The 2013 IRONMAN world champion faces some stiff competition at the IRONMAN European Championship on Sunday. After winning three consecutive IRONMAN France titles, Frederik Van Lierde has a new early summer race venue on his calendar in 2014, one that will see him face some stiff competition.
Van Lierde, 35, admits it was a busy winter thanks to his win in Kona last October, thanks to lots of interest from the media and more sponsorship demands. The easy-going Belgian takes it all in stride, though, admitting it's a "problem" he's dreamed of having all his life.
After a fourth place finish at the Abu Dhabi International triathlon in March, Van Lierde says he feels like he's been able to truly focus on his training over the last few months. He's coming off a three week training camp at high altitude in France, where he says he was finally able to have some time out of the limelight to focus on his training.
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1.Frederik Van Lierde 101.Camilla Pedersen
2.Jan Raphael 102.Jodie Swallow
3.Sebastian Kienle 103.Sonja Tajsich
4.Jan Frodeno 104.Natascha Badmann
5.Andreas Raelert 105.Gina Crawford
6.Johann Ackermann 107.Corinne Abraham
7.Clemente Alonso-Mckernan 108.Simone Brändli
8.Miquel Blanchart Tinto 109.Line Foss
9.Denis Chevrot 110.Astrid Ganzow
10.Hannes Cool 113.Helena Herrero Gomez
11.Kurt Debouck 114.Mareen Hufe
12.Alessandro Degasperi 115.Katja Konschak
13.Martijn Dekker 116.Camilla Lindholm
14.Marc Dülsen 117.Annabel Luxford
15.Iván Gómez 118.Liz Lyles
16.Yeunsik Ham 119.Amy Marsh
17.Ivan Jezko 120.Yasuko Miyazaki
18.Jens Kaiser 121.Jenny Schulz
19.Ludovic Le Guellec 124.Eva Wutti
20.Carlos López 125.Lucie Zelenkova Reed
21.Michael Louys 126.Kristin Möller
23.Brendan Naef 127.Mary Beth Ellis
24.Mark Oude Bennink 128.Caitlin Snow
25.Stefano Paoli 129.Stefanie Adam
26.Jens Petersen-Bach
27.David Plese
28.Lukáš Polan
29.Alfred Rahm
30.Evert Scheltinga
32.Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen
33.Damien With
34.Marek Nemcik
35.Vincent Depuiset
36.Benjamin Sanson
38.Ronnie Schildknecht
39.Bas Diederen