Published January 28, 2016 04:29PM
2016 Ironman 70.3 Dubai Pro Start List
2015 Ironman world champions Daniela Ryf (SUI) and Jan Frodeno (GER) highlight the start list for Friday's Ironman 70.3 Dubai triathlon.
Daniela Ryf kicked off her Triple Crown campaign last year with a win in Dubai. Photo: Photo: Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images
2015 Ironman world champions Daniela Ryf (SUI) and Jan Frodeno (GER) highlight the start list for Friday’s Ironman 70.3 Dubai triathlon. In addition to offering a total prize purse of $100,000, the race kicks off the Nasser bin Hamad Triple Crown which promises $1 million to any athlete who can will all three races in the series. Ryf won last year’s Triple Crown and held off taking an off-season break to go after it again.
See the complete start list below:
Men
1 Terenzo Bozzone NZL
2 Bart Aernouts BEL
5 David Plese SVN
6 Josh Amberger AUS
7 Miquel Blanchart Tinto ESP
8 Simon Brierley SYC
9 Manuel Kueng SUI
10 Mike Schifferle SUI
12 Balazs Csoke HUN
14 Rod De Kanel FRA
15 Olivier Godart LUX
16 Markus Hörmann GER
17 Jaroslav Kovacic SVN
18 Freddy Lampret RSA
18 Frederic Limousin FRA
20 Julien Marcq FRA
21 Matij Meden SVN
22 Todd Skipworth AUS
23 Andrej Vistica HRV
24 Eric Watson BHR
25 Brad Williams USA
26 Andreas Niedrig GER
27 Jan Frodeno GER
28 Nick Baldwin SYC
29 Travis Johnston RSA
30 Sam Appleton AUS
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Women
51 Daniela Ryf SUI
52 Caroline Steffen SUI
53 Tine Deckers BEL
56 Rahel Bellinga NED
57 Andrea Forrest AUS
58 Anna Halasz HUN
60 Kaisa Lehtonen FIN
61 Jocelyn McCauley USA
62 Celine Schaerer SUI
63 Renee Baker AUS
64 Ewa Komander POL
65 Annah Watkinson RSA
66 Corinne Abraham GBR