Alexander Haas, the overall amateur XTERRA World Champ, turned pro for 2012 and proved he belongs by placing third overall.  South Africa’s Stuart Marais in fourth and reigning XTERRA European Tour Champ Olivier Marceau in fifth.  

 

In the women’s race Slack led from wire-to-wire to upset an incredibly strong women’s field and take her second straight win on the XTERRA World Tour series. Last month Slack won the XTERRA New Zealand Championship.  Czech Helena Erbanova, third in Maui last October, finished second more than two minutes back, with reigning Euro Tour Champ Marion Lorblanchet in third, Maud Golsteyn in fourth and the resilient Carina Wasle in fifth despite racing with a broken hand.  

 

XTERRA South Africa Champion Carla Van Huyssteen crashed on the bike early but toughed it out, finished eighth, then went for stitches.

 

Pos	Fname	Lname	Country	Total	Swim	Bike	Run
1	Nicolas	Lebrun	FRA	02:23:21	00:18:39	01:24:55	00:38:12
2	Ben	Allen	AUS	02:24:19	00:16:27	01:29:06	00:37:17
3	Alexander	Haas	GER	02:26:10	00:17:49	01:25:31	00:41:09
4	Stuart	Marais	RSA	02:26:50	00:17:45	01:29:48	00:37:02
5	Olivier	Marceau	SUI	02:29:33	00:16:27	01:31:07	00:40:06
6	Francois	Carloni	FRA	02:29:33	00:18:09	01:27:24	00:41:58
7	Gianpietro	De Faveri	ITA	02:30:01	00:16:34	01:31:56	00:39:57
8	Fabio	Guidelli	ITA	02:34:20	00:16:26	01:36:40	00:39:29
9	Tomas	Kubek	ITA	02:34:27	00:18:25	01:33:22	00:40:43
10	Antonello	Pallotta	ITA	02:35:28	00:19:32	01:34:05	00:39:41
Also: Fabrizio Baralla, Jens Buder, Marco Spadacciao, Carl Pasio, Philipp Seipp, Lars Van Der Eerden