A component maker in the heat of Continental bike racing lets fly about money, sponsorships, triathletes compared to road racers, and the (lack of) aero sophistication in the pro peloton
by Dan Empfield, June 10, 2009In our infinite curiosity we recently noticed fluorescent framed sun glasses from Rudy Project, a slick TYR swimskin, the Slowtwitch Twitter project and interesting wheel lights from Monkeylectric
5430 Sports, founded by Barry and Jodee Siff, was sold to WTC effective yesterday. The 5430 Triathlon will be Boulder 70.3 in 2010 and thereafter
Led by a blazing 2:08:24 bike, Ronnie Schildknecht defends his title, while fellow Swiss Sara Schutz tops Erika Csomor with a race-best 1:24:52 run to win Ironman 70.3 Switzerland
Matt Reed held off Joe Gambles by 1:35 for the $16,000 Rev 3 win in 3:59:28. Mirinda Carfrae took the lead at mile 7 and ran 1:23:07 to outpace Rebeccah Wassner by 52 seconds for the women’s title.
1997 ITU Short Course World Champ (Macca) out hoofs 2000 ITU short course World Champ (Olivier Marceau) to take Challenge Niederbronn-les-Bains; Rebekah Keat out bikes Louison, Ferguson on tough Challenge course.
At the XTERRA Northwest Cup just north of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho Dan Hugo took the men’s title and broke the winning streak of Conrad Stoltz. Melanie McQuaid though kept her streak alive and took the women’s title.
Long course meets short at the Rev3Tri. $100,000 worth of pro prize money is up for grabs, and Slowtwitch is covering it live.
A selection of images from the 2009 Tour of Sweden training camp with Clas Bjorling, Jonas Colting and Bjorn Andersson
The newest challenge on slowtwitch is the Steve Larsen Memorial Ironman Lake Placid Virtual Training Camp. The idea is simple, train a ton in June of this year and honor Steve Larsen in the process.
Today we are looking at a new tri gadget from Arundel, running shoes from Avia, a saddle from ISM, a new multi use bike rack from Saris and an interesting t-shirt from Threadless.
The end of the 2009 Tour of Sweden has come but it doesn’t mean all was calm. John McGovern reports of thick headed reindeer, a fast moving stream, a fantastic face plant and a sad drunk.
The current Under 23 World Champion’s blazing 30:30 10km run blew away the field at the second round of the ITU World Championship Series in Madrid; Courtney Atkinson outsprints home country favorite Javier Gomez for silver.