Welcome to the 2017 Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote! A very warm welcome to our defending champs Jesse Thomas and Tine Holst! We are looking forward to see a great race tomorrow!
Women's line-up includes defending champion Tine Holst, Alexandra Tondeur, Lucy Charles, Lucy Gossage, Natascha Schmitt and many more...
Men's race is highlighted not only by last year's champ Jesse Thomas. Alessandro Degasperi, Romain Guillaume, Cyril Viennot, Victor del Corral and many more...
Tune in here tomorrow - we will be live from 6.30 am local time to cover the 26th edition of the Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote
Good morning and welcome to the 2017 Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote! We are celebrating the 26th of one of the most impressive races in the world today.
Less than 30 minutes to the start...
Swim course Please note that the Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote Organization reserves the right to make changes to these routes. Distance: 3.8 km The swim course takes place at Playa Grande, Puerto del Carmen, the main tourist resort of the island. It is a two-lap course with a short running passage of about 20 m on the sand between the two laps.
15 minutes to wait in Puerto del Carmen...
Here we go: The 2017 Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote is underway!
And we are off! Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote is rolling
Jesse Thomas is in the middle of the lead group
Just in case you are not that well informed about the Club La Santa IRONMAN Lanzarote... This race a really special one. It is one of the longest-standing races in Europe. A Unesco biosphere reserve, Lanzarote is a captivating island with 300 volcanic cones. There are tropical beaches, interesting sights, and a plethora of restaurants and hotels. The landscape is starkly beautiful, reminiscent of the black lava fields of Kona, intermixed with tropical beachside scenes.

Men's top swimmers:
42 Carlos López Díaz M PRO ESP 7:24:30 00:00:00
10 Stephen Bayliss M PRO GBR 7:24:31 00:00:02
321 Victor Manuel González Gómez M 30-34 ESP 7:24:33 00:00:03
56 Georgii Kaurov M PRO RUS 7:24:33 00:00:04
56 Georgii Kaurov M PRO RUS 7:24:33 00:00:04
26 Peru Alfaro San Ildefonso M PRO ESP 7:24:37 00:00:07
161 Nelis Pex M 25-29 BEL 7:24:47 00:00:18
5 Romain Guillaume M PRO FRA 7:24:50 00:00:20
41 Youri Severin M PRO NED 7:24:50 00:00:21
69 Reece Barclay M 25-29 GBR 7:25:49 00:01:19
663 Christopher Menk M 30-34 GER 7:25:50 00:01:20
40 Xavier Torrades Sabata M PRO ESP 7:25:51 00:01:22
158 Emanuele Vetere M 25-29 ITA 7:25:53 00:01:24
972 Cristian Martín Guerrero M 40-44 ESP 7:25:54 00:01:25
11 Karl-Johan Danielsson M PRO SWE 7:25:55 00:01:26
16 Konstantin Bachor M PRO GER 7:25:55 00:01:26
1 Jesse Thomas M PRO USA 7:25:56 00:01:27
1206 Dennis Looze M 45-49 NED 7:25:57 00:01:28
3 Alessandro Degasperi M PRO ITA 7:25:58 00:01:29
45 Trevor Delsaut M PRO FRA 7:25:58 00:01:28
32 Ivan Tejero Vazquez M PRO ESP 7:25:59 00:01:30
20 Bart Aernouts M PRO BEL 7:25:59 00:01:30
Lucy Charles was in 6th place after half of the swim:
6 Lucy Charles F PRO GBR 7:24:37 00:00:00
Carlos López salemen primer lugar del sector de la natación!!
Lucy sale en sexto lugar de la competición en el agua!
Top women 1st swim lap:
6 Lucy Charles F PRO GBR 6:30:55 7:01:22 7:24:37 0:23:16
25 Kate Comber F PRO GBR 5:33:20 7:01:22 7:27:00 0:25:38
13 Saleta Castro Nogueira F PRO ESP 6:32:11 7:01:22 7:28:30 0:27:09
440 Raquel Quevedo Herrero F 30-34 ESP 5:26:45 7:01:22 7:29:17 0:27:56
17 Corinne Abraham F PRO GBR 6:30:42 7:01:22 7:29:25 0:28:03
15 Jeanne Collonge F PRO FRA 6:36:47 7:01:22 7:29:50 0:28:28
4 Alexandra Tondeur F PRO BEL MIS! 7:01:22 7:29:55 0:28:34
Carlos López lidera la prueba en la segunda vuelta de la competición acuática en la bahía del Puerto del Carmen!!
Top pro athletes are on the way back to the Beach
El grupo de atletas profesionales a punto de culminar el sector en la playa
They are out of the water, Georgii Kaurov in first place 46:58, Lucy Charles in the top group