The Canadians are bolded.
Men
14 Ambrose Paul MPRO
4 Amey Paul MPRO
50 Cigana Massimo MPRO
8 Cunningham Richie MPRO
20 Daerr Justin MPRO
26 Guillaume Romain MPRO
7 Henning Rasmus MPRO
30 Kilshaw Stephen MPRO
10 Kriat Maxim MPRO
3 Lieto Chris MPRO
31 Lieto Matt MPRO
6 McKenzie Luke MPRO
36 Neill Mike MPRO
2 O’Donnell Timothy MPRO
52 Poulsen Brent MPRO
5 Reed Matty MPRO
9 Schildknecht Ronnie MPRO
43 Sudrie Sylvain MPRO
45 Van Lierde Frederik MPRO
Women
60 Carfrae Mirinda WPRO
62 Cave Leanda WPRO
74 Deckers Tine WPRO
66 Griesbauer Dede WPRO
78 Kessler Meredith WPRO
84 Hoogland Tenille WPRO
68 Major Kate WPRO
71 Morrison Catriona WPRO
65 Naeth Angela WPRO
70 Stewart Tyler WPRO
73 Tajsich Sonja WPRO
63 Thuerig Karin WPRO
69 Warriner Samantha WPRO
61 Williamson Kelly WPRO
* As usual ironman.com will have live coverage of both events.
