Pieter Heemeryck won it with a dominating bike split and Radka Kahlefeldt did it with women’s-best bike and second best run splits at the half distance Challenge Peguera-Mallorca Saturday.

Kahlefeldt led with a women’s-best 26:31 swim, maintained it with a women’s–fastest 2:29:14 bike split and brought it home to victory with a women’s second-best 1:24:07 half marathon. Total time at the finish was 4:21:42, giving a 5:52 margin of victory over Jeanne Collonge of France and 7:17 over 3rd place finisher Lisa Hütthaler of Austria.

Heemeryck combined a second-fastest 24:29 swim split, a dazzling 2:08:52 bike split and a 3rd-fastest 1:13:02 run to finish in 3:49:57 with a 4:16 margin of victory over Thomas Steger of Austria and 6:12 over 3rd place finisher Ruedi Wild of Switzerland.

Challenge Peguera-Mallorca
Illes Balears, Spain
October 19, 2019
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13/1 mi.

Results

Women

1. Radka Kahlefeldt (CZE) 4:21:42 S 26:31 B 2:29:14 R 1:24:07
2. Jeanne Collonge (FRA) 4:27:34 S 29:52 B 2:30:16 R 1:22:12
3. Lisa Hütthaler (AUT) 4:28:59 S 29:24 B 2:30:32 R 1:25:29
4. Judith Corachán (ESP) 4:30:28 S 26:43 B 2:33:08 R 1:26:45
5. Laura Gomez Ramon (ESP) 4:31:10 S 27:00 B 2:33:00 R 1:27:12

Men

1. Pieter Heemeryck (BEL) 3:49:57 S 24:29 B 2:08:52 R 1:13:02
2. Thomas Steger (AUT) 3:54:13 S 25:18 B 2:13:33 R 1:11:48
3. Ruedi Wild (SUI) 3:56:09 S 24:38 B 2:14:12 R 1:13:31
4. Pablo Dapena Gonzalez (ESP) 3:59:18 S 23:32 B 2:19:15 R 1:12:32
5. Domenico Passuello (ITA) 4:01:50 S 26:54 B 2:13:35 R 1:16:53