On the coast of Emilia-Romagna—one of the most famous Italian regions in the world for nature, art, and food just 20 km from Ravenna—sits Cervia. This ancient fishing village, nicknamed the City of Salt, became known during the Roman Empire for its fine sand and wide centuries-old pinewood. For all these reasons and more, Cervia has been selected to host the first ever "made in Italy" IRONMAN event.
The adventure will start in the calm waters of Romagna, where athletes will take on the first 3.8 kilometers of the swim course. They will pass through the Natural Park of Salt Pens of Cervia, the natural habitat of pink flamingos, and cycle for 180 km surrounded by history and nature. Finally, the marathon will take them through Cervia and Milano Maritime’s most prominent landmarks, leading all athletes to the finish line to become Italy’s first IRONMAN finishers.
IRONMAN Emilia-Romagna offers 40 slots to the 2018 IRONMAN World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Professionals compete for P-2000 KPR points plus $40,000 prize purse.
MALE PRO:
1 Passuello Domenico (ITALY)
2 Dreitz Andreas (GERMANY)
3 Jurkiewicz Jeremy (FRANCE)
4 Costes Antony (FRANCE)
5 Bracht Timo (GERMANY)
6 Ackermann Johann (GERMANY)
7 Alonso Mckernan Michael Patrick (SPAIN)
8 Augustyniak Krzysztof (POLAND)
9 Bagg Chris (UNITED STATES)
10 Bock Niclas (GERMANY)
11 Casadei Alberto (ITALY)
12 Chase Nicholas (UNITED STATES)
14 Ciotti Emanuele (ITALY)
15 Elosegi Eneko (SPAIN)
16 Esser Olivier (BELGIUM)
17 Giglmayr Andreas (AUSTRIA)
18 Goehner Michael (GERMANY)
19 Jaberg Patrick (SWITZERLAND)
20 Koutny Philipp (SWITZERLAND)
21 Lampret Freddy (AUSTRIA)
22 Liebelt Markus (GERMANY)
23 Limousin Frédéric (FRANCE)
24 Louys Michael (BELGIUM)
25 Manente Felipe (BRAZIL)
26 Mika Tomas (CZECH REPUBLIC)
27 Mueller Urs (SWITZERLAND)
28 Mulet Sébastien (FRANCE)
29 Pasteur Robin (FRANCE)
30 Pedraza Sebastian (ITALY)
31 Petersen-Bach Jens (DENMARK)
32 Rhodes Bryan (NEW ZEALAND)
33 Risti Ivan (ITALY)
34 Rünz Michael (GERMANY)
35 Schaffner Frédéric (FRANCE)
36 Schifferle Mike (SWITZERLAND)
37 Strijk Erik-Simon (NETHERLANDS)
38 Tejero Ivan (SPAIN)
39 Utriainen Ilkke (FINLAND)
40 Vistica Andrej (CROATIA)
41 Wielinga Remmert NETHERLANDS)
42 Modic Matic (SLOVENIA)
43 Beuchert Julian (GERMANY)
44 Ouilleres Gwenael (FRANCE)
45 Degasperi Alessandro (ITALY)
46 Hultgren Marcus (SWEDEN)
47 Thomas Darby (FINLAND)
48 Dekker Martijn (NETHERLANDS)
49 Nemcik Marek (SLOVAKIA)
50 Luft Mikolaj (POLAND)
51 Chmura Maciej (POLAND)
52 Meusburger Thomas (AUSTRIA)
53 Ramali Pascal (GERMANY)
54 Jilek David (CZECH REPUBLIC)
55 Rahm Alfred (GERMANY)
FEMALE PRO:
66 Dogana Martina (ITALY)
67 Gossage Lucy (UNITED KINGDOM)
68 Deckers Tine (BELGIUM)
69 Deligny Camille (FRANCE)
70 Bellinga Rahel (NETHERLANDS)
71 Fletcher Jenny (CANADA)
72 Bueno Perez Patricia (SPAIN)
73 Graaf Emma (SWEDEN)
74 Herrero Gomez Helena (SPAIN)
75 Hooijman Pleuni (NETHERLANDS)
76 Kunz Martina (SWITZERLAND)
77 Lehrieder Carolin (GERMANY)
78 Lindholm Borg Camilla (SWEDEN)
79 Livesey Caroline (UNITED KINGDOM)
80 Steurer Bianca (AUSTRIA)
81 Vantassel Amy (UNITED STATES)
82 Gruber Elisabeth (AUSTRIA)
83 Castro Nogueira Saleta (SPAIN)
84 Brown Brooke (CANADA)
85 Skvortsova Elena (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
86 Bernardi Marta (ITALY)
87 Weiß Beatrice (AUSTRIA)