Timo Bracht, winner of the Ironman Lanzarote 2011
The twentieth edition of Ironman Lanzarote will be remembered for the record broken by Timo Bracht. The German smashed all records in the world's toughest triathlon and set a new record. Timo needed 8 hours, 30 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the 3,8 kilometre swim, 180 kilometres on the bike and the 42,2 kilometres on foot. For the second year in a row, Nicholas Peter Ward was the best Canarian, crossing the finish line in fifth position. Gregorio Cáceres had to settle for sixth place.
At 07:00 a.m. on Saturday, a new edition of the Ironman Lanzarote Canary Islands Triathlon began and nearly 1.500 triathletes jumped into the sea to complete what is considered the most demanding triathlon event. From the beginning, the German Konstantin Bachor was in charge of leading the test. He completed the swimming segment with a time of 46 minutes and 31 seconds.
The bicycle segment allowed Konstantin Bachor and Timo Bracht to open a considerable gap with respect to the rest of the participants. Gregorio Cáceres seemed like he could aspire to the podium in this edition, and in the Famara area, halfway through the race, he was in third place in the classification. The Lanzarote triathlete began to lose heart as the kilometers passed.
Konstantin Bachor completed the bicycle segment in first place, needing a time of 4:47:28 to complete the 180 kilometers of the route. He was just over three minutes ahead of his compatriot Timo Bracht and over 15 minutes over the rest of the participants. Gregorio Cáceres lost more than 21 minutes at the end of this segment.
The distance between Timo Bracht and Konstantin Bachor was not insurmountable and Timo only needed the first lap of the foot race route to catch up and surpass Konstantin. Timo had a meteoric race and that allowed him to cross the finish line in first place with a time of 08:30:34. A mark that means a new record at the Ironman Lanzarote. Konstantin Bachor and Esben Hovgaard completed the Ironman Lanzarote podium.
Nicholas Peter Ward fifth and Gregorio Cáceres sixth
This year's edition of Ironman Lanzarote was called for the two participating professional rabbit riders to fight for the podium and even for the final victory. It couldn't be and both Nicholas Peter Ward and Gregorio Cáceres did not have their day. Nicholas had very bad feelings in the swimming and cycling segment, only feeling like he did in the marathon.
On the last lap of the course, Nicholas Peter Ward caught up with Gregorio Cáceres and would cross the finish line in fifth position. Nico used a time of 09:02:44. He was just one minute ahead of his teammate Gregorio Cáceres, who had to settle for sixth position overall at Ironman Lanzarote 2011.
Source: lavozdelanzarote