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SA's Conrad Stoltz first to win four XTERRA World Titles

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Monday, 25 October 2010 14:52

Stoltz wins record fourth XTERRA World title

Conrad Stoltz of South Africa made history at the 15th Annual XTERRA World Championship off-road triathlon at the Makena Beach & Golf Resort on 24 October.

a recent posting on www.xterraplanet.com

MAKENA, Maui – Stoltz, who turned 37 on Oct. 23, dominated the international field of 550 triathletes. He completed the course in 2 hours, 31 minutes, 7 seconds, which was more than five minutes ahead of his closest competition. It was his record fourth victory in the event, which is considered the world championship of off-road triathlons.

Vanlandingham, 41, won her first women’s XTERRA World Championship, completing the course in 2:58:20.

Stoltz and Vanlandingham each received $20,000.

The course consisted of a 1-mile swim off Makena Beach, a 20-mile mountain bike up and down the lower slopes of Haleakala, and a 7-mile trail and beach run.

“I don't think I could have done a better race today, it was really, really magical,” said Stoltz, whose previous wins came in 2001, 2002 and 2007. “I will treasure this memory forever.”

Franky Batelier of France placed second with a total time of 2:36:14. Michael Weiss of Austria was third, followed by Olivier Marceau of France in fourth, and Nico Lebrun of France in fifth.

Spain’s Eneko Llanos, who won the race last year and was also seeking a fourth XTERRA world title, placed sixth. However, Llanos did win the coveted Hawaiian Airlines Double Award as the best overall performer from the XTERRA World Championship and the Ford Ironman World Championship, which were held two weeks apart.

Vanlandingham took the women’s lead midway through the bike stage, then maintained it during the run.

“Coming into the race, I knew I had to be in the lead after the bike to have a chance,” she said. “I came in about a minute ahead off the bike and I didn’t feel that was very comfortable, but it was enough.”

Great Britain’s Julie Dibens, who was the three-time defending women’s XTERRA World Champion, placed second in 2:59:32. She was the women’s winner of the Hawaiian Airlines Double Award.

Overall results:

TOP 10 PRO MEN

Pl	Name	Age	Hometown	Final Time	Purse
1	Conrad Stoltz	37	Stellenbosch, South Africa	2:31:07	$20,000
2	Franky Batelier	32	Rouen, France	2:36:14	$12,000
3	Michael Weiss	29	Vienna, Austria	2:36:45	$7,000
4	Olivier Marceau	37	Cannes, France	2:37:47	$4,000
5	Nicolas Lebrun	37	Digne-les-Bains, France	2:38:50	$2,500
6	Eneko Llanos	33	Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	2:40:44	$1,500
7	Richard Ussher	34	Nelson, New Zealand	2:41:03	$1,000
8	Felix Schumann	27	Tuebingen, Germany	2:41:31	$800
9	Mike Vine	37	Victoria, B.C., Canada	2:41:53	$600
10	Jim Thijs	30	Huldenberg, Belgium	2:43:26	$500

TOP 10 PRO WOMEN

Pl	Name	Age	Hometown	Final Time	Purse
1	Shonny Vanlandingham	41	Durango, Colorado	2:58:20	$20,000
2	Julie Dibens	35	Bath, United Kingdom	2:59:33	$12,000
3	Marion Lorblanchet	27	Clermont Ferrand, France	3:06:11	$7,000
4	Christine Jeffrey	37	Guelph, Ontario, Canada	3:07:22	$4,000
5	Suzie Snyder	28	Stafford, Virginia	3:08:04	$2,500
6	Carina Wasle	26	Kundl, Austria	3:08:06	$1,500
7	Lesley Paterson	30	Sterling, Scotland	3:11:37	$1,000
8	Sara Tarkington	29	Boulder, Colorado	3:11:45	$800
9	Emma Ruth Smith	27	Glos, Great Britain	3:11:53	$600
10	Emma Garrard	29	Park City, Utah	3:13:38