Magali Tisseyre est sur la scène internationale depuis 2009. Les saisons se suivent ne se ressemblent, après une saison 2014 minée par une blessure, elle était rentrée dans une course contre la montre pour se qualifier au Championnat du monde de 70.3 chez elle, à Mont-Tremblant. Elle y prendra finalement la 10e place. Non satisfaite, elle a procédé à de nombreux changements durant la pause hivernale. La victoire québécoise est d’autant plus significative qu’elle y est avec la manière puisqu’elle s’imposera dans un temps de 4:00:48. D’après notre connaissance, une seule femme à cassé la barre des 4h, soit Julie Dibens à Clearwater (3:59:33) en 2009. Magali y avait d’ailleurs terminé 3e en 4:04 cette année-là. Elle bat de 8 minutes le temps de la gagnante de 2014 (Heather Wurtele).
La course de Monterrey est particulière, sa natation s’y déroule dans un bassin artificiel profond de 120cm. C’est un parcours très rapide.
Même avec un calendrier très chargé, Ironman Monterrey 70.3 a su attirer quelques-uns des meilleurs spécialistes comme Tim Don, Faris Al-Sultan, Richie Cunningham, Kevin Collington ou encore Kemp Christian, on s’est retrouvé avec une course très dense où rien n’était joué avant la T2. Tim Don, habitué de ce contexte, n’est pas resté passif pour autant, il mènera le vélo et s’assurera de prend les devants dès le début de la natation. Il ne sera jamais inquiété. Le Britannique confirme son statut de top 5 mondial dans cette distance. C’est la première victoire pour la nouvelle équipe Bravo / Coca-Cola.
Malheureusement, le français Yvan Jarrige sera victime d’une crevaison et préférera abandonner après un bris de roue. Sebastien Jouffret terminera 19e avec un temps de 4:06:51
Contrairement aux hommes, le vélo aura un rôle déterminant chez les femmes. Même si Magali, sortie 3e de l’eau, son vrai duel sera de garder à distance la Canadienne Angela Naeth. La Québécoise posera finalement le vélo avec une légère avance, elle imposera un rythme en course à pied intenable pour les autres. Elle gagnera avec une avance de 11 minutes sur la deuxième.
Magali Tisseyre affiche probablement son meilleur niveau à vie. Elle a récemment avoué que son objectif était de devenir championne du monde. Elle vient tout simplement de démontrer un niveau de forme digne de sa prétention. La Québécoise a récemment changé d’environnement et d’entrainement en s’ajoutant au groupe de Paolo Sousa. Elle y rejoint une athlète comme Heather Wurtele et une génération très prometteuse américaine en ITU.
NAME | COUNTRY | DIV RANK | OVERALL RANK | SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | |
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Tisseyre, Magali | CAN | 1 | 17 | 00:25:29 | 02:12:03 | 01:20:05 | 04:00:48 | |
Piampiano, Sarah | USA | 2 | 24 | 00:30:37 | 02:15:21 | 01:21:46 | 04:11:03 | |
Naeth, Angela | CAN | 3 | 25 | 00:27:30 | 02:13:32 | 01:28:21 | 04:12:54 | |
Lidbury, Emma-Kate | GBR | 4 | 31 | 00:26:45 | 02:17:13 | 01:28:45 | 04:16:17 | |
Lester, Carrie | AUS | 5 | 44 | 00:26:28 | 02:18:41 | 01:31:35 | 04:20:50 | |
Jahn, Kirsty | CAN | 6 | 50 | 00:29:51 | 02:24:59 | 01:23:38 | 04:22:21 | |
Gross, Sara | CAN | 7 | 53 | 00:26:47 | 02:25:13 | 01:27:25 | 04:23:38 | |
Barrera, Maria | MEX | 8 | 58 | 00:25:33 | 02:21:46 | 01:34:17 | 04:25:48 |
NAME | COUNTRY | DIV RANK | OVERALL RANK | SWIM | BIKE | RUN | FINISH | |
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Don, Tim | GBR | 1 | 1 | 00:23:10 | 02:04:22 | 01:12:34 | 03:42:49 | |
Collington, Kevin | USA | 2 | 2 | 00:23:08 | 02:04:50 | 01:14:59 | 03:46:04 | |
Mendez Cruz, Mauricio | MEX | 3 | 3 | 00:23:04 | 02:05:07 | 01:15:16 | 03:46:15 | |
Cunningham, Richie | AUS | 4 | 4 | 00:23:45 | 02:04:46 | 01:15:35 | 03:46:51 | |
De Elias, Mario | ARG | 5 | 5 | 00:25:05 | 02:03:30 | 01:15:51 | 03:47:15 | |
Kemp, Christian | AUS | 6 | 6 | 00:23:11 | 02:04:35 | 01:18:08 | 03:48:36 | |
Al-Sultan, Faris | DEU | 7 | 7 | 00:23:02 | 02:04:48 | 01:18:18 | 03:49:24 | |
Serrano, Francisco | MEX | 8 | 8 | 00:23:48 | 02:04:01 | 01:19:12 | 03:49:50 | |
Garza, Arturo | MEX | 9 | 9 | 00:24:57 | 02:03:06 | 01:18:54 | 03:50:00 | |
Tejada, Raul | GTM | 10 | 10 | 00:25:04 | 02:03:28 | 01:18:41 | 03:50:22 | |
Luft, Mikolaj | POL | 11 | 11 | 00:24:59 | 02:03:13 | 01:21:04 | 03:52:25 | |
Csoke, Balazs | HUN | 12 | 12 | 00:23:07 | 02:05:17 | 01:21:51 | 03:53:34 | |
Ibarra, Vinicio | MEX | 13 | 13 | 00:23:40 | 02:11:48 | 01:17:54 | 03:56:23 | |
Fuentes, Jorge Luis | MEX | 14 | 14 | 00:23:38 | 02:04:41 | 01:26:09 | 03:57:29 | |
Defilippis, Scott | USA | 15 | 15 | 00:25:38 | 02:14:12 | 01:13:46 | 03:58:01 | |
Vazquez, Jorge | MEX | 16 | 16 | 00:26:09 | 02:08:26 | 01:22:12 | 04:00:41 | |
Arroyo Bugallo, Victor | ESP | 17 | 19 | 00:29:22 | 02:11:52 | 01:19:55 | 04:04:13 | |
Saroni, Mark | USA | 18 | 20 | 00:26:14 | 02:16:37 | 01:19:11 | 04:05:30 | |
Jouffret, Sebastien | FRA | 19 | 21 | 00:27:00 | 02:14:24 | 01:22:15 | 04:06:51 | |
Hawkins, Travis | USA | 20 | 22 | 00:30:41 | 02:12:43 | 01:20:00 | 04:06:57 |
Meanwhile, the women were likewise racing at the top of their form, with Lauren, Lauren, and Magali refusing to budge from their swim finish places, even as they chewed up the bike course. A bit further back, in 5th, was race favorite Angela Naeth, also from Canada, trailing Ewa Budol of Poland, who would soon fall out of contention.
In the women’s contest Lauren Goss had drifted back a good bit while Naeth was steadily moving up.
At 63 km, with 17 miles to go, a pivotal point in any 70.3 bike race, Tim Don took the lead, pacing ahead of Kemp and Collington, and a surprise move up in the rankings to 4th by Jordan Rapp. In the same grouping with Rapp were Cunningham and Mendez Cruz (who had found his race legs now), all holding steady at a minute and half back, still all within comfortable territory with a good bit more biking to go and a lot more running to come.
Leapfrogging over to the women’s field we now see the same three powerhouses in place, but with some action in the rear ranks with USA’s Sarah Piampiano moving up steadily.
Holding on to the lead for the past 17 miles, Tim Don was first off the bike, followed quickly by Kemp and last year’s 2nd place winner Francisco Serrano racing in his home country. At this point Al-Sultan was 40 seconds back, still within striking distance, but a lot could happen on a 13.1 mile run.
At the women’s T2, Canadian Tisseyre had passed Brandon and was now almost 2 minutes ahead. Naeth was a minute further back – but with no other females in sight. As Collington mentions in the TRS Triathlon exclusive audio quote above, T2 became a battlefield once the rains started again.
At 6 and a half miles into the run Mendez Cruz had put the heat on and passed Al-Sultan, Collington, Serrano, and Kemp; and to the delight of the hometown crowd was gaining on Don.
On the ladies’ side Tisseyre was slaughtering the field, steadily outdistancing Naeth who had moved up to 2nd, and Piampiano who was now 1:50 back in 3rd at the 4 mile point. By 10 miles, Tisseyre, showing an amazing run performance would have a solid 10 minute lead.
Jumping ahead to the finish, though an exciting race overall, due to some impressive running by the race leaders, there was no finish line showdown, but a great showing nonetheless. Last year, having won the inaugural running of this race, Tim Don had laid down an impressive 3:46:59. So, he again wowed the crowd by beating his own course record, this time knocking off an astounding 4 minutes and 10 seconds, coming in at 3:42:49. Over 3 minutes back were Collington and Mendez Cruz taking silver and bronze.
For the female Pros, Tisseyre held that 10 minute lead to beat an impressive 2nd place move-up by Piampiano who now lead Naeth by 1:51.
So obviously the word got out last year by 2014 winners Tim Don and Heather Wurtele that this was a good race to make some fast cash, as most of the top finishers were new participants. That fast cash? Yep, Tim and Magali walked away with a cool 10 grand each.