Sanders seems to have swam alone...

TOP 16 Pro Men - Out Of Swim
1 23:41 Antoine Jolicoeur Des
2 23:48 0:07 Lucas Pozzetta
3 23:53 0:12 Taylor Reid
4 23:55 0:14 Sean Jefferson
5 23:57 0:17 Jackson Laundry
6 24:29 0:49 Beau Garufi
7 24:35 0:54 Cody Beals
8 25:59 2:18 Michael Poole
9 25:59 2:18 Alex Vanderlinden
10 26:00 2:19 Mikael Staer Nathan
11 26:01 2:20 Jordan Monnink
12 26:02 2:22 Kevin Portmann
13 26:21 2:40 Lionel Sanders
14 27:15 3:35 Sacha Cavelier
15 28:49 5:08 David Lacombe
16 29:29 5:48 Scott Cooper

The Ironman "race blog" live coverage may be the worst yet? Clearly they don't care about pro racing.

After first 7km on the bike...

Sanders moving at 45.9km/h or 28.69mi/h...
Laundry @ 44.2km/h
Pozzeta @ 44.13km/h
Reid @ 43.9km/h
Antoine @ 43km/h
Jefferson @ 43.51km/h
Beals @ 42.07km/h

TOP 11 Pro Men - Thru Bike Split 2 - 33.0 km
1 1:14:40 Lionel Sanders
2 1:15:17 0:37 Antoine Jolicoeur Des
3 1:15:24 0:44 Jackson Laundry
4 1:15:28 0:48 Taylor Reid
5 1:16:13 1:34 Sean Jefferson
6 1:16:16 1:37 Lucas Pozzetta
7 1:17:06 2:27 Cody Beals
8 1:18:31 3:52 Kevin Portmann
9 1:18:37 3:57 Jordan Monnink
10 1:18:38 3:59 Mikael Staer Nathan
11 1:18:40 4:01 Michael Poole

Stretch from 7km to 33km is hillier and I suspect the wind is blowing from the north (head wind)

Sanders average speed was 42.88km/h

Will expect really fast pace for the next split which comes around marker 59.7km...
There's a huge climb (Conception) in the middle of this stretch... that will impact the average!

Guess I was wrong regarding the wind blowing direction has bike average drop a lot...

Sanders moving at a pace of 37.77km/h for the last stretch
but the rest are at least 2km/h slower than him.

TOP 16 Pro Men - Thru Bike Split 3 - 65.6 km
1 1:57:05 Lionel Sanders
2 2:01:19 4:15 Jackson Laundry
3 2:01:22 4:18 Taylor Reid
4 2:02:16 5:11 Antoine Jolicoeur Des
5 2:02:30 5:26 Cody Beals
6 2:02:35 5:31 Lucas Pozzetta
7 2:04:35 7:31 Sean Jefferson
8 2:05:21 8:17 Kevin Portmann
9 2:05:22 8:18 Michael Poole
10 2:05:23 8:19 Mikael Staer Nathan
11 2:05:28 8:24 Jordan Monnink
12 2:11:25 14:20 Scott Cooper
13 2:13:01 15:56 Alex Vanderlinden

https://track.rtrt.me/e/IRM-CDA703-2017#/map - if anybody wants to start a CdA thread. Potts vs Reed etc.

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Sanders bike split 2:01:53 last year 2:02:29
swim 26:21 last year swim 26:17

I find it VERY interesting that his power will probably be the same as last year also. What I find interesting is even though there may be no need to go harder on the bike, he doesn't. Like if i road same power/same race as last year it go crazy. Either way good job LS!

He still putting pressure and running fast...

First 4km hillier pace of 3:36min/km
next 6km pace of 3:22min/km

Reid is running a bit faster
4km pace of 3:31min/km
6km pace of 3:18min/km

Don't think Lionel is on a rush to push more than require today.

What is the bike record for tremblant 70.3?

I think it's a new record... couldn't find any time faster the past years and even the worlds 70.3 in 2014

Thanks. That s pretty damn fast for this course.

It's done 3:46:04 run split of 1:14:01...

Last year 3:47:31... run split 1:15:06

I think the run course changed a little bit...

But don't compare run time with 2014 Worlds Championship total different run course!
It was a beast 2 loops of pain! ;)

When is this new tracker going to be rolled out to all races?

That is the best tracker I've seen and checks all the boxes.

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Whoa. That new tracker is super cool.

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Alex, he said he was sick this week and just getting better. Pros said the wind was low on the bike so they expected faster times but they were not that fast. Maybe a high pressure day was the conjecture from Coady. Looked like a perfect day for racing. Lionel confirmed he is locked in for ITU World's Penticton and Kona. He turned down his 70.3 world's slot this month saying he is all in for Kona 100 percent

Only diff on the run course is you head further out on the Petite Train du Nord bike path and now pass under the Montee Ryan and keep going on the other side. There is no gravel out and back on the return. Also the finish is the same loop through the village as the IM (as it was for the 70.3 till worlds). No more climb to the top of village. Not sure what the loop was last year at the end.

Lionel is doing the Peter Reid - double thing! ;)

Winning Ironman Canada (Penticton) and then Kona (back-to-back) that was in 2000!

For those that remember a bit of the history...

Just saying if Lionel gets to Penticton a few days early, he should reach-out and swim with
JohnnyO (Jonathan Caron) and grab some tips from a great open water swimmer... 48-49 mins!

They probably are in contact already!

Thanks for the link to cda. Very helpful as the Ironman one went down, again.

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