NYC MARATHON ‘07: Five Men Left After 30k

Posted November 4th, 2007 at 11:45 AM by J. R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Special Features, Live Race Coverage

Rodgers Rop Hendrick Ramaala led through 16 miles in a time of 1:19:59. His last mile was 5:06.

Suddenly the pack of 15 men was down to 4 men:

Hendrick Ramaala, Rodgers Rop, Martin Lel and Abderrahim Goumri (Morocco ) who was making his NYC Marathon debut.

Lance Armstrong passed the 20k mark in 1:19:27, a pace of 6:23 per mile. He was on pace for a 2:47:15, a significant improvement over his 2:59 from 2006.

Ramaala led at 17 miles, which the leaders passed in 1:24:25. The last mile was a sizzling 4:26.

Martin Lel was trying to take over now, throwing in surges to try and break Ramaala. Rop, Kwambai, Gourmi and Kipsang were all right there with him. One of these 5 men was certain to win the race. William Kipsang was 11 seconds back.

Here are the leaders after 30k:

1 3 LEL, MARTIN KEN 1:32:20 +0:00 4:57
2 5 ROP, RODGERS KEN 1:32:20 +0:00 4:57
3 11 KWAMBAI, JAMES KEN 1:32:20 +0:00 4:57
4 9 RAMAALA, HENDRICK RSA 1:32:21 +0:01 4:57
5 4 GOUMRI, ABDERRAHIM MAR 1:32:21 +0:01 4:57
6 8 KIPSANG, WILLIAM KEN 1:32:31 +0:11 4:57
7 12 KIBET, JULIUS KEN 1:32:36 +0:16 4:58
8 1 GOMES DOS SANTOS, MARILSON BRA 1:32:41 +0:21 4:58
9 16 NDEREBA, SAMUEL KEN 1:32:44 +0:24 4:58
10 2 KIOGORA, STEPHEN KEN / CO 1:32:44 +0:24 4:58
11 18 CHIRLEE, JOSEPH KEN / GA 1:33:00 +0:40 4:59
12 6 BALDINI, STEFANO ITA 1:33:00 +0:40 4:59
13 14 PERTILE, RUGGERO ITA 1:33:24 +1:04 5:00
14 15 KEMBOI, ELIAS KEN 1:33:24 +1:04 5:00

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