Gurutze Frades sixth and Eneko Llanos tenth in Ironman South Africa

{wbamp-meta name"image" url"images/stories/noticias_08/eneko-llanos-decimo-ironman-sudafrica.JPG" width"300" height"150"} Peru Alfaro was eleventh Today it was held in the Bay of Nelson Mandela a new edition of Ironman South Africa, the first 4.000 KPR of the season where we had extensive Spanish participation in the professional category with the presence of Eneko Llanos, Peru Alfaro, Gurutze Frades, Saleta Castro, Judith Corachán and Patricia Bueno. The test began at 6:30 in the morning with a 3,8 km swim where the fastest to get out of the water was Josh Amberger while Peru Alfaro was the second to get out, 1:48 behind the leader. Eneko Llanos started in ninth position, 2 minutes from the head of the race. Let it begin. The #IMAfricanChamps is now under way! Watch the action unfold at https://t.co/hOvIISzP1c pic.twitter.com/q0AYBpgaiD — IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) April 15, 2018 In the 180 km of cycling Cameron Wurf was climbing positions to position himself as the leader and pass at halfway with 2:23 over Amberger. Eneko Llanos climbed 2 positions, passing 5:30 behind the lead, while Peru Alfaro suffered a mechanical failure under several positions. Finally Cameron Wurf came first to T2 with a 7:42 advantage over Josh Amberger and 9:44 over Kyle Buckingham who entered third position. Eneko Llanos finished sixth, leaving the bike 9:57 behind the leader of the test. In the first 21 km of the race on foot, Eneko Llanos was climbing positions to pass fifth, 11 minutes behind Wurf and a little more than 3 minutes behind Maurice Clavell, fourth at that point. Amberger was slowly climbing the distance, passing 5 minutes behind Cameron Wurf. The final part of the test was exciting as we could see how Kyle Buckinghan and Josh Amberger were cutting distance on Wurf until the km 29 managed to reach him, as he had to stop for a discomfort. Local hero @kylebuckingham is flying! ?? He's rapidly closing in on @JoshAmberger and @cameronwurf. pic.twitter.com/zpGWilhsbt — IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) April 15, 2018 Finally the victory went to Kyle Buckinghan, fourth last year, with a time of 8:13:00 followed by Josh Amberger (8:16: 01) and Maurice Clavel (8:18:51) occupying the third final position. Eneko Llanos (8:31:56) finished in tenth position while Peru Alfaro (8:36:18) was eleventh What a race by @kylebuckingham, your new Standard Bank IRONMAN African Champion! ? the Congrats! box pic.twitter.com/BkVnNMotWe — IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) April 15, 2018 Men's Ranking 1 Kyle BUCKINGHAM (#2) 08:13:00 2 Josh AMBERGER (#3) 08:16:01 3 Maurice CLAVEL (# 17) 08:18:51 4 Cameron WURF (#6) 08:20:07 5 Ronnie SCHILDKNECHT (#8) 8:23:09 6 Jonathan Shearon (#33) 08:23:57 7 Alessandro DEGASPERI (#18) 08:25:10 8 Giulio MOLINARI (#27) 08:25:29 9 Philipp KOUTNY (#24) 08:26:18 10 Eneko LLANOS (#7) 08:31:55 11 Peru ALFARO SAN ILDEFONSO (#12) 08:36:17 Lucy Charles recital dominates the event from start to finish As for the women's event, the first out of the water was Lucy Charles with a 5:15 advantage over Rachel McBride. Saleta Castro started fourth at 8:10 and Judith Corachán fifth at 8:13 behind the leader of the race. Already on the bike, in the first 90 km of cycling, Lucy Charles continued as the leader with a 9-minute advantage over Rachel McBirde, while Judith Corachán passed in seventh position and Guruzte with a great sector was climbing positions to pass ninth in this point. Finally Lucy Charles increased her advantage to reach T2 as the leader and with an advantage of 11:29 over McBirde and 12 over the third to get off the bike Susie Cheetham. Gurutze came in eighth and Judith Corachán ninth position respectively. In the race, on foot Lucy Charles knew how to maintain the difference and although she was losing some time during the marathon, she won the victory with a time of 8:56:06. The second triathlete to reach the finish line was Susie Cheetham (8:50:10) and the third Linsey Corbin (9:07:10) Congrats to @LucyAnneCharles, your new Standard Bank IRONMAN African Champ! ? She absolutely crushed it on the #IMAAfricanChamps course today! pic.twitter.com/KWkCyxPbp8 — IRONMAN Triathlon (@IRONMANtri) April 15, 2018 As for the Spanish, we could see a nice duel between Judith Corachán and Gurutze Frades where Judith was ahead of Guru until km 25 where she overtook her passing to sixth position and looking for Manon Genét who was fifth at the time with a difference of 7 minutes. Finally Gurutze Frades failed to reach it and finished the test in a great sixth position. Saleta Castro finished in 12th position, Patricia Bueno in 14th while Judith Corachán seems to have abandoned the race near kilometer 30 of the race.

Gurutze Frades sixth and Eneko Llanos tenth in Ironman South Africa

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