Engelhardt, McBride Capture Los Cabos 70.3
Adriano Engelhardt of Switzerland used his race-best bike split and second-fastest run to hold off the formidable run of up-and-coming U.S. contender Trevor Foley to win top honors at Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos. Rach McBride of Canada emerged from the water tied-for-first with Mollie Hebda of the U.S., then unleashed a women’s fastest bike split and a third-best run to finish in 4:22:36 with a 5:31 margin over Kylie Simpson and 9:09 over 3rd place finisher Mollie Hebda of the U.S.
Australia’s Kylie Simpson overcame a very slow 38:18 swim with a second-fastest bike split and a dominant half marathon to take second place. While at first glance Simpson’s super-slow swim seemed highly unlikely, a search of her top results revealed that she won the 2021 Ironman Cairns while beginning her day with a 1:09:32 swim split.
Women's Race Recap
Rach McBride of Canada and Mollie Hebda of the U.S. led the swim in 28:08 and 28:09 respectively, three minutes ahead of Alycia Hill. On the bike, McBride surged ahead extending her lead to 6:43 over Mollie Hebda.
After cooling off her pace, McBride finished in 4:22:36 with a 5:31 margin over the hard charging Kylie Simpson, making up gobs of time after her slow swim and 10:30 deficit at T2. Behind her, Hebda took third place.
Men's Race Recap
Joaquin Pereda led the men’s swim with a 24:23 split with countryman David Sanchez right on his heels. A minute back were Tomas Hernandez and Marty Andrie, with Jackson Laundry and Engelhardt 90 seconds back and Trevor Foley 4 minutes arrears.
Swiss charger Engelhardt took control on the bike, riding a 2:06:18 split on a tough course to out split nearest contender Jackson Laundry by a minute. The rest of the chase pack, including Foley, trailed Engelhardt into T2 by at least three minutes.
With a solid lead over Laundry, Engelhardt poured it on and ran aggressively, posting a race-best 1:09:49 half marathon to finish in 3:46:34 with a 2:18 margin over Foley and 4:24 over 3rd place finisher Tomas Hernandez. Falling behind, Laundry faded to 4th place, 51 seconds ahead of Rodrigo Acevedo of Colombia.
Ironman 70.3 Los Cabos
November 6, 2022
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Women
1. Rach McBride (CAN) S 28:08 T1 1:47 B 2:24:20 T2 1:58 R 1:26:25 TOT 4:22:36
2. Kylie Simpson (AUS) S 38:18 T1 2:07 B 2:24:26 T2 1:52 R 1:21:25 TOT 4:28:07
3. Mollie Hebda (USA) S 28:09 T1 2:26 B 2:30:31 T2 1:51 R 1:29:00 TOT 4:31:45
4. Alycia Hill (USA) S 31:03 T1 1:56 BV 2:36:21 T2 1:50 R 1:23:58 TOT 4:35:06
5. Kayla Bowker (USA) S 33:51 T1 2:12 B 2:38:48 T2 2:12 R 2:38:48 TOT 4:42:02
Men
1. Adriano Engelhardt (SUI) S 25:39 T1 1:53 B 2:06:18 T2 1:48 R 1:10:58 TOT 3:46:34
2. Trevor Foley (USA) S 28:55 T1 1:50 B 2:06:49 T2 1:31 R 1:09:49 TOT 3:48:52
3. Tomas Andres Hernandez (MEX) S 25:15 T1 1:37 B 2:10:57 T2 1:36 R 1:11:34 TOT 3:50:58
4. Jackson Laundry (CAN) S 25:44 T1 1:38 B 2:07:33 T2 1:40 R 1:17:50 TOT 3:54:23
5. Rodrigo Acevedo (COL) S 28:56 T1 1:54 B 2:06:45 T2 1:56 R 1:15:45 TOT 3:55:14
