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IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman 2025: Watch how Sam Long and Lucy Charles-Barclay reigned supreme

Watch again as 'The Big Unit' and LCB claimed terrific victories in Maryland.
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This was our preview and live stream of IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman 2025 – you can read full reports on how Sam Long and Lucy Charles-Barclay claimed brilliant victories in the pro aces.

The ninth race of the IRONMAN Pro Series takes place this Sunday in Cambridge, Maryland with an all-star cast expected to compete for a $50,000 prize purse and 2,500 points in the standings.

On the women’s side, you can expect a mouthwatering battle between the 2023 and 2022 IRONMAN World Champions Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR) and Chelsea Sodaro (USA).

For the men, Lionel Sanders has dropped off the start list, robbing fans of another tussle with his close friend and rival Sam Long, who will be going for the win in the historic Chesapeake town on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, which has witnessed over 25 years of racing.

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Start time and how to watch live

The action kicks off at IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman on Sunday 8 June with the men’s Pro Race starting with the swim at 5:45 a.m. ET (10.45 BST, 11.45 CET) at Gerry Boyle Park and the Pro Women going off five minutes later. Age group races have a rolling start beginning at 5:55 a.m. ET. 

The race will be broadcast live and for free across multiple platforms for viewers around the world including proseries.ironman.com, Outside TV for US and Canada viewers, DAZN, iQIYI, L’Equipe Live, and YouTube among others. 

We’ve embedded the YouTube livestream below nearer the time so you don’t have to leave this page.

And as always, the ever reliable IRONMAN Tracker is the perfect data addition to support your viewing.

Pro Men’s Race

Without Sanders, the overwhelming favourite for the men’s race is Long, who won at 70.3 Chattanooga. The Big Unit actually ditched the T100 in San Francisco to focus on renewing his rivalry with Sanders here, but with him missing, Long will fancy his chances.

He could face competition from the likes of Germany’s Paul Schuster, who came sixth at IRONMAN Texas, and American Ben Kanute, who came fifth at Oceanside.

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Pro Women’s Race

Charles-Barclay‘s emphatic win at IRONMAN Lanzarote showed she’s in fine form, and she and will wear bib number one.

But this is a rare recent foray for her into 70.3 as she hasn’t featured in one since Kraichgau in 2023 when she was just beaten by Germany’s Laura Philipp, who succeeded her as IRONMAN World Champion last year.

VinFast IRONMAN World Championship 2023 - Lucy Charles-Barclay bike aero
Lucy Charles-Barclay [Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images for IRONMAN]

Sodaro will be looking to rebound following the lingering illness that affected her at IRONMAN Texas and 70.3 St. George.

Challenging that duo will be the likes of multiple 70.3 winner Tamara Jewett (CAN) who made her own IRONMAN debut at Texas in April.

Eagleman 70.3 course

The 1.2-mile swim takes place in the brackish waters of the Choptank River, with the start and finish at Gerry Boyle Park. Athletes will enter the water from the boat ramp and swim a clockwise rectangle, exiting via the small beach.

The one-loop bike course features only 330 ft of elevation gain, offering athletes a truly flat ride. After leaving town, the course winds through scenic country roads and the stunning Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. While the terrain is flat, the winds across the open fields and marshland can make for a tough ride.

The run course is a two-lap out-and-back along the Choptank River and through the peaceful residential streets of Cambridge, featuring a new loop through the scenic Algonquin neighbourhood.

IRONMAN Pro Series 2025

This is the ninth stop on an 18-race schedule at 17 locations which will venture to Australasia, Europe, North America and Africa. The Series has an end-of-year bonus pool totalling $1.7m, that is on top of the prize money awarded for each race.

Winners of full-distance events will be allocated a maximum of 5000 points for winning, with 2,500 awarded in 70.3 races.

Points for all remaining professional finishers will diminish based on the time deficit to first place at a rate of 1 point per 1 second to the first place finish time.  There is no points minimum, or “floor”. Points will accumulate throughout the season.

The male and female pro with the most points at the end of the Pro Series will be crowned IRONMAN Pro Series Champions. A competitor’s best five events will determine their points total.

A cool $200,000 is on offer for the series winner on both the men’s and women’s side, with second earning €130,000 and third receiving $85,000. The cumulative payout for the 2025 season is €2,450,000.

Paul Brown
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