Chart-topping pop star’s ex looks unrecognisable as he trains for first Ironman – can you guess who it is?

A CHART-TOPPING popular star's ex looks unrecognisable successful a grooming drawback for his archetypal Ironman.

He was erstwhile joined to 1 of the country's biggest singers, with a wedding that drew celebs and royals alike.

As an Oxford University graduate, he's besides related to 1 of Hollywood’s hottest stars, rumoured to beryllium the adjacent James Bond.

With friends successful precocious places, having attended Harvard too, the well-connected creation trader represented Team GB successful rowing and present works astatine the prestigious White Cube assemblage - but who precisely is he?

It's Ellie Goulding's estranged hubby Caspar Jopling, 32, and helium was photographed successful Barcelona preparing for the triathlon.

Sharing the representation to Instagram yesterday, helium wrote successful his caption: "First ironman, past ironman (probably) .. this was 9 hours into my 11hr 20 decorativeness clip .. regrettably sick prepared but who doesn’t bask pushing their limits sometimes @ironmantrispain."

Caspar successfully went incognito during his prep, wearing wraparound mirrored sunglasses and a shot cap.

He sported a achromatic trisuit too, which he'd zipped down to uncover his bare chest.

Ellie and Caspar began dating successful 2017 and married 2 years later in 2019 successful what looked like a fairytale ceremonial successful York Minster aft a 12 period engagement.

They then welcomed their lad Arthur unneurotic successful 2021, but we reported that aft battling with hectic schedules, they were spending clip separately.

Last year, she was spotted without her wedding ring as she near the Treehouse Hotel successful London's Marylebone unsocial looking pensive.

After we reported they attempted to get the spark back, onlookers saw Ellie and Caspar connected a day nighttime at Ricky Gervais’ comedy amusement successful London’s Leicester Square.

In September, we besides antecedently told how Caspar had asked Ellie to chill disconnected her adjacent relationship with Tory MP Zac Goldsmith in a bid to absorption connected their four-year marriage.

She aboriginal moved retired of the location she shared with Caspar - conscionable days aft being pictured kissing her surf instructor Armando Perez in his native Costa Rica.

But this was backmost successful April and the brace haven't been seen unneurotic since.

Caspar's begetter is The Hon Nicholas Jopling of Yorkshire and his parent is Jayne Warde-Aldam of Yorkshire.

His uncle is creation trader Jay Jopling, laminitis of renowned assemblage White Cube, who was formerly joined to Sam Taylor Johnson, who is present with 007 campaigner Aaron.

He is simply a adjacent person of Princess Eugenie and helium and Ellie are person antecedently been pictured spending clip with the subordinate of the Royal Family.

Caspar has a reported net worth of £5.6million, which helium has apt amassed from his palmy vocation arsenic an creation dealer.

Ellie, meanwhile, has a luck of £14million from her euphony career..

Ellie and Caspar kept quality of their babe a concealed until Ellie was already astir 8 months pregnant.

In an interview, she revealed that being successful lockdown astatine their location successful Gloucestershire owed to the Covid-19 pandemic allowed them to support the quality nether wraps for truthful long.

On May 2, 2021, Caspar announced that their babe had been born.

Posting connected social media, helium said: "Mum and babe some steadfast and happy. Extremely grateful."

It has since been revealed that their baby, a boy, is called Arthur.

Ellie has spoken astir motherhood, saying it "really has changed everything astir [her] life."