IRONMAN World Championship start list ANNOUNCED for spectacular 2024 showdown in Nice

Lucy Charles-Barclay will face a stellar field when he defends her IRONMAN World Championship title in Nice later this month.

The 30-year-old British superstar finally claimed the biggest prize in long-course triathlon in Kona last October after finishing second on four occasions on the ‘Big Island’.

Now the race switches to French Riviera for the 2024 running, and LCB will face 50 rivals in what promises to be a fantastic renewal.

The opposition is headed by German great Anne Haug, 2019 champion in Kona and fresh off setting the fastest ever time for the Ironman distance – a blistering 8:02:38 at Challenge Roth in June.

Another previous champion will also line up on the Cote d’Azur in the shape of 2022 victor, America’s Chelsea Sodaro. Meanwhile Britain’s Kat Matthews will aim to go one better than she did when chasing Daniela Ryf home in the 2021 edition in St George.

Germany’s Laura Philipp, third behind LCB and Haug last year, will also be on the start line on September 22.

Start list and bib numbers

The field for Nice looks like this:

Bib Number	First Name	Last Name	Country
1	Lucy	Charles-Barclay	GBR
2	Anne	Haug	DEU
3	Laura	Philipp	DEU
4	Chelsea	Sodaro	USA
6	Kat	Matthews	GBR
7	Jackie	Hering	USA
8	Danielle	Lewis	USA
9	Alice	Alberts	USA
10	Fenella	Langridge	GBR
11	Hannah	Berry	NZL
12	Gurutze	Frades Larralde	ESP
14	Regan	Hollioake	AUS
15	Marjolaine	Pierré	FRA
16	Marlene Helen	De Boer	NLD
17	Marta	Sanchez	ESP
18	Maja	Stage Nielsen	DNK
19	Kylie	Simpson	AUS
20	Daniela	Bleymehl	DEU
21	Erin	Schenkels	CAN
22	Lotte	Wilms	NLD
23	Els	Visser	NLD
24	Giorgia	Priarone	ITA
25	Lauren	Brandon	USA
26	Penny	Slater	AUS
27	Julie	Iemmolo	FRA
28	Katharina	Wolff	DEU
29	Elisabetta	Curridori	ITA
30	Rebecca	Clarke	NZL
31	Simone	Mitchell	GBR
32	Ai	Ueda	JPN
33	Ruth	Astle	GBR
34	Rachel	Zilinskas	USA
35	Laura	Jansen	DEU
36	Katrine	Græsbøll Christensen	DNK
37	Diana	Castillo Franco	COL
38	Fiona	Moriarty	IRL
39	Nina	Derron	CHE
40	Nikki	Bartlett	GBR
41	Barbora	Besperat	CZE
42	Merle	Brunnee	DEU
43	Jeanne	Collonge	FRA
44	Diede	Diederiks	NLD
45	India	Lee	GBR
46	Anne	Reischmann	DEU
47	Bruna	Stolf	BRA
49	Rosie	Wild	GBR
50	Laura	Zimmermann	DEU
51	Julia	Skala	DEU
52	Susie	Cheetham	GBR

IRONMAN World Championship Course

The race will be centred around the “Promenade des Anglais”, Nice’s most famous walkway – and an iconic location which has seen some of triathlon’s elite race to victory, including eight-time IRONMAN World Champion Paula Newby-Fraser who also had four victories at the Triathlon International de Nice.
 
Beginning with the Mediterranean Sea swim, athletes will enter the water from the Promenade des Anglais and follow a double rectangular out and back course in the water, before embarking on one of the most iconic bike courses in all of the triathlon world. Technical and challenging but rewarding in its beauty, athletes will take in the rooftop villages of Vence, Gourdon and Tourettes-sur-Loup on the ascent, before they cruise down the “Route de Thorenc” and through the “Clues de Gréolières” on the descent, famous for its stunning feature film backdrop scenery.
 
The flat four-lap run course will take runners up and down the glitzy Promenade des Anglais, giving them the opportunity to soak up the Mediterranean Sea and infamous Chaises Bleues (blue chairs) on one side, and the luxury hotels and casinos on the other, while gaining encouragement by the crowds gathered at multiple spectator friendly points.

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