Wojt, Simmonds win Luxembourg 70.3
Lukasz Wojt of Germany topped Bas Diederen of Netherlands by 2:48 and Imogen Simmonds of Switzerland dominated the women’s field at Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg.
Men
Wojt won it wire-to-wire as his 21:43 swim gave him a 1:50 advantage on Manuel Kueng of Switzerland, then his race-best 2:06:32 bike split widened his lead to 5:20 over nearest pursuer Stenn Goetstouwers of Belgium. While Wojt’s middling 1:17:06 run split surrendered 2:32 to Netherland’s Bas Diederen’s race-best 1:14:34, it was enough to get the German to the finish in 3:49:05 with a 2:48 margin of victory over Diederen and 3:38 on 3rd place finisher Goetstouwers.
This win improved on Wojt’s previous season-best 3rd place finish at Kraichgau 70.3.
Women
Imogen Simmonds won it with a women’s 2nd-best swim that left her just 2 seconds behind Anna-lena Pohl of Germany, then crushed her rivals with a 2:19:01 bike split that was 4:55 better than the next–best effort of rival Svenja Thoes of Germany, who trailed Simmonds by 8:09 at T2.
While Simmonds surrendered 53 seconds with her 3rd-best 1:23:04 run split, it was enough to finish in 4:11:30 with a 7:20 margin of victory over Thoes (women’s-best 1:22:11 run split) and 9:18 over 3rd-place finisher Alexandra Tondeur of Belgium (1:22:21 run split).
Simmonds’ victory added to her career best performances that include a win at 2017 Thailand 70.3, 2nd places at 2018 Ironman 70.3 Switzerland and 2018 Ironman 70.3 Xiamen, and 6th at the 2018 Ironman 70.3 World Championships.
Ironman 70.3 Luxembourg
Région Moselle, Luxembourg
June 16, 2019
S 1.2 mi. / B 56 mi. / R 13.1 mi.
Results
Men
1. Lukasz Wojt (GER) 3:49:05 S 21:43 T1 1:44 B 2:06:32 T2 2:02 R 1:17:06
2. Bas Diederen (NED) 3:51:53 S 24:31 T1 1:37 B 2:09:17 T2 1:55 R 1:14:34
3. Stenn Goetstouwers (BEL) 3:52:43 S 24:44 T1 1:35 B 2:09:01 T2 2:00 R 1:15:26
4. Horst Reichel (GER) 3:55:26 S 24:32 T1 1:31 B 2:09:24 T2 2:09 R 1:15:52
5. Paul Reitmayr (AUT) 3:53:35 S 24:37 T1 1:38 B 2:09:15 T2 2:06 R 1:16:00
Women
1. Imogen Simmonds (SUI) 4:11:30 S 25:43 T1 1:43 B 2:19:01 T2 2:01 R 1:23:04
2. Svenja Thoes (GER) 4:18:50 S 28:26 T1 2:14 B 2:23:56 T2 2:06 R 1:22:11
3. Alexandra Tondeur (BEL) 4:20:48 S 28:54 T1 1:43 B 2:25:23 T2 2:29 R 1:22:21
4. Bianca Steurer (AUT) 4:22:00 S 28:23 T1 1:45 B 2:25:26 T2 2:18 R 1:24:10
5. Corina Hengartner (SUI) 4:25:18 S 30:08 T1 1:41 B 2:26:07 T2 2:14 R 1:25:10
