Sanders overcame a 3:44 deficit after the swim with race-best bike and run splits to finish in 3:45:38, with a 44 second margin of victory over Reid and 2:28 over 3rd-place finisher and defending Tremblant 70.3 champion Jesse Thomas of the U.S.

The win follows Sanders’ 3rd place at Ironman 70.3 California and win at Ironman 70.3 Texas, in a largely successful 2015 season marred only by a heat-exhausted and woozy 4th place finish at Ironman Texas.