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The victory was her 4th Ironman title after wins at Lanzarote (2012), Copenhagen (2015) and Cozumel (2016), and her notable best finish at the Ironman World Championship – 4th in 2015. The win comes after a 3rd at Ironman Austria this year and a win at Ironman Cozumel and a 6th at Kona in 2016.
Vesterby started with a bang - a women’s-best 55:14 swim in the lagoon at Amager Beach Park - which gave her a 7:15 lead on Sofie Goos of Belgium, 7:43 on Corinne Abraham of Great Britain, 8:26 on Jeanne Collonge of France, 8:45 on Pia Nielsen-Englyst of Denmark, 8:57 on Alyssa Godesky of the U.S., and 15 minutes on Camilla Lindholm Borg of Sweden.
After 93km of the bike leg, Vesterby opened a 12:11 lead on Abraham and Goos, who was putting down a notable performance 16 months after surviving a stabbing by a 26-year-old mentally disturbed man while on a training run in Antwerp. Further back were Lindholm-Borg (+25:05), Godesky (+24:36), Collonge (+24:50), and Nielsen-Englyst (+25:30). At 159km, on the final climb to Geels in the rain, Vesterby held a 13:25 lead on Abraham.
After a women’s-best 4:48:03 bike split, Vesterby held a 13:02 lead on Abraham, 19:54 on Goos, 25:05 on Lindholm-Borg, 31:56 on Godesky, 33:30 on Nielsen-Englyst, and 34:51 on an obviously off-form Collonge.
Halfway through the marathon, Vesterby was running a 4:33 per kilometer pace and led Abraham (4:25 per kilometer pace) by 10:06, Goos by 16:12, Lindholm-Borg by 21:50, Nielsen-Englyst by 31:29, and Godesky by 33:52.
After a 6th-best 3:15:05 marathon, Vesterby finished in 9:00:19 with a 7:47 margin of victory on Abraham and 16:47 on 3rd place female overall and first age grouper Christina Svejstrup of Denmark. After a 3:11:14 run, Goos took 4th overall and 3rd place pro, 16:58 behind the winner.
Vesterby started with a bang - a women’s-best 55:14 swim in the lagoon at Amager Beach Park - which gave her a 7:15 lead on Sofie Goos of Belgium, 7:43 on Corinne Abraham of Great Britain, 8:26 on Jeanne Collonge of France, 8:45 on Pia Nielsen-Englyst of Denmark, 8:57 on Alyssa Godesky of the U.S., and 15 minutes on Camilla Lindholm Borg of Sweden.
After 93km of the bike leg, Vesterby opened a 12:11 lead on Abraham and Goos, who was putting down a notable performance 16 months after surviving a stabbing by a 26-year-old mentally disturbed man while on a training run in Antwerp. Further back were Lindholm-Borg (+25:05), Godesky (+24:36), Collonge (+24:50), and Nielsen-Englyst (+25:30). At 159km, on the final climb to Geels in the rain, Vesterby held a 13:25 lead on Abraham.
After a women’s-best 4:48:03 bike split, Vesterby held a 13:02 lead on Abraham, 19:54 on Goos, 25:05 on Lindholm-Borg, 31:56 on Godesky, 33:30 on Nielsen-Englyst, and 34:51 on an obviously off-form Collonge.
Halfway through the marathon, Vesterby was running a 4:33 per kilometer pace and led Abraham (4:25 per kilometer pace) by 10:06, Goos by 16:12, Lindholm-Borg by 21:50, Nielsen-Englyst by 31:29, and Godesky by 33:52.
After a 6th-best 3:15:05 marathon, Vesterby finished in 9:00:19 with a 7:47 margin of victory on Abraham and 16:47 on 3rd place female overall and first age grouper Christina Svejstrup of Denmark. After a 3:11:14 run, Goos took 4th overall and 3rd place pro, 16:58 behind the winner.
