Heavy rain and cold temperatures had changed the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland to a duathlon, but a landslide and a falling tree early on during the bike segment forced organizers to stop the race and abort the event.
by Herbert Krabel, June 2, 2013Australians Clayton Fettell and Emma Moffatt won the men’s and women’s titles at the Coral Coast 5150 in Cairns; Fettell edged ITU star Brad Kahlefeldt by 1:10 while Moffatt dominated the women by a 14:12 margin.
The very talented Non Stanford stormed to her first ITU World Triathlon Series win in Madrid, Spain with German Anne Haug in second place and fellow Brit Jodie Stimpson on the final podium spot.
Bertrand Billard of France is the new ITU Long Distance World Champion and Melissa Hauschildt of Australia bested the women’s field in this 9.5km run, 87km bike, 20km run event that had to be changed to a duathlon because of unusually cold temps.
Three-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander crushed the bike and tied for fastest run to take the men’s title; Belinda Granger inherited the women’s win when Bree Wee ran off course at Ironman 70.3 Hawaii.
Enhanced race results are back for 2013! We start with IMTX and a special by-request IM Lanzarote. Welcome back to Craig Harris. Get your requests in for results!
Aussie Josh Amberger did a 1km hill repeat workout in Boulder Canyon, CO with Kiwi Martin Van Barneveld and here is a video of their efforts.
We managed to snap a few details of the Devinci Leo SL race bike of Nate English of the 5-hour ENERGY presented by Kenda team.
The French Canadian sports enclave Mont-Tremblant has landed the 2014 70.3 World Championship. The 2015 race will take place in Europe, the precise destination as of yet unknown.
Matthew Busche of Team Radioshack Leopard Trek was the only representative of his squad at the US Pro Cycling Championships and we looked closer at his Trek Speed Concept.
The Rev3 Quassy event features a big purse and has thus attracted a very strong field. Among the favorites are Richie Cunningham, Bevan Docherty Andrew Starykowicz, Mirinda Carfrae, Heather Jackson and Annabel Luxford.
We had a closer look at the Giant Trinity Advanced SL of Mountain View, Ca resident Megan Guarnier who rides for the Dutch Rabobank squad.
We take a look at cycling power meters from a very basic approach. How do they work; what do they actually do? We slice and dice data transmission, power equations, and more.
Brent Bookwalter of Team BMC was one of the favorites for the US Pro TT Championships but in the end had to settle for the runner-up spot. Here is his BMC TM01.
Memorial Day is over, the weather is warming up, it is time to think about swimskins. This one is mid-priced, but not mid-performance. If a swimskin is in your future, read further.
We took a closer look at the NeilPryde Alize of Lucas Euser of the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team. Images by Herbert Krabel.
Team TIBCO’s Amanda Miller finished 6th today at the US Pro Road Cycling Championships and here is her Shimano Di2 equipped Fuji Supreme 1.0.
U.S. stars Hunter Kemper and Alicia Kaye dominated the men’s and women’s pro fields in Austin to win the Cap Tex Triathlon pro titles, top points in the 2013 Life Time Pro Series and $6,000 checks.
Carmen Small of Team Specialized-Lululemon grabbed the US Pro Cycling TT Championships title aboard her Specialized S-Works Shiv TT and we took a closer look.
Timothy O’Donnell won his first Ironman by 18 minutes and super swimmer – excellent biker Amanda Stevens held off a late race charge by Sara Gross to take her first Ironman win at Florianopolis Brazil.
McCormack won a finish line sprint to prevail by 3 seconds over Daniel Fontana of Italy while Erika Csomor of Hungary topped Diana Riesler of Germany by 2:02 to win the Challenge Rimini half on a windy day in Italy
Gregory Billington of the United States won wire to wire and Kaitlin Donner of Australia topped Andrea Steyn of South Africa by 30 seconds to win the men’s and women’s overall titles at New Orleans 5i50
Bart Aernouts of Belgium outran Andi Böcherer of Germany and Lisa Hütthaler of Austria out biked Eva Nystrom of Sweden to win Ironman 70.3 St. Polten as low air and water temperatures canceled the swim.
The 2013 US Pro Cycling TT Champs were held in Chattanooga, TN earlier today and Tom Zirbel and Carmen Small grabbed the titles.
Boulder, CO resident Tom Zirbel won the 2013 US Pro TT Championships today on an Orbea Orca road bike set up with aero bars.
