Toumy Degham of France topped Stanislav Krylov of Russia by 1:30 and Delphine Pelletier of France beat two-time defending champion Caroline Steffen of Switzerland by 3:26 to win Triathlon Gerardmer XL
by Tim Carlson, September 1, 2012
We review an all-new lineup of wheels, tires, and tire sealant from Bontrager. We’re impressed by their remarkably simple design and reasonably priced options… and the possibility for some exciting future development.
Today was the last industry day of the 2012 Eurobike show and we had to get done with our work, because tomorrow the halls will be filled with thousands of consumers.
Cube is quite a popular brand in Germany and they just launched the 2013 Aerium SHPC triathlon bike. The SLT featured here is the creme of the crop.
We spent another day cruising through the Eurobike halls to see what is new, exciting, different or just happened to catch our attention.
Allen Lim takes us through the process of making real food for training and racing. His assignment? Make food for an entire cycling stage race in Colorado. Enjoy this inside look at the process.
A few days ago we noticed the BMC timemachine TMR01 at Eurobike’s Demo Day and today we looked closer at this stunning aero road bike.
Bree Wee made a big splash at the 2007 Ironman World Championship breaking Kate Major’s overall age group record and finished 13th overall in a time of 9:47:40. Five years later, the popular Kona mom made a dream come true at IM Louisville.
Join us in watching three amazing stories as regular people take on the the 2012 LifeTime Fitness Chicago Triathlon.
Today the 2012 Eurobike show opened its 13 major halls and several appendixes to a flood of trade visitors and media and it was on like Donkey Kong.
Kestrel launched their lightest road bike to date at the 2012 Eurobike show. A Legend SL in a size 55 weighs a mere 780 grams and is promised to be quite stiff.
The 2012 Eurobike trade show started earlier today with a Demo Day in Ratzenried, Germany. The weather was spectacular and good times were had by all it seemed.
We talked with professional triathlete Donna Phelan. Lovingly known as Diesel Donna, she knows how to crank out the power, and is looking to be on-track for a stellar 2013 season.
Haley Chura won the 2012 USAT Age Group Championships, but admits that she feels more comfortable at longer distances. This fast triathlete from Atlanta discusses her USAT race here.
Jesse Thomas and Lauren Goss took the wins at the 2012 Revolution 3 Triathlon in Maine. Enjoy this gallery.
We are currently in Friedrichshafen, Germany for the Eurobike trade show and had the opportunity to visit the Lightweight / Carbon Sports brand today.
We take a look at the highly anticipated 2013 Orbea Ordu. It’s all new, with improved fit, aerodynamics, and some flashy new components.
We’ll be writing about Felt’s line of 2013 tri bikes over the next week, and it seemed a nice way to start would be a look at the gold medal bike ridden in London by Kristin Armstrong.
The Norseman Extreme Triathlon recently celebrated its 10th anniversary and had 2 events over a weekend with about 500 starters. Enjoy this inspiring video.
Kendra Lee, a 32-year-old age grouper from Denver Colorado, posted the fastest overall women’s time at Ironman Canada; Matthew Russell of Scottsdale, Arizona, who placed 3rd at Ironman Mt. Tremblant 1 week ago, was first overall male.
Hunter Kemper of the U.S. outran fellow Olympian Stuart Hayes of Great Britain to take the men’s crown and Sarah Haskins out biked 2012 U.S. Olympian Laura Bennett to win the women’s title at the Life Time Fitness – Toyota Challenge Chicago Triathlon.
Jesse Thomas topped Conrad Stoltz by 2:06 and closed in on Richie Cunningham for the Rev 3 series lead; Lauren Goss won by 2:41 over Becky Lavelle and passed Nicole Kelleher for the series lead at Rev3 Maine.
Johnathan Brownlee was the only returning member from Great Britain’s 2011 Championship Relay Team and he was the deciding factor in this year’s repeat championship.
Patrick Evoe of Austin, Texas and Bree Wee of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii both scored their first Ironman wins – Wee by 1:47 over Jackie Arendt, Evoe by 8:15 over Chris McDonald – at Louisville.
Jonathan Brownlee of Great Britain follows up his Olympic bronze with a smashing win at the Stockholm World Triathlon Series sprint event, holding off Javier Gomez by 7 seconds.
