Al-Sultan and Berasategui superb in Germany
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Sun Aug 10 2008
Faris Al-Sultan led the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Germany in Wiesbaden from start to finish and held off hard charging Enrico Degasperi. Uwe Widmann finished third. Virginia Berastagui won the women's race and thus defended her 2007 title. Andrea Brede and Meike Krebs were second and third respectively.
Ironman 70.3 Germany / Wiesbaden, Germany / August 10, 2008
Top 10 men
1. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 4:10:26
2. Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 4:11:17
3. Uwe Widmann (GER) 4:14:01
4. Michael Göhner (GER) 4:17:01
5. Markus Forster (GER) 4:19:27
6. Enrico Knobloch (GER) 4:20:11
7. Florian Lambert (GER) 4:22:58 *
8. Florian Greckl (GER) 4:25:50
9. Rolf Lautenbacher (GER) 4:28:42
10. Markus Tomschke (GER) 4:28:47 *
Top 10 women
1. Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 4:43:38
2. Andrea Brede (GER) 4:49:26
3. Meike Krebs (GER) 4:55:48
4. Ina Reinders (GER) 4:57.58
5. Nadine Baks (GER) 5:02:41 *
6. Katrin Esefeld (GER) 5:03:13 *
7. Josephine Clausen (GER) 5:06:02 *
8. Wenke Kujala (GER) 5:06:13
9. Iris Tiedeken (GER) 5:06:25
10. Nicole Best (GER) 5:08:53 *
* = AG athlete
Ironman 70.3 Germany / Wiesbaden, Germany / August 10, 2008
Top 10 men
1. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 4:10:26
2. Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 4:11:17
3. Uwe Widmann (GER) 4:14:01
4. Michael Göhner (GER) 4:17:01
5. Markus Forster (GER) 4:19:27
6. Enrico Knobloch (GER) 4:20:11
7. Florian Lambert (GER) 4:22:58 *
8. Florian Greckl (GER) 4:25:50
9. Rolf Lautenbacher (GER) 4:28:42
10. Markus Tomschke (GER) 4:28:47 *
Top 10 women
1. Virginia Berasategui (ESP) 4:43:38
2. Andrea Brede (GER) 4:49:26
3. Meike Krebs (GER) 4:55:48
4. Ina Reinders (GER) 4:57.58
5. Nadine Baks (GER) 5:02:41 *
6. Katrin Esefeld (GER) 5:03:13 *
7. Josephine Clausen (GER) 5:06:02 *
8. Wenke Kujala (GER) 5:06:13
9. Iris Tiedeken (GER) 5:06:25
10. Nicole Best (GER) 5:08:53 *
* = AG athlete
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Comments
Germany 70.3
Reviewed by: Mudman, Aug 15 2008 6:48AM
The bike course is pretty challenging, check out the elevation profile on the race website. Although the last 8km is a fast down hill, there are some 'interesting' climbs. Pretty much the first 17km is uphill. It's a great course.
Why the difference in times?
John, Boulder CO
Reviewed by: John, Aug 11 2008 5:12PM
I just competed in the 5430 long course tri in Boulder, won by Simon Thompson in 3:50. This was a fast bike course, but a tough hilly run. How could Faris (a world champ) go 20 minutes slower over the same distance? Was it a brutal course?
