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IRONMAN Frankfurt announces STACKED start list as Blummenfelt and Lange head all-star cast

A spectacular start list for a spectacular race - the big guns are out in force for triathlon's European Championship.
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IRONMAN Frankfurt will play host to an all-star triathlon cast on Sunday June 29 with an elite start list announced for the annual men’s European Championship showpiece.

Three IRONMAN World Champions, the full 2024 IRONMAN World Championship podium and last year’s IRONMAN Frankfurt European Championship podium will all assemble to battle for a piece of the $87,500 prize purse, a maximum of 5,000 points in the IRONMAN Pro Series standings and the title of IRONMAN European Champion. The race will also offer five qualifying slots to the 2025 IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France.  

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‘Big Blu’ heads stellar field

Wearing bib number one will be defending IRONMAN European Champion Kristian Blummenfelt (NOR) who last year set a course best time (07:27:21) just two weeks after competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics. Blummenfelt will head for Germany fresh off victories at both IRONMAN Texas and IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence.

Kristian Blummenfelt wins 703 Aix en Provence 2025
Kristian Blummenfelt wins again at IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence [Photo credit: Getting Images for IRONMAN]

Three-time and reigning IRONMAN World Champion Patrick Lange (GER) is also hoping to make his return to racing after an injury following his season opener at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. Lange has unfinished business in Frankfurt with a win here the one major accolade missing from his trophy cabinet. Lange has raced the event four times, finishing eighth last year with his best position being third back in 2018.

2022 IRONMAN World Champion and two-time IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion Gustav Iden (NOR) will also continue his season in Frankfurt, and the newest threat on the ‘Norwegian Hype Train’, Casper Stornes, will also be toeing the line following a major confidence boost in Aix-en-Provence just a few weeks ago. He finished second in France, just half a minute behind training partner Blummenfelt

Magnus Ditlev (DEN), last year’s IRONMAN World Championship runner-up, will also be top of many people’s race favourites. Ditlev already has one regional title to his bow, after being crowned the IRONMAN African Champion in Nelson Mandela Bay in March.

Cameron Wurf (AUS) and Jonas Schomburg (DEU) will both be chasing IRONMAN Pro Series points to maintain their high rankings – they are currently first and third respectively in the 2025 standings. Last year’s Pro Series winner Gregory Barnaby (ITA) is also set to line up.

Other fascinating entries include last year’s Frankfurt second Kieran Lindars (GBR) and Rudy Von Berg (USA), who has had a strong start to the season with third place at IRONMAN Texas and second at IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside. 

Paul Schuster, Jonas HoffmanLeonad Arnold and Finn Große-freese make up a strong local German contingent.

Patrick Lange IRONMAN World Championship 2024 garland Photo Credit: Donald Miralle / Getty Images for IRONMAN
Patrick Lange is desperate for that elusive Frankfurst win [Photo Credit: Donald Miralle / Getty Images for IRONMAN]

IRONMAN Frankfurt start list

The full start list (as always, subject to change) is as follows:

BibFirst Name Last Name Country
M1KristianBlummenfeltNOR
M2PatrickLangeDEU
M3MagnusDitlevDNK
M4RodolpheVon BergUSA
M5GustavIdenNOR
M6JonasSchomburgDEU
M7KieranLindarsGBR
M8GregoryBarnabyITA
M9CameronWurfAUS
M10DanielBækkegårdDNK
M11Casper Nicolai Sagevik StornesNOR
M12KristianHøgenhaugDNK
M14BenjaminKanuteUSA
M15KacperStepniakPOL
M16PaulSchusterDEU
M17JohannesVogelDEU
M18ClementMignonFRA
M19JonasHoffmannDEU
M20LeonardArnoldDEU
M21BradenCurrieNZL
M22RobertWilkowieckiPOL
M23HenrikGoeschFIN
M24FinnGroße-freeseDEU
M25NiekHeldoornNLD
M26WilhelmHirschDEU
M27DominikSowiejaDEU
M28RasmusSvenningssonSWE
M29AndreaSalvisbergCHE
M30MiloszSowinskiPOL
M31NathanGuerbeurFRA
M32DriesMatthysBEL
M34MarcEggelingDEU
M35EmmanuelLejeuneBEL
M36WilliamMennessonFRA
M38SvenWiesDEU
M39Juan IgnacioVillarruel CurraESP
M40 DavidPleseSVN
M41RomainRezsohazyBEL
M42LukasSchnödewindDEU
M43RenningElischerDEU
M44JanPoplawskiPOL
M45PiotrLawickiPOL
M46GustavPalm-henriksen DNK
M47BrunoSlegersBEL
M48SebastianSchoberDEU
M49MaxMenzelDEU
M50RemiConteFRA
M51JacekKrawczykPOL
M52MathieuMerlandFRA
M53MarcelBischofDEU
M54MortenSchmidtDEU
M55JonasDe WachterBEL
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Graham has been involved with TRI247 & RUN247 since the summer of 2021. Since then he has provided strategic direction for all news and is passionate about the growth of triathlon as a fan sport.
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