The Belgian Kenneth Vandendriessche and the British Lydia Dant have been the absolute winners of the thirtieth edition of the Ironman Lanzarotethe longest running of those held in Europe, a test that was marked by the strong heat that has been throughout the day on Saturday.
One of the toughest triathlon events in the world began at 07:00 in Puerto del Carmen, where more than a thousand triathletes jumped into the sea to complete the 3.8 kilometer swim segment.
Next, they cycled through a good part of the island, with a 180-kilometre route, and ended up back in Puerto del Carmen after a 42.2-kilometre foot race.
Dane Mathias Petersen dominated the swimming and cycling segments, obtaining an important difference with the passage of kilometers.
The difference of more than five minutes at the end of the bicycle route was not an impediment for the Belgian Kenneth Vandendriessche to carry out a masterful foot race, surpassing the leader at kilometer thirty of the marathon.
Kenneth Vandendriessche He crossed the finish line as the winner of the thirtieth edition of the Ironman Lanzarote using a final time of 8 hours, 39 minutes and 56 seconds.
Second place on the podium went to Mathias Petersen (08:42:45), recovering in the last kilometers and keeping the silver medal. Third has been the German Philipp Bahlke (08:51:13).
The female category was charged with emotion until the final meters, seeing British Lydia Dant how his advantage was reduced with the passing of the kilometers. He came to have more than six minutes on the Dutch Els Visser, who came to jeopardize Dant’s victory. Finally, the British woman crossed the finish line as the absolute winner with a time of 9 hours, 37 minutes and 26 seconds.
Els Visser was only 1 minute and 44 seconds from first place in the women’s general classification, making a great race from less to more and being the second classified (09:39:11).
The podium was completed with the third position of lthe Italian Elisabetta Curridori (10:02:52)
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