Caroline Pohle & Mika Noodt Take The Tape 70.3 Zell am Zee

Sunday 01 September 2024

The IRONMAN® 70.3® Zell am See-Kaprun triathlon took place today against a stunning backdrop of the Kitzbühel Alps. In an incredible display of recovery, Caroline Pohle (DEU) stormed to a victory marking back-to-back wins, crossing the line in 04:17:34, just a week after becoming IRONMAN 70.3 European Champion in Tallinn, Estonia. In the men’s field, fellow German Mika Noodt took the course best time by two seconds on his IRONMAN Pro Series™ debut.  
 
Pohle was second out of the water, right on Lauren Brandon’s shoulder, but managed to overtake the American in T1, meaning she was first on the bike and maintained her lead right up until the end.  Behind her, a chase pack formed on the bike made up of the likes of Lena Meißner, Els Visser, Laura Madsen, and Grace Thek. As Pohle increased her lead on the run becoming more and more untouchable, a battle unfolded for the final podium places between Laura Madsen, Els Visser, and Grace Thek. At around 2km from the end, Madsen started to fade as Thek picked up the place, running herself down the red carpet in second, and leaving the Dane in third. Thek and Madsen finished within two minutes of Pohle, meaning the all-important IRONMAN Pro Series points remained tight.
 
Pohle commented: “It was my first back-to-back racing, so we had no experience about how my body reacted (sic), but I felt very, very good today, very strong and confident about last week, and yeah, I don’t know how it happened! My parents are here, they surprised me. I’m super happy.”
 
In the men’s professional field, a similar dynamic unfolded with Mika Noodt taking the lead early on the bike, resulting in him having the fastest bike split of the day and securing a course best in the process (2:02:11). Noodt started the run with a 04:47 minute lead over Jelle Geens, which he managed to maintain throughout the course, finishing just over 5 minutes ahead of Geens. Last year’s champion, Jan Stratmann (DEU) was third off the bike, but slowed slightly on run with Gregor Payet (LUX) and Tom Hug (DEU) overtaking him to take third and fourth place respectively. For Payet, this marked his first ever IRONMAN 70.3 triathlon.
 
When talking about the bike, Noodt commented: “I didn’t have any numbers, so I just rode to speed. I was quite relaxed. I really enjoyed that course, I think it’s the best bike course – some small rolls, and then some straights. Such a nice rhythm and great spectators.”
 
About the run course, Noodt added: “I was a little worried about the last 5km as that was my longest run since last October when I had to crawl the last few meters. I kept it quite conservative but I heard that Jelle didn’t come in close…With 2km to go I was quite sure I was going to make it, so I could enjoy the finish line, it was amazing with all those flags. I’m from Germany so it’s sort of like home to me.”
 
At IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun athletes were competing for a maximum of 2,500 IRONMAN Pro Series points, a total event pro prize purse of $50,000, and three qualifying slots per gender to the 2025 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship triathlon in Marbella, Spain. 
 
Top Five Male Professional Results??? 

Place??  Name (Country) Swim??  Bike??  Run??  Total Time??  Pro Series Points??  Event Prize Money?? 
1??  Mika Noodt (DEU) 24:43 2:02:11 1:14:09 03:46:04 2,500 $7,500
2??  Jelle Geens (BEL) 24:41 2:06:46 1:14:26 03:51:09 2,195 $5,000
3??  Gregory Payet (LUX) 24:57 2:08:48 1:13:12 03:51:59 2,145 $3,750
4??  Tom Hug (DEU) 25:25 2:09:28 1:12:07 03:52:18 2,126 $3,000
5??  Jan Stratmann (DEU) 24:21 2:08:12 1:15:42 03:53:34 2,050 $2,000

 
Top Five Female Professional Results??? 

Place??  Name (Country) Swim??  Bike??  Run??  Total Time??  Pro Series Points??  Event Prize Money?? 
1??  Caroline Pohle (DEU) 25:23 2:21:47  1:24:45 04:17:24 2,500  $7,500
2??  Grace Thek (AUS) 27:39 2:23:27 1:21:43 04:18:58 2,406 $5,000
3??  Laura Madsen (DEN) 27:41 2:21:20 1:24:42 04:19:23 2,381 $3,750
4??  Ellie Salthouse (AUS) 26:17 2:24:51 1:23:53 04:20:57 2,287 $3,000
5??  Els Visser (NLD) 27:49 2:21:19 1:26:25 04:21:29 2,255 $2,000

 
News and Notes??? 

  • Caroline Pohle secured back-to-back wins in the space of just a week after winning the IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship Tallinn. She is the second athlete to have earned back-to-back wins in this year’s IRONMAN Pro Series with Emma Pallant-Browne taking home back-to-back victories at IRONMAN 70.3 Alcúdia-Mallorca and IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga.
  • Mika Noodt’s finish time of 03:46:04 broke Alessandro Degasperi (ITA) course best by two seconds which has been held since 2012.
  • Noodt took a lead early on the bike, securing the fastest bike split of the day in a speedy 2:02:11, beating fellow German Frederic Funk’s standing course best from last year (02:04:27) by over two minutes. Noodt had a 4:45 minute lead over Jelle Geens (BEL) who was second off the bike.
  • Els Visser (NLD) had the fastest bike split of the day with a time of 2:21:19, coming off the bike in third position.
  • Local athlete Martin Demuth (AUT) played up to his home advantage by coming first out of the stunning Lake Zell. He was followed by four German athletes in Magnus Manner, Jan Stratmann, Florian Angert and Jannik Schaufler who made up a huge chase pack of 18 men all coming out of the water within 45 seconds of each other.
  • Lauren Brandon had the fastest swim of the day in a time of 25:22 with Caroline Pohle right on her shoulder.
  • In the IRONMAN Pro Series standings, Arnaud Guilloux’s (FRA) who came 11th in today’s race jumps eight places to sit in second. Guilloux already has two fourth place finishes from Athletic Brewing IRONMAN Lake Placid and Cairns Airport IRONMAN Asia-Pacific Championship Cairns, and an eighth place finish at IRONMAN 70.3 Les Sables d’Olonne Vendée under his belt. Bradley Weiss (ZAF) also jumps eight places to fourth as a result of his fast and consistent racing in the IRONMAN Pro Series so far.
  • In the women’s IRONMAN Pro Series standings, there was no movement in the top three positions, as Jackie Hering (USA), Danielle Lewis (USA) and Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN) remain in first, second and third respectively. However, Els Visser jumps four places to sit in fourth, pushing Kat Matthews (GBR) into fifth in the standings.
  • It was a dominant day for the German’s, as not only did Noodt and Pohle take the win on behalf of their country, but 6 professional German men and 2 professional German women made it into the top 10.

 
Full results for the IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun triathlon can be found at?ironman.com/im703-zell-am-see-results. For additional event information, please visit https://www.ironman.com/im703-zell-am-see
 
IRONMAN Pro Series Standings?? 
The IRONMAN Pro Series™ is a year-long performance-based triathlon race series with professional triathletes being able to earn points at 20 select races in 19 locations globally. Open to approximately 1,000 eligible professional triathletes worldwide, the IRONMAN Pro Series ushers in a new era of IRONMAN racing where Every Second Matters™ with every second behind the race winner equating to a point earned or lost. For any athlete, only their top five event results count towards their overall Pro Series points and standing, of which a maximum of three IRONMAN results can be counted. How it works can be found here.?? 
 
Overall IRONMAN Pro Series Standings – Top Five Male (After 15 Events)?? ? 

Rank???  Name (Country)???  Total IRONMAN Pro Series Points (Max Top 5 events)???  Total Eligible Races Scored???  Eligible IRONMAN Races Scored???  Eligible IRONMAN 70.3 Races Scored??? 
1???  Matt Hanson (USA)???  16,730?  5?  3?  2? 
2??  Arnaud Guilloux (FRA) 12,842 4 2 2
3??  Jackson Laundry (CAN)?  12,778?  5?  2?  3? 
4???  Bradley Weiss (ZAF) 12,535 4 2 2
5??  Patrick Lange (DEU)?  12,572?  4?  2?  2? 

 
Overall IRONMAN Pro Series Standings – Top Five Female (After 14 Events)?? 

Rank???  Name (Country)???  Total IRONMAN Pro Series Points (Max Top 5 events)???  Total Eligible Races Scored???  Eligible IRONMAN Races Scored???  Eligible IRONMAN 70.3 Races Scored??? 
1???  Jackie Hering (USA)  14,487 
2??  Danielle Lewis (USA)  13,915 
3??  Maja Stage Nielsen (DEN)  12,672 
4???  Els Visser (NLD) 12,445 4 2 2
Kat Matthews (GBR)  12,321 

 
Full IRONMAN Pro Series standings can be found at proseries.ironman.com.?? 
 
Overall IRONMAN Pro Series Event Prize Money?? 
In addition to the IRONMAN Pro Series’ $1.7M year-end bonus prize pool, there is an event pro prize purse payout of $2,575,000, distributed across IRONMAN Pro Series events. To date the IRONMAN Pro Series has paid out a total of $1.25M. Over $1.3M remains to be claimed at the remaining events.???? 
 
Top Five Male Prize Money Earned (After 15 events)?? 

Rank Name (Country) IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun Prize Money   Total Prize Money
1?  Trevor Foley (USA)?  0?  $29,250? 
2?  Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR)?  $28,000? 
3?  Tomas Rodriguez Hernandez (MEX)?  0?  $28,000? 
4?  Matt Burton (AUS)?  0?  $25,000? 
5?  Lionel Sanders (CAN)?  0?  $24,000? 

 
Top Five Female Prize Money Earned (After 15 events)?? 

Rank Name (Country) IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun Prize Money  Total Prize Money
1?  Kat Matthews (GBR)  $53,000 
2?  Jackie Hering (USA)  $48,750 
3?  Hannah Berry (NZL)  $33,500 
4?  Danielle Lewis (USA)  $27,750 
5?  Lotte Wilms (NLD)  $26,000 

 
Next Events Coming Up?? 
In just three weeks today the professional women will toe the line at the 2024 VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in Nice. The men will then race a month late on October 26 in Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i.
 
As well as the ultimate title of IRONMAN World Champion, there will also be 6,000 IRONMAN Pro Series points on offer (1,000 points more than the other IRONMAN triathlons in the Series).
 
A free replay of broadcast coverage at the IRONMAN 70.3 Zell am See-Kaprun triathlon to international audiences across multiple platforms is available on proseries.ironman.com or IRONMAN’s YouTube Page.? Outside+ for those watching from the United States and Canada; and for the rest of the world on proseries.ironman.com or IRONMAN’s YouTube Page.?? 
 
For more information on the IRONMAN Pro Series, visit proseries.ironman.com

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