Il 15° XTERRA Saipan, nelle splendide Isole Marianne Settentrionali, si è corso il 12 marzo 2016 e ha visto trionfare l’australiano Brodie Gardner e l’austriaca veterana del circuito, Carina Wasle.

Gardner ha preceduto il giapponese Takahiro Ogasawara e il filippino Joe Miller, mentre Wasle si è messa alle spalle Mieko Carey, anche lei giapponese, e un’altra grande campionessa del cross triathlon marchiato XTERRA, la svizzera Renata Bucher.

Al traguardo anche un italiano! Si tratta di Simone Vacchelli che è arrivato in questo piccolo arcipelago nell’Oceano Pacifico dopo un viaggio infinito e, determinato a raggiungere l’obiettivo, ha conquistato il 14° posto assoluto e il 2° di categoria M30-34 che gli è valso l’agognata slot per l’XTERRA Maui World Championship del prossimo 23 ottobre 2016!

Simone Vacchelli premiato come 2° M30-34 all'XTERRA Saipan 2016 vince la slot per il Mondiale

Simone Vacchelli premiato come 2° M30-34 all’XTERRA Saipan 2016 vince la slot per il Mondiale


XTERRA Saipan

15^ edizione
Saipan (Isole Marianne Settentrionali), 12-03-2016
Cross Triathlon (1.5-30-12K)
SITO

CLASSIFICA
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UOMINI PRO
1 Brodie Gardner AUS 2:52:46 15:21 1:33:40 1:03:45 100
2 Takahiro Ogasawara JPN 2:54:14 17:10 1:33:27 1:03:37 90
3 Joe Miller PHI 3:05:03 17:03 1:41:19 1:06:41 82
4 Kaon Cho KOR 3:21:08 17:21 1:50:47 1:13:00 75

DONNE PRO
1 Carina Wasle AUT 3:05:40 17:16 1:43:06 1:05:18 100
2 Mieko Carey JPN 3:12:40 17:20 1:44:31 1:10:49 90
3 Renata Bucher SUI 3:22:38 17:02 1:52:16 1:13:20 82
4 Belinda Hadden AUS 3:40:21 17:00 2:05:18 1:18:03 75

ITALIANI AL TRAGUARDO
14 Simone Vacchelli 03:41:00 18:57 1:53:40 1:25:21 (2° M30-34 e qualificato per XTERRA Maui World Championship 2016)

Simone Vacchelli in azione all'XTERRA Saipan 2016

Simone Vacchelli in azione all’XTERRA Saipan 2016


 

XTERRA SAIPAN ALL-TIME PRO WINNERS
Year Men Women
2002 Mike Vine Jamie Whitmore
2003 Jason Chalker Jamie Whitmore
2004 Olivier Marceau Jamie Whitmore
2005 Olivier Marceau Renata Bucher
2006 Olivier Marceau Renata Bucher
2007 Olivier Marceau Renata Bucher
2008 Andrew Noble Renata Bucher
2009 Sam Gardner Renata Bucher
2010 Sam Gardner Renata Bucher
2011 Sam Gardner Shonny Vanlandingham
2012 Ben Allen Renata Bucher
2013 Ben Allen Jacqui Slack
2014 Ben Allen Carina Wasle
2015 Ben Allen Jacqui Slack
2016 Brodie Gardner Carina Wasle

THE OFF-ROAD TO LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA

XTERRA Saipan was the third of six races in the 2015-2016 XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour where pros and amateurs count their best three scores (the finale in Malaysia counts double).

With the win Gardner moves into second-place in the Tour standings with 182 points (he was third in the Philippines) while Ogasawara continues to lead the men’s tour title chase with three scoring races and 247 points.

Reigning XTERRA Japan champion Mieko Carey is in the lead of the women’s tour chase with 272 points followed by Lizzie Orchard and Wasle.

Next up on the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour is XTERRA New Zealand (April 16, 2016), followed a week later by the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship in Australia (April 23, 2016) and then the tour finale at XTERRA Malaysia (May 7, 2016).


XTERRA ASIA-PACIFIC TOUR ELITE STANDINGS, tentative after 3 events

PL NAME JPN PHI SAIPAN NZL AUS MAS TOT
1 Takahiro Ogasawara, JPN 82 75 90 247
2 Brodie Gardner, AUS DNS 82 100 182
3 Charlie Epperson, USA 75 69 DNS 144
4 Joe Miller, PHI DNS 49 82 131
5 Kaon Cho, KOR 53 DNS 75 128
6 Cameron Oneal, USA 63 53 DNS 116
7 Courtney Atkinson, AUS 100 DNS DNS 100
8 Bradley Weiss, RSA DNS 100 DNS 100
9 Cedric Lassonde, FRA 90 DNS DNS 90
10 Ben Allen, AUS DNS 90 DNS 90
11 Taro Shirato, JPN 69 DNS DNS 69
12 Taylor Charlton, AUS DNS 63 DNS 63
13 Hsieh Jason, HKG 58 DNS DNS 58
14 Michal Bucek, SVK DNS 58 DNS 58
15 Barry Lee, MAS DNS 45 DNS 45
PL NAME JPN PHI SAIPAN AUS NZL MAS TOT
1 Mieko Carey, USA 100 82 90 272
2 Lizzie Orchard, NZL 90 100 DNS 190
3 Carina Wasle, AUT DNS DNS 100 100
4 Jacqui Slack, GBR DNS 90 DNS 90
5 Renata Bucher, SUI DNS DNS 82 82
6 Belinda Hadden, AUS DNS DNS 75 75

2016 XTERRA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS

XTERRA Saipan was the fourth of 37 events where the fastest amateur athletes from around the world could qualify to race at the 21st annual XTERRA World Championship at Kapalua, Maui on October 23.

DATE WORLD TOUR EVENT LOCATION or WINNERS
7-Feb XTERRA Philippines Brad Weiss/Lizzie Orchard
21-Feb XTERRA South Africa Brad Weiss/Flora Duffy
5-Mar XTERRA Motatapu Olly Shaw/Mary Gray
12-Mar XTERRA Saipan Brodie Gardner/Carina Wasle
20-Mar XTERRA Costa Rica Playa Reserva Conchal
26-Mar XTERRA Argentina Dique Ullum, San Juan
3-Apr XTERRA Malta Majjistral Nature Reserve
16-Apr XTERRA New Zealand Rotorua, North Island
17-Apr XTERRA La Reunion La Reunion Island
23-Apr XTERRA Asia-Pacific Championship Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia
7-May XTERRA Malaysia / XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Championship Langkawi
7-May XTERRA Brazil Ilhabela, São Paulo
7-May XTERRA Greece Vouliagmeni
14-May XTERRA Tahiti Papeete
21-May XTERRA Oak Mountain State Park Pelham, Shelby County, AL, USA
21-May XTERRA Portugal Golega
11-Jun XTERRA Belgium Namur
25-Jun XTERRA Switzerland Vallee de Joux
25-Jun XTERRA Mine over Matter Milton, Ontario, Canada
3-Jul XTERRA France Xonrupt
10-Jul XTERRA Victoria Victoria, B.C., Canada
16-Jul XTERRA Beaver Creek Beaver Creek, CO, USA
23-Jul XTERRA Parry Sound Ontario, Canada
31-Jul XTERRA Italy Lago Di Scanno
31-Jul XTERRA Dominican Republic Barahona
6-Aug XTERRA Mexico Tapalpa
7-Aug XTERRA Poland Krakow
13-Aug XTERRA Sweden Hellsgaarten, Stockholm
14-Aug XTERRA Canmore Canmore, Alberta, Canada
20-Aug XTERRA Germany – XTERRA European Championship Zittau
27-Aug XTERRA Sleeping Giant Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
27-Aug XTERRA Korea Daeahn Reservoir, Wonju City
3-Sep  XTERRA Japan Hokkaido
4-Sep XTERRA Denmark Mons Klint
4-Sep XTERRA Quebec Quebec City, Quebec
11-Sep XTERRA Woolastook New Brunswick, Canada
17-Sep XTERRA USA / Pan Am Championship Ogden, Utah, USA
23-Oct XTERRA World Championship Kapalua, Maui