Germany鈥檚 Sebastian Kienle won his first Saturday with a time of 8 hours, 14 minutes, and 18 seconds.聽
The 31-year-old beat second-place American finisher by more than five minutes. The duo dueled throughout the race, with Hoffman snagging an early 3:18聽advantage on Kienle after the swim. But the Boulder, Colorado, resident lost over 11 minutes to the German on the bike leg, and was unable to close the gap during the run.聽
Andy Potts, the only other top-ten American finisher, nabbed fourth place, more than seven minutes off the winning time.聽
of Australia won the women鈥檚 field for the third time, finishing with a time of 9:00:55. Kona rookie Daniela Ryf of Switzerland placed second and last year’s runner-up, Rachel Joyce of Britain, rounded out the podium.