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.  

‘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.

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 Hoffman, Leonad Arnold and Finn Große-freese make up a strong local German contingent.

IRONMAN Frankfurt start list

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

Bib	First Name	Last Name	Country
M1	Kristian	Blummenfelt	NOR
M2	Patrick	Lange	DEU
M3	Magnus	Ditlev	DNK
M4	Rodolphe	Von Berg	USA
M5	Gustav	Iden	NOR
M6	Jonas	Schomburg	DEU
M7	Kieran	Lindars	GBR
M8	Gregory	Barnaby	ITA
M9	Cameron	Wurf	AUS
M10	Daniel	Bækkegård	DNK
M11	Casper Nicolai Sagevik	Stornes	NOR
M12	Kristian	Høgenhaug	DNK
M14	Benjamin	Kanute	USA
M15	Kacper	Stepniak	POL
M16	Paul	Schuster	DEU
M17	Johannes	Vogel	DEU
M18	Clement	Mignon	FRA
M19	Jonas	Hoffmann	DEU
M20	Leonard	Arnold	DEU
M21	Braden	Currie	NZL
M22	Robert	Wilkowiecki	POL
M23	Henrik	Goesch	FIN
M24	Finn	Große-freese	DEU
M25	Niek	Heldoorn	NLD
M26	Wilhelm	Hirsch	DEU
M27	Dominik	Sowieja	DEU
M28	Rasmus	Svenningsson	SWE
M29	Andrea	Salvisberg	CHE
M30	Milosz	Sowinski	POL
M31	Nathan	Guerbeur	FRA
M32	Dries	Matthys	BEL
M34	Marc	Eggeling	DEU
M35	Emmanuel	Lejeune	BEL
M36	William	Mennesson	FRA
M38	Sven	Wies	DEU
M39	Juan Ignacio	Villarruel Curra	ESP
M40	David	Plese	SVN
M41	Romain	Rezsohazy	BEL
M42	Lukas	Schnödewind	DEU
M43	Renning	Elischer	DEU
M44	Jan	Poplawski	POL
M45	Piotr	Lawicki	POL
M46	Gustav	Palm-henriksen	DNK
M47	Bruno	Slegers	BEL
M48	Sebastian	Schober	DEU
M49	Max	Menzel	DEU
M50	Remi	Conte	FRA
M51	Jacek	Krawczyk	POL
M52	Mathieu	Merland	FRA
M53	Marcel	Bischof	DEU
M54	Morten	Schmidt	DEU
M55	Jonas	De Wachter	BEL