Frankfurt will yet again play host to some of the world’s best triathletes for the 24th edition of the race, taking place on Sunday 28 June. With two IRONMAN World Champions, the 2024 IRONMAN® Pro Series™ winner, Olympians, and multiple IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 Champions set to toe the line, fans of the sport can expect a race for the history books.
IRONMAN Frankfurt European Championship will be the ninth stop on the Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series tour and will offer $87,500USD and six qualifying slots to the 2026 IRONMAN World Championship® triathlon in Kona, Hawai`i.
Joining this world class professional athlete start list, will be nearly 3,000 age group athletes, each competing for qualifying slots to the 2026 IRONMAN World Championship triathlon.
Representing Great Britain, Kieran Lindars will be in Frankfurt after a second-place finish in 2024, and an unfortunate DNF in 2025. Lindars has already secured his slot to Kona with an impressive eighth place finish at IRONMAN Texas North American Championship.
Reigning IRONMAN World Champion, Casper Stornes (NOR) will wear bib number one. Stornes has had a successful season so far with two third places at Athletic Brewing IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside and Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas North American Championship this year. He finished third in Frankfurt last year and will no doubt be wanting to assert his status at the top of the sport.
Former IRONMAN and IRONMAN 70.3 World Champion, and last year’s IRONMAN World Champion runner up to Stornes, Gustav Iden (NOR), will be chasing a podium place after finishing fourth in the 2025 edition.
Magnus Ditlev (DNK) will be making his long-anticipated season debut, hoping for a strong comeback after injury and illness. Ditlev has finished on the podium twice at the IRONMAN World Championship (2024, 2023), and has a string of other accolades to his name including the 2025 IRONMAN African Champion and is a major threat to any start line. With no Kona qualification just yet, Ditlev has a lot to race for. Similarly eyeing a Kona slot will be 2024 Experience Oman IRONMAN Pro Series champion, Italy’s Gregory Barnaby, who has had a taste of success in Frankfurt back in 2024 when he finished third.
Back for redemption following the heartbreak at ISUZU IRONMAN South Africa African Championship and IRONMAN 70.3 Aix-en-Provence triathlons is South Africa favourite, Jamie Riddle who will be expected to play a big role in the early stages of the race.
Vincent Luis (FRA) will also be high on everyone’s top picks after an outstanding IRONMAN debut in Texas saw him finish fourth amongst a high-calibre field.
Jonas Hoffman (GER) is also set to return after finishing fifth last year and will be joined by a strong contingent of German athletes looking to make their mark on home soil, including Finn Große-Freese, Wilhelm Hirsch, Jan Stratmann, Florian Angert and Paul Schuster.
Below is the professional start list (subject to change):
M1 Casper Stornes NOR
M2 Gustav Iden NOR
M3 Magnus Ditlev DNK
M4 Jamie Riddle ZAF
M5 Finn Große-Freese DEU
M6 Vincent Luis FRA
M7 Jonas Hoffmann DEU
M8 Kieran Lindars GBR
M9 Nathan Guerbeur FRA
M10 Henrik Goesch FIN
M11 Brock Hoel CAN
M12 Paul Schuster DEU
M13 Dylan Magnien FRA
M14 Jon Saeveras Breivold NOR
M15 Cameron Wurf AUS
M16 Wilhelm Hirsch DEU
M17 Antonio Benito Lopes ESP
M18 Joe Skipper GBR
M19 Kacper Stepniak POL
M20 Gregory Barnaby ITA
M21 Mattia Ceccarelli ITA
M22 Kyle Smith NZL
M23 Jan Stratmann DEU
M24 Leon Chevalier FRA
M25 Michele Bortolamedi ITA
M26 Pieter Heemeryck BEL
M28 Florian Angert DEU
M29 Michael Weiss AUT
M30 Robert Wilkowiecki POL
M31 Michiel Stockman BEL
M32 Maximilian Sperl DEU
M33 Valentin Rouvier FRA
M34 Yvan Jarrige FRA
M35 Quentin Barreau FRA
M36 Andrea Salvisberg CHE
M37 Nick Emde DEU
M38 Lukas Stahl DEU
M39 Sven Thalmann CHE
M40 Ruben Zepuntke DEU
M41 Mathias Lyngsø Petersen DNK
M42 Chris Beckmans AUS
M43 Kristian Grue NOR
M44 William Mennesson FRA
M45 Piotr Lawicki POL
M46 Michele Sarzilla ITA
M47 Pamphiel Pareyn BEL
M48 Vincent Größer DEU
M49 Marc Eggeling DEU
M50 Robbie Deckard USA
M51 Fabian Dutli CHE
M52 João Ferreira PRT
M53 Niek Heldoorn NLD
M54 Mathieu Merland FRA
M55 Dries Matthys BEL
M56 Maxence Castel FRA
M57 Elliot Bach USA
M58 Zoran Nikolics HUN
M59 Thomas Bosch DEU
M60 Florian Kandutsch AUT
M61 Dylan Thissen NLD
M62 Julian Becker DEU
M63 Pascal Tischler DEU
M64 Brecht Van Vooren BEL
M65 Sander Heemeryck BEL
M66 Louis Heukemes BEL
M67 Raphael Junghans DEU
M68 Andrzej Michalski POL
M69 Mikel Txopitea ESP
M70 Michael Wegricht DEU
M71 Eyal Weinstein ISR
