2017-05-06
XTERRA Tahiti
Asian Pacific Tour

Moorea, Tahiti – Sam Osborne and Jacqui Allen captured the third-annual XTERRA Tahiti Championship elite titles on a gorgeous afternoon in Moorea on Saturday.
It’s the third win of the season for Osborne and the second for Allen.  They both won at XTERRA New Zealand one-month ago and Osborne captured the season opener in Saipan back in March.

Moorea (Tahiti, Polinesia)

Triathlon Cross, 1.5 – 30 – 10.6K

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1 Sam Osborne NZL 2:33:49
2 Ben Allen AUS 2:35:05
3 Christophe Betard FRA 2:46:59
4 Cedric Wane FRA 2:49:42

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1 Jacqui Allen GBR 3:05:46

XTERRA Tahiti was the sixth of seven races on this year’s XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour, and with the win Osborne takes a commanding lead into the XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour finale at XTERRA Japan in Hokkaido on September 2.
XTERRA Asia-Pacific Tour Elite Standings
      S S S G G S
PL NAME, NAT TOT SPN THA NZL PHI MAS TAH
1 Sam Osborne, NZL 402 75 DNS 75 90 87 75
2 Ben Allen, AUS 357 61 67 DNS 75 87 67
3 Kieran McPherson, NZL 300 56 75 DNS 82 87 DNS
4 Bradley Weiss, RSA 254 67 DNS DNS 100 87 DNS
5 Will Kelsay, USA 216 47 47 DNS 69 53 DNS
6 Brodie Gardner, AUS 205 39 61 47 DNS 58 DNS
7 David Ballesteros, ESP 168 DNS 56 43 DNS 69 DNS
8 Joe Miller, PHI 142 30 DNS DNS 63 49 DNS
9 Taylor Charlton, AUS 141 DNS 43 DNS 53 45 DNS
10 Olly Shaw, NZL 109 DNS DNS 51 58 DNS DNS
11 Markus Benesch, AUT 102 51 51 DNS DNS DNS DNS
12 Takahiro Ogasawara, JPN 92 21 30 DNS DNF 41 DNS
13 Alex Roberts, NZL 85 DNS DNS 36 49 DNF DNS
14 Aleksandr Dorovskikh, RUS 72 36 36 DNS DNS DNS DNS
15 Hayden Wilde, NZL 67 DNS DNS 67 DNS DNS DNS
16 Alex Hunt, AUS 63 DNS DNS DNS DNS 63 DNS
17 Akihiko Maeda, JPN 62 25 DNS DNS DNS 37 DNS
18 Kyle Smith, NZL 61 DNS DNS 61 DNS DNS DNS
19 Christophe Betard, FRA 61 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 61
20 Fynn Thompson, NZL 56 DNS DNS 56 DNS DNS DNS
21 Cedric Wane, FRA 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 56
22 Yuichi Hosoda, JPN 43 43 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
23 Jacob Storey 39 DNS 39 DNS DNS DNS DNS
24 John Mering, NZL 39 DNS DNS 39 DNS DNS DNS
25 Jacky Boisset, FRA 34 DNS DNS DNS DNS 34 DNS
26 Dominik Wychera, AUT 33 33 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
27 Fabrizio Bartoli, ITA 33 DNS 33 DNS DNS DNS DNS
28 Cedric Wane, FRA 33 DNS DNS 33 DNS DNS DNS
29 Emil Duraj, SVK 27 27 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
30 Michal Bucek, SVK 23 23 DNF DNS DNS DNS DNS
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PL NAME, NAT TOT SPN THA NZL PHI MAS TAH
1 Carina Wasle, AUT 275 75 DNS DNS 100 100 DNS
2 Jacqui Allen, GBR 232 DNS DNS 75 DNF 82 75
3 Penny Slater, AUS 141 DNS DNS 51 90 DNS DNS
4 Renata Bucher, SUI 131 DNS 75 56 DNS DNS DNS
5 Myriam Guillot-Boisset, FRA 90 DNS DNS DNS DNS 90 DNS
6 Jessica Koltz, USA 82 DNS DNS DNS 82 DNS DNS
7 Leela Hancox, AUS 75 DNS DNS DNS DNS 75 DNS
8 Kelli Montgomery, USA 67 DNS 67 DNS DNS DNS DNS
9 Mieko Carey, JPN 67 67 DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS
10 Hannah Wells, NZL 67 DNS DNS 67 DNS DNS DNS
11 Marika Wagner, SWE 61 DNS 61 DNS DNS DNS DNS
12 Josie Wilcox, NZL 61 DNS DNS 61 DNS DNS DNS
13 Belinda Hadden, AUS 56 DNS 56 DNS DNS DNS DNS
14 Rebecca Clarke, NZL 47 DNS DNS 47 DNS DNS DNS
15 Lizzy Bunckenburg, NZL 43 DNS DNS 43 DNS DNS DNS
2017 XTERRA World Championship Qualifying Series Schedule
XTERRA Tahiti was the 15th of 41 events where amateur athletes from around the world could qualify to race at the 22nd annual XTERRA World Championship in Maui on October 29.
Date
Race
Elite Winners or Location
Feb 25
Richard Murray / Flora Duffy
Mar 4
Dougal Allan / Josie Wilcox
Mar 18
XTERRA Saipan + Silver
Sam Osborne / Carina Wasle
Mar 25
Gonzalo Tellechea / Suzie Snyder
Apr 1
Kieran McPherson / Renata Bucher
Apr 1
XTERRA Chile # Silver
Felipe Barraza / Barbara Riveros
Apr 2
XTERRA Malta * Silver
Roger Serrano / Brigitta Poor
Apr 8
 Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen
Apr 9
Josiah Middaugh / Suzie Snyder
Apr 16
Ruben Ruzafa / Carina Wasle
Apr 23
Bradley Weiss / Carina Wasle
Apr 23
XTERRA Cyprus * Silver
Yeray Luxem / Brigitta Poor
Apr 29
Osborne,Allen,Weiss,McPherson/Wasle
Apr 30
XTERRA Greece * Silver
Ruben Ruzafa / Helena Erbenova
May 6
Sam Osborne / Jacqui Allen
May 14
XTERRA Spain * Silver
Tarragona
May 14
XTERRA Brazil # Silver
Ilhabela, Sao Paolo
May 20
Pelham, AL, USA
May 27
Golega
Jun 10
Namur
Jun 17
Milton, Ontario, Canada
Jun 18
Imatra
Jun 24
Vallee de Joux
Jul 2
Xonrupt
Jul 9
Victoria, B.C., Canada
Jul 15
Beaver Creek, CO, USA
Jul 30
Scanno, Abruzzo, Italy
Aug 5
Tapalpa
Aug 5
XTERRA Norway * Silver
Norefjell
Aug 6
Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Aug 12
Quebec City, Canada
Aug 12
Ontario, Canada
Aug 13
Barahona
Aug 13
XTERRA Poland * Silver
Krakow
Aug 19
Zittau
Aug 26
XTERRA Sweden * Silver
Hammarbybacken, Stockholm
Aug 26
Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Sep 2
XTERRA Japan + Silver
Hokkaido
Sep 3
Mons Klint
Sep 16
Ogden, Utah, USA
Oct 29
Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii
* XTERRA European Tour / # XTERRA Pan American Tour / + Asia-Pacific Tour
Silver = Min. $7,500 pro purse & 75-point scale // GOLD = Min $15,000 pro purse & 100-point scale