We don’t have Brett Favre and Tiki Barber to play on our fantasy football teams anymore. But we do have Christophe Moreau and George Hincapie. Announcing the first, or at least the best, and certainly the biggest, fantasy TdF pool.
by Dan Empfield, July 2, 2008
Rebekah Keat’s win at Ironman Australia in 2007 was a bittersweet redemption for the Aussie triathlete who is currently still entangled in a lawsuit with a supplement manufacturer. We had a few words with her as she is getting ready for the Quelle Challenge Roth.
Rumors have been flying around the internet for several days now and today Scott USA confirmed that they signed the 2 x Ironman World Champion Normann Stadler to race on their bikes and ride and run in their shoes.
Leon Griffin won the 2008 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs event but had to run down long leading US ITU pro Tim O’Donnell. The women’s race was won by Mirinda Carfrae who had her hands full with Joanna Zeiger and Joanna Lawn.
Patrick Vernay has 5 Ironman titles to his name and has cracked the top 10 in Hawaii twice now. That is a pretty impressive achievement for someone who has to juggle pro racing, a family and a part time teaching job.
As the first half of this year draws to a close, is this a good or bad year for tri-specific retailers? We took the temp of some of America’s best, asking them this question, and parsing their answers for a good look inside.
Nat King Cole didn’t sing about this kind of Summer. You know you’ve got an air quality problem in your state when you can’t find blue sky two miles above the sea.
In 2001, German triathlete Andreas Niedrig finished second at Ironman Roth and seventh at Ironman Hawaii among many other results. Very few people though know that he was a serious heroin junkie before finding life and triathlon.
Terenzo Bozzone beat an impressive field at Ironman 70.3 Kansas and has looked very strong so far this year. Fueled perhaps by his disappointment of not making the Kiwi Olympic Team, he now seems tough to beat.
Tom Evans (CAN) won the 2008 Ironman Coeur D’Alene with a solid performance throughout the day. The women’s race was easily won by Heather Wurtele (CAN) who outdistanced her closest competitor by over 10 minutes.
Marcel Zamora Perez (ESP) won the 2008 Ironman France thanks in part to a fantastic 2:45:21 run split. Martina Dogana (ITA) set a new course record as she took the women’s title.
Luke McKenzie (AUS) was victorious at the 2008 Ironman Japan in a course record time of 8:29:11 and can now add an Ironman title to his rapidly growing resume. Naomi Imaizumi (JAP) repeated in her home country as the winner in the women’s race.
Rasmus Henning (DEN) repeated his victory at the Hy-Vee ITU World Cup and earned himself another big paycheck. Emma Snowsill (AUS) convincingly won the women’s race. Hunter Kemper and Sarah Haskins grabbed the final US Olympic spots with their 6th place finishes.