Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Ironman 70.3 Germany 09

Kienle and Van Vlerken take Ironman 70.3 Germany

Sebastian Kienle and Yvonne van Vlerken win the third Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Ironman 70.3 Germany in Wiesbaden

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Quotes from the race
Yvonne van Vlerken: “I’m happy and satisfied, looking at a new course record. But I lost some time on the downhills to Boman. I’ll race next week a short distance in Austria, just before heading out for the Kona preparation at Lake Tahoe.“

Sebastian Kienle: “I knew before the race, looking at my results with just wins, that I’m a pre-race favorite. I’ve selected the races I like and that suit me, but I knew there are four or five guys that couls win this race. During the bike I was a while nervous, because I didn’t made any time on the hard pushing leaders. I’ve built my strength on the run, which was good. My biggest concern waw on Michael [Raelert], he is able to run me down in an Olympic triathlon. We’ll have the chance for a rematch a few more times this year, including Clearwater.”

Männer
1. Sebastian Kienle (GER) 4:04:34,8 Stunden
2. Michael Raelert (GER) 4:05:25,2
3. Mathias Hecht (SUI) 4:05:52,6
4. Andreas Böcherer (GER) 4:07:30,9
5. Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) 4:08:34,5
6. Faris Al-Sultan (GER) 4:11:47,1
7. Konstantin Bachor (GER) 4:13:21,7
8. Uwe Widmann (GER) 4:15:55,5
9. Cyril Viennot (FRA) 4:16:27,0 *
10. Vincent Riess (AUT) 4:18:52,3 *

Frauen
1. Yvonne van Vlerken (NED) 4:42:46,1
2. Tiina Boman (FIN) 4:44:47,2
3. Eva Janssen (NED) 4:47:40,4 *
4. Andrea Steinbecher (GER) 4:49:27,5
5. Wenke Kujala (GER) 4:51:56,3
6. Nicole Töpfer (GER) 4:58:41,7
7. Nina Kuhn (GER) 5:01:48,3
8. Sonja Jaarsveld (NED) 5:03:03,7
9. Meike Krebs (GER) 5:03:42,8
10. Anna Baylis-Scheiderbauer (GER) 5:08:34,2