Photos: 2012 Rev3 Maine

Age groupers line up for the beach start at the inaugural Rev3 Maine. It was the first ocean swim in the Rev3 Series.

A race official checks the pro women’s gear in transition.

Richie Cunningham, who hoped to win his fourth-straight Rev3 race, stretches in transition. He ended up placing fourth.

Pro Jesse Thomas, who’s active in social media, tweets a photo of his transition setup to Twitter followers.

The age groupers of the half-iron-distance HalfRev line up to run into the Atlantic Ocean. The HalfRev racers started about 45 minutes before the pro athletes, who were racing the OlympicRev. The Olympic-distance age groupers followed the pros.

The pro men race toward the ocean and the 0.9-mile swim.

The pro women enter the Atlantic Ocean. Pros Becky Lavelle, Lauren Goss and Alice Henriques were the first out of the water.

Pro Brian Fleischmann was first out of the water in a time of 17:39 but unfortunately went off course in the first half of the bike.

One of the pro men exits the water.

A pro woman exits the swim.

Pro women exit the water.

Nicole Kelleher, fresh off her Rev3 Wisconsin win two weeks ago, races her way into third place.

Justin Harris powers over a small hill on the bike course en route to his 13th-place finish.

Brett Nichols, who was one of the first out of the swim, fell to 12th place overall.

Conrad Stoltz used a race-best 52:27 bike split to take the lead early in the bike.

David Thompson, or “DKT,” on the out-and-back bike course.

Kyle Leto was in the first pack out of the water but dropped to sixth place overall.

Richie Cunningham and David Thompson power through the scenic bike course, entering T2 together about three minutes off the lead.

David Thompson powers on the bike on his way to a fifth-place finish.

After Stoltz passed Thomas on the bike, Thomas tried to stick with him but lost contact after about 18 minutes.

Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz hammers the bike. He came out of the water in seventh place but came into T2 with more than a minute lead over Thomas.

Jesse Thomas, a former collegiate steeplechaser, looks smooth and comfortable on the run.

Australian Richie Cunningham tries to catch The Caveman and Thomas on the run.

Kaleb VanOrt, who started the run in fifth place, ran down David Thompson and Richie Cunningham to finish on the podium. He had a race-best run split of 32:05.

American Devon Palmer, who finished 10th, takes some nutrition from an aid station on the run.

Lauren Goss raced the 6.2-mile run in an impressive time of 36:48.

Becky Lavelle, who entered T2 with Lauren Goss, couldn’t stick with Goss on the run but easily held off Nicole Kelleher, who finished third.

Two-time Wildflower Long Course champion Jesse Thomas cruises down the finish chute.

American Jesse Thomas took his first-ever Rev3 win.

Conrad “The Caveman” Stoltz of South Africa gives a post-race interview after his solid runner-up finish.

Lauren Goss used a race-best run split of 36:48 to easily take her first Rev3 victory.