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Wiltshire emerged from the swim 5 seconds back of the leader Ivan Risti of Italy, took the lead early on the bike before falling 5:20 behind hard- charging 48-year-old Andreas Niedrig atT2. By 15km of the run, Wiltshire and Risti took over the lead, chased by Tim Brydenbach of Belgium (+2:17) and a fading Niedrig (+4:42).
By 27 km of the run, Wiltshire established a 2:28 lead on Brydenbach, 4:16 on Risti and 5:39 on Marc Duelsen of Germany. After a 3rd-fastest 2:51:04 marathon, Wiltshire finished in 8:17:14 with a 1:20 margin of victory over Brydenbach (2:51:41 run) and 2:44 over 3rd-place Risti (2:53:46 run).
Trevor Delsaut of France made up a lot of ground after his 57:15 swim with a 3rd-best 4:30:31 bike split and a 2nd-best 2:48:49 marathon to finish 4th, 4:37 behind the winner. Christian Brader of Germany closed with a race-best 2:45:37 run to finish 5th, 52 seconds behind Delsaut.
The win comes after Wiltshire’s 3rd place at Ironman Malaysia and 5th places at Ironman Wales and Ironman UK, which earned him a slot at the Ironman World Championship.
Wiltshire emerged from the swim 5 seconds back of the leader Ivan Risti of Italy, took the lead early on the bike before falling 5:20 behind hard- charging 48-year-old Andreas Niedrig atT2. By 15km of the run, Wiltshire and Risti took over the lead, chased by Tim Brydenbach of Belgium (+2:17) and a fading Niedrig (+4:42).
By 27 km of the run, Wiltshire established a 2:28 lead on Brydenbach, 4:16 on Risti and 5:39 on Marc Duelsen of Germany. After a 3rd-fastest 2:51:04 marathon, Wiltshire finished in 8:17:14 with a 1:20 margin of victory over Brydenbach (2:51:41 run) and 2:44 over 3rd-place Risti (2:53:46 run).
Trevor Delsaut of France made up a lot of ground after his 57:15 swim with a 3rd-best 4:30:31 bike split and a 2nd-best 2:48:49 marathon to finish 4th, 4:37 behind the winner. Christian Brader of Germany closed with a race-best 2:45:37 run to finish 5th, 52 seconds behind Delsaut.
The win comes after Wiltshire’s 3rd place at Ironman Malaysia and 5th places at Ironman Wales and Ironman UK, which earned him a slot at the Ironman World Championship.
