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Franky Batelier (FRA) finally climbed to the very top of the podium after two 2nd place finishes at previous XTERRA races. In the women’s race Carina Wasle (AUT) proved to be too strong for her competition.

Portuguese phenom Vanessa Fernandes won the 2007 Hamburg BG Triathlon World Championships and thus earned the first world title in triathlon for Portugal

Maik Twelsiek of Germany won the 2007 Ironman Wisconsin and with it grabbed his first Ironman title. New Zealand's Gina Ferguson won the women's race in a course record-breaking 9:37:03 and with it her first Ironman crown.

Daniel Unger of the host nation Germany stunned most triathlon experts and most likely himself as he won the BG 2007 ITU Triathlon World Championships in front of roughly 300,000 rabid fans.

In a move certain to shake up the manufacturing and retail marketplace Eurobike, the top European bicycle trade show, is establishing in the United States a competitive alternative to Interbike, currently the World's preeminent bike show.

For the second time in as many decades the owners of the popular San Diego-based De Soto Clothing company have had to take its German distributor to court to protect its manufacturing and distribution rights.

The new Portland-based trade show that only a month ago had the bicycle industry buzzing is gone as quickly as it came.

One of triathlon's most exciting new bikes will have its formal coming out party today or tomorrow, depending on the time zone of the reader. On Thursday, January 13th, at Mission Bay's downtown store.

America's three glossy monthlies became two some months ago, when American Tri folded itself into Inside Triathlon and absorbed its editor/publisher Kyle DuFord.

Venerated Bicycle Sports, owned and run by John Cobb out of Shreveport, Louisiana and more recently Tyler, Texas, is no longer in business.