Víctor del Corral wins the Ironman of Nice

5 June, 2016Updated on June 5, 2016

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Thanks to a spectacular marathon (2: 42: 29) he has climbed up positions and achieved victory in the race. Miquel Blanchart finished seventh in a great race.

Today, one of the Ironman with the most renown in the international scene, El Nice Ironman where Marcel Zamora 5 times had already won the victory and that with the victory of Victor del Corral becomes the Ironman with the most Spanish victories after the Ironman Lanzarote

In the list of departure we found Víctor del Corral , second in 2015 already Miquel Blanchart, that came from getting a great seventh place in the Ironman of Lanzarote, looking for points to qualify for the Hawaii World Championship. Among the favorites were Frederik Van Lierde, who reappeared from a fracture, the German Michael Realert or South African James Cunnama.

The test began at 6:45 in the morning where the first out of the water were Robin Pasteur and Kevin Rundstadler, followed by a group led by Miquel Blanchart, Frederick Van Lierde and James Cunnama at 2:20 from the head. Victor del Corral came out of the water 4 minutes from the head of the race.

During the hard 180 km of cyclists, we could see a going up like the one Victor has used to. The first to reach T2 was the Frenchman Bertrand Billard with 3:40 of advantage over James Cunnama and 3:11 over Víctor del Corral who came third in the transition. Miquel Blanchart finished the segment in eighth position.

During the first kilometers of the marathon, James Cunnama passed the test leaving behind Billard. However, a great Victor del Corral showed that he was in a great moment of form and was climbing positions, leading the race in km 30. career and he got to have 1 minute advantage over Cunnama.

In the last kilometers we could see an exciting duel since Cunnama was cutting distance to get to Meta almost together, however Víctor del Corral the victory with a final time of 08: 30: 00. followed by 35 seconds by was James Cunnama (8: 30: 35). The third to arrive was Stefan Schmind (8: 33: 18) and Frederick Van Lierde (8: 35: 26), who has shown everyone that he is recovered six weeks after his clavicle fracture, was climbing positions to reach the finish line in fourth position.

Miquel Blanchart with a large sector of career on foot has shown that he bets strongly to be this year again in Kona and has finished in sixth position

Provisional classification

1	Del Corral, Victor	8:30:00
2	Cunnama, James	8:30:35
3	Schmid, Stefan	8:33:18
4	Van Lierde, Frederik	8:35:36
5	Vistica, Andrej	8:39:19
6	Blanchart Tinto, Miquel	8:39:41
7	Ouilleres, Gwenael	8:40:51

Female category

In the feminine category the Belgian started as favorites Tine Deckers (winner in 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2014) and the British Leandra Cave y Caroline Livesey where there was no Spanish representation in the pro category.

The first to face the 180 km of cycling were Kate Comber and Leanda Cave who started together. behind Emma Bilham, Andrea Mason, and Tine Deckers one minute behind the leaders.

With this victory Tine Deckers gets his fifth victory in the Ironman of Nice after the ones won in 2009,2010,2012 and 2014

From the first moment Deckers showed that she was going very strong and was climbing positions until reaching the head of the race at km 54. From there it was a recital for the Belgian who arrived at T2 with 12 minutes ahead of Emma Bilham and 22 about Leanda Cave.

In the 42 km, carrea on foot Tine Deckers He managed to maintain the advantage over his pursuers to reach the finish line alone and achieve his fifth victory in the race with a final time of 9: 22: 04. The second classified was Emma Bilham (9: 28: 55). ). The third classified was Leanda cave(9: 45: 06)