Should Alberto Contador have waited for Andy Schleck when the Tour de France race leader dropped his chain on the upper slopes of the Port de Balès? After all, they are both In It To Win It.
by Herbert Krabel, July 19, 2010
Chrissie Wellington stormed to a record smashing 8:19:13 win in Roth and Rasmus Henning took the men’s race. Images by Eric Wynn.
Filip Ospaly grabbed the win at the 2010 Nautica New York City Triathlon and with it helped his efforts in the Race to the Toyota Cup. Rebeccah Wassner won the women’s title.
Chrissie Wellington smashes her own WR with amazing 8:19:13 at Challenge Roth; Rasmus Henning’s 7:52:36 comes close to Luc Van Lierde’s world-best 7:50:27 set in 1997
Lisa Norden of Sweden outsprints Emma Moffatt at the line to win Hamburg World Championship Series; Moffatt takes over WCS points lead
2-time Ironman World Champion Craig Alexander clocked a very fast 3:48:56 on his way to win the Ironman 70.3 Racine. Kiwi Sam Warriner was solid all day long and took the women’s title.
Chris Lieto distanced himself from all his competitors with a 2:08:53 bike split and then closed out his day with a 1:16:44 run to win the 2010 Vineman 70.3 event with a comfortable margin. Mirinda Carfrae had a tough battle with Leanda Cave but in the end took the women’s title.
The Challenge Roth has a fairly unique atmosphere and Eric Wynn captured a few images before the race.
Nico Lebrun won his second straight XTERRA Mountain Championship and Shonny Vanlandingham took her third consecutive title at Beaver Creek Resort
Javier Gomez topped Olympic champion Jan Frodeno to win the Dextro Energy ITU World Championship Series in Hamburg, Germany. Frodeno takes over WCS points lead.
The new Lava Magazine has finally arrived plus we also noticed the Panache Gran Fondo jersey, the Honey Stinger Chocoloate Mint bar and the Smith Optics Forum shades.
4-time Australian triathlon champion Courtney Atkinson is currently sitting in 3rd place of the Dextro Energy World Championship series. With round 4 in Hamburg only a couple days away, the Aussie sat down with slowtwitch.
Kiwi Bevan Docherty has already an Olympic Silver and Bronze medal to his name among many other fine results, but he is not done yet. There are quite a few more goals on the horizon of the man with the big smile, but no excuses.