Every year summer a few news blurbs from the Alpe D’Huez Triathlon trickle out from France, and here are some images to inspire you to experience it directly in 2014.
by Herbert Krabel, February 11, 2014
Corinne Abraham was knocked out of last year’s Kona pursuit with a broken sacrum and she is finally back on track to build up her fitness as apart of Team Uplace-BMC.
Jonathan Caron who is also known as Jonnyo has been missed in the racing scene but he has was busy with getting married, becoming a father and climbing in the Himalayas.
Leon Griffin recently visited Dan Empfield’s compound and the LA Velodrome with Ero-Sports to optimize his bike fit prior to the start of the 2014 season.
In this edition we noticed a secret training operation in Canada, the creative and kind spirit of Team Wurtele, a Swede in Flanders, the availability of Spherovelo in the USA and more.
John Polson finished second at the recent Challenge Melbourne race, but this talented Aussie Pro has a few other professional commitments including but not limited to R&D work for his sponsor Scody.
A dedicated hard working crew makes the Rev3 Triathlon series possible and Charlie Patten the man at the helm of the operation is very much hands on.
The word epic is overused but it nicely describes the amazing battle between Zdenek Stybar and Sven Nys for the 2014 Cyclocross Worlds title. Enjoy this gallery from the men’s race.
Ironman announced today that the Pro prize purse for the 2014 70.3 World Championships in Mont-Tremblant, Canada was upped by $50,000 – making it now an impressive $250,000 purse.
The 2014 UCI Cyclocross Worlds took place in the Netherlands and Marianne Vos stormed to another title in front of the home crowd. Enjoy these images.
Tim Berkel ran down Clayton Fettell to grab the win at the inaugural Challenge Melbourne race and Annabel Luxford’s smoking fast 2:18:16 bike split gave her the women’s title.
We ran into Santiago Ascenço at the 2575 Championships in Florida and we managed to grab the Kestrel 4000 LTD of this Brazilian Pro to snap a few images.
To help traffic flow and increase safety in Noord-Brabant, Netherlands it was decided to separate cars and bicycles – and the stunning Hovenring was created.