Lance Armstrong Wins Ironman 70.3 Florida

Lance Armstrong's Kona campaign took a massive step forward today when he posted a decisive win at Ironman 70.3 Florida. All of the field where 'Lanced' as the seven time Tour-de-France winner posted a 2:01:13 bike which was an incredible 10 minutes 30 seconds ahead of the next bes

Karl Hayes

Karl Hayes

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Lance Armstrong’s Kona campaign took a massive step forward today when he posted a decisive win at Ironman 70.3 Florida. All of the field where ‘Lanced’ as the seven time Tour-de-France winner posted a 2:01:13 bike which was an incredible 10 minutes 30 seconds ahead of the next best placed rider.

However Lance proved that it is not all about the bike when he went on to run a 1:15:56 half marathon split to win the race ahead of  Maxim Kriat of the Ukraine. Lance is certainly not intending turning up in Kona just to make up the numbers, and it will be fascinating to see how he goes on the Ironman France course in Nice, a course he is very familiar with.

“Despite feeling really good, I just tried to stay within myself,” Armstrong said after the race.

“I followed the GPS to make sure that I was on my pace, which was 5:45-5:50 and didn’t try to go any quicker.”

Armstrong attributed his success to the fact that he finally got the nutrition right in Florida.

“I felt pretty good I must say. Think I finally figured out the nutrition component which has been dogging me,” he tweeted after the race.

In  the women’s  race it was an all America podium with Jessica Jacobs taking the win in a time of 4:24:30.

Top 20 Men and Women

Name Country Swim Bike Run Finish
Armstrong, Lance 0:24:52 2:01:13 1:15:56 3:45:38
Kriat, Maxim USA 0:25:12 2:11:43 1:16:54 3:56:56
Godoy, Francesc ESP 0:23:32 2:13:14 1:19:35 3:59:45
Castillo, Andres COL 0:24:45 2:12:30 1:20:36 4:01:08
Cavanha, Mauro BRA 0:24:52 2:16:32 1:16:48 4:02:04
Kahn, David USA 0:23:29 2:13:28 1:26:14 4:06:35
Bagg, Chris USA 0:26:23 2:15:05 1:21:36 4:07:01
Langfield, Andrew USA 0:28:29 2:15:20 1:20:20 4:07:55
Hodges, Andrew USA 0:25:04 2:20:12 1:19:52 4:08:53
Rahn, Fabian DEU 0:34:21 2:13:42 1:18:21 4:09:58
Payne, Matthew USA 0:29:35 2:12:08 1:26:05 4:11:51
Biboud, Julien CAN 0:28:15 2:22:18 1:23:46 4:18:09
Glackin, Nat USA 0:30:12 2:14:07 1:30:10 4:18:23
Monseau, Vinnie USA 0:30:27 2:18:28 1:24:56 4:18:37
Lubinski, Jim USA 0:33:50 2:17:26 1:25:30 4:20:25
Naranjo, Mario PAN 0:30:24 2:20:34 1:26:09 4:20:32
Poole, Michael USA 0:25:09 2:12:06 1:40:54 4:21:21
Van Zyl, Anton USA 0:30:34 2:22:55 1:23:48 4:21:21
Acevedo, Rodrigo COL 0:31:34 2:18:28 1:27:35 4:21:41
Arters, Shane USA 0:28:23 2:20:33 1:30:01 4:23:59
Name Country Swim Bike Run Finish
Jacobs, Jessica USA 0:33:33 2:25:00 1:21:53 4:24:30
Tetrick, Jennifer USA 0:30:24 2:22:01 1:29:54 4:26:09
Stevens, Amanda USA 0:25:04 2:26:21 1:32:58 4:28:19
Kraft, Nina DEU 0:26:41 2:30:58 1:27:08 4:28:43
Kozulina, Tamara USA 0:31:56 2:28:02 1:27:40 4:31:14
Castro, Terra USA 0:29:29 2:30:49 1:34:50 4:39:39
McWilliam, Cassie USA 0:27:42 2:37:29 1:31:46 4:41:20
Wilkinson, Jolene USA 0:32:15 2:27:20 1:37:38 4:41:27
Allan, Paolina CAN 0:31:53 2:31:17 1:37:02 4:44:19
Ohlson, Danielle USA 0:34:03 2:29:24 1:36:10 4:44:22
Murray, Carole USA 0:32:28 2:30:16 1:38:04 4:45:29
Anderson, Morgan USA 0:37:57 2:32:42 1:30:11 4:45:40
Bergman, Libby USA 0:31:47 2:34:58 1:34:04 4:46:01
Crate, Jessica USA 0:36:44 2:33:47 1:30:42 4:46:12
Dcroz, Fiorella COL 0:27:16 2:37:03 1:40:31 4:48:50
Hutchins, Andrea USA 0:37:32 2:37:03 1:30:24 4:49:37
Clifford, Ashley USA 0:27:21 2:47:22 1:31:54 4:50:58
Young, Michelle CAN 0:29:31 2:33:09 1:42:54 4:51:26
Dunn, Mallory USA 0:30:43 2:37:15 1:40:43 4:53:29
Yaremczuk, Natasha USA 0:31:08 2:49:22 1:29:50 4:54:07

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