Boris Stein of Germany smashed the men’s field on the bike and Camilla Pedersen of Denmark ran away from Anja Beranek of Germany to win Ironman 70.3 Wiesbaden.

Instead of American brands whose wetsuits, bikes and shoes are manufactured in China, Ironman would be a Chinese brand “manufactured” in the U.S.

The Ironman 70.3 European Championships take place in Wiesbaden, Germany tomorrow and our man Karsten Täschner captured some bike check-in impressions.

U.S. stars Erin Jones and Eric Lagerstrom won the USA Triathlon Milwaukee Super Sprint Series titles on a cloudy day in Milwaukee.

Andrew Starykowicz came back after a long injury to race Challenge Roth, and he scorched the bike segment with a record 4:09:13 bike split on his brand new Orbea Ordu OMP.

Kevin Collington finished 3rd at Alcatraz, 3rd at Vineman 70.3, and won Challenge Williamsburg before switching to a Ventum bike, which he will ride at 70.3 Worlds.

Chief of officials Jimmy Riccitello decodes the approach Ironman head refs take toward the natural stop, the one unwritten rule that can get you DQd.

Gina Crawford won Challenge Wanaka and finished 4th at Challenge Roth this year. While in Roth we had a chance to check out her Shimano equipped Ceepo Katana.

It’s a non-intrusive, moderately-priced lactate analyzer. From stop watches to heart rate monitors to power meters, is this the next progression?

Yesterday our editor-in-chief struggled mightily to mount a tire on a rim, even though he has done it countless times before without problems. But nothing was wrong with the tire or the wheel…

Eneko Llanos was spotted at the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurt aboard a new BH Aero with Campagnolo, Reynolds, XLab and TriRig components.

Aussie Sam Appleton started 2015 with a series of great results and he is now in Boulder, CO prepping for the 70.3 World Championships in Austria.

The 6’4″ tall Aussie Sam Betten let us have a closer look at his Shimano equipped Specialized S-Works Shiv – ready for Ironman 70.3 Philippines.

In 2014 Levi Maxwell won his age group in Kona, and earlier this year he was 4th overall at Ironman Cairns. But his focus is set on Kona 2015 and going even faster.

Latasch: The athlete drank mostly water during the race and did not take in enough minerals. Noakes: Can’t happen if athletes advised to drink to thirst, not to a schedule.

A competitor was DQd during the bike leg for urinating near the roadway during Ironman Lake Placid. As many do. (Let’s be honest, as all of us long-timers have done.) Was this fair?

This is a story about a kids triathlon, but it is more importantly about inspiring kids to go outside and be active versus sitting in front of a screen.

On a busy triathletic weekend, we present for your reading pleasure Ironman contests in the Netherlands and the Rockies, and Ironman 70.3s in the Philippines and South Africa.

USA’s Gwen Jorgensen led Brits Non Stanford and Vicky Holland atop Rio Olympic Qualification podium; Sarah True takes 2nd U.S. Olympic qualifying slot.

Javier Gomez outran Vincent Luis to win the Rio Olympic Qualification event, and Richard Murray ran strong from behind to grab the final spot on the podium.

Allan Hovda defended his Isklar Norseman title and held off Lars Petter Stormo with a time of 9:43:46. Kristin Lie battled Line Foss all day to take the 2015 Norseman women’s title.

The last 2 days have been unsettling for hopefuls awaiting the Rio Test Events on Sunday. The swim was on, then off, now on again. But questions remain.

After the Friday morning swim, the Norseman crew announced that the swim for tomorrow’s race has been shortened to 1.9k because of 10.5 degree water temps.

Emma Pooley and Arnaud Guilloux captured the challenging and absolutely breathtaking 2015 Alpe D’Huez Triathlon. Mary Beth Ellis and James Cunnama were runner-ups.