Rasmus Henning lived up to the high expectations for a win on home soil and
put the pressure on the competition from the gun at today's Half Challenge
Fuerteventura. The Dane repeated his win from last year and was alone in
front the entire 21,1 km run to take the title in 3:57:16. Daniel
Halksworth took 2nd place 3:54 down and Victor Morales took 3rd 4:25 down.

"It was a great feeling to once again win here on Fuerteventura and
Playitas that has been my home the last two years. I could ease into a
solid race pace all day but didn't have to go full steam at any point so it
was nice to be able to take the win without needing too much recovery after
which means I can still train hard the next 4-5 weeks leading up the my
important Ironman in Texas May 19," Rasmus Henning says.

Rasmus Henning was second out of the water after fellow Dane Rasmus
Petraeus and took control of the race after only 10 km on the bike.

"Petraeus was with me until 10 km on the bike before falling off the pace.
Halksworth had a great race today and pushed me hard on the bike. On the
uphills I let him take off and gain 15-20 seconds before catching him on

Emma-Kate Lidbury took the women's title in 4:32:41 - Both Rasmus and
Emma-Kate are trained by Matt Dixon.

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*Top 3, Half Challenge Fuerteventura 2012 (1,9 km ocean swim/90 km
bike/21,1 km run):*
1) Rasmus Henning, 3:57:16
2) Daniel Halksworth +3:54
3) Victor Morales +4:25

*Rasmus Henning's splits:*
1,9 km ocean swim - 22:10
90 km bike - 2:19:20 (38,8 km/hour)
21,1 km run - 1:15:46 (3:37/km)

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Swim splits - click
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Bike splits - click
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Run splits - click
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