“We’re very confident that Andy will return to racing in the course of the current season, but it’s unclear when and where. The only certainty seems his absence from the Olympics, because they really come too early,” team manager Johan Bruyneel said. Luxembourg’s Schleck, the 2010 Tour de France winner who sat out of this […]

Monaco – The Headquarters of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) is preparing for some very special birthday celebrations next week in Monaco, the Mediterranean Principality which has been the home of the sport’s world governing body since October 1993.   On the 17 July 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden, following the closing ceremony of […]

Albertville – 12 July 2012 – RADIOSHACK NISSAN TREK’s Fabian Cancellara has decided not to start today’s 11th stage of the 99th Tour de France. Cancellara, winner of the Prologue and 7 days yellow jersey in the 2012 Tour, returns home to Bern, Switzerland to assist his wife in the last days of her pregnancy. […]

Tiszaujvaros might be the second longest running event on the ITU calendar, but this year it celebrates its 16th anniversary with an innovative new twist. The iconic triathlon stop in Hungary becomes the first World Cup to be decided with an exciting two-day sprint semifinals and finals structure. The total number of entries will decide […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – With less than three weeks until the Olympic Games kick off in London, the 2012 U.S. Olympic Triathlon Team was officially announced Tuesday by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Representing the U.S. in the women’s triathlon on Aug. 4 in Hyde Park will be two-time Olympic qualifier Laura Bennett (Boulder, Colo.) and […]

In a powerful sprint to the finish line, a jubilant and Olympic bound Kyle Jones (CAN) surged to gold and his first World Cup and National title win at the Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup. Along with Lauren Campbell’s victory earlier in the day, Jones’ performance sealed a golden Canadian sweep, the first in an […]

Germany’s Timo Bracht and Great Britain’s Rachel Joyce were crowned ETU Long Distance European Champions after a spectacular event at Challenge Roth. South Africa’s James Cunnama was the overall Challenge Roth winner after crossing the line in 7:59:59, a sensational time. Bracht finished second overall, shortly behind Bracht in a time of 8:03:28 but as […]

Press Release. For the first time an athlete from South Africa won the legendary Challenge Roth and he worked to measure today. Fort he 3.8k swim, the 180k bike ride and the 42.195k run he needed exactly 7:59:59 and thus stayed sub 8 hours by literally the blink of an eye. As this year‘s Challenge […]

Press release. It was almost a sweep today: England’s Rachel Joyce won Challenge Roth in 8:45:04 hours and secured the gold medal of the Official ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships. Joyce was already the second fastest woman after the 3.8k swim behind Lucie Zelenkova-Reed and took control of the race on the first kilometers […]

The German Olympic triathlon team has officially been announced, highlighted by reigning Olympic men’s champion Jan Frodeno and four-time Olympian Anja Dittmer. The men’s team is Jan Frodeno, Steffen Justus and Maik Petzold, and the women’s team Anja Dittmer, Svenja Bazlen and Anne Haug. It is Frodeno’s second Olympics, after he surprised the field to […]

YILAN COUNTY, Chinese Taipei – Americans Kaitlin Shiver, Jessica Broderick and Julie Rechel recorded top-15 finishes Saturday to lead the U.S. women to their first-ever team title at the International University Sports Federation’s (FISU) 11th World University Triathlon Championship. Shiver (University of Florida; Gainesville, Fla.) paced all U.S. competitors with a fourth-place finish in 2 […]

Two weeks after scoring his first Ironman Triathlon in Regensburg, Dirk Bockel has swept the first edition of the Chiemsee Triathlon in Germany, ahead of Andreas Dreitz (GER) and James Elvery (NZ). “My condition is really good right now. I have recovered well from Regensburg and I’m very happy with this win.” Dirk Bockel took […]