Marino Vanhoenacker won the Marc Herrremans Classic Ironman 70.3 Antwerp for the third time in the row and continues his dominant 2009 performance. Sofie Goos took the women’s title and thus helped the Belgian sweep at home.
by Herbert Krabel, August 2, 2009
Andy Potts ran down Andrew Starykowicz late in the race to win the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Steelhead race. In the women’s race, Sam Warriner took charge on the bike and cruised to a win with a dominating performance.
We have traveled virtually around the world to find a new wetsuit from Benjamin Sanson, the highly anticipated new Wingspan helmet from Rudy Project, John Cobb’s new V-Flow Max saddle, custom clothing from Brand Betty and unique wooden handlebars from Workerman.
A great run helped American Jarrod Shoemaker to win the 2009 Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon event in Hamburg, Germany. Aussie Brad Kahlefeldt made a valiant effort to reel in Shoemaker but had to settle for the runner-up spot.
Maik Twelsiek won the Ford Ironman Lake Placid thanks to a dominating performance on the bike. Tereza Macel started with a great swim, put up a monster bike performance and easily cruised to the women’s title.
Aussie Emma Moffatt stormed to her third successive win in the Dextro Energy ITU Triathlon World Championship Series with a powerful performance on the wet roads of Hamburg, Germany.
It had been quiet around Jessi Stensland for a while now, and a new Jessi Stensland has appeared. The new Jessi had a few words with slowtwitch to talk about mountain biking, rock climbing, XTERRA and the foundation she is involved in.
Today we share with you an interesting cycling computer from Cerevellum, inexpensive frameless sunglasses from Tifosi, a compression suit from Under Armour and a statement jersey from TwinSix.
Nico Lebrun captured the XTERRA Mountain Cup in Avon, Colorado today and has now moved into second place in the Cup Series standings. Shonny Vanlandingham won the women’s race and with it her second title this season.
The intense action at the 2009 Boulder Peak Triathlon was captured by shooter Eric Wynn.
Eric Wynn took some beautiful images at the 2009 Lifetime Fitness Triathlon where Matty Reed and Sarah Haskins won.
Ronnie Schildknecht and Sybille Matter used home court advantage to win the 2009 Ironman Switzerland. The second place finishers in both the men’s and the women’s event also hail from Switzerland.
Not to be outdone by youngster Alistair Brownlee, Emma Moffatt now has won her third Dextro Energy World Championship Series title in a row. A speedy transition and an even speedier run helped her cause.
