Articles by Herbert Krabel

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The Weekend Box Jul 28 2013

Ronnie Schildknecht wins 7 in a row at Ironman Switzerland, plus updates from Ironman Lake Placid, Challenge Vitoria, 70.3 Calgary, 5i50 Giant Eagle, the Norseman crew event and much more.

by Herbert Krabel, July 28, 2013

Triathlon

Jan Raphael’s Giant Trinity

Jan Raphael had a great race at the Ironman European Championships in Frankfurt, Germany and we checked out his Giant Trinity Advanced SL race bike.

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Nicholls, Ellis take Alpe D’Huez Tri

Ritchie Nicholls in his first long course appearance grabbed the win at the 2013 Alpe D'Huez triathlon and fellow Team TBB Pro Mary Beth Ellis defended her title at this unique mid week triathlon in the French Alps.

Industry

What We Have Noticed: ICEdot, Kiwis …

This issue of What We Have Noticed features the ICEdot crash sensor, the {re}vici Tres Flores T, the Kiwi performance center in Boulder, the A Second Chance documentary and the clever Full Frontal Area app.

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Kona troubles for Vanhoenacker

Marino Vanhoenacker is one of the favorites for the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, but this year the Belgian überbiker and 3rd place finisher of 2011 might not even be at the start.

Triathlon

The P5 of Konstantin Bachor

Konstantin Bachor is known for is bike prowess and today we look closer at his Cervelo P5 race setup for the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth.

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Anne Haug rules Hamburg

Anne Haug’s performance at the World Triathlon Hamburg made the massive German crowd happy and helped her extend the lead of this important draft legal triathlon series. Plus coach Darren Smith must be giddy.

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Brownlee, Brownlee in Hamburg

Late in the run the Brownlee brothers pulled away from Javier Gomez and sprinted side-by-side to the finish with Jonathan Brownlee in the end getting the better of his older brother. Gomez hung on to the final podium spot.

Industry

Markus Fachbach’s Canyon

German Pro Markus Fachbach was run down late at Challenge Roth for the final podium spot and the German long course title. Here is his Canyon Speedmax CF.

Industry

The Cucuma of Julia Gajer

Julia Gajer is relatively new to long course racing, but that distance has found her well. Today we look closer at her Cucuma race bike from the DATEV Challenge Roth.

Cycling

The Shiv Tri of Dylan McNeice

At the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth we looked closer at a few Pro bike setups and the Specialized S-Works Shiv Tri of Kiwi Dylan McNeice is one of those.

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2013 Challenge Roth – race

Beautiful weather and a massive crowd of spectators greeted the athletes at the 2013 DATEV Challenge Roth and Dirk Bockel and Caroline Steffen came away with the wins.

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Bockel and Steffen terrific in Roth

Dirk Bockel destroyed the competition at the DATEV Challenge Roth on the bike and then took the win in a superb fast 7:52:01. Carolina Steffen battled Yvonne Van Vlerken most of the day but got the better of her on the run to take the women's title.