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 |
