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Men
Carlos Lopez of Spain led the swim in 48:19, 12 seconds ahead of Harry Wiltshire of Great Britain, 22 seconds ahead of Johann Ackermann of Germany and Francisco Alvarez of Spain, 35 seconds ahead of James Cunnama of South Africa, and 38 seconds up on Bracht.
After 40k of the bike leg, Ackermann led by 2 seconds over Lopez, 3 seconds on Wiltshire, 3:07 on Bracht, 3:08 on Horst Reichl, 3:10 on Francisco Alvarez, and 3:11 on Cunnama with Matthias Hecht and Alessandro Degasperi 6 minutes arrears. At the top of the mountain pass at 125km, Bracht led Wiltshire by 1 second, Lopez by 2 seconds, Cunnama by 1:18, Ackermann by 3:57, Degasperi by 6:01, and Ritchie Nicholls by 6:02. After his race-best 4:32:16 bike split, Bracht arrived in T2 with a 2:05 lead on Cunnama, 4:25 on Lopez, 6:17 on Wiltshire, and 7:08 on Degasperi, while Nicholls fell 17:19 back with undisclosed difficulties.
Carlos Lopez of Spain led the swim in 48:19, 12 seconds ahead of Harry Wiltshire of Great Britain, 22 seconds ahead of Johann Ackermann of Germany and Francisco Alvarez of Spain, 35 seconds ahead of James Cunnama of South Africa, and 38 seconds up on Bracht.
After 40k of the bike leg, Ackermann led by 2 seconds over Lopez, 3 seconds on Wiltshire, 3:07 on Bracht, 3:08 on Horst Reichl, 3:10 on Francisco Alvarez, and 3:11 on Cunnama with Matthias Hecht and Alessandro Degasperi 6 minutes arrears. At the top of the mountain pass at 125km, Bracht led Wiltshire by 1 second, Lopez by 2 seconds, Cunnama by 1:18, Ackermann by 3:57, Degasperi by 6:01, and Ritchie Nicholls by 6:02. After his race-best 4:32:16 bike split, Bracht arrived in T2 with a 2:05 lead on Cunnama, 4:25 on Lopez, 6:17 on Wiltshire, and 7:08 on Degasperi, while Nicholls fell 17:19 back with undisclosed difficulties.
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By 17km into the run, Cunnama wrested a 10 seconds lead from Bracht, while Degasperi advanced to 3rd, 5:19 arrears. Halfway through the run, Cunnama ran a sizzling but unsustainable 1:20:18 split, which gave him a 1:10 lead over Bracht and 5:38 on Degasperi, who matched Cunnama’s fearless pace with a 1:20:25 split. Bracht, the canny veteran, stayed steady with a 1:23:39 first half of the marathon.
At 30km into the run, Bracht was 46 seconds down and steadily catching Cunnama. At 32km, Bracht passed Cunnama, and by 34.6km was 1:02 ahead with Degasperi maintaining a 5:05 deficit. By the finish, Bracht’s 5th-best 2:50:59 run was steady and swift enough to finish in 8:17:22 with a 2:14 margin over Cunnama (2:50:52 run), 6:34 over Degasperi (2:49:41 run), 14 minutes ahead of Gwenael Ouilleres of France (2:49:57 run), and 15:25 on Ritchie Nicholls (race-best 2:48:18 run).
Women
Emma-Kate Lidbury led the women’s pro swim wave in 55:11, 7 seconds ahead of Natascha Schmitt of Germany, 2:18 on Sämmler, and 3:36 on Alexandra Tondeur of Belgium.
After a women's-best 5:06:28 bike split, Sämmler led Lidbury (women's 3rd-best 5:09:30 bike split) by 1:02, Martina Kunz of Switzerland (5:07:56 bike split) by 5:03, and Alexandra Tondeur of Belgium (5:14:35 bike split) by 10:09.
At 30km into the run, Bracht was 46 seconds down and steadily catching Cunnama. At 32km, Bracht passed Cunnama, and by 34.6km was 1:02 ahead with Degasperi maintaining a 5:05 deficit. By the finish, Bracht’s 5th-best 2:50:59 run was steady and swift enough to finish in 8:17:22 with a 2:14 margin over Cunnama (2:50:52 run), 6:34 over Degasperi (2:49:41 run), 14 minutes ahead of Gwenael Ouilleres of France (2:49:57 run), and 15:25 on Ritchie Nicholls (race-best 2:48:18 run).
Women
Emma-Kate Lidbury led the women’s pro swim wave in 55:11, 7 seconds ahead of Natascha Schmitt of Germany, 2:18 on Sämmler, and 3:36 on Alexandra Tondeur of Belgium.
After a women's-best 5:06:28 bike split, Sämmler led Lidbury (women's 3rd-best 5:09:30 bike split) by 1:02, Martina Kunz of Switzerland (5:07:56 bike split) by 5:03, and Alexandra Tondeur of Belgium (5:14:35 bike split) by 10:09.
