Vanhoenacker and Granger claim Antwerp titles

Defending Champion Marino Vanhoenacker from Belgium won the third edition of Antwerp Ironman 70.3 in 3:45:52 hours while, in the women's race, Australian Belinda Granger claimed the women's title in 4:12:55. In an exciting and dramatic race the 32-year-old Belgian from the Dresdner Kleinwort Triathlon Team won a duel with his countryman, Luc Van Lierde, on the run, while Granger also pulled away during the run to win. Read the story »

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Vanhoenacker and Preston win Antwerp Ironman 70.3

Marino Vanhoenacker backed up his impressive win at Ironman Austria last month with another big win at Antwerp Ironman 70.3 yesterday. The Belgian won his home-country race by seven minutes over defending champion Andrew Johns. Read the story »

Antwerp Ironman 70.3 Attracts Top Field

Frederik Van Lierde, the new European Long Distance Triathlon Champion will take on defending champion Andrew Johns at Antwerp Ironman 70.3 on Sunday. The two men will take on many of Belgium's top triathletes including Rutger Beke, Bert Jammaer, Gerrit Schellens, Marino Vanhoenacker, Luc Van Lierde and Peter Croes. Foreign contenders include Luke McKenzie and Steffen Liebetrau. Read the story »

Preparing for Ironman 70.3 Antwerp

Ironman 70.3 is a distance that is well within the grasp of many athletes and is a distance that can be completed several times within one racing season. Read the story »

Fast Racing In Antwerp

Holland's Yvonne Van Vlerken and Great Brittan's Andrew Johns won last weekend's Antwerp Ironman 70.3, the Marc Herremans Classic. Marieke Vervoort and Marc Herrmans both broke five hours, setting the fastest times ever accomplished by wheelchair athletes over the Ironman 70.3 distance. Read the story »

Incredible Marc Herremans

Words don't come close to describing the amazing personality of Marc Herremans, but the letters on the Muhammad Ali poster in Marc's house come pretty close: "Champions are not made in gyms. Champions are made from something deep inside them - a dream a desire a vision! They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill." Read the story »

Antwerp Ironman 70.3 is heating up

At this weekend's upcoming Antwerp Ironman 70.3, the Marc Herremans Classic, we're looking forward to a hot race loaded with top athletes and action. The event sets new standards with a fully closed race course in the city centre and the harbour area of Antwerp and Belgium's premier TV channel broadcasting the race live. If you're not living in Belgium, you get the action delivered to your screen, right here on ironman.com Read the story »

Antwerp Ironman 70.3

World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) announces an addition to the 2006 Ironman 70.3 Series, the Antwerp Ironman 70.3. Known locally as the Marc Herremans Classic, the event will be managed by Octagon cis and the Marc Herremans Foundation and will take place in Antwerp, Belgium on July 2, 2006. The postponement of the Scandinavian Ironman 70.3 to 2007 created an immediate need for this new European qualifier. Read the story »

About the Race

Qualifier for Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3 The Marc Herremans Classic is an Ironman 70.3 distance triathlon (2k swimming, 90k cycling, 20k running) where the elite of the triathlon world compete and where the revenue goes to "To Walk Again", the foundation of Marc Herremans.

The triathlon will be held on Sunday, 5 August, 2007, in the city centre of Antwerp. Everybody is free to enroll and register, the maximum number of participants is 800.

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