Looks like another Javier Gomez-Jan Frodeno-Sebastian Kienle showdown in Zell am See, although Tims Don and Reed, the Raelert Brothers, Kiwi Bozzone and Aussie Appleton will dispute.

Reimagining wheels, forks, head units, shifting, ergonomic head units that also incorporate, and maybe control, shifting. Bikes that go fast and stop fast.

Wippermann’s 11sO is the equal to, but not the better of, Shimano’s own Dura Ace chain in shifting. If it’s not better, why buy it? Here’s why.

Finding himself without a road bike, Jordan Rapp worked with Toby Stanton of Hot Tubes to create an homage to World Bicycle Relief’s Buffalo bike, based around Litespeed’s classic T3 titanium frameset. Built up with a SRAM Force1 drivetrain.

In addition to standalone race coverage in Sweden, The Weekend Box offers Ironman races in Japan and Denmark, a Challenge half in Austria, and 70.3s in Hungary and Indonesia.

Javier Gomez won his second race of the 2015 World Triathlon Series and solidified his hold on the WTS points lead with a comfortable margin of victory over Portugal’s Joao Pereira at Stockholm.

Sarah True ran away from Andrea Hewitt with 3 kilometers to go to win her second straight Stockholm World Triathlon Series event by 14 seconds over Katie Zaferes.

Here are two more to consider in the $3,500 to $5,000 tri bike price silo: Argon 18’s new E-117 and Orbea’s new Ordu OMP.

Jordan Rapp’s 2015 Ironman Mont-Tremblant awards speech. A riff on Nietzsche’s idea that, “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” Adapted for Ironman and the idea of a, “why to race.”

Steve Mantell finished second overall at Ironman Boulder despite being relatively new to the sport. He started with hockey and soccer but is now all in with triathlon.

Today’s tri bike sweet spot is $3,500 to $4,000. Here are the first two we’re comparing, QR’s PRfive and Felt’s IA 16.

Our man Markus Rössel reports from the inaugural Breca SwimRun in the UK, featuring 38k of technical and steep running and 6k of very cold waters.

Scott Ellis, 55, of Johnstown, Colorado died near the end of the Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race. Ellis was taking part in this high altitude classic for the 19th time.

TJ Fry is heavily involved in the swim and triathlon community in Texas, and we had a chat with this former pro triathlete about racing, swimming, traveling and more.

Maybe you noticed and maybe you didn’t, but 3 months of new intros signal that tri bikes are going to change significantly over the next year.

More practical. Less PowerPoint.  Coaches trained on the pool deck, on their bikes, and on their feet.

Wagner Araújo spent the day in Mont Tremblant and captured a stunning gallery of images from this popular Ironman event won by Jordan Rapp and Mary Beth Ellis.

We bring you 70.3 duels in New Hampshire, a home country Ironman winner in Sweden, a battle to the line on German trails, and 11,811 feet of climbing in a French long course classic.

Jordan Rapp is back on track with a dominating win at Ironman Mt. Tremblant; Mary Beth Ellis built a big lead on the bike then then hung on for a 50 seconds win over Liz Blatchford.

German Per Bittner finished fourth at the 2015 Datev Challenge Roth on a brand new Simplon MR.T2 bike. Here is a closer look at this new model from the Austrian brand.

Shiao-Yu Li overcame paralysis to become Taiwan’s first professional long distance triathlete, with three Ironman and Ironman 70.3 wins.

Eric Lagerstrom won the 2015 USAT Milwaukee Super Sprint over Ben Kanute; he put together a cool video about his experience and calls it Viking Life Part 2.

Camilla Pedersen grabbed the 2015 Ironman 70.3 European Champs aboard a Shimano and Zipp equipped Specialized S-Works Shiv, and we have detailed pics.

Texan Clay Emge raced with a pro card for one season but was hampered by injuries, and then returned as an age grouper in 2015 to win Ironman Boulder.