Welcome to Ironman Rankings 2009

This website will provide a ranking system for the Ironman Series. Only Ironman races will be included, no ironman 70.3 or non WTC iron distance races. It will provide an interesting account of who are the most consistently performing ironman athletes.

Point Allocation

The year will begin with Ironman Florida 2008 and will end at the 2009 Hawaii Ironman World Championships. Bonus points will be allocated for 2008 Hawaii Ironman top 20 finishers to kick off the table. Bonus points will be allocated with 1st gaining 20 points down to 20th receiving 1.
Points will be allocated to other ironman races as follows.

1st 60 points
2nd 30 points
3rd 20 points
4th 15 points
5th through to 10th 10 down to 5 points

However, athletes will have to finish within 10% of the 2nd place getter to gain any points.

Points will be allocated for the 2009 Hawaii Ironman World Championships as follows.

1st 150 points
2nd 100 points
3rd 75 points
4th 60 points
5th 50 points
6th 45 points
7th 40 points
8th 35 points
9th 30 points
10th 25 points
11th through to 20th 24 down to 15 points

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Ironman South Africa Preview


The men's race looks to be quite exciting. There does not seem to be a clear favourite amongst the challenges. Stephen Bayliss the defending champion will be back a month after collecting a sixth place at Ironman New Zealand. Raynard Tissink will be looking to stop him however. He has had to settle for the runner-up position for the last two years, and will be determined to win in his home country. Others to watch for will be Petr Vabrousek (who will be lining up for his third iron distance event of the year), Marino Vanhoenacker (three time winner of Ironman Austria) and Olivier Maceau (who is more often seen on the xterra or triathlon circuit).

Professional Male

 

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

1.

Bayliss

Stephen

2.

Cunnama

James

3.

Domnik

Norbert

4.

Freeman

Bryn

5.

Fruehwirth

Alexander

6.

Gohner

Michael

7.

Gore

Glen

8.

Gray

Justin

9.

Johnson

Rob

10.

Klaus

Thomas

11.

Olivier

Marceau

12.

Pedraza

Sebastian

13.

Raudsepp

Raimo

14.

Schellens

Gerrit

15.

Schoissengeier

Peter

16.

Storm

Carl

17.

Storm

Brad

18.

Storm

Anton

19.

Tissink

Raynard

20.

Vabrousek

Petr

21.

Van Der Leeuw

Phillipe

22.

Van Lingen

Lawrence

23.

Vanhoenacker

Marino

24.

Venhorst

Andreas

 In comparison, the women's race has two clear favourites in defending champion Bella Bayliss (formally Comerford) and Andrea Brede.  Last year Bayliss and her new husband Stephen walked away with both titles and they will be looking to repeat that result in 2009.  If she retains her title she will move to the top of the table ahead of Gina Ferguson. Brede is the 2006 Ironman Germany champion. She doesn't race often but when she does she has posted some very quick times. She is a strong athlete in all three disciplines and it will be hard to pick a winner between her and Bayliss. The main challenge to Bayliss and Brede will most likely come from Lucie Zelenkova. Zelonkova will be fresh from her 4th place finish at the Ironman Singapore 70.3 and will be looking to edge out Bayliss and Brede for the win to go with her Ironman South Africa 70.3 title. 

Professional Female

 

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

1.

Bayliss

Bella

2.

Brede

Andrea

3.

Brewer

Jane

4.

Buley

Helen

5.

Cronje

Kathryn

6.

Daniel

Wilma

7.

Dupont

Anne-marie

8.

Gordon

Jacqui

9.

Joyce

Rachel

10.

Kinsley

Claire

11.

Koll

Caroline

12.

Tajsich

Sonja

13.

Zelenkova

Lucie

 
Posted by Iron Ed at 6:14 PM