Frenchman Dennis Chevrot has taken out Ironman 70.3 Ballarat.
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He crossed the line at Lake Wendouree in three hours, 49 minutes and 34 seconds.
Chevrot had just 28 seconds to spare from a fast-finishing Peter Kerr, of Geelong (3:50.02).
Another Australian Sam Betten completed the podium in 3:50.39 in a hectic finish.
Annabel Luxford from Australian reigned supreme in the open women's division for the second year in a row - finishing 29th overall in 04:14:21
She covered the 1.9km swim leg in 25.10, 90km bike ride in 2:21:13 and 21.1km run (3 laps of Lake Wendouree) in 1:25.34