Posted: May 8, 2004

Triathlon: Christoph Mauch wins XX Volcano Triathlon

This Saturday 8th May, at Lanzarote, the XX Volcano Triathlon took place with 222 registered triathletes, from 12 different countries: Austria, Canada, Denmark, USA, Spain, Germany, Estonia, France, Great Briatin, Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland. The start was at 10:00 a.m. in the Club La Santa lagoon, next to the beautiful sports resort. The quickest swimmer was the young Spaniard Omar Tayar; the French but resident on the islands, Fabrice Biteaud was the fastest runner, but the 2001 winner of Ironman Lanzarote, Christoph Mauch was quicker on the bike and won the overall race, as he had done back in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Top 5 results:

1. Christoph Mauch	30-34	SUI			02:01:17
2. David Castro Iglesias	25-29	ESP		02:04:21
3. Ain-Alar Juhanson	25-29	EST		02:05:07
4. Fabrice Biteaud	30-34	FRA		02:05:20
5. Chris Volley		25-29	GBR		02:06:50
6. Alberto Jorge Rodríguez	25-29	ESP/Las Palmas	02:08:36
	
		WOMEN:
1. Steph Forrester	35-39	GBR		02:16:32
2. Gillian Bakker	30-34	CAN		02:19:41
3. Abigail Bayley	25-29	GBR		02:20:11
4. Soraya Pérez Ortiz	18-24	ESP		02:23:21
5. Natalia Raña		25-29	ESP		02:28:11

First Local triathlete: Omar Delgado Cabrera from Tinajo, in 12th position, with a time of 02:13:00.

Full results list will be soon on www.clublasanta.com under event results.

From Race Press release.