Dec 10, 2022
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Shortlists Announced For First Global Triathlon Awards
December 6, 2022
Hosts, Judges and Nominees Revealed Ahead of Triathlon’s Glittering Night
/ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – The shortlist for the first Global Triathlon Awards (GTAs) has today been announced as the leading athletes and brands in the sport are honoured ahead of the star-studded night at the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice, France, on Friday, 20 January 2023.
Also revealed today are the hosts for the event. Will McCloy, known as the ‘voice of Super League Triathlon’ will MC the event alongside Paula Radcliffe MBE, three-time winner of both the London and New York marathons and an endurance sport legend.
The GTAs is being supported by major event organisers including World Triathlon, Super League Triathlon & Professional Triathlete’s Organisation, alongside fantastic headline partners France’s Department 06 & cycling specialist brand Ekoi who will all present awards on stage and join the celebration of the sport and the wider community.
The coveted Male and Female athlete award categories see the best of short and long course come together. In the Male category Hayden Wilde, Alex Yee and Matt Hauser come up against Kristian Blummenfelt and Gustav Iden. In the Female category Flora Duffy and Georgia Taylor-Brown are joined by Chelsea Sodaro, Lucy Charles-Barclay and Ashleigh Gentle.
The GTAs are judged by a panel of key-selected industry experts. For 2023, we are honoured to have Jordan Blanco, Stephane Diagana, Emma-Kate Lidbury, Tim Don and Chelsea Burns on the judging panel.
In addition to the public nominations, which are then scored across two judging rounds via a digital platform followed by an in person judging day, the GTAs will also have the exclusive new ‘Lifetime Kudos Awards’, which recognise those who have made outstanding contributions to the sport and what will be the ultimate GTA Award to win.
These awards are nominated by judges and decided upon by partners, who discuss and recognise those who have accomplished outstanding contributions towards the triathlon industry and community over a lifetime of achievement.Tables & tickets for the 2023 GTA Ceremony, with the opportunity to mix with key organisers and stars of the sport, are on sale and can be purchased via: https://globaltriawards.com
Dazzling Duffy wins record fourth World Triathlon title after spectacular season finale
by Doug Gray on 25 Nov, 2022 11:40 • Español
Dazzling Duffy wins record fourth World Triathlon title after spectacular season finale
Flora Duffy became the only woman ever to win four World Triathlon titles on Friday afternoon in Abu Dhabi, with yet another display to utterly underline her position as the greatest woman that the sport has ever seen.
Shrugging off the soaring temperatures, Bermuda’s Olympic hero was again able to produce the goods when it mattered most, navigating plenty of drama on the 40km bike and then easing away from the only woman who could stop her date with destiny, Georgia Taylor-Brown. Gold secured Duffy the title, the race and Series silver went to Taylor-Brown, an excellent first podium for Lena Meissner in third. Another eventful fourth place finish for Taylor Knibb after coming off on the bike secured her the Series bronze.
“I’m really, really proud of this one,” said a beaming Duffy afterwards. “It was a difficult start to the year for me coming out of the Olympics and Covid and everything and it took a lot of work to get my mind back into it so I’m thrilled. I smiled a few times when it was just me and Georgia… I feel like she brings me to another level. We don’t really give each other an inch and I just wanted to stay safe because it’s super hot out there. When I got a little bit of a gap on the third lap of the run it was a little sooner than I anticipated but I thought; ‘well, gotta go now!’
Knibb and Duffy spearhead swim
With temperatures hitting 33 degrees and shade at a premium out on the course, the yellow hats of the top-ranked athletes filed in and on to the right of the pontoon on the edge of Yas Bay. Flora Duffy and Georgia Taylor-Brown didn’t get the best of starts in the water, but were soon digging in to hit the first buoy without any trouble Taylor Knibb on the front.
It was the American out first at the turn with Duffy on her feet from Beth Potter, Vittoria Lopes and Taylor-Brown out in fifth, and that was largely how it stayed for the second 750m lap, Summer Rappaport working her way to the front as the six came up and into transition.
German duo Laura Lindemann and Lisa Tertsch and Netherlands’ Maya Kingma were right there too, but Duffy was slick through transition and away on the 40km first, Taylor-Brown and Potter in hot pursuit, Knibb losing some ground on the six chasing the Bermudian.
9-Deep bike pack leads
It wouldn’t take long for Knibb to catch on, Germany’s Lena Meissner too, and behind the front nine, Taylor Spivey and Kirsten Kasper were riding together 23 seconds back, Cassandre Beaugrand fronting another 11 athletes giving chase but now 54 seconds off the leaders after three laps of nine.
Up front, Knibb was prodding and probing, looking to work an opening from wide positions so the Series leaders and championship chasers had to keep fully alert for any sign of an American charge as well as for the tight and technical corners.
Duffy then started to test those around her, a mini-break not sticking, the leaders stretching out then coming together repeatedly, though Lindemann fell off the pace to join those behind, now including Tertsch after the German came off but 90 seconds back after five laps.
Duffy, Knibb and Taylor-Brown continued to share duties out front, Potter having issues on lap six and next to fall off the leaders and start to ride alone, 20 seconds back.
Knibb fall halts progress
More drama at the end of lap seven saw Knibb’s wheel slide out taking Kingma with her, Lopes and Meissner just able to avoid trouble and stay with Duffy and Taylor-Brown up ahead. Knibb wrestled with her chain for what felt like an eternity but still managed to ride back up to Kingma at the bell, but there was now suddenly just four main contenders for the medals.
With the bikes racked, there was no surprise to see the two title-chasers heading out together once more and the best in the world ran together for two laps, the title and an epic season coming right down to a 5km foot race to the line.
Duffy books date with triathlon destiny
It was coming out onto lap three that Duffy asked the big question, and as she accelerated up the small hill and back out into the heart of the course, it quickly became clear that Taylor-Brown had no answer. Soon the Bermudian was out of sight, looking undaunted by the heat, fully focussed on the fourth title she slowly realised was hers.
Taylor-Brown finished with the silver at the end of an exhausting campaign, Meissner with a gutsy first ever WTCS podium ahead of Knibb. Leonie Periault (FRA) ran her way into fifth, Lopes hung on for an excellent sixth ahead of Spivey, Emma Lombardi (FRA), Miriam Casillas Garcia (ESP) and Cassandre Beaugrand rounding out the top 10.
“I gave it everything I had today,” said Georgia Taylor-Brown. “It’s been a hard few months and I’ve tried to forget about it all but i’m really proud of myself out there today and giving it everything and doing all I could. We were battling it out to the end and I wouldn’t have it any other way, and I don’t think she would. I’m still learning in every race and I still want that world title one day.”
“I can’t believe that, I need a few days to let it sink in,” said a thrilled Meissner. “It was tough but I got here 10 days ago and had good heat prep and there was lots of water and ice out there. I just tried to stay calm and confident and it just worked perfectly for me today.”
“I’m pretty shocked, there were a lot of ups and downs in the season and today,” said Knibb. “The corner was entirely my fault, I wasn’t full processing things at that point, it was a bit of user error and I’m sorry to Maya and Vittoria and Lena behind me for that. Hopefully I will be back here in March to go again.”
|
Pos |
First Name |
Last Name |
YOB |
Country |
Start Num |
Time |
Swim 1500m |
T1 |
Bike 40km |
T2 |
Run 10km |
|
1 |
1987 |
BER |
2 |
01:53:24 |
00:19:20 |
00:01:13 |
00:59:58 |
00:00:29 |
00:32:27 |
||
|
2 |
1994 |
GBR |
1 |
01:54:28 |
00:19:25 |
00:01:11 |
00:59:54 |
00:00:26 |
00:33:33 |
||
|
3 |
1998 |
GER |
26 |
01:55:59 |
00:19:30 |
00:01:10 |
00:59:51 |
00:00:27 |
00:35:03 |
||
|
4 |
1998 |
USA |
5 |
01:56:40 |
00:19:26 |
00:01:18 |
01:00:20 |
00:00:31 |
00:35:07 |
||
|
5 |
1994 |
FRA |
34 |
01:56:51 |
00:20:00 |
00:01:12 |
01:02:22 |
00:00:26 |
00:32:54 |
||
|
6 |
1996 |
BRA |
27 |
01:56:59 |
00:19:24 |
00:01:16 |
00:59:53 |
00:00:31 |
00:35:57 |
||
|
7 |
1991 |
USA |
7 |
01:57:44 |
00:19:41 |
00:01:11 |
01:02:03 |
00:00:28 |
00:34:23 |
||
|
8 |
2001 |
FRA |
14 |
01:57:50 |
00:19:46 |
00:01:10 |
01:02:30 |
00:00:23 |
00:34:02 |
||
|
9 |
1992 |
ESP |
10 |
01:57:56 |
00:20:21 |
00:01:10 |
01:01:55 |
00:00:24 |
00:34:08 |
||
|
10 |
1997 |
FRA |
6 |
01:58:13 |
00:19:29 |
00:01:12 |
01:02:53 |
00:00:26 |
00:34:15 |
|
Pos |
First Name |
Last Name |
YOB |
Country |
Start Num |
Time |
Swim 1500m |
T1 |
Bike 40km |
T2 |
Run 10km |
|
1 |
1996 |
FRA |
3 |
01:44:14 |
00:18:09 |
00:01:04 |
00:54:57 |
00:00:22 |
00:29:44 |
||
|
2 |
1993 |
USA |
62 |
01:44:25 |
00:18:35 |
00:01:02 |
00:55:13 |
00:00:23 |
00:29:15 |
||
|
3 |
1993 |
BEL |
4 |
01:44:34 |
00:18:43 |
00:01:10 |
00:54:53 |
00:00:22 |
00:29:28 |
||
|
4 |
1998 |
GBR |
2 |
01:44:37 |
00:18:33 |
00:01:03 |
00:55:12 |
00:00:27 |
00:29:24 |
||
|
5 |
1998 |
AUS |
10 |
01:44:51 |
00:18:33 |
00:01:06 |
00:55:11 |
00:00:21 |
00:29:42 |
||
|
6 |
1997 |
NZL |
1 |
01:45:13 |
00:18:15 |
00:01:04 |
00:55:31 |
00:00:24 |
00:30:01 |
||
|
7 |
1989 |
FRA |
5 |
01:45:19 |
00:17:54 |
00:01:08 |
00:55:09 |
00:00:25 |
00:30:45 |
||
|
8 |
1994 |
NOR |
44 |
01:45:19 |
00:18:27 |
00:01:09 |
00:55:10 |
00:00:26 |
00:30:10 |
||
|
9 |
1989 |
POR |
16 |
01:45:23 |
00:18:48 |
00:01:06 |
00:54:56 |
00:00:24 |
00:30:10 |
||
|
10 |
1992 |
USA |
27 |
01:45:26 |
00:18:48 |
00:01:04 |
00:54:56 |
00:00:33 |
00:30:06 |
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719 Ride joins the SUAREZ Gran Fondo National Series
December 7, 2022
Colorado Springs event becomes qualifying event for US Gran Fondo National Championships
Gettysburg, PA – December 7, 2022 /ENDURANCE SPORTSWIRE/ – Gran Fondo National Series is proud to announce the 719 Ride as a partner event in the 2023 SUAREZ Gran Fondo National Series. Starting in 2023, 719 Ride participants can earn points toward the season-long Gran Fondo National Series Points Competition and qualify for the USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships.
The 719 Ride Elevation Celebration will celebrate eight years of cycling fatigue and fun in Colorado Springs in 2023. To honor the 100th anniversary of the death of its fictional inspiration, this Festival of Never-ending Ascending intends to wears its participants out on a 14.4-mile course in the grand shadow of America’s Mountain, Pikes Peak. Riders can complete any number of laps for a price 40% lower than a similar event.
The signature ride is five laps of The Course That Cannot Be Defeated (71.9 miles and 9,190 feet of elevation gain). The torture and torment will occur on July 15, 2023, and registration opens March 12, 2023.
“Participants of the 719 Ride have said it’s ‘intense pain and excellent fun.’ That ‘it’s a true test of mental toughness’ and is ‘like gelato for the soul.’ I’m excited to partner with the SUAREZ Gran Fondo National Series to introduce our lactic acid crippling haze to the fondo riding community. I’m confident that Series riders will be solidly cracked by the end of the Gran Route and that all riders will love the easy-going, low-key nature of our suffer- and pleasure-fest. — Chris Giovagnoni, Founder
As part of the Series, points will be awarded based on two timed sections of the main 719 Ride course. To qualify for the Gran Route standings, riders must complete at least five laps. Rankings will be determined by the sum of a rider’s five fastest timed segments on both sections. For the Medio Route, a rider must complete three or four laps, and rankings will be determined by the sum of a rider’s three fastest timed segments on both section. Piccolo Route riders must complete at least two laps, and rankings will be determined by a rider’s fastest cumulative time on both segments.
“I am proud to welcome 719 Ride to the SUAREZ Gran Fondo National Series and provide cyclists in the Rocky Mountain region with another opportunity to earn Series points and qualify for USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships,” said Gran Fondo National Series Founder, Reuben Kline. “719 Ride’s unique format aligns with our philosophy of enabling cyclists of all ability and interest levels to ride together and share in a great event experience.”
About Gran Fondo National Series (granfondonationalseries.com)
Founded in 2012 by event director Reuben Kline, the Gran Fondo National Series is the largest and most competitive series of gran fondo cycling events in the United States. Gran Fondo National Series was the first series to implement timed-segment racing into US gran fondo events and has crowned Gran Fondo National Champions and Gran Fondo National Series Champions since 2012. Since 2020, Gran Fondo National Series has been the organizer of the official USA Cycling Gran Fondo National Championships.
About the 719 Ride
First conceived and ridden in 2016, the 719 Ride aspires to be a bicycle event that contributes to the culture and community of Colorado Springs. The event is a homegrown, locally organized experience riding in the draft of many great and long-established Colorado cycling events. It hopes to become a positive part of the Colorado Springs tradition and identity while celebrating the tradition, lore and culture of cycling and helping set the pace for cycling fun in the Rocky Mountain region.
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