Joe Gambles wins Ford Ironman Wisconsin Triathlon in new course record
Australian Joe Gambles has taken out the Ford Ironman Wisconsin in his first attempt at the iron distance and in the process set a new course record. The 28 year old Australian came home in 8:32:32, 11 minutes ahead of second placed Romain Guilluame of France, American Eric Bean came in third. John
Australian Joe Gambles has taken out the Ford Ironman Wisconsin in his first attempt at the iron distance and in the process set a new course record. The 28 year old Australian came home in 8:32:32, 11 minutes ahead of second placed Romain Guilluame of France, American Eric Bean came in third.
John Flanagan blitzed the swim in 44:56 and Joe was at the back of the next pack in the swim, exiting the water in sixth at 50:05. With a 4:45:54 bike leg Joe had ridden his way up into fourth spot, behind Konstatin Bachor (who would pull out on the run) Romain and Eric. With a great run of 2:51:54 Joe was able to chase down all his rivals and record a great victory and the beginning of what we hope will be a long and illustrious Triathlon career.
Men’s Leaderboard
1. Joe Gambles 8:38:32
2. Romain Guillaume 8:49:42
3. Eric Bean 8:51:36
4. Stefan Riesen 8:53:39
5. Blake Becker 8:55:44
6. Max Longree 8:55:47
7. Brad Seng 8:58:15
8. Mike Schifferle 8:58:35
9. Dirk Wijnalda 9:01:07
10. Christophe Bastie 9:10:01
In the womens race Kiwi Gina Crawford took line honours ahead of Kristin Moeller of Germany and Hollands Mirjam Weerd.
Women’s Leaderboard
1. Gina Crawford 9:27:26
2. Kristin Moeller 9:39:43
3. Mirjam Weerd 9:52:25
4. Kate Pallardy 10:04:19
5. Charisa Wernick 10:07:19
6. Lauren Jensen 10:19:08
7. Hillary Biscay 10:29:06
8. Erin Spitler 10:31:04
9. Jocelyn Wong 10:34:43
10. Kaytee Petross 10:35:30
| POS | ATHLETE | AGE/DIV | SWIM | BIKE | RUN | TOTAL |
| 1 | Gambles, Joe | 28/MPRO | 0:50:05 | 4:46:54 | 2:54:51 | 8:38:32 |
| 2 | Guillaume, Romain | 25/MPRO | 0:49:43 | 4:42:29 | 3:11:06 | 8:49:42 |
| 3 | Bean, Eric | 34/MPRO | 0:53:27 | 4:43:10 | 3:08:04 | 8:51:36 |
| 4 | Riesen, Stefan | 37/MPRO | 1:00:12 | 4:45:14 | 3:01:24 | 8:53:39 |
| 5 | Becker, Blake | 29/MPRO | 0:55:09 | 4:52:11 | 3:02:09 | 8:55:44 |
| 6 | Longree, Max | 29/MPRO | 1:01:16 | 4:57:41 | 2:50:21 | 8:55:47 |
| 7 | Seng, Brad | 41/MPRO | 0:55:32 | 5:05:08 | 2:51:24 | 8:58:15 |
| 8 | Schifferle, Mike | 37/MPRO | 1:02:00 | 4:44:49 | 3:05:07 | 8:58:35 |
| 9 | Wijnalda, Dirk | 37/MPRO | 1:00:18 | 4:58:00 | 2:56:54 | 9:01:07 |
| 10 | Bastie, Christophe | 41/MPRO | 0:55:31 | 4:48:51 | 3:18:23 | 9:10:01 |
| 11 | Mikelson, Ian | 30/MPRO | 0:53:24 | 4:56:23 | 3:15:10 | 9:10:38 |
| 12 | Brunold, Thomas | 41/M40-44 | 1:04:39 | 4:57:39 | 3:01:53 | 9:13:25 |
| 13 | Marsh, Brandon | 36/MPRO | 0:49:42 | 4:55:50 | 3:21:23 | 9:13:52 |
| 14 | Kurian, Joe | 31/M30-34 | 1:00:55 | 4:59:11 | 3:08:51 | 9:16:43 |
| 15 | Koenig, Norbert | 35/MPRO | 0:55:10 | 5:10:02 | 3:09:49 | 9:21:27 |
| 16 | Zamboni, Andrea | 40/M40-44 | 1:03:24 | 4:59:42 | 3:13:59 | 9:25:04 |
| 17 | Lavery, Mike | 25/M25-29 | 1:01:44 | 5:02:54 | 3:13:08 | 9:25:14 |
| 18 | Flanagan Iii, John | 35/MPRO | 0:44:56 | 5:11:45 | 3:23:16 | 9:26:33 |
| 19 | Crawford, Gina | 30/WPRO | 0:53:35 | 5:12:50 | 3:14:22 | 9:27:26 |
| 20 | Tarkowski, Jeff | 38/M35-39 | 0:56:25 | 5:03:46 | 3:19:24 | 9:28:19 |
| 21 | Kovac, Matjaz | 37/MPRO | 0:58:23 | 4:58:29 | 3:27:39 | 9:32:03 |
| 22 | Sellars, Andrew | 41/M40-44 | 0:54:23 | 5:12:59 | 3:20:02 | 9:35:15 |
| 23 | Bowe, Scott | 31/M30-34 | 0:54:27 | 5:25:07 | 3:09:35 | 9:36:09 |
| 24 | Haak, Steffen | 28/M25-29 | 0:56:31 | 5:17:46 | 3:14:50 | 9:36:50 |
| 25 | Poteet, Scott | 37/M35-39 | 1:01:52 | 5:04:41 | 3:23:43 | 9:37:45 |
| 26 | Knuth, Cameron | 34/M30-34 | 0:54:13 | 5:10:47 | 3:23:49 | 9:39:40 |
| 27 | Moeller, Kristin | 26/WPRO | 1:03:59 | 5:29:06 | 3:00:26 | 9:39:43 |
| 28 | Schaeren, Daniel | 45/M45-49 | 1:00:47 | 5:03:07 | 3:26:21 | 9:40:25 |
| 29 | Stueckle, Wolfgang | 30/M30-34 | 1:05:27 | 4:59:16 | 3:29:00 | 9:41:40 |
| 30 | Blaser, Beat | 34/M30-34 | 1:01:29 | 5:13:54 | 3:21:15 | 9:43:56 |
| 31 | Schweighofer, Georg | 43/M40-44 | 1:10:25 | 5:12:09 | 3:12:17 | 9:44:13 |
| 32 | Breffle, Barry | 40/M40-44 | 0:59:30 | 5:22:13 | 3:15:54 | 9:44:50 |
| 33 | Lyon, Dave | 48/M45-49 | 1:07:19 | 5:06:29 | 3:20:09 | 9:45:33 |
| 34 | Adams, Robert | 40/M40-44 | 1:09:48 | 4:59:50 | 3:30:41 | 9:48:00 |
| 35 | Mccutcheon, Patrick | 42/M40-44 | 1:28:42 | 6:50:14 | 1:10:40 | 9:48:53 |
| 36 | Lanza, Craig | 42/M40-44 | 0:54:25 | 5:29:21 | 3:16:26 | 9:49:46 |
| 37 | Amman, Matthew | 33/M30-34 | 0:56:12 | 5:29:11 | 3:15:38 | 9:50:10 |
