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Club La Santa, 21 May 2006

 

2006 Ironman Lanzarote Canarias
May 20, 2006

3.8km/2.4mile swim, 180km/112mile bike, 42,195km/26.2mile run

Top 10 Men
1. Ain Alar Juhanson (EST) 8:54:11
2. Steffen Liebetrau (GER) 8:56:32
3. Gerrit Schellens (BEL) 9:01:04
4. Feliz Javier Martinez (SPN) 9:03:42
5. Nils Goerke (GER) 9:07:27
6. Teemu Toivanen (FIN) 9:14:25
7. Luc Van Lierde (BEL) 9:14:42
8. Thomas Hellriegel (GER) 9:15:21
9. Martin Leumann (SUI) 9:26:15
10. Maximillian Longree (GER) 9:26:57



Top 10 Women
1. Karin Thuerig (SUI) 9:52:43
2. Tiina Boman (FIN) 10:16:42
3. Heleen Bij de Vaate (NED) 10:23:05
4. Tara Norton (CAN) 10:25:38
5. Rebecca Preston (AUS) 10:31:12
6. Kate Bevilaqua (AUS) 10:51:13
7. Francoise Wellekens (BEL) 11:09:35
8. Sarah Hruby (SWI) 11:12:59
9. Kristien Vleugels (BEL) 11:19:38
10. Michaela Schneck (GER) 11:31:36

Marc Herremans , wheelchair athlete: 14:03:40


pictures by Atila Sbruzzi

 Overal Results
 Age group results

Club La Santa and Ironman Lanzarote thank all journalists for their great coverage of this 15th edition!
Have a quick read hereunder and enjoy these first online reports through the links...More will follow later, as well as a pics galery.

 

 

 

Many journalists have been covering the 15th edition of our race. We are pleased to publish the links to some more articles published on various websites on Ironman Lanzarote Canarias Triathlon 2006.

 Link to Kai Baumgartner's articles (in German on www.3athlon.de )

 Link to the Lanzarote newspaper, La Voz de Lanzarote, in Spanish

 

Thürig and Juhanson win in Lanzarote

Switzerland’s Karin Thürig won Ironman Lanzarote in impressive style, while Ain-Alar Juhanson from Estonia suffered badly to defend his title thanks to brutal conditions with gusty winds up to 45 mph... read Nadine Fischer's report on www.ironman.com

 

Juhansson, Thuerig take Ironman Lanzarote by (wind) storm

A day of wind, hills and sun culminate with a second Lanzarote title for Ain Alar Juhanson and a new Ironman win for Swiss TT specialist Thuerig
By Jay Prasuhn

May 20, 2006 -- At the 15th Ironman Lanzarote Canarias today, in the Spanish Canary Islands off the west coach of Africa, a fiercely fought battle on the bike among the men continued onto the run, with Estonian Ain Alar Juhansson netting the victory by just over two minutes, in 8:54:11, over training partner Steffen Liebetrau for his second Ironman win of the season. Read Jay Prasuhn's story on
http://www.triathletemag.com/story.cfm?story_id=12168&pageID=1705

 

IM Lanzarote: Juhanson siegt erneut, Thuerig unbedrängt
von A. Thomma für tri2b.com am 20.05.2006
Die Schweizerin Karin Thuerig und der Este Ain-Alar Juhanson sind die Sieger des 15. Canaries Ironman Lanzarote. Bei guten äußeren Bedingungen legten beide die Grundlage beim Radfahren. Steffen Liebetrau und Nils Goerke belegten die Plätze zwei und fünf ... [mehr: www.tri2b.de]