Ironman Mallorca
 Ironman Mallorca
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| venue | Alcúdia Spain
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| First run | 2014 |
| Last event | 2016 |
| organizer | World Triathlon Corporation |
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| distance |
 3.86 km
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| track record | Men: 8:17:22 h, 2015 Timo Bracht Women: 9:23:19 h, 2015 Daniela Sämmler
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The Ironman Mallorca was an annual triathlon - sporting event over the Ironman distance (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running) in the northeast of the Spanish island of Mallorca .
organization
The Ironman Mallorca with 2500 starting places was the ninth race in the European racing series for the first time on September 27, 2014 in the Bay of Alcúdia - four weeks before the Ironman Hawaii.
It was part of the World Triathlon Corporation's Ironman series . Professional triathletes competing for the 50,000 US dollar prize money in Mallorca were able to qualify for the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii , which was announced for a total of 650,000 US dollars, using the Kona Pro Ranking System (KPR). On Mallorca, the winner and the winner each received 2000 points and the other placed a correspondingly reduced number of points. For comparison: the winner in Hawaii receives 8,000 points, the winners in Frankfurt , Texas , Florianópolis , Melbourne and Port Elizabeth each receive 4,000, and in the other Ironman races either 1,000 or 2,000 points.
In 2015, amateurs were able to qualify for the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona over fifty qualification places spread over the individual age groups . In 2016 only forty starting places for Hawaii (slots) were awarded on Mallorca.
In 2015 there was a new course record for both men and women and German winners: Timo Bracht crossed the finish line first after 8:17:22 hours and Daniela Sämmler achieved that after 9:23:19 hours Target. The bike route had been changed slightly compared to the previous year.
No event was announced for 2017 and the race was removed from the racing calendar. The reason given is that the municipality of Alcúdia was not prepared to pay the requested 350,000 euros to the organizer.
Since 2011, the WTC has also held a competition over half the Ironman distance every year in May on the Balearic Island in Alcúdia: The Ironman 70.3 Mallorca (1.9 km swimming, 90 km cycling and 21.1 km running) was 3800 in 2014 registered starters worldwide the largest Ironman 70.3 race.
Routing
- The start for swimming on the beach at the port of Alcúdia took place as a land start in three start groups; first the male professional triathletes started and two minutes later the female ones. Another five minutes later, the amateurs started the competition in 2015 for the first time in a rolling start . For this purpose, the amateurs line up in six boxes according to the expected swimming time. The athletes then each receive the starting clearance so that the entire starting period extends over approx. 15 minutes. The individual competition time is measured by means of transponders and timing mats that have to be overrun. The advantage of this measure is that the participants are equalized at an early stage and thus a group formation on the bike course is avoided. The disadvantage is that the order in the ranking cannot be inferred from the order in which they crossed the finish line.
- The swimming course of 3.86 km in length was in the form of two elongated rectangles to be swimmed clockwise with a short shore leave after about half of the distance.
- The 180 km bike route stretched over one lap, first along the Bay of Alcúdia to the east, after 20 km then south inland to Manacor , then again via Santa Margalida to the Bay of Alcúdia and via Sa Pobla back to Alcúdia. The second part of the cycle route then leads along the Bay of Pollença through Port de Pollença and Pollença into the mountains, where the highest point of the route is passed at km 130 around 600 m above sea level. Sa Pobla is reached again via Campanet and Muro and the section between Sa Pobla and Alcúdia is then passed for the second time. According to the organizers, the height profile contained a total of 1427 meters. Driving in the slipstream was forbidden here, as in all Ironman races on the bike course, and a distance of ten meters to the athlete in front had to be maintained. Violations were punished with a time penalty of four minutes and there were two penalty tents on the bike course.
- The flat running route of 42.195 km extended over four and a half laps with several turning points along the main street Carretera d'Arta and the beach promenade of Alcúdia.
Winners list
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Distribution of points and prize money for professional triathletes ( memento from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Professional Athlete Qualification & Validation . In: ironman.com .
- ↑ Alcúdia refuses Ironman grant (December 15, 2016)
- ↑ Ironman 70.3 Mallorca: Record with 3,800 athletes . In: tri2b.com . 20th December 2013.
- ↑ Competition information Ironman Mallorca 2015 . World Triathlon Corporation.