latest twitter update;
Macca, brown, bract, Marino plus a couple in, I think, second pack. Macca smiling!


Forgot to say this is 2nd pack, he is moving to the front now/

moving foreward;

Crowie in the middle, Bayliss looking strong, van lierde, #28 at front of that group - not sure if anyone ahead. Bjorn maybe?

Bjorn is on his own at the front. Pretty sure the macca-llanos group will merge with main pack

Wow, he made up a lot of time very quickly, as he was 2nd pack in the swim. I just hope he is pacing for his fitness, and not hoping to blow up the other riders. Without the wind it would be fruitless to try that tatic.

Bjorn on f1 circuit now alone //

That will make a great pic with his new bike

Over 3minlead already .. Well buddy, you have laid out your race plan, hope it works!!!!

3.45 to crowie group incl Bayliss, van lierde, Jensen, nickel and more

I cant remember what video, but there was a video showing some of the pro's in the f1 track, and boy were they destroying it. Will def. be a great photo!

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How far into the race is the F1 circuit?

where are you getting this from?

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jjk
http://enduranceanimal.blogspot.com/

Looks like the macca group is further back than I thought

Not sure how far the F1 track is, but they are about 2 hours into the race, 42 min swim, so my guess is about 35 miles??

speaking of pics, all these people twittering need to start taking some pics...

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The twitter guy, and i see they have bjorn up on the leader board on the bike now, so should have exact splits soon of the followers..

Elite Male - Bike Yas Out Lap 11B. Andersson (SWE)1:46:462B. Rhodes (NZL)+3:113M. Jensen (DNK)+3:154S. Bayliss (GBR)+3:165L. McKenzie (AUS)+3:186F. Van Lierde (BEL)+3:197A. Starykowicz (USA)+3:208C. Alexander (AUS)+3:229D. Bockel (LUX)+3:2210E. van der Meer (NLD)+3:2511L. Bell (AUS)+3:2612P. Matthews (AUS)+3:27

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Holy crap... I hope Bjorn is demonstrating his off-season fitness... 5 minutes on the front pack swimmers already!

cool

http://twitter.com/tri247

this twitter guy? seems to be the most up to date so far

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jjk
http://enduranceanimal.blogspot.com/

12P. Matthews (AUS)+3:2713F. Al-Sultan (DEU)+3:3214S. Sudrie (FRA)+3:3315P. Ambrose (AUS)+5:3916R. Tissink (ZAF)+5:4317S. Sundberg (DEU)+5:4518T. Bracht (DEU)+5:5219M. Vanhoenacker (BEL)+5:5420C. McCormack (AUS)+5:5521J. Gambles (AUS)+6:0022J. Rix (AUS)+6:0223B. Hoffman (USA)+6:0324M. White (AUS)+6:0425T. Berkel (AUS)+6:0626C. Brown (NZL)+6:0727E. Llanos (ESP)+6:10

Not sure if there is some time gap missing, but it shows Julie at the same point in the race as the lead pack of men, only bjorn would be ahead of her, and just by 3 minutes. I find it hard to believe, but that is what the times indicate thus far..

Tweet just posted that Rapp is in the group with macca

more bike;

22J. Rix (AUS)+6:0223B. Hoffman (USA)+6:0324M. White (AUS)+6:0425T. Berkel (AUS)+6:0626C. Brown (NZL)+6:0727E. Llanos (ESP)+6:1028P. Gomes (PRT)+8:4629J. Rapp (USA)+9:31

Bummer, just updated that he's 9:30 back....not in the macca group

Women are bike in, and men bike out times

Eleven Australian's in the top 30 or so.Not a bad showing.

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Male:

Crowie
Bockel
Sudrie (edit: was Bayliss...at the time he was in the first group but he's dropped way back since...mechanical?)

Female:

Dibens
Steffen
Cave

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blood, sweat...and big gears

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
- Muhammad Ali

They just corrected Julies time, and she is 11m down on bjorn, and 7+ on the lead mans pack, that makes more sense. Thought the world was turning upside down for a minute there.