Dave Scott won 6 Ironman World Championships as a competitor. But as a coach and adviser, his work with Craig Alexander, Chrissie Wellington and now Eneko Llanos may be approaching that high standard.

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.

You are not as hard a man as Mark Covert. Whether this defeats or revitalizes you is up to you. You can’t do what he has done. But if you aspire to greatness, his example can be your guide.

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.

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.

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.

With victories at Melbourne and Frankfurt, Eneko Llanos has to be a co-favorite to win his first Ironman World Championship; thanks to coach Dave Scott, the Spaniard is faster, stronger and better than ever.

Josiah Middaugh of Vail dominated on his home course, Shonny Vanlandingham won for the 4th time in 5 years at age 44 at this jewel of the Rockies and Julie Dibens enjoyed her first triathlon in two years.

Featured here are Lake Stevens and Racine 70.3s, the ITU Mixed Relay World championship and why Boulder 5i50 race director Dave Christen banned a triathlete who cursed at a volunteer.

This is your How-To guide for setting up front derailleurs. We cover the basics for cable-driven systems, including a troubleshooting section for odd problems.

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.

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.

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.

We review our 650c test pair of Hed Jet 6 wheels after putting some miles on them. This wheel changed to wide rims for 2013, and we break some big news about the deeper Jet 9.

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.

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.

This edition of the Mailbag talks bike tech. First, what are the rules with mixing different brands of components? Next, what is the importance of rolling weight on our bikes?

The Boulder County District Attorney did not press charges against the driver in accident that injured triathlete Richie Cunningham; investigation indicated driver stopped to avoid a car, not vent rage against cyclists.

Timothy O’Donnell won his 4th Boulder Peak title while Olympic silver medalist Lisa Norden won another non-drafting race in the place where the tri-stars can sleep in their own beds. Photo Gallery by Timothy Carlson

Three years ago Trek launched a game changing superbike, the Speed Concept. Today Trek announces the new and improved. How new? Not that much. How improved? That’s another story.

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.

Featured here are 70.3 Vineman, ITU Cross Triathlon Worlds, 70.3 Muncie, Minneapolis LTF, Palamos World Cup, a Peter Henning nomination and a new Challenge event.

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.

Saturday in Roth is bike check-in day and starting at 1pm a constant flood of athletes poured into T1 to drop off their bikes and helmets for the big race tomorrow.