Ironman France: tutto pronto per la gara di domenica

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The IRONMAN France – Nice at one glance!

DateJune 24th, 2012

Place
Nice, France

Distances3,8km SWIM, 2 loops in the Mediterranean Sea
180km BIKE, 1 loop in the Nice hintreland
42,195km marathon, 4 loops on the Promenade des Anglais
Course Records
Male:

Frederik Van Lierde (BEL) 08:28:30 (2011)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:25:28 (2010)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:30:06 (2009)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:34:18 (2008)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:38:45 (2007)
Marcel Zamora (ESP) 08:33:56 (2006)
Hervé Faure (FRA) 08:49:06 (2005)

Female:

Sylvia Felt (GER) 09:34:31 (2011)
Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:21:29 (2010)
Tine Deckers (BEL) 09:30:29 (2009)
Martina Dogana (ITA) 09:35:29 (2008)
Alexandra Louison (FRA) 09:49:11 (2007)
Edith Niederfriniger (ITA) 09:56:32 (2006)
Mariska Kramer (NED) 10:12:29 (2005)

Time limits
16:00 (10:30 pm)

Number of participants2500 (99% of which are age groupers)

Number of slots for the Ford IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii on October 2011
50

Number of volunteers
approx. 1500

Number of spectators
80.000 and more

Media Coverage
coverage in almost any triathlon specialised magazine, national and international

TV coverage
approx. 100 minutes on race day on Sport+
52min Highligts show on Sport+, ORF (AUT), SABC (RSA), ESPN (USA), SkySports (GBR) and Eurosport (USA)

news on national and international level

Internet
live coverage on race day on www.ironmanlive.com

Budget
1.5 Mio EUR