David McNamee takes the Ironman 70.3 from Marbella in a very tight sprint
Albert Moreno with a great comeback in the career sector to be sixth
This morning the circuit started Ironman in Europe this season with the dispute of the first edition of the Ironman 70.3 from Marbella, a test that has been a successful participation in its premiere exhausting the inscriptions and with more 2.000 triathletes in the starting line.
In the male category, victory has been for David McNamee with 3: 57: 47 followed by Chis Leiferman with the same time (to 0,18 sec) and third has entered Andreas Dreitz 3:58:43
Video entry to the goal
Sprint final between @c_leiferman and @DavidMcNameetri #IM703Marbella - @DavidMcNameetri takes it in a photo finish after 3: 57: 47 pic.twitter.com/TzBiQDTvXu
- IRONMANLive (@IRONMANLive) April 29th 2018
The test consisted of 1.900 swimming in a single lap in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea starting and finishing at the Playa de Levante in Puerto Banús. Subsequently, the cycling segment was also one lap, 90 kilometers, which started on the well-known "Golden Mile" and after crossing Marbella it ran through the Port of Ojén and the towns of Monda, Coín and Cartama before returning to the transition zone. in Puerto Banus. Finally, the foot race consisted of two 10,5 km laps until completing the 21 km along the Marbella promenade with the finish line located on the sand of Puerto Banús Beach itself.
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The test started with the male start where there were 48 triathletes of PRO category and the presence of 8 Spaniards: Miguel Ángel Fidalgo, Rubén Ruzafa, Albert Moreno, Victor del Corral, Pedro Jose Andújar Bastida, Carlos Aznar, Eneko Elosegui and Dominique Wymmersch.
Manuel Kueng he was the first to cover the “short” 1.900 me swim with a time of 18:15 followed by 2” behind Daniel Baekkengard and after the 20” they did a group with the favorites. The best Spaniards were Miguel Ángel Fidalgo 16º at 50” and Rubén Ruzafa 27º to almost 2 'of the leader. In the T1 Baekkengard He was the leader and was the first to get on the bike, leading the test for a few kilometers.
At km 18 he was still the leader with a 45” advantage over the group of favorites with Guillaume, McNamee y Dreitz. The best Spaniards were Ruzafa 7th at 1'30” from the leader and Moreno 8th at 1'54”, both were making a great comeback in the first kilometers of cycling. After the equator of the cycling segment at km 48, Baekkengard was still in the lead, with a 30” advantage over the quartet of Guillaume, Dreitz, McNamee y Leiferman, while the group of Ruzafa y Moreno he passed 1'40” from the head of the race.
In the second part of the cycling sector the favorites went into action, Guillaume and Dreitz were placed leaders in the 72 km with McNamee over 1 '. Dreitz y Guilluame They were the first to reach T2, with an income of 2'20” over Leiferman, McNamee y Baekkengard
On the Spanish side Albert Moreno was the best national triathlete in the 12th position at 6'38”, while Ruzafa it was getting off the 17º bike to almost 8 '. From the first kilometers of the foot race Andreas Dreitz was placed leader and was gradually opening gap with Guillaume, at km 6,4 the difference was already greater than the minute while McNamee was approaching the 2ª square.
Halfway through the segment of the race to pir Dreitz he was still leading with McNamee and second at 1'16”. for his part Albert Moreno I was making a great comeback and was passing 6ª position for the 10,4 km. In the 13,3 km McNamee y Leiferman They had gotten even closer to Dreitz and at km 17 the British reigning winner was already in the lead. Challenge Salou and 3rd in Kona 2017… but with Chris Leiferman glued to him and Dreitz at 5”.
Finally victory for David McNamee with 3: 57: 47 followed by Chis Leiferman with the same time (to 0,18 sec) and third has entered Andreas Dreitz 3: 58: 43. The best Spanish in goal has been Albert Moreno with a great comeback on foot that has served him to be 6º. Ruben Ruzafa finished in 18º position while Pedro Jose Andujar he did it in the 19ª
Top 10 men
1 Mcnamee, David (GBR) 03: 57: 47
2 Leiferman, Chris (USA) 03: 57: 47
3 Dreitz, Andreas (ALE) + 00: 56 03: 58: 43
4 Guillaume, Romain (FRA) + 03: 59 04: 01: 46
5 Haller, Adrian (SUI) + 05: 12 04: 02: 59
6 Moreno Molins, Albert (ESP) + 05: 59 04: 03: 46
7 Bækkegård, Daniel (DIN) + 07: 40 04: 05: 27
8 Vandendriessche, Kenneth (BEL) + 08: 22 04: 06: 09
9 Hentschel, Felix (ALE) + 08: 46 04: 06: 33
10 Kramer, Christian (ALE) + 09: 12 04: 06: 59Judith Corachán 5ª in a test won by the German Laura Phillip
In the women's test, the triumph was for Laura Phillip with a time of 4: 25: 29 ahead of Marta Bernardi with 4: 31: 28 and Daniela Saemmler who closed the podium with 4: 33: 09
The feminine test for the Spanish participation with the Judith Corachán leader after swimming with a 22 time: 07 followed by Anja Baranek at 1”. Behind them at 15” was a sextet with Laura Phillip y Dolça Ollé. In 9ª position arrived Patricia Bueno to T1 more than 1'30” from Judith.
In the first kilometers of cycling Baranek he takes the lead with Judith y Laura Phillip stuck to them, the head trio is reduced to two units, it seems that Baranek had had some problem. In the 48 km Laura Phillip leads the competition alone with Judith Corachán at 50” and almost 3′ Daniela Saemmler y Marta Bernardi in third and fourth position respectively.
In the 72 km Phillipp increases its advantage and already has more than 3 'on Corachán, while Baranek she recovers and passes to almost 1 'of Judith. At this kilometric point Sweet Ollé it was 10ª and Patricia Good 14 ª.
In the last kilometers of cycling Laura Phillip maintains its advantage and arrives at the T2 with 4 'of advantage over Anja Baranek who is second after the 90km of cycling. 20” behind her in third position came Daniela Saemmler, while Judith was fourth a few seconds away from the podium.
The race on foot was going to confirm the triumph of the German Phillip while the rest of the podium underwent numerous changes, in the km 10,4 was second the Italian Bernardi with 1 'of advantage over Saemmler while Corachán it was 5th, 45” behind Baranek, who was in fourth position.
Finally victory for Laura Phillip, followed by Marta Bernardi y Daniela Saemmler Judith Corachán it was fifth in goal achieving the best overall result of all Spanish participation in the IM 70.3 in Marbella.
Top 8 pro women:
1 Philipp, Laura (ALE) 04: 25: 29
2 Bernardi, Marta (ITA) + 06: 00 04: 31: 29
3 Saemmler, Daniela (ALE) + 08: 01 04: 33: 30
4 Beranek, Anja (ALE) + 10: 06 04: 35: 35
5 Corachán Cowgirl, Judith (ESP) + 12: 05 04: 37: 34
6 Tondeur, Alexandra (BEL) + 17: 29 04: 42: 58
7 Richards, Suzie (GBR) + 27: 26 04: 52: 55
8 From Nicola, Federica (ITA) + 29: 18 04: 54: 47Photo: @Ironmanlive
