Rutger Beke- 3rd Kona 08, 2d Kona '03
Ronnie Schildknecht - 4th Kona 08
Andy Potts - IM70.3 World Champion '07, 7th Kona '08, Defending Champ
Michael Lovato - 9th Kona '08
Matt Reed - Olympian and stud
Luke Bell - 5th Kona '03
Joszef Major- 1st IMAZ '08
Paul Amey - 1st IMFL70.3 '08
Bryan Rhodes - 1st IMCA '08
Jordan Rapp - 3rd IMAZ '08 (2x)
Bjorn Andersson - 1st Wildflower '07
I predict Matt Reed takes it, with Andy Potts a close 2d.
AMEY, PAUL Long Course Professional M 36 WEST HILLS CA 2. ANDERSSON, BJORN Long Course Professional M 30 TROLLHATTAN NA 3. ARCHARD, ALAN Long Course Professional M 28 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 4. ARCHER, JIMMY Long Course Professional M 37 BOULDER CO 5. BAGG, CHRISTOPHER Long Course Professional M 30 PORTLAND OR 6. BELL, LUKE Long Course Professional M 30 CARDIFF BY THE SEA CA 7. BOWSTEAD, JAMES Long Course Professional M 22 AUCKLAND NA 8. BOZZONE, TERENZO Long Course Professional M 24 AUCKLAND NA 9. CARTMELL, FRASER Long Course Professional M 27 STIRLING NA 10. COLUCCI, REINALDO Long Course Professional M 24 DESCALVADO- SP NA 11. COTTER, JAMES Long Course Professional M 27 AUSTIN TX 12. CUPITT, MICHAEL Long Course Professional M 27 FADDEN HILLS NA 13. CURRY, SCOTT Long Course Professional M 34 CALGARY AB 14. DAHLZ, JOHN Long Course Professional M 25 SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 15. FETTELL, CLAYTON Long Course Professional M 23 ALSTONVILLE NA 16. FLEISCHMANN, BRIAN Long Course Professional M 31 COLORADO SPRINGS CO 17. GAMBLES, JOE Long Course Professional M 27 BOULDER CO 18. GUILLAUME, ROMAIN Long Course Professional M 24 MONTMOROT NA 19. HACKETT, STEPHEN Long Course Professional M 27 SHELLY BEACH NA 20. HOFFMAN, BEN Long Course Professional M 26 DURANGO CO 21. HURD, JUSTIN Long Course Professional M 28 FORT COLLINS CO 22. LAMPE, JOSEPH Long Course Professional M 20 LENNOX HEAD KS 23. LAVELLE, BRIAN Long Course Professional M 34 LOS GATOS CA 24. LEGH, CHRISTOPHER Long Course Professional M 37 LYONS CO 25. LLANOS, ENEKO Long Course Professional M 33 VITORIA-GASTEIZ NA 26. LLANOS BURGERA, HEKTOR Long Course Professional M 37 VITORIA-GASTEIZ NA 27. NELSON, KIRK Long Course Professional M 29 LONGMONT CO 28. PILAND, JEFFREY Long Course Professional M 35 SAN CARLOS CA 29. PLATA, VICTOR Long Course Professional M 36 SACRAMENTO CA 30. POTTS, ANDY Long Course Professional M 33 COLORADO SPRINGS CO 31. REMALY, GREG Long Course Professional M 29 MILL VALLEY CA 32. SCOTT, GAVIN Long Course Professional M 24 NORTH ENTRANCE NA 33. SENG, BRAD Long Course Professional M 40 BOULDER CO 34. THOMPSON, NICHOLAS Long Course Professional M 27 ORINDA CA 35. TREMONTE, CHRIS Long Course Professional M 29 REDMOND WA 36. WURTELE, TREVOR Long Course Professional M 30 VERNON BC
ANd here is the mens pro list for WIldflower, and you can add Jordan to this list also. Looks like just about everyone from Oceanside, but about twice as many top pros going at it…I predict a new bike course record if the conditions are neutral this year, look at the bike talent there…
On another note, we are going to do live coverage this year of the race too. With this field, it should be exciting the entire way…The womens have a great field too, so some great moments to be had there for sure too…More on this later…
Add to California 70.3- Fraser Cartmell- 2xUK 70.3 Champ, 2x top 10 World 70.3 champs
Will Clarke- 2008 Olympian, British Champ 2008
Olly Freeman- 2008 Olympic reserve- super quick runner
Interesting to see Matt Reed step up- Been looking for him to do that for a while. Its going to be a great race. I was there last year to se the sprint finish, but can’t make it this year.