This was our preview of IRONMAN 70.3 Mont Tremblant 2023 – however on Sunday morning the race was sadly cancelled due to the wildfires raging in Quebec. Click here for full details on the cancellation.
Defending champions Lionel Sanders and Tamara Jewett make their way back to Quebec this weekend, as the Canadian duo battle it out for the win against strong North American fields.
For Sanders, this could be his sixth victory at the event, but he will face stiff competition from training partner Trevor Foley and previous winner Jackson Laundry if he hopes to taste more success on home turf.
In our preview below, you can find information on previous winners, start times and tracking information, plus a full rundown of the professional men and women’s fields for the weekend.
Start time and how to follow live
The race starts with the men at 06:50 local time on Sunday 25 June 2023. That’s 11:50 UK time and 12:50 CET. The women’s start will be five minutes later, at 06:55 local time.
There is no live broadcast / streaming this weekend, which means that the ever reliable IRONMAN Tracker app is going to be your primary source of live information.
Pro Men
In the men’s race, Mont Tremblant legend Sanders will be chasing a third consecutive podium at middle distance events this year, after finishing second at IRONMAN 70.3 Gulf Coast and IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder.
Having gone without a win since this race last year, the Canadian will be hungry for victory, and where better to do it? With his track record in Quebec and progressing form, the PTO World #14 will be tough to beat this weekend.
Having already beaten Sanders this season, compatriot Laundry and training partner Foley look to be the biggest challengers. Out of the two, Laundry has shown consistency to take third in Oceanside, St George and Gulf Coast, whilst Foley has struggled for form since his second place finish at the North American Championships in St George.
Canadians Cody Beals and Brent McMahon are quality athletes who have the capacity to make the podium in Mont Tremblant, but American Tim O’Donnell, the winner of IRONMAN 70.3 Peru earlier in the season, looks to have the best combination of form and experience out of that trio.
Pro Women
In the women’s field, defending champion Jewett is head and shoulders above the rest, with the 33 year old, who won IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside and finished second behind Emma Pallant-Browne at IRONMAN 70.3 Pays d’Aix, plus sixth at the PTO Tour European Open, in the best form of her career.
In the fight for the rest of the podium, Canadian Rach McBride is likely to feature, and could look to improve on sixth at IRONMAN 70.3 St George and seventh at IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga against a start list with a strength of field score of 70.76.
Representing the USA, Mollie Hebda will race her first event of 2023, and will hope to manage back-to-back podiums, albeit with a long gap in-between, having finished third at her last event at IRONMAN 70.3 Los Cabos.
Lastly, 52 year old American Dede Griesbauer, 13th at IRONMAN Texas in April, makes it on to another start list and having last finished on a podium two years ago, could find herself up there with a strong bike in Quebec.
Previous Winners
- 2022: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Tamara Jewett (CAN)
- 2019: Jackson Laundry (CAN) / Mirinda Carfrae (AUS)
- 2018: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Meredith Kessler (USA)
- 2017: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Holly Lawrence (GBR)
- 2016: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Holly Lawrence (GBR)
- 2015: Lionel Sanders (CAN) / Meredith Kessler (USA)
- 2014: Jesse Thomas (USA) / Meredith Kessler (USA)
- 2014**: Javier Gomez (ESP) / Daniela Ryf (SUI)
(** IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship event)
Prize Money: What’s on the line?
The prize purse on offer this weekend is $30,000 – with each of the winners collecting a $4,000 share of that total.
In addition to money, there will be a total of six qualifying slots (two MPRO / two FPRO) for the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship in Lahti, Finland this summer.
The total funds will be paid eight-deep, as follows:
- $4,000
- $2,750
- $2,000
- $1,750
- $1,500
- $1,250
- $1,000
- $750
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