The UCI and the ASO have agreed to strip Armstrong of Tour titles. Oakley dropped Armstrong today, and SCA Promotions has just sent a demand letter asking for $7.5 million.
by Slowman, October 22, 2012Tim Berkel stomped the bike and held off Tim Reed on the run to take the SunSmart Ironman 70.3 Mandurah and with it the Australian Championships. Melissa Hauschildt took the women’s title over Liz Blatchford.
We review the 2013 Zipp Super-9 Carbon Clincher disc wheel. Claimed to be the “fastest wheel ever”, we take a close look at this new disc to find out for ourselves just how fast it is.
While we were in Kona we had the opportunity to snap a few pics of Ben Hoffman’s Specialized S-Works Shiv. He though was there to train and not to race.
Javier Gomez won a furious duel with Jonathan Brownlee to win the ITU Grand Final as Brownlee’s runner-up sewed up the World Triathlon Series points championship on a rainy day in Auckland.
Top age-group athlete Kevin Moats was banned for a positive test for testosterone. However, his ban was reduced by an arbitration panel from 2 years to 1, triggering changes in WTC’s anti-doping policies.
Australian Aaron Royle edged Fernando Alarza of Spain and Non Stanford of Great Britain outran Sarissa DeVries of the Netherlands to win the ITU U23 Grand Final crowns in Auckland, New Zealand.
Anne Haug of Germany made up 35 seconds with a solo bridge on the bike and a huge surge the last 2k of the run to win the ITU WTS Grand Final; Lisa Norden of Sweden finished 4th in the GF and won the season-long World Triathlon Series title.
We analyze the evolution of bicycle bolts, which now include a relatively new standard, called Torx. We cover what it is, how it works, and the performance advantages.
We thought we’d do a quick refresher for those of you that haven’t
heard of our “Enhanced Results” feature or for those of you that
haven’t visited in a while.
During the bike check-in in Kona we noticed Efraim Manzano who had Crocs mounted to his pedals. He indeed rode with them during this race, and then he switched to another pair of Crocs to run the marathon in those.
(updated: several more sponsors out) Nike severs a longstanding relationship with Lance Armstrong, and the pressure is on Trek, Bontrager, SRAM, Oakley to make a decision on cycling’s most loved and hated superstar
Jordan Rapp has been kind enough to share both his winning Quarq power file from New York, as well as his power data from Kona and TrainingPeaks provided an analysis of the data.
As the men and women began the run, superstars enjoying substantial leads. By the end, Marino Vanhoenacker’s 8-minute lead led to a DNF, Leanda Cave erased Caroline Steffen’s 3-minute advantage. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
It was a race of surprises that began with a slower than usual swim, an irritating side winds on the road to Hawi that worked like body punches on the top contenders. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson.
Pete Jacobs, Luke McKenzie, and Faris Al-Sultan were gracious enough to share their power data files and TrainingPeaks analyzed how the race went down, by the numbers.
High above the lava there is another world on the Big Island that weaves through dense tropical foliage and our reporter Devashish Paul went there with a group of passionate cyclists.
Pete Jacobs from Australia and Leanda Cave from Great Britain grabbed the titles at the 2012 myList Ironman World Championships, and here is our first gallery from the race day.
We continue or How-To series on headsets. This segment covers stem and spacer installation, bearing preload adjustment, and all of the fun classroom theory behind general headset function.
Pete Jacob’s stormed to the win in Kona with a very strong ride aboard his Boardman AiR TT9.8 and a superb closing run. We had a chance to look closer at his bike.
Dirk Bockel may have a fractured hand but he is certainly not someone who should be counted out. We look closer today at his 2012 Kona ready Trek Speed Concept.
Pete Jacobs keeps the Aussie men’s Kona win streak alive as Macca DNFs and Crowie falters; Leanda Cave blew away Caroline Steffen in the final two miles to win the sport’s most precious prize, after having won the 70.3 crown recently.
The highlight of Friday in Kona is the bike check-in. Athletes lined up as early as 11:15 am even though it does not open officially until noon. Enjoy these images from the day.
The annual Kona Slowtwitch gathering at the Cytomax / Muscle Miilk house powered by blueseventy was a huge success and over 330 people showed up and had a good time.
Sebastian Kienle is the only serious Kona contender under 30 – and he seems to be cut in the mold of previous German uberbikers like Zack, Hellriegel and Stadler. But the 70.3 World champ has a more conservative approach.
