The sixth edition of the IRONMAN European Championship Hamburg triathlon is set to take place on June 4, 2023. The professional men will be racing in a bid to be crowned IRONMAN European Champion, a title that is currently held by Denis Chevrot (FRA), as well as a piece of the US$75,000 total professional prize pot.
This much anticipated German event also offers men’s and women’s Age Group Qualifying slots to the VinFast IRONMAN World Championship in Nice, France, on September 10, 2023 (men), and Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i on October 14, 2023 (women).
The women professionals will compete for the title of IRONMAN European Champion at Mainova IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt a month later (July, 2 2023).
The professional field features three-time IRONMAN World Champion, Jan Frodeno (DEU) and two-time Olympic Games gold medallist, Alistair Brownlee (GBR). Meanwhile, Max Neumann (AUS) will be looking for another statement win against Brownlee and Frodeno.
The 2022 IRONMAN European Champion, Denis Chevrot (FRA) will also be attempting to defend his European title in Germany and remind the world that he will be a force to be reckoned with this year, especially with the men’s edition of the 2023 IRONMAN World Championship being in his home turf in France.
The professional men’s field will also feature Kristian Høgenhaug (DNK), Matt Hanson (USA), Florian Angert (DEU), Pieter Heemeryck (BEL), Maurice Clavel (DEU), Jesper Svensson (SWE) and one of the fastest swimmers on the IRONMAN circuit, Josh Amberger (AUS).
Along with the professional men, over 3,000 men and women age group athletes representing 80 nations are expected to take to the start line in Hamburg.
IRONMAN adds that the IRONMAN European Championship Hamburg was the first IRONMAN event on the global race calendar to sell out entries… ‘showing just how popular the event has become since the inaugural edition in 2017.’
Athletes will take on a one-loop 3.8 km swim course starting at Jungfernstieg, a fast flat 180km bike course consisting of two loops which will lead through Ballindamm along some of the scenic sights of Reeperbahn, the fish market and the Landungsbrücken and out into the Vier- und Marschlande.
The last leg features a fast flat four-loop 42.2 km run course allowing for fast times. The run will take athletes through the heart of the city of Hamburg and along Alster Lake before finishing at the Rathausmarkt, the central square of Hamburg.
