Domenico passuello gana Ironman Taiwan

Ironman Taiwan Italy's Domenico Passuello has held on to win IRONMAN Taiwan in 8:25:55, winning by 2:43 from the fast finishing Fredrik Croneborg from Sweden. Both have enjoyed success in Asia with Passuello winning IRONMAN 70.3 Putrajaya in Malaysia recently and Croneborg won IRONMAN 70.3 Taiwan in 2013.
Passuello, the former professional cyclist for Quick Step, showed he has some future in IRONMAN with a 52min swim, followed by the race winning 4:32 ride on a tough course in super-hot conditions, and a solid 2:55 marathon.

LEADING MALE PROS
1 Passuello, Domenico ITA 0:52:26 4:32:16 2:55:53 8:25:55
2 Croneborg, Fredrik SWE 0:50:36 4:42:57 2:49:48 8:28:38
3 Evoe, Patrick USA 0:55:42 4:42:27 2:57:06 8:40:58
4 Brown, Cameron NZL 0:50:57 4:42:30 3:04:22 8:43:14
5 Jaberg, Patrick SUI 0:52:21 4:40:53 3:05:48 8:44:47
6 Baldwin, Nick SYC 0:52:25 4:53:01 2:54:32 8:46:00
7 Bartsch, Mauro SUI 0:52:42 4:47:51 2:59:17 8:46:33
8 Dzalaj, Karol SVK 0:52:13 4:45:36 3:01:12 8:46:40


TOP FEMALE PROS OVERALL
1 Griesbauer, Dede USA 0:51:10 5:05:18 3:17:17 9:20:23
2 Duke, Dimity-Lee AUS 0:58:07 5:16:14 3:10:16 9:31:30
3 Tanaka, Keiko JPN 0:54:39 5:21:01 3:34:04 9:55:40
4 Schwabenbauer, Kim USA 1:00:08 5:15:41 3:15:53 9:38:34
5 Potuckova, Eva CZE 0:51:18 5:27:31 3:32:42 9:57:46
6 Li, Shiao-Yu TPE 1:07:09 5:22:36 3:14:57 9:50:51



Men’s leader Domenico Passuello completed the bike in 4:32:16, for an average speed of 39.67 km/hr., unbelievable on this course and these conditions!


LEADING MALE PROS AFTER BIKE
1 Passuello, Domenico ITA 5:27:35 0:52:26 4:32:16
2 Jaberg, Patrick SUI 5:36:22 0:52:21 4:40:53
3 Brown, Cameron NZL 5:36:25 0:50:57 4:42:30
4 Croneborg, Fredrik SWE 5:36:33 0:50:36 4:42:57
5 Schifferle, Mike SUI 5:40:50 0:58:23 4:37:51
6 Evoe, Patrick USA 5:41:24 0:55:42 4:42:27
7 Dzalaj, Karol SVK 5:41:40 0:52:13 4:45:36
8 Bartsch, Mauro SUI 5:43:58 0:52:42 4:47:51


TOP 10 MALE PROS OUT OF THE SWIM
1 Kanel, Rod De FRA 0:50:35
2 Croneborg, Fredrik SWE 0:50:36
3 Brown, Cameron NZL 0:50:57
4 Huerzeler, Samuel SUI 0:52:05
5 Dzalaj, Karol SVK 0:52:13
6 Jaberg, Patrick SUI 0:52:21
7 Baldwin, Nick SYC 0:52:25
8 Passuello, Domenico ITA 0:52:26
9 Bartsch, Mauro SUI 0:52:42
10 Evoe, Patrick USA 0:55:42

2015 Ironman Taiwan Professional Athlete Start List

Male Pros

001 Cameron Brown (NZL)
002 Fredrik Coneborg (SWE)
003 Karol Dzalaj (SVK)
004 Nick Baldwin (SYC)
005 Patrick Evoe (USA)
006 Mauro Bartsch (SUI)
007 Dan Brown (AUS)
008 Rod DeKanel (FRA)
009 Eneko Elosegui (ESP)
010 Samuel Huerzeler (SUI)
011 Patrick Jaberg (SUI)
012 Henrik Oftedal (NOR)
013 Domenico Passuello (ITA)
014 Mike Schifferle (SUI)
015 Yu Shinozaki (JPN)
016 Josef Svoboda (CZE)
017 Deak Zsombor (ROU)

Female Pros
021 Kim Schwabenbauer (USA)
022 Camilla Lindholm (SWE)
023 Dimity-Lee Duke (AUS)
024 Keiko Tanaka (JPN)
025 Dede Griesbauer (USA)
026 Shiao-Yu Li (TWN)
027 Sandra Fantini (FRA)
028 Caroline Gregory (USA)
029 Angela Kuhnlein (GER)
030 Samantha Morrison (USA)
031 Maki Nishiuchi (JPN)
032 Eva Potuckova (CZE)
033 Alena Stevens (SVK)