Lance Armstrong rode a sizzling 2:01:46 bike split to carve out a big lead and held off Greg Bennett by 2:46 to win his second 70.3 title; Linsey Corbin biked to the lead and held off Julia Grant to win Honu.
by Tim Carlson, June 2, 2012Lukas Verzbicas won his first professional triathlon and Laura Bennett won her second event after qualifying for the London Olympics at the ITU Pan American Cup on a blazing hot day in Dallas.
Ironman World Championship runner-up Pete Jacobs crushes the men’s field by 12:10 and Sarah Crowley tops Michelle Wu by 6:33 at Urban Hotel Group Ironman 70.3 Cairns
David Dellow’s race–best run propelled him past Cameron Brown to his first Ironman victory; Carrie Lester out dueled Belinda Harper to take her second IM win at Cairns Airport Ironman Cairns
Hunter Kemper redeemed his loss last year to Andy Potts and Sarah Haskins repeated her 2011 win by edging Australian Annabel Luxford at the CapTex Triathlon in Austin, Texas
The 22nd Capitol of Texas Triathlon in, of course, Austin Texas, offered a nice combination — elite pros competing in Race to the Toyota Cup, some 3,000 age groupers and the inspiring USA Triathlon Paratriathlon Nationals
Ezequiel Morales of Argentina overtook Santiago Ascenco of Brazil with 4k to go; Belgium’s Sophie Goos held off Kim Loeffler of the United States to win Ironman Brazil.
Australians are a dominant force in Olympic-style racing. They have won 19 of 44 World titles, 4 of 9 women’s medals at the Olympics. So why all the drama with their Olympic selection?
Jordan Jones of Golden, Colorado edged Jon Bird of Canada by 22 seconds and Laura Bennett of Boulder, Colorado topped Jillian Peterson by 2:37 to win the elite crowns at the 5i50 Kansas City Triathlon.
Cameron Dye’s 2nd-best swim and race-best bike gave him a 2:37 margin of victory over Andrew Yoder; Annabel Luxford’s race-best bike propelled her to the win over Leanda Cave at the 5150 Columbia Triathlon.
Paul Matthews of Australia and Alicia Kaye of Clermont, Florida won the men’s and women’s overall titles at the 5i50 series Memphis in May Triathlon on a new course in Robinsonville, Mississippi.
Seven time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong blew away the field with a dominating 2:01:13 bike and a race best 1:15:56 run to win Ironman 70.3 Florida by a wide margin. Jessica Jacobs took the women’s title.
Conrad Stoltz held off Craig Evans to defend his ITU Cross Triathlon World Championship and Lesley Paterson ran down 2011 champ Melanie McQuaid to take the women’s crown at Pelham, Alabama.
