Trek Project One
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Recently I have spent some time playing around with Project One on the Trek website. Not that I have the money to buy my dream bikes unless I win the lottery or something equally unexpected but one is entitled to dream and thanks to Trek you can live out that ‘kind in a candy store’ fantasy and build the bike of your dreams.
Of course it helps that they currently have the most desirable road and TT/Tri bikes on the market. This is further boosted by the fact that we are all glued to the Tour de France coverage, where Team Radioshack, demonstrate their awesome capabilities.
Options range from orange or green flames to simple black. Personally, I have always had a soft spot for black and white. The simplicity makes a statement and if done well it can be far more effective than some of the more outrageous designs floating around.
Recently I have added some red to the mix as the combination is proven to be the most striking to the human eye. Scientists have determined that the first colour an infant can see is red (we see black, white and grey for the first eight weeks) and I think this basic instinct is never far from the subconscious mind when picking out colours in a crowd.
So without getting overly philosophical, here are my favourite designs. Do yourself a favour and take a few minutes to go build your own. If nothing else it can be very therapeutic.
Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island
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Bozzone wins again
If there was a year long 70.3 series, Terenzo Bozzone would have wrapped up the title by now and could draw up a deck chair and watch the rest of the pro’s duke it out for second spot. Such has been his dominance of the racing thus far, that only Chris Lieto has come close to matching him.
Kiwi, Graham O’Grady, was first out of the water in just over 24 minutes, giving him a massive lead over the race favourites that included Richie Cunningham, Paul Ambrose and Bozzone. Usually one expects the flash swimmers to fade on the bike but O’Grady gave a good account of himself and didn’t step down from the battle that was developing between Tim Berkel, Cunningham, Rich Allen and Bozzone.
Up front though, Paul Ambrose was in a league of his own as he opened up a 3 minute lead on the chasers into T2. Berkel looked like chasing Ambrose until an incident with a press motorbike saw him drop back to the group and once again it was all set up for a mad dash to the finish as some of the best runners in the sport entered transition together.
Out of T2 it was Bozzone that made his intent known as he set about catching Ambrose. Behind Cunningham and Berkel appeared to be taking a little longer to get going after the battle of the bike and it was only after 5km that Berkel finally pulled level with Bozzone. The two then ran side by side, each taking turns to surge as they worked to close down Ambrose.
With just a few kilometers to go, Bozzone made the move that counted and raced away to yet another victory, while behind Berkel also made the pass on Ambrose to take second place.
In the women’s race it was Australian turned Austrian, Kate Major, that held on to a narrow victory over the fast closing Caitlin Snow, after spending most the day out front in the company of Michellie Jones and Sam Warriner.
Major a veteran of all forms of triathlon racing showed her experience and patience as she allowed the others to make the racing, knowing well that the heat would be a factor at the end of the race.
Women
- Kate Major (AUS) 4:30:36
- Caitlin Snow (USA) 4:30:58
- Sam Warriner (NZL) 4:33:32
Men
- Terenzo Bozzone (NZL) 4:01:15
- Tim Berkel (AUS) 4:02:05
- Paul Ambrose (AUS) 4:03:01
Holten ITU Triathlon World Cup
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Photo: triathlon.org | János Schmidt
With the Hamburg round of the Dextro World Championship only a week away, the majority of the stars of ITU triathlon decided to sit this one out but that didn’t stop the up and coming names putting on a fantastic show as Erin Densham and Ivan Tutukin took victory in the Netherlands.
Densham, the 2006 U23 World Champion, who spent most of the 2009 season on the sidelines after undergoing heart surgery returned to the top level of racing with a comfortable victory that puts her right back up there with the two Emma’s (Snowsill and Moffatt) as favourites for an all Australian sweep of the medals in London come 2012.
Once again it was Hayley Peirsol that led the women’s field from the water. The former swimmer, who has a sub-16 minute 1500m to her name completely obliterated the opposition taking a 45 second lead out onto the bike. Despite her best efforts the main field was not letting Piersol have it her own way.
Shortly after Piersol was caught a group of 18 athletes broke clear. The group contained the two local favourites, Neiske Becks and Lisa Mensink, who raised the crowd volume another notch by leading the select group into T2 with what was now a minutes lead.
It didn’t take Densham long to assert her authority though and her surge was too much for the rest as she cruised home almost a minute ahead of a jubilant Anna Maria Mazzetti of Italy.
With the heat taking it’s toll on the men’s field, there were a number of attacks on the bike course before the Australian pair of Brendan Sexton and Joshua Amberger finally got away to enter T2 with a small lead.
Behind the duo of Tutukin and Yulian Malyshev ran through the field to join Joao Pereira and Brice Daubord approaching the line and the inevitable sprint finish which Tutukin won with a surprising turn of speed, leaving the others to fight over the minor positions.
Women
Photo: triathlon.org | János Schmidt
- Erin Densham (AUS) 2:01:27
- Anna Maria Mazzetti (ITA) 2:02:04
- Radka Vodickova (CZE) 2:03:03
Men
- Ivan Tutukin (RUS) 1:54:21
- Yulian Malyshev (RUS) 1:54:23
- Joao Pereira (POR) 1:54:24
