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October 29, 2017 (Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii) – Bradley Weiss from Stellenbosch, South Africa and Flora Duffy from Devonshire, Bermuda captured the 22nd XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon elite titles on a warm, sunny day in Kapalua, Maui.
It’s the first XTERRA World title for Weiss, and the fourth in a row for Duffy. With the win, Duffy joins XTERRA Hall of Famer Conrad Stoltz as the only other elite to win four titles, she is the first female to four, and is the only elite to win four straight. Both Weiss and Duffy each earned $20,000 USD for their respective victories. The total purse was $100,000 and the event was filmed for live viewing as well as international distribution. More than 800 endurance athletes – including six physically challenged athletes – from 52 countries competed in the event, which started with a one-mile rough water swim at D.T. Fleming Beach, continued with a 20-mile mountain bike ride that traversed the West Maui Mountains, and finished with a tough 6.5-mile trail run in the hot sun. There was more than 4,000-feet of combined climbing on the technical bike and run courses, which were in excellent condition despite pouring rain on Monday and Tuesday of this week. Men’s RaceTop 10 Elite Men
Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse 1 Bradley Weiss 28 Stellenbosch, South Africa 2:32:09 $20,000 2 Mauricio Mendez 22 Mexico City, Mexico 2:33:24 $12,000 3 Ruben Ruzafa 33 Rincon de la Victo, Spain 2:33:45 $7,000 4 Francisco Serrano 37 San Pedro Garza Ga, Mexico 2:34:29 $4,000 5 Cedric Fleureton 44 Albigny, France 2:34:50 $2,500 6 Sam Osborne 26 Rotorua, New Zealand 2:36:22 $1,500 7 Braden Currie 31 Wanaka, New Zealand 2:39:03 $1,100 8 Josiah Middaugh 39 Eagle-Vail, Colorado 2:39:32 $800 9 Brice Daubord 32 Orleans, France 2:41:36 $600 10 Rom Akerson 33 Tambor, Costa Rica 2:42:23 $500
Women’s Race
Today was all about Flora Duffy. She led the swim, the bike, and the run for the women by a remarkable lead. By mile 15 on the bike, Duffy had an almost six-minute lead on runner up Barbara Riveros from Chile. “I did my first XTERRA World Championship in 2013, and I can vividly remember almost falling over running on that beach down there,” said Duffy. “So, to be here today after winning four in a row is pretty unbelievable and pretty crazy to think about where I started. It’s a very special day for me, and what made it even cooler was that Bradley Weiss – Bad Brad I like to call him – won his first world title. We’ve done a lot of training together over the years. He helped me in my final prep to Rotterdam and I would like to think I helped him today.” The 2017 XTERRA Chile Champion, Barbara Riveros was in second place for most of the race after a solid swim. She finished in 2:56:11, about eight minutes behind Duffy. Laura Philipp was third in 2:57:24. “On the bike, Flora was on another level, we all know that,” said Riveros, a three-time Olympian, who missed the last two years at Maui because of injury. “I’m very happy to be at the finish in one piece and I’m happy to be back. I definitely need to spend more time on the mountain bike to get to the next level.” As for Philipp, who won XTERRA France earlier this year in her first off-road race, she sat in third most all day. “It was tough from the beginning, but I was surprised I was fourth out of the water which was good for me,” said Philipp. “I’ll definitely be back. The race was beautiful. I didn’t have to worry about traffic. I was 100 percent concentrated.” XTERRA European Champion Brigitta Poor posted a fabulous performance to finish in fourth. “The swim was crazy, but I lived,” she laughed. “I was happy when I started the bike and I loved the course. It’s really a power course, but I didn’t drink enough so my legs cramped.” The untold story of the day comes from the Scottish Rocket Lesley Paterson, who was injured shortly after winning the XTERRA Pan America Championship in September and had been struggling with a stress fracture in her pelvis for the past month. “I’ve only done one minute of run training in the last four weeks, and that was last night,” Paterson finally admitted. “It was a challenge to get here but I wanted to come because I love the XTERRA family and I knew if I didn’t come here I wouldn’t experience it. And you know, I enjoyed it. I enjoyed being out here and seeing everyone and suffering with everyone. I really enjoyed it.” Suzie Snyder, who finished sixth and top American in Maui for the second straight year, can relate. The XTERRA Pan Am Tour champ has been dealing with asthma and heart rate issues for the past few months. “I’m pretty relieved I can be done and recover,” said Snyder. “I’m disappointed to be off the podium. It was a strong field, but when you don’t have the preparation, you can’t expect to be on the podium.” Quotes from the field, Elite Women Lesley Paterson I’ve only done one minute of run training the last 4 weeks because I was injured. And that was last night. The bike training has been pretty tough as was the swim. Unfortunately, I got a stress fracture in my pelvis. You know it’s been painful so it was a bummer. It was a challenge to get here. A lot of tears. A lot of frustration but I decided I wanted to come out here anyway because I love the XTERRA family and if I don’t come out here I don’t get to experience it. I just wanted to enjoy the experience. The swim felt good, it wasn’t painful. And the swim has been very painful just with the pelvis rotating. So I was really happy. But running up to the bike it was really painful and I thought, “Oh this is not going to be good.” But then the bike was fine. But I just didn’t have my top fitness and with these girls you have to come with your top game if you want to be competitive at all. And the run was just an absolute survival. Barbara Riveros It was OK. I had an OK swim. On the bike Flora was on another level, we know that. I’m happy I did everything I could. I was in second place the whole race but Laura did a really good job. She is very strong. She is someone to watch. It’s great to have people like that to bring the level of XTERRA up. Laura Phillip It was tough from the beginning, but I was surprised I was fourth out of the water which was good for me. And on the run, I really suffered. From the beginning I couldn’t find any kind of rhythm and I think it was the first time ever that I was walking in a triathlon. But then on the downhill, I felt a bit better. But I can’t complain I took third place and I’m really happy with that. I made up time on Barbara but I never caught her. I had no idea who was behind me. Brigitta and me we started the run together but then I didn’t see her. The water was good, on the first exit I caught the wave nicely. The second exit was hard but for my first real ocean swim I did pretty good. It’s beautiful. I think I will do some more. I will now enjoy some vacation time on the beach. Brigitta Poor I was very happy when I started the bike and I loved the course. It was dry and it’s really a power course. That’s very good for me but the problem was I drank less so at the end of the bike my legs were cramped. So, the run was like walking and I was very dizzy. I’m very happy to finish. Laura and I came to the transition together after the bike but I was very slow on the run. I did a lot of mistakes after I finished the bike like not enough water. But I am very happy it was the perfect place. Maybe next year. Suzie Snyder My breathing was good. I think coming down to sea level really helped. The asthma is more part of it than I realized. The inhaler helped. I was good mentally. I never let the breathing get out of control. The course was a little slick in spots but overall it was a fun course. It was a little rough in sections but I had fun on the bike.Top 10 Elite Women
Pl Name Age Hometown Time Purse 1 Flora Duffy Devonshire, Bermuda 2:47:47 $20,000 2 Barbara Riveros Santiago, Chile 2:56:11 $12,000 3 Laura Philipp Heidelberg, Germany 2:57:24 $7,000 4 Brigitta Poor Gyor, Hungary 3:02:36 $4,000 5 Lesley Paterson Stirling, Scotland 3:06:01 $2,500 6 Suzie Snyder Reno, Nevada 3:06:27 $1,500 7 Elizabeth Orchard Auckland, New Zealand 3:06:40 $1,100 8 Helena Karaskova Jablonec, Czech Republic 3:08:22 $800 9 Carina Wasle Kundl, Austria 3:11:34 $600 10 Emma Garrard Park City, Utah 3:12:45 $500Taurnelle, Duvoisin Win Amateur Titles
The age-group athletes impressed as always. The first female amateur was Loanne Duvoisin from Switzerland, who also won the 15-19 age group with a time of 3:17:32. Tanya Sharp from New Zealand was the 40-44 age group world champ and second overall amateur with a time of 3:28:31, and Canadian Heather Pady (40-44) was third in 3:32:37. For the men, Arnaud Taurnelle from France was the first amateur and 17th overall with a time of 2:49:53. Grigorios Souvatzoglou from Greece was the second amateur with a time of 2:51:17, and Pierrick Page from France was the third amateur with a time of 2:52:35.Amateur Women Results
Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Loanne Duvoisin Les Geneveys-Sur-Coffrane, Switzerland 3:17:32 20-24 Amanda Nadeau Calgary, Canada 3:50:10 25-29 Carolina Nieva Yerba Buena, Argentina 3:37:04 30-34 Verena Eisenbarth La Roche sur Furon, France 3:36:09 35-39 Kristy Jennings Wanaka, New Zealand 3:39:20 40-44 Tanya Sharp Auckland, New Zealand 3:28:31 45-49 Mimi Stockton Stevensville, MI 3:38:09 50-54 Catherine Gance Cergy, France 3:50:53 55-59 Celine Hepworth Montmorency, Australia 3:59:30 60-64 Martha Buttner Boulder, CO 4:11:21 65-69 Lynne Pattle Auckland, New Zealand 4:30:25
Age Men Results
Div Name Hometown Time 15-19 Tate Haugan Fort St. John, Canada 2:54:41 20-24 Ondrej Petr Novy Bor, Czech Republic 2:55:31 25-29 Arnaud Taurelle Nancy, France 2:49:53 30-34 Pierrick Page Bressolles, France 2:52:35 35-39 Francisco Gonzalez Santiago, Chile 2:52:59 40-44 Marconi Ribeiro Brasilia, Brazil 3:00:53 45-49 Jose Yuste Abbeville, South Carolina 3:03:44 50-54 Grzegorz Zgliczynski Highland Ranch, CO 3:12:00 55-59 Gregory Ball Noosa, Australia 3:23:40 60-64 Carlos Cabrita Loule, Portugal 3:33:46 65-69 Juerg Binia Dresden, Germany 4:03:22 70-74 Peter Wood Papeete, Tahiti 5:13:54 75-79 Roger Kern Scotts Valley, CA 6:05:47 80+ Jon Adamson Alpharetta, GA 6:38:46 PC Ed Fattoumy Honolulu, HI 3:50:01 Outrigger Resorts Double Ben Hoffman won the Outrigger Resorts Double award for the third straight year. The honor is given annually to those who post the fastest combined times in both the Ironman World Championship and the XTERRA World Championship. “I’m disappointed I didn’t improve on my 7th place finish from last year, but winning the double is the silver lining and I’m excited to say I’m the best in both worlds,” said Hoffman, who finished 12th in 2:47:08. His Ironman Kona time was 8:19:26, and his combined time was 11:06:34. Braden Currie was second in the challenge, with a combined time of 11:29:09. He placed 7th in today’s XTERRA with a time of 2:39:03. The top amateur man was Philipp Widmann from Germany with a combined time of 12:50:29. He nudged out last year’s double champ Pablo Ureta from Argentina, whose combined time was 12:51:18, by just 50-seconds. Verena Eisenbarth won the women’s amateur double in 14:15:41.Outrigger Resorts Double Results
Name Hometown Division IM Time XTERRA Time Combined Times Ben Hoffman Boulder, CO, USA PRO / Elite 8:19:26 2:47:08 11:06:34 Braden Currie Wanaka, New Zealand PRO / Elite 8:50:05 2:39:04 11:29:09 Philipp Widmann Esslingen, Germany M30-34 9:39:15 3:11:13 12:50:28 Pablo Ureta Cordoba, Argentina M35-39 9:39:52 3:11:26 12:51:18 Kenji Takeya Misato, Japan M45-49 9:51:36 3:04:54 12:56:30 Marco Iseli Bern, Switzerland M35-39 10:21:04 3:16:42 13:37:46 Arnaud Bouvier Digne-les-Bains, France M50-54 10:22:38 3:17:37 13:40:15 Jose Reyes Puebla, Mexico M45-49 10:23:49 3:37:10 14:00:59 Verena Eisenbarth La roche sur Foron, France F30-34 10:39:32 3:36:09 14:15:41 Yannick Antoine Rulles, Belgium M40-44 11:14:34 3:07:01 14:21:35 Ashley Robota Tempe, AZ, USA F30-34 10:57:07 4:15:14 15:12:21 Uta Knape Ludwigshafen, Germany F40-44 11:25:38 3:56:34 15:22:12 Brent Wong Aiea, HI, USA M35-39 12:27:13 3:55:26 16:22:39 Jodi Ruby La Verne, CA, USA F55-59 12:02:29 4:29:00 16:31:29 Thierry Foulounoux Paris, France M60-64 12:29:06 4:23:00 16:52:06 Jennifer Burtner Olympia, WA, USA F45-49 13:35:53 3:53:43 17:29:36 Sean Dowling Honolulu, HI, USA M55-59 13:21:33 4:23:44 17:45:17 Guillermo Jaramillo Kailua-Kona, HI, USA M60-64 15:43:35 4:00:58 19:44:33 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SPONSORS The XTERRA World Championship was presented by Paul Mitchell, the Maui Visitors Bureau, Outrigger Resorts, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Muscle Milk, Gatorade Endurance, Suunto, XTERRA Wetsuits, XTERRA Fitness, XTERRA Boards, Maui Motorcyle, Kapalua Resorts, and The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. PDF of the 2017 XTERRA Worlds Press GuideThe post Weiss, Duffy Win 2017 XTERRA World Championship appeared first on XTERRA.
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