Francfort : Le live

[ironturtle]

Allons bon ils se sont trompés!!
The top four through 86km
Faris Al-Sultan (#5) remains in the lead. Behind him is a group of three that includes:
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 2:28
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 2:29
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 2:31

02:52 So much for that spotter at 77km!
Sorry for that mis-information posted earlier -- we'll have complete splits from 86 km momentarily.

Eneko Llanos remains in second place -- he's 2:28 behind Al-Sultan, with McCormack 2:29 back in third.

[ironturtle]

The rest of the top-10 men through 86 km
Climbing the hill in Bad Vilbel, Jan Raphael remains alone, but his team-mate Maik Twelsiek is leading the group that includes Bracht and Brown that should catch up to the young German soon.

Through 86 km, Faris Al-Sultan (#5) is in front.
Behind him are:
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 2:28
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 2:29
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 2:31
* Jan Raphael (#4) at 7:34
* Maik Twelsiek (#18) at 8:13
* Timo Bracht (#1) at 8:14
* Uwe Widmann (#6) at 8:15
* Markus Fachbach (#15) at 8:16
* Cameron Brown (#10) at 8:18

Hektor Llanos is one second behind Brown in 11th spot.

[ironturtle]

Rounding out the top-10 women at 63 km
Three age group competitors are sitting in the top 10 through 63 km.

Leading the women is Chrissie Wellington (#60). Then we have:
* Ina Reinders (#58) at 46 seconds
* Wenke Kujala (#57) at 1:49
* Meike Krebs (#53) at 2:15
* Nicole Leder (#50) at 2:20
* Nicole Töpfer (#54) at 7:25
* Carlolin Bauer (#458) at 9:40
* Angela Kühnlein (#593) at 10:03
* Stefanie Tänzler (#697) at 10:10
* Imke Schiersch (#52) at 11:

[piero]

salut les gars !

juste pour dire allez FAS .... très cool le gars !

mais Joël, attention à Llanos, il fait quand même de bon truc sur le plat à vélo (Roth et Hawaii)et à pied il peut tourner en 2h45

ici temps mausade .... mais c'est pire à Auron, il parait que c'est l'orage sur l'X terra ....

Moi je fais l'aquaprom de cagnes sur mer à 12h ....

@+

[ironturtle]

Salut piero. Moi je fais repos. S'agirait pas d'être sur-entraîné!!
Et à part ça:
Through the first loop ...
It's still Faris Al-Sultan.

The bike course here in Frankfurt consists of a 12 km ride into town from the swim at Langener Waldsee, followed by two 84 km loops.

Through the end of the first loop, which is 97km into the ride, here are the splits for the first four:

1. Faris Al-Sultan, GER (5) 3:05.55
2. Eneko Llanos, ESP (12) +2.29
3. Chris Mccormack, AUS (11) +2.30
4. Andreas Böcherer, GER (14) +2.32

[piero]

live de l'X terra:

le soleil est revenu ! Conrad Stolz leder au 1er passage VTT

[ironturtle]

Sale temps pour Faris.
Macca starts to move
Chris McCormack has now taken the lead of the chase group and has started to gain some time on Al-Sultan.

Through 108 km, the splits look like this:

Faris Al-Sultan (#5) is the current leader.

Behind him are:
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 1:45
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 1:47
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 1:49

[matafan]

La video c'est du direct maintenant ou non ?

[ironturtle]

The top 10 through 114 km
The chase group with Bracht and Brown continues to gain time on the men ahead of them

Faris Al-Sultan (#5) remains in front, but he's losing time to the men chasing him.

Behind him are:
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 1:26
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 1:29
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 1:31
* Uwe Widmann (#6) at 6:45
* Jan Raphael (#4) at 6:47
* Timo Bracht (#1) at 6:48
* Markus Fachbach (#15) at 6:49
* Maik Twelsiek (#18) at 6:50
* Hektor Llanos (#7) at 6:51
Brown remains in 11th, 6:52 back.


03:40 Wellington and Reinders appear to be tired
Our spotting crew has just reported that Chrissie Wellington and Ina Reinders appear to be a bit more fatigued than the rest of the women in the top five right now.

[ironturtle]

Wellington zieht langsam durch
Das Trio Kujala, Krebs und Leder verliert auf den letzten Kilometern bei Kilometer 108 langsam an Zeit:
3. Wenke Kujala, GER (57) +2.07
4. Meike Krebs, GER (53) +3.32
5. Nicole Leder, GER (50) +3.41

03:48 Kujala, Krebs and Leder start to lose time
Wenke Kujala is now more than two minutes behind Wellington, while Nicole Leder is looking uncomfortable and getting up out of her saddle quite a bit.

[ironturtle]

La guerre est déclarée:
These guys are hurting each other!
Faris Al-Sultan looks like he's working really hard on the bike, as does Chris McCormack, who continues to gain time on the German as they go through 129 km of the ride.

Faris Al-Sultan (#5) is in front. Then we have:
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 36 seconds
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 38 seconds
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 41 seconds

[ironturtle]

wellington se fait reprendre:
Reinders is getting close
She's now only 17 seconds behind the Ford Ironman World Champion.

[ironturtle]

The rest of the men through 129 km
The group with Brown and Bracht continues to gain time on the leaders.

Here are the splits for the top-10 -- note that Brown is in 11th, just two-seconds behind the rest of the group.

Faris Al-Sultan (#5) is in the lead, followed by:
* Chris Mccormack (#11) at 36 seconds
* Eneko Llanos (#12) at 38 seconds
* Andreas Böcherer (#14) at 41 seconds
* Uwe Widmann (#6) at 6:25
* Timo Bracht (#1) at 6:28
* Maik Twelsiek (#18) at 6:30
* Markus Fachbach (#15) at 6:32
* Jan Raphael (#4) at 6:32
* Hektor Llanos (#7) at 6:33

[ironturtle]

macca passe en tête en se frisant les moustaches.
Macca takes the lead
Chris McCormack went by Faris Al-Sultan -- had a quick look back at his German rival, and then pulled away.

He was just joking with the camera man out on the course -- he hardly looks like he's struggling now!

[Fred]

Un forumer chez les teutons : YO !
Allez mec, ça sent le under 5h00 en vélo