{"id":25366,"date":"2023-09-08T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.220triathlon.com\/?p=148133"},"modified":"2023-09-08T15:46:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:46:01","slug":"joe-skipper-looking-to-repeat-ironman-wales-form-in-nice","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/220triathlon\/rss_feed\/joe-skipper-looking-to-repeat-ironman-wales-form-in-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Skipper looking to repeat Ironman Wales form in Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Britain\u2019s lone male professional is hoping he can rediscover the legs he showed in Tenby last year to finally make it on to the Ironman World Championship podium <\/p>

By Tim Heming\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 08 September 2023 at 13:16 PM<\/p>

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Norfolk\u2019s Joe Skipper<\/a> has finished seventh, sixth and fifth<\/a> in his last three Ironman World Championship appearances and is unlikely to have a better chance to finish on the podium than on Sunday in Nice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

To do so the 35-year-old will need to reproduce the sort of form that he showed in last year\u2019s Ironman Wales<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 one of the few courses on the circuit with a bike leg as challenging as he will face at the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

During an eventful race almost exactly a year ago, Skipper lost minutes after suffering a mechanical on the bike leg \u2013 where he had to completely remove the chain \u2013 before recovering with a remarkable 2:37 run for an 8min victory over Germany\u2019s Boris Stein.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was probably one of my best days,\u201d he added. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t a championship race and so went unnoticed a bit, but if I can feel like that on race day I\u2019ll be really pleased and hopefully will be in the mix. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI replicated what I did [in training] before Wales last year and hopefully I have the same legs.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n