Rankings post Ironman China

Not a lot has changed on the men's side. Rasmus Henning moves into the top 10 with his victory in China and Petr Vabrousek into the top 5. Top of the table is still owned by Aussies Luke McKenzie and Tim Berkel, each with a win and a third place.

On the women's side the big mover is Charlotte Paul who now takes the runner-up position. She has now a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd to go with her 11th position in Hawaii last year. Gina Ferguson is just in front with her two victories and 8th position at Hawaii. With her 2nd place at China, Edith Niederfriniger now moves into the top 10.

MEN

Ranking	Name	Points
1=	Luke McKenzie	80
1=	Tim Berkel	80
3	Cameron Brown	76
4	Patrick Vernay	75
5	Petr Vabrousek	65
6=	Andreas Raelert	60
6=	Marino Vanhoenacker	60
6=	Tom Evans	60
6=	Rasmus Henning	60
10	Jozsef Major	35

 

WOMEN

Ranking	Name	Points
1	Gina Ferguson	133
2	Charlotte Paul	120
3	Bella Bayliss	84
4	Chrissie Wellington	80
5	Belinda Granger	64
6=	Heleen Bij De Vaate	60
6=	Lucie Zelonkova	60
8	Edith Niederfriniger	50
9	Joanna Lawn	37
10	Rebekah Keat	33

Ironman China

It was a tough day for racing at Ironman China today with severe heat and humidity making for some very slow times. Rasmus Henning was in a class of his own until the last 10km where he slowed dramatically suffering from cramps.  Second went to Patrick Walliman in his first race as a professional. Jozsef Major had a tough day after his bike was lost and he had to ride on an unfamiliar one and he finished as the third placed professional. The rest of the professional men's field dropped off during the bike and the run leg and were beaten by age groupers and professional women.

Charlotte Paul was one of those women. Finishing 5th overall. Tereza Macel came off the bike with over a 15 minute lead but it didn't take long until Paul was in front. Niederfriniger also passed Macel for second place.

Men 

1	Henning, Rasmus	1/1/1	34/MPRO	00:40:04	04:29:53	03:38:22	08:53:20
2	Wallimann, Patrick	12/2/2	36/MPRO	00:50:40	04:49:49	03:36:35	09:22:46
3	Schifferle, Mike	4/2/1	36/M35-39	00:50:41	04:44:24	03:46:42	09:28:49
4	Major, Jozsef	11/3/3	30/MPRO	00:49:30	04:53:26	03:49:52	09:38:52
5	Park, Byung Hoon	15/8/4	38/MPRO	01:04:24	04:57:32	03:48:47	09:57:10
6	Ikegata, Shigenobu	10/7/5	/MPRO	00:49:03	05:07:57	03:57:57	09:59:55
7	Evoe, Patrick	14/4/6	32/MPRO	00:58:35	04:45:41	04:14:43	10:03:38
8	Attamimi, Assad	5/2/1	34/M30-34	00:56:14	05:08:41	03:57:22	10:06:24
9	Teramoto, Yoshiaki	10/4/2	34/M30-34	01:10:09	05:09:33	03:41:24	10:09:15
10	Vabrousek, Petr	13/5/7	36/MPRO	00:51:48	04:55:00	04:18:09	10:12:06

Women

1	Paul, Charlotte	6/4/1	36/WPRO	00:54:59	05:12:01	03:35:44	09:48:14
2	Niederfriniger, Edith	4/3/2	38/WPRO	00:52:31	05:13:32	03:50:15	10:01:39
3	Macel, Tereza	1/2/3	35/WPRO	00:46:40	05:04:22	04:17:29	10:13:43
4	Phelan, Donna	3/7/4	37/WPRO	00:52:29	05:24:41	04:03:13	10:25:15
5	Loeffler, Kim	9/5/5	37/WPRO	01:03:44	05:06:37	04:14:43	10:29:53
6	biscay, hillary	2/6/6	31/WPRO	00:47:12	05:29:29	04:16:59	10:39:14
7	Rekas, Lidia	2/2/1	29/W25-29	01:05:59	05:37:13	03:59:48	10:50:13

Ironman China Preview

Ironman China is heating up to be a great race. In the men all eyes will be on Rasmus Henning as he attempts his first iron distance race. The Dane has been very successful over the shorter distance but will be making a big step up as he faces competion from Jozsef Major (winner of Ironman Arizona 2008 April version), Tim Marr who placed 3rd in China last year, the racing machine Petr Vabrousek, and Byung Hoon Park. 

The women's race will be a batle between several previous Ironman winners. Hillary Biscay, Edith Niederfiniger, Mariska Kramer-Postma, Charlotte Paul and Tereza Macel will all be looking to add Ironman China to their tropy cabinets, and will also face a challenge from American Kim Loeffler who will be determined to gain her first ironman victory.

My picks for the win will be Tim Marr and Charlotte Paul.

1 Byung Hoon PARK

2 Donna PHELAN

3 Timothy MARR

4 Tereza MACEL

5 Mathieu OHALLORAN

6 Kim LOEFFLER

7 Petr VABROUSEK

8 Charlotte PAUL

9 Rasmus HENNING

10 Hillary BISCAY

11 Justin GRANGER

12 Edith NIEDERFRINIGER

13 Patrick EVOE

14 Jocelyn Sui-Yee WONG

15 Chris WATERHOUSE

16 Monika STADLMANN

17 Jens THÖNNES

18 Yvette GRICE

19 Jozsef MAJOR

20 Mariska KRAMER-POSTMA

21 Keegan WILLIAMS

22 Kelly LILJEBLAD

23 Kjell SCHIOEBERG

24 Manuel HUERTA

25 Markus STRINI

26 Patrick WALLIMANN

27 Paul AMBROSE

28 Paul MATTHEWS

29 Scott DEFILIPPIS

30 Shigenobu IKEGATA

31 Zach RUBLE

 

Ironman Rankings after Ironman South Africa

Not much has changed at the top of the table as many of those racing Ironman South Africa were racing their first ironman of the season. Marino Vanhoenacker moves up to 5th equal position after his South African victory while Aussies Tim Berkel and Luke McKenzie still hold a slim lead over Cameron Brown and Patrick Vernay.

Likewise not much has changed in the women's line up as Bella Bayliss was not able to make up any ground on Ferguson who still commands a healthy lead. Lucie Zelonkova moves up into 5th equal position.

Ranking	Name	Points
1=	Luke McKenzie	80
1=	Tim Berkel	80
3	Cameron Brown	76
4	Patrick Vernay	75
5=	Tom Evans	60
5=	Andreas Raelert	60
5=	Marino Vanhoenacker	60
8	Petr Vabrousek	57
9=	Chris Lieto	30
9=	Bryan Rhodes	30
9=	Terenzo Bozzone	30
9=	Jason Shortis	30
9=	Jimmy Johnsen	30
9=	Pete Jacobs	30
9=	Torbjorn Sindballe	30
9=	Michael Gohner	30

 

Ranking	Name	Points
1	Gina Ferguson	133
2	Bella Bayliss	84
3	Chrissie Wellington	80
4	Belinda Granger	64
5=	Heleen Bij De Vaate	60
5=	Charlotte Paul	60
5=	Lucie Zelonkova	60
8	Joanna Lawn	37
9	Rebekah Keat	33
10=	Leanda Cave	30
10=	Tamara Kozulina	30
10=	Nicole Leder	30
10=	Rachel Joyce	30
10=	Sonia Tajsich	30