Image: Sergio Betancort
The twentieth edition of Ironman Lanzarote will be remembered for the record broken by Timo Bracht. The German shattered all the records of the world's toughest triathlon event and set a new mark. Timo needed 8 hours, 30 minutes and 34 seconds to complete the 3.8 kilometers swimming, 180 kilometers cycling and the 42.2 kilometers running. For the second consecutive year, Nicholas Peter Ward was the best Canary Islander to cross the finish line in fifth position. Gregorio Cáceres had to settle for sixth place.
At 07:00 on Saturday, a new edition of the Ironman Lanzarote Canarias Triathlon started and nearly 1,500 triathletes were the ones who took to the sea to complete what is considered the most demanding triathlon event. From the first moment the German Konstantin Bachor was in charge of leading the race. He completed the swimming segment with a time of 46 minutes and 31 seconds.
The cycling segment served for Konstantin Bachor and Timo Bracht to open a considerable difference with respect to the rest of the participants. Gregorio Cáceres seemed that he could aspire to the podium of this edition, and in the area of Famara, halfway through the course, he occupied the third place in the classification. The Lanzarote triathlete was fading as the kilometers passed.
Konstantin Bachor completed the cycling segment in first place, needing a time of 4:47:28 to complete the 180 kilometers of the course. He was just over three minutes ahead of his compatriot Timo Bracht and more than 15 minutes ahead of the rest of the participants. Gregorio Cáceres lost more than 21 minutes at the end of this segment.
The distance between Timo Bracht and Konstantin Bachor was not insurmountable and Timo only needed the first lap of the running course to reach and overtake Konstantin. Timo made a meteoric race and that allowed him to cross the finish line in first place with a time of 08:30:34. A mark that means a new record in the Ironman Lanzarote. Konstantin Bachor and Esben Hovgaard, completed the podium of the Ironman Lanzarote.
Nicholas Peter Ward fifth and Gregorio Cáceres sixth
This year's edition of the Ironman Lanzarote was called for the two professional participants from Conejero to fight for the podium and even for the final victory. It could not be and both Nicholas Peter Ward and Gregorio Cáceres did not have their day. Nicholas had very bad feelings in the swimming segment and the bike race, only feeling how in the marathon.
In the last lap of the course, Nicholas Peter Ward reached Gregorio Cáceres and would cross the finish line in fifth position. Nico took a time of 09:02:44. He was just one minute ahead of his teammate Gregorio Cáceres, who had to settle for sixth place overall in the Ironman Lanzarote 2011.
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