The 2014 edition ERGO IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg in Remich will feature one of the best professional starter fields in Europe. In the mens race it is nearly impossible to announce one main favorite. 6 men will lead a large field and all of them have good chances to run for the winning title.
Axel Zeebroek will try to defend his title from last year. He showed already a strong performance at Ironman Melbourne earlier this year, where he finished in 7th place.
Nils Frommhold, the German rising star wants to earn his first 70.3 title for this year. He had a great season this far, winning Ironman South Africa in April.
Marino Vanhoenacker, European champion over the Ironman distance in 2012 and fastest man ever in an Ironman race, was showing last weekend in St. Polten (AUT) over the 70.3 distance that he is back in shape and highly motivated for the Luxembourg race.
Timo Bracht, European Champion over the Ironman distance in 2009 will compete in his first race in Europe this year. The team PowerHorse captain wants to test his form in Luxembourg for the upcoming European events.
Romain Guillaume winner of the recent Ironman Lanzarote will join the race for the win of the second edition of the ERGO IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg.
Patrick Lange runner up of the first edition of ERGO IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg, will challenge the top field again and could surprise the big names.
A fascinating women’s race is initiating on June 21st 2014.
Susi Hignett, winner of the IRONMAN 70.3 Aix en Provence in 2013, was last year only beaten by Sophie Goos in a thrilling final by seconds. She comes back to take the winon this years edition.
Anja Beranek, European Champion in 2012 over the half Ironman distance, and winner of Ironman Zurich 2013 will be the top favorite of the women’s race.
Gina Crawford second place in this years Ironman New Zealand will compete for the win of the second edition of the ERGO IRONMAN 70.3 Luxembourg. She has multiple Ironman wins and is keen to add another one to her incredible records.
Lisa Hütthaler, coming off wins at 70.3 St Polten and Mallorca already this year Lisa will be looking to add the Duchess of Luxembourg to her titles.
Charity Program
We are very proud to announce that “Ploschter Project” of Luxembourg Triathlete Yannick Lieners will be our charity Partner. Yannick Lieners was diagnosed with Leukemia earlier this year and created his own charity Program.
Sofie Goos, 2013 ERGO IRONMAN Luxembourg champion comes back to Luxembourg, to compete in the “Ploscher Project” relay team together with Benoit Joachim multiple champion and Tour de France participant and Yannick Lieners. All athletes and spectators can support the project by buying “Ploscher Project” wristbands for the price of 10 euro at their booth at the Expo.
Pro Women:
1.Alexandra Tondeur
2.Beate Goertz
3.Angela Kühnlein
4.Sophie De Groote
5.Lucie Zelenkova Reed
6.Nicole Klingler
7.Gina Crawford
8.Julia Bohn
9.Lenka Králová
10.Nicole Woysch
11.Susie Hignett
12.Sarah Jarvis
13.Bianca Steurer
14.Alice Hector
15.Anja Beranek
16.Rahel Bellinga
17.Lisa Hütthaler
18.Kamila Polak
19.Céline Schärer
Pro Men:
1.Tony Puglia
2.Guðmundur Joensen
3.Matthias Knossalla
4.Christian Jais
5.David BARDI
6.Andreas Thissen
7.Stuart Marais
8.Sean Donnelly
9.Hendrik-Jan Verhaegen
10.Roman Krutina
11.Willem Brems
12.Jens Kaiser
13.Markus Mlinar
14.Marcel Bischof
15.Patrick Lange
16.ALBERT MORENO MOLINS
17.Denis Chevrot
18.Marino Vanhoenacker
19.Swen Sundberg
20.Stenn Goetstouwers
21.Michael Louys
22.Paul Reitmayr
23.Vincent Depuiset
24.Gergo Badar
25.Péter Szilágyi
26.Jens Frommhold
27.Romain GUILLAUME
28.Axel Zeebroek
29.Nils Frommhold
30.Alessandro Degasperi
31.Timo Bracht
32.Sebastian Neef
33.Christoph Schlagbauer
34.Francisco Fernández-Cortés
35.Manuel Kueng
36.Johannes Moldan
37.Stephen Bayliss