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Hello everybody,   The first victory of the year is a fact! And my first place this weekend in Düren (Extreme Man circuit) came at the right time in my build-up for the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt on 6 July.   The race in fact went...

Fourth place again! This time in the 70.3 Ironman Aix-en-Provence.   To summarize, I felt poorly all day but I didn’t want to give up. From the start of the swim I felt this wasn’t going to be my day. I didn’t have the strength to swim alongs...

As ambassador of the first edition in Cannes, I came to the start of a competition with much shorter distances than usual. 2 km swimming, 80 km cycling and 16 km running, i.e. a mix of long-distance and short-distance athletes!   This could already ...

After victories in 2011 and 2013, and 2 times 5th in 2010 and 2012, this year I finished 4th. Not too bad in the 5 years existence of this prestigious triathlon!   The swim was perfect to me. I felt comfortable, mostly in the lead, on the 2 loop sw...

  After a few weeks of rest with his family, time is up to go back to real training again for Frederik Van Lierde. Before a heavy winter training session, Frederik is happy to share with you his race plan for 2014. He has decided to focus on 8 rac...

Ironman World Champion … unbelievable but true! 3 weeks later and still enjoying it. It’s a indescribable feeling, lots of emotions, pride, respect and appreciation. Invitations, salutations and congratulations are following each other at a high ...

The win, in the inaugural ½ distance triathlon Deinze, is mine.It was a superb organization, great athmosphere and only for the first time the event took place!   For me this race was ideal to test one more time and to get some race rhythm. Racing ...