Andreas Raelert came back on the run to win the inaugural Thomas Cook Ironman 70.3 Mallorca by 3 minutes and 1 second. Emma-Kate Lidbury of Great Britain held off Erika Csomor of Hungary and Silvia Felt of Germany by a narrow margin for the women's title.

Ironman 70.3 newcomer Newcomer Bertrand Billard of France broke into a substantial lead after a race-best 2:11:44 bike which put 3 minutes on Ironman Hawaii runner-up Andreas Raelert. But Raelert's race-best 1:11:46 half marathon wiped out Billard's lead halfway through the run. At the finish, Raelert's fast run put him across first in 3:53:07 and, after a 1:18:43 run, Billard trailed in 2nd, 3:49 back. Sylvain Sudrie, the 2010 ITU long course champion, was 3rd in 3:59:00.

Great Britain's Emma-Kate Lidbury led the women's race almost wire-to-wire with a second-best swim of 24:55, a second-best bike of 2:35:43, and a fourth-best 1:28:06 run that put her across the line in 4:33:18. Erika Csomor closed fast with a race-best 1:25:23 run but fell 32 seconds short of the win. Germany's Silvia Felt's race-best 2:34:16 bike and second-best 1:26:05 run could not overcome her 29:15 swim and she took 3rd, 59 seconds back of Lidbury.

Thomas Cook Ironman 70.3 Mallorca
Mallorca, Spain
May 14, 2011
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.

Results

Elite Men

1. Andreas Raelert (GER) 3:53:07
2. Bertrand Billard (FRA) 3:56:56
3. Sylvain Sudrie (FRA) 3:59:00
4. Michael Goehner (GER) 4:02:37
5. Horst Reichel (GER) 4:02:48
6. Jonas Djurback (FRA) 4:03:20
7. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 4:05:08
8. Daniel Paul Halksworth (GBR) 4:06:58
9. Nicolas Fernandez (FRA) 4:07:14
10. Georg Potrebitsch (GER) 4:07:49

Elite Women

1. Emma-Kate Lidbury (GBR) 4:33:18
2. Erika Csomor (HUN) 4:33:50
3. Silvia Felt (GER) 4:34:04
4. Johanna Daumas (FRA) 4:35:03
5. Sophie de Groot (BEL) 4:37:07
6. Tamsin Lewis (GBR) 4:39:05
7. Susan Dietrich (GER) 4:45:49
8. Meike Krebs (GER) 4:49:01
9. Amy Kirkham (CAN) 4:49:10
10. Mirja Kivirant (FIN) 4:50:37