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  After a long break, Covid-19, every athlete craves for a portion of competition. On Sunday I can finally race again. In Les Sables d'Olonne I'll start my last season as a professional athlete, also my shortest one. Next Sunday my year will alrea...

  Happy New Year to all of you! Here's my (provisional) 2020 program:   I'll kick off the season in Spain with a half distance race in Peniscola. Getting back in race modus will be the main goal here.   Aix-en-Provence 70.3 will be a good race...

  6th place at IRONMAN Cozumel.   Another sub-8h didn’t bring me any closer than a 6th place at finish line. The whole day I felt good and stayed in contention for a podium spot. It was only in the later stages of the marathon I was not able to...

  Sunday 24th of November I'll be racing for the last time this season! Ironman Cozumel will be my 4th Ironman in 6 months. With Lanzarote (1st), Nice (3rd) and Barcelona (2nd) it's obvious I'm starting with the same ambitions here.   I was abl...

  2nd at IRONMAN Barcelona with a new personal best. When you execute the perfect race and there's one athlete better... Anyways, I leave Barcelona with a good feeling! Proud about my race and time. Happy about the fact that I'm still in the mix...

  It's race week! Sunday I'm racing IRONMAN Barcelona for the first time. I'm really excited about this one, a relatively flat and fast course! Maybe a chance to go faster than my PB (7h53)?   I've raced the IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona twice and I've...

  Last Sunday I finished 28th at the World Championships IRONMAN 70.3 in Nice. Not the result I was hoping for, that's for sure. Neither I had the good feeling I worked for. I know it was risky to start in this field and over this distance, but I h...

  On Sunday I will be at the start of an IRONMAN World Championship 70.3 for the first time, in Nice of all places. The location and the knowledge of the course were the deciding factors in my choice. I am convinced that if I can participate in a...