Triathlon International Noumea – Caisse d’Espargne 03.05.09
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Our thanks to Nicolas Favan in Noumea for these pictures – we will concentrate mainly on the Australian and New Zealand competitors…
Most of these pix were shot in vertical format – and are cropped here – purchases will be supplied in full frame.
6428 Juliana Bahr-Thomson AUS
6441 Ca va?
6459 Vicky van der Merwe RSA and John Polson AUS
6460 L to R: David Esposito FRA.NC, Sebastien Davin FRA.NC, and Paul Mathews AUS.
6461 Tama Christensen NZL
6463 Cameron Watt AUS
6499 Swim Start…
6508 Paul Mathews AUS first three out of the water
6512 Local star – Patrick Vernay FRA.NC
6515 Leon Griffin AUS
6516 Kelly Bruce NZL
6520 Vicky van der Merwe RSA
6521 Juliana Bahr-Thomson AUS
6522 Taryn McLeod NZL
6523 Lisbeth Kristensen DEN… eventual winning Female
6566 That girl again… Vicky van der Merwe RSA
6568 Vicky van der Merwe RSA
6580 Juliana Bahr-Thomson AUS
6611 Stephen Evans AUS
6630 Nadelle Legge AUS
6640 Kerry Augustson AUS
6653 L-R: Patrick Vernay FRA.NC being chased bt eventual winner Aaron Farlow AUS
6669 Brett McKeown AUS
6670 Tama Christensen NZL
6692 Ben Visser NZL
6697 Lisbeth Kristensen DEN
6727 Vicky van der Merwe RSA
6729 Taryn McLeod NZL
6740 Sarah Bryant NZL
6756 Cameron Brown NZL
6764 Patrick Vernay FRA.NC
6769 Leon Griffin AUS
6770 Brett McKeown AUS
6807 Nicholas Kastelein AUS
6816 Paul Ambrose GBR – yes we know the shirt says something else!
6821 Aaron Farlow AUS on his way to victory
6823 Ben Visser NZL
6832 Patrick Vernay FRA.NC
6851 Ryan Sissons NZL
6853 Mathew Craft AUS
6855 Tama Christensen NZL
6870 Leon Griffin AUS
6896 Kelly Bruce NZL
6903 Taryn McLeod NZL
6917 Paul Ambrose GBR
6924 Stephen Evans AUS
6955 Mathew Craft AUS
6965 Juliana Bahr-Thomson
7008 Kristy Craft AUS
7014 Aaron Farlow AUS starting to celebrate
7020 Aaron Farlow still celebrating
7032 Paul Ambrose GBR
7033 Vicky van der Merwe RSA
7040 Patrick Vernay FRA.NC
7048 Tama Christensen NZL
7071 Lisbeth Kristensen DEN winning for the ladies
7082 Paul Mathews AUS and Cameron Watt AUS
So – where was our man while all this was happening? Nicolas found him – sitting in the gutter… muttering something about a valve extender…
THE PLACINGS…
MALES:
1. Aaron Farlow AUS 1:51:41
2. Cameron Brown NZL 1:52:06
3. Paul Ambrose GBR 1:52:56
4. Patrick Vernay FRA.NC 1:53:32
5. Ryan Sissons NZL 1:54:15
6. Tama Christensen NZL 1:55:15
7. Stephen Sheldrake NZL 1:55:42
8. Leon Griffin AUS 1:56:09
9. Paul Mathews AUS 1:57:39
10. Cameron Watt AUS 1:58:05
FEMALES:
1. Lisbeth Kristensen DEN 2:08:14
2. Melissa Vandewater AUS 2:08:45
3. Kelly Bruce NZL 2:10:29
4. Vicky van der Merwe RSA 2:12:41
5. Miu Hiraide JPN 2:13:30
6. Taryn McLeod NZL 2:14:55
7. Sarah Bryant NZL 2:17:50
8. Nadelle Legge AUS 2:18:59
9. Marion Pyrlik GER 2:19:44
10. Juliana Bahr-Thomson AUS 2:22:59
