Jan Frodeno and Daniela Ryf win the Ironman European Championship
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The German has won his compatriot Patrick Lange and Daniela Ryf with a spectacular race takes 26 minutes to the second classified. Saleta Castro finishes in the tenth position.
Today has been held in the German city of Frankfurt, a new edition of the Ironman Frankfurt where also the European Championship of the specialty with many of the best triathletes in the world on the start list, with a level very similar to Hawaii Ironman.
Proof of this was the presence of World Champions as Jan Frodeno (2015, 2016) Patrik Lange (2017) and Daniela Ryf (2015, 2016, 2017). Saleta Castro She was the only Spanish representative in the race, where she was looking for points for the Hawaii classification.
Male test
The test began at 6:30 in the morning with the 3.800 meter swim was Josh Amberger followed by Jan Frodeno at 1:49 and a group of 4 athletes with Patrick Lange, Andy Boecherer, Nicholas Kastelein and Patrick Nilsson at 1:50 of the head.
In the 180 km of cycling, the South African Josh Amberger was increasing his advantage going through the 90 kilometer with 4: 15 of advantage over a group with Nilsson, Frodeno, Butterfield, Lange Kastelein.
Little by little the group formed by Frodeno, Lange and Nilson were cutting time to reach T2 with only 19 seconds behind Amberger.
In the race on foot, Frodeno reached the first position where he was gradually increasing the advantage over Lange by passing the 13 race km to 1: 14. In the passage through the half marathon Jan continued to increase the previous advantage with 1: 55 over Patrick. The third Nilsson lost 5.17 over German
Finally Jan Frodeno, got the victory with a final time of 8: 00: 58 followed by Patrick Nilsson (08: 08: 15) and for Patrick Lange (08: 09: 26) in third position
Jan Frodeno wins the Ironman European Championship #IMEUChamps @janfrodeno wins the duel @PatrickLange1 in the #IMFrankfurthttps://t.co/GIH5Tc7I3P pic.twitter.com/SLeQy5LGXo
- Triathlon News (@triatlonnoticia) July 8, 2018
Top 10
1 Frodeno, Jan (GER) 08: 00: 58
2 Nilsson, Patrik (SWE) + 07: 17 08: 08: 15
3 Lange, Patrick (GER) + 08: 28 08: 09: 26
4 Kastelein, Nicholas (AUS) + 17: 47 08: 18: 45
5 Amberger, Josh (AUS) + 25: 18 08: 26: 16
6 Koutny, Philipp (SUI) + 31: 15 08: 32: 13
7 Butterfield, Tyler (BER) + 38: 00 08: 38: 58
8 Bowstead, Mark (NZL) + 39: 33 08: 40: 31
9 Berthou, David (FRA) + 47: 15 08: 48: 13
10 Mock, Philipp (GER) + 47: 44 08: 48: 42Daniela Ryf devastates and without rival.
Here is your #IMEUChamps 2018 women's champion @danielaryf - what an incredible performance in 8: 38: 44 - course record pic.twitter.com/ZbKNQ4dSPH
- IRONMANLive (@IRONMANLive) July 8, 2018
In the female category, the big favorite was Daniela Ryf, being the second to leave the water with Sara True, ahead of 2: 19 to a group formed by Katja Konschack, Ewa Bugdol, Rachel McBride and Sarah Crowley.
In the cycling sector, Ryf from the first moment left alone through the 13th kilometer of the circuit with 2:17 of advantage over Sarah True. Daniela continued to increase her lead to almost 15 minutes at the mid-course control (90km).
Unrivaled, Daniela Ryf arrived at the T2 with more than 27 minutes ahead of Sarah Crowley and 30 over Sarah True. Saleta Castro got off the bike at 11º position.
In the fight for second place, 3 women echoed in just 1:30, passing through the 10th kilometer of the race with Sarah Crowley 2nd (+30: 02), Anne Haug 3rd (+30: 28) and Sarah True 4th (+31: 39) by Ryf
Finally Daniela Ryf got the victory with a final time of 8: 38: 44, being the seventh best time of the race followed by Sarah True (09: 05) and by Sarah Crowley (9: 11: 31) that has finally been third. Saleta Castro it finished in tenth final position
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