The Boulder County District Attorney did not press charges against the driver in accident that injured triathlete Richie Cunningham; investigation indicated driver stopped to avoid a car, not vent rage against cyclists.

Timothy O’Donnell won his 4th Boulder Peak title while Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden won another non-drafting race in the place where the tri-stars can sleep in their own beds. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Three years ago Trek launched a game changing superbike, the Speed Concept. Today Trek announces the new and improved. How new? Not that much. How improved? That’s another story.

Beautiful weather and a massive crowd of spectators greeted the athletes at the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth and Dirk Bockel and Caroline Steffen came away with the wins.

Featured here are 70.3 Vineman, ITU Cross Triathlon Worlds, 70.3 Muncie, Minneapolis LTF, Palamos World Cup, a Peter Henning nomination and a new Challenge event.

Dirk Bockel destroyed the competition at the DATEV Challenge Roth on the bike and then took the win in a superb fast 7:52:01. Carolina Steffen battled Yvonne Van Vlerken most of the day but got the better of her on the run to take the women’s title.

Saturday in Roth is bike check-in day and starting at 1pm a constant flood of athletes poured into T1 to drop off their bikes and helmets for the big race tomorrow.

Island Lava Java is a popular hangout in Kona and when you are racing or training in Roth you must go to Cafe Bäckerei Schmidt. We checked it out.

With the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth now only 2 days away athletes and their families packed the expo and got ready for the carbo loading party.

2012 Challenge Roth champion James Cunnama is back to defend his title and we took a closer look at his 56cm Cervelo P5-3 a couple days before it is in full action.

Do your valve extenders rattle? Can your friends hear you coming from a mile away because of your noisy race wheels? We show you a simple trick to solve your woes.

The DATEV Challenge Roth team has been busy the last few months and now the race is upon us with racers now arrived in town and the expo getting busy.

In a follow-up to our in-depth technical piece on the new Mavic CXR60, we offer detailed photographs and a ride report for the clincher version of this wheel set.

Amanda Stevens flew to the A2 Wind Tunnel in NC to meet up with Mike Giraud from Blue bicycles to get fitted and fine tuned on her new race bike.

Nico Lebrun of France and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic won the challenging course at XTERRA France; Photo Gallery by Dave Nicholas.

We continue our analysis of the current state of affairs in triathlon bike service. This article interviews two high-end tri bike dealers, to hear their thoughts on the situation.

Eneko Llanos had an impressive sub-8 performance at the European Ironman Champs in Frankfurt while several other favorites faltered. Camilla Pedersen ran down Jodie Swallow in her first Ironman outing and recorded a very fine sub-9 time.

In this issue of The Weekend Box we look at the 2013 Celtman Extreme Scottish Tri, Ironman 70.3 Haugesund, the return of The Man, XTERRA France and a new Challenge event in North America.

We take a detailed look at the Michelin Pro 4 tire line. This versatile tire now has four distinct models, new sizes, and even 650c. We also call in an expert to do Crr testing.

Olympic champion Alistair Brownlee made the brutal climbs of Kitzbühel look easy, completing the maximum 22.3 percent section on the bike and a similarly steep run in 55:24 with a 36 seconds margin over Mario Mola.

Jodie Stimpson joined Alistair Brownlee in giving the British a monopoly on gold medals on the fiendishly steep hills of the Kitzbühel WTS course; surprisingly, Stimpson had the bigger margin of victory.

The Wing57 helmet is the newest helmet from Rudy Project, and follows the popular Wingspan model that was launched in 2009. We took a closer at it.

Top pro Richie Cunningham was injured on July 4 north of Boulder after he crashed his bike trying to avoid a pickup truck which he said purposely slammed on the brakes in front of him in an act of road rage.

German Pro Maik Twelsiek had a somewhat forgettable season in 2012 but looks to be back at full strength this year. He had a video chat with us.