Frederik Van Lierde wins his fifth victory at the Ironman in Nice
The Belgian has equaled Marcel Zamora as the top winners of the test (both with five) getting the victory in the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017 and 2018
El Ironman from Nice is one of the oldest and most important triathlons in the world as we define in an article, one of the "5 triathlon monuments". The test was born in 1982 and until 2004 was a long distance triathlon, distance C (4 + 120 + 30), and among its winners stand out Mark Allen with 10 wins and Paula Newby-Fraser with 4.
Nice is test of the Ironman circuit with more triumphs of Spanish triathletes (in the male category) thanks mainly to the 5 victories Marcel Zamora and the one Víctor del Corral of 2016. The Catalans also have their triumphs with two more podiums each and another Spaniard who got a podium was Clemente Alonso
In the test we counted on the presence of Eneko Llanos, Víctor del Corral y Albert Moreno
Ironman Nice Exit
The moment of the start #IRONMANFrance - the race is on! pic.twitter.com/9dj3dtpcHG
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The test began at 6: 30 in the morning with the 3.800 meters of swimming, where the fastest was the Frenchman Robin Pasteur coming out with 1: 30 advantage over Mattew Leeman, Frederick Van Lierde, Romain Guillaume. Eneko Llanos came ninth to 1: 41 and Albert Moreno tenth to 6: 32.
In the 180 km of cycling, a group of 6 was formed in the lead in the first kilometers with Van Lierde, Llanos, Guillaume where little by little Cameron Wurf was climbing positions to reach the leadership of the test on the 100 kilometer of race, where He was already 34 seconds ahead of the group of Van Lierde and Eneko Llanos.
The Australian, with a spectacular segment sometimes rolling at 50 km / hour, completing it in 4: 32: 20, was increasing his advantage to reach the T2 with 6 minutes ahead of Van Lierde and Antony Costes. Eneko Llanos completed the sixth sector to 6: 30 of the head of the race. Albert Moreno was tenth. Victor del Corral abandoned the test on the 120 km of the cycling sector.
Cameron Wurf in the cycling segment
In 6th place we have @cameronwurf making up ground, he is 2: 39 behind the lead group #IRONMANFrance pic.twitter.com/aKugIwitLw
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In the race on foot Van Lierde was cutting time to Wurf through the 15 race km to only 1 minute. The Belgian, followed with a great pace reaching the lead of the race and passing with 2 minutes of advantage by the 21 kilometer of race
Finally Frederick Van Lierde got the victory with a time of 8: 25: 22, being his fifth victory in the test. The Belgian holds the record of the test achieved in 2013 with a time of 8: 08: 59. The second classified has been the French Antony Costes (8:35:42) followed Cameron Wurf (8: 39: 51) who rallied in the final part to reach the third place.
The only Spaniard who finished the race was Vicenc Castella in 12th position. Eneko Llanos, Alber Moreno and Víctor del Corral have not finished
Top 10 Men:
1 VAN LIERDE, Frederik (BEL) 08: 25: 22
2 COSTES, Antony (FRA) + 10: 20 08: 35: 42
3 WURF, Cameron (AUS) + 13: 52 08: 39: 14
4 GUILLAUME, Romain (FRA) + 14: 29 08: 39: 51
5 MOLINARI, Giulio (ITA) + 21: 55 08: 47: 17
6 VAN HOUTEM, Timothy (BEL) + 29: 25 08: 54: 47
7 VISTICA, Andrej (CRO) + 30: 51 08: 56: 13
8 DIEMUNSCH, Etienne (FRA) + 31: 03 08: 56: 25
9 DEFILIPPIS, Scott (USA) + 32: 11 08: 57: 33
10 GOMES, Pedro (POR) + 41: 08 09: 06: 30Arrival at the finish line of Frederick Van Lierde
The winning splits @fvanlierde - 50: 54 swim / 4: 43: 42 bike / 2: 44: 45 run - great performance #IronmanFrance pic.twitter.com/pc43yYhTby
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As for the women's event, we did not have a Spanish presence, the victory was for the British Corinne Abraham, with a time of 9: 11: 39, The second classified has been Carrie Lester (9:27:30), last year's winner followed by, Manon Genet (9: 32: 34) occupying the third final position.
Corrine and Manon arrived practically together at the T2 but the Briton showed her quality in the race on foot to get the final victory.
Top 5 Women:
1 ABRAHAM, Corinne (GBR) 09: 11: 39
2 LESTER, Carrie (AUS) + 15: 51 09: 27: 30
3 GENET, Manon (FRA) + 20: 55 09: 32: 34
4 ROBERTS, Lisa (USA) + 31: 54 09: 43: 33
5 MOREL, Charlotte (FRA) + 35: 04 09: 46: 43Photo: @fvanlierde
