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Graves and Morrison take UK 70.3

20-year old Philip Graves won the 2009 Ironman 70.3 UK with a great swim, ride and run and showed that he isn’t just a gifted road racer. Catriona Morrison held off Julie Dibens and Bella Bayliss enroute to her win.

The cost of winning

You can’t buy love. But can you buy a maillot jaune? Last year Bjarne Riis squeezed the industry, appealing to companies poised to pay for victory. Specialized anted up. How is that turning out?

Bell, Wellington top Kansas 70.3

Bell turns a 1:10 deficit into a 1:09 margin of victory with a final surge on the run to top Tim O’Donnell at Kansas Ironman 70.3; Chrissie Wellington shows she’s mastered the CO2 canister and then topped Pip Taylor by 4:50 at Lawrence.

Potts and Ellis take Alcatraz

Andy Potts became a 3 time champion with his win at the 2009 Escape from Alcatraz triathlon in San Francisco. Mary Beth Ellis held off defending champion Leanda Cave on her way to the women’s title.

Eagleman to Bozzone, Carfrae

A dominating performance by Terenzo Bozzone gave him the win at the 2009 Ironman 70.3 Eagleman in Cambridge, MD. Mirinda Carfrae ran down Natascha Badmann to take the women’s title.

Alexander, Tisseyre win in Boise

Former 70.3 World Champion Craig Alexander took a very narrow 2 second victory over Chris Lieto at the Ironman 70.3 Boise this afternoon. In the women’s race Magali Tisseyre crossed the line more than 8 minutes ahead of runner-up Linsey Corbin.

Jamie Whitmore’s greatest victory

First of a four-part series on how one of Xterra’s greatest stars was struck down in her prime by a devastating cancer and battled back to survive, rebuild her life with an unquenchable spirit and transcend the limits of her disease.

5430 to be Boulder 70.3

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

What We Have Noticed: Rudy Project, TYR…

In 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

Oval Concepts’ Morgan Nicol

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

Want to speed up? Slow down

Want hidden speed? Speed that costs you nothing, or very little? Adroitly managing your speed around two corners can save you more time than your aero helmet will gain you over the whole race.

Mid-priced tri bikes

For those who’re looking toward a bike they’ll keep for a long stretch, but won’t have to make payments over a long stretch, here’s our first round look at your price category: $2500 to $3000

Hugo and McQuaid in Idaho

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.

McCormack, Keat win Niederbronn-les-Bains

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.

Reed, Carfrae take Rev 3 wins

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.

A new challenge on slowtwitch

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.

Hewitt out sprints Norden

Kiwi Andrea Hewitt out sprints Lisa Norden of Sweden and Jessica Harrison of France to win Madrid ITU World Championship Series Round Two at Madrid. Sarah Haskins of USA is 5th.

Sturla and Griesbauer in Brazil

Eduardo Sturla dominated the field at the 2009 Ironman Brazil and repeated his win from 2008. Dede Griesbauer took the women’s title in a time of 9:10:15 and showed that she really has sharpened her game.

Brownlee stuns Madrid WCS field

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.

Tour of Sweden – day 14

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.