Dubbed one of the UK's friendliest towns, Bolton is the home of England's only full-distance IRONMAN. This race is known for its iconic spectator support, incredible North West English bike course scenery, and impressive finish line in the heart of the town centre.
The two-loop 2.4 mile (3.8 km) swim course takes place at Pennington Flash Country Park, opened in 1981. The swim course has a triangle layout and athletes will head out before turning left twice and making their way back to the start.
The three-loop 112 mile (180.2 km) bike course runs in an anti-clockwise direction. Athletes will travel from Pennington Flash to Bolton for the first few miles, before taking on the three-loop bike course. The course continues through the northern countryside, past Black Dog Pub before reaching the famous Sheephouse Lane.
The four-loop 26.2 mile (42.2 km) run course laps around Bolton town centre before ascending through the scenic Queen’s Park to Chorley New Road. Athletes will then pass numerous spectator hotspots before finishing at Victoria Square.
Professionals compete for $100,000 US prize purse plus 2 MPRO/ 2 FPRO Kona Slots.
FEMALE PRO:
1 Bartlett Nikki GBR
2 Matthews Katrina GBR
3 Cummings Chantal GBR
6 Grosvenor Tara GBR
7 Walter Verena DEU
8 Cheetham Susie GBR
MALE PRO:
10 Davis Thomas GBR
11 Don Tim GBR
12 Smales Elliot GBR
14 Bowden Adam GBR
15 Barclay Reece GBR
16 Heemeryck Pieter BEL
17 Frommhold Nils DEU
18 Laidlow Sam FRA
20 Schramm Till DEU
21 Chevalier Leon FRA
22 Odeyn Seppe BEL
23 Patrick Alonso Mckernan Michael ESP
24 Portmann Kevin FRA
25 Trautman Matt ZAF
27 Schumacher Stefan DEU
28 Monchy Wouter BEL
29 Alonso-mckernan Clemente ESP
30 Blain Alexandre FRA
31 Vistica Andrej HRV
32 Tungesvik Hans Christian NOR
33 Duelsen Marc DEU
34 Thomschke Markus DEU
35 Skipper Joe GBR
36 Rahn Fabian DEU
37 Scheltinga Evert NLD