There is nothing like an inaugural Ironman or Ironman 70.3 and it's a special time for race organisers, volunteers, and the athletes who have chosen to take part in the event.
what a great setting as well for Ironman Mallorca 70.3. This stunning island in the Mediterranean Sea has long been a great training destination for some of the world's best triathletes, and not some of then get to race there.
Thomas Hellriegel and Andreas Raelert, both from Germany, are two of the favorites as the race gets set to take place.
Faris Al-Sultan appears to be the other threat to make the top of the podium.
For the pro women, it seems to be more of a wide open race. Some of the favorites going into the race are Erica Csomor from Hungary, Heleen Bij de Vaate from the Netherlands, and Britain's Yvette Grice.
Unlike some of the Ironman 70.3 races this season it's quite a big pro women's field and there are several others including Meike Kebs from Germany who can end up on top of the Ironman Mallorca 70.3 results 2011.
This will no doubt be one of those Ironman races that will become a favorite in years to come. This year alone there are over 1800 athletes entered from over 45 countries.
There is little doubt it will a very enjoyable swim, but the bike course is a tough one and really favors the climbers.
THE RACE IS ON
It was no surprise at all to see the favorite Andreas Raelert be first out of the water in this race. His time of 22:35 was a good one and the only one that seemed able to stay with him was Bertrand Billard.
What was surprising however was to see that Billard was able to stay with him on a tough bike course as they hit the run together.
Basically it looked like it would come down to the one who could sustain what was sure to be a very brisk pace out on the run course.
It looked to be a two-man race at this point as the nearest one to them holding down third place was almost 5 minutes behind at the bike/run transition.
TOP FIVE MEN AFTER THE SWIM AND RUN
1 Andreas Raelert 00:22:35 03:08:01 2 Bertrand Billard 00:22:42 03:08:02 3 Michael Gohner 00:24:55 03:12:35 4 Jonas Djurback 00:22:39 03:16:07 5 Horst Reichel 00:22:31 03:16:17For the pro women Emma-Kate Lidbury had an excellent swim and had a good lead leaving transition.
A great bike ride by Silvia Felt pulled her virtually even with Lidbury and Erika Csomor as they headed out onto the run course and the Ironman Mallorca 70.3 results 2011 for the pro women were pretty much up in the air at this point.
TOP FIVE WOMEN AFTER THE SWIM AND RUN1 Emma-Kate Lidbury 00:24:54 03:40:50 2 Erika Csomor 00:26:41 03:39:35 3 Silvia Felt 00:29:14 03:37:50 4 Johanna Daumas 00:23:38 03:43:40 5 Sophie De Groote 00:26:39 03:42:11
Andreas Raelert prove to be too strong in this race and won by four minutes over Bertrand Billard.
Andreas Raelert................3:49:49Bertrand Billard...............3:53:03 Sylvain Sudrie.................3:56:33 Michael G?hner.................3:59:00 Horst Reichel..................3:59:34
For the women it could not have been much closer. What a great race!
Right up until the final kilometer it could have been anyone's race, but Emma-Kate proved to be the strongest and tops the Ironman Mallorca 70.3 results 2011 for the pro women.
It was a great result for Emma as this was a strong field and the close finishing times bear that out.
Emma-Kate Lidbury............4:33:18 Erica Csomor.................4:33:50 Silvia Felt..................4:34:04Johanna Daumas...............4:35:03 Sophie De Goote..............4:37:07Ironman Mallorca 70.3 Results 2011 Back To Race Results Page
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