Strong performances once again from our athletes at the triathlon weekend in Weiswampach, counting for the luxemburgish triathlon championships in all categories. Best performance of the day goes to ANNETTE JAFFKE who took her 2nd national triathlon elite title after 2011!!! Finishing 2nd overall, she won the title by leading Sophie Margue and Elise Maes […]
Category: RACEREPORTS
David Claerebout runs the ‘Enclavienne’
During his trainingcamp in the Provence/South of France, David Claerebout took part in the ‘Enclavienne’, a 16km road race in Valreas. He finished on 18th rank overall out of 90 finishers. RESULTS
Ostseeman Triathlon Glücksburg [GER]
Very promising results from Chris Doyle and Carlo Feltes this weekend at the ironman-distance triathlon OSTSEEMAN in Glücksburg/Germany. Chris Doyle managed to set a new personal record over the long distance with a final time of 10:08:22, reaching a 3rd age group rank in M50. He classified 50th overall out of 367 finishers. After a […]
G. Sardain and A. Jaffke at the Sprint Triathlon Eupen
Very impressive results on Saturday from Annette Jaffke and Gabriel Sardain at the sprint triathlon in Eupen [BEL]. Gabriel finished 22nd overall and won his age group H18. In addition, he had the best swim time of all 414 athletes – he swam 500m in 6’59” !!! Annette reached the women’s podium on 3rd rank, […]
Strong performance by David Claerebout in Marseille
Marseille, 2013 European Capital of Culture, has been chosen to host the first edition of the 5150 olympic distance triathlon. David Claerebout managed to perform very strongly in this race by finishing on 34th position overall out of 800 finishers. After a decent swim in 27’07”, he finished the bike part in 1:08’43” and ran […]
Open Water swim Weiswampach 3km
Chris Doyle swam the 3km Open Water Challenge in Weiswampach and finished the distance in 55’05” at 37th position out of 60 finishers. He missed the age group victory by less than 40″ and finally ranked 3rd in Masters category VE2. Well done Chris! RESULTS
Triathlon weekend Echternach
Overall victory by Annette Jaffke at the traditional 29th olympic triathlon in Echternach. Under hot weather conditions, she managed to take the lead shortly after the swim to win easily by more than 11min with an end time of 2h15’54”. Congratulations from the whole team and committee! Our 2 newest members, the twins Christophe and […]
Sprint Triathlon St. Ingbert – Oliver Gorges 2nd
Oliver Gorges, who raced for his german team RSG Montabaur, placed himself on 2nd rank overall and 2nd in his age group 1998/99 (Youth B). He covered the sprint distance over 0.4-10-2.5km in 33’26”, only 41sec behind a german athlete.
Mittelmosel Triathlon Zell [GER]
Strong performances by our athletes at the Sprint and olympic distance triathlon in Zell [Germany] this sunday. Annette Jaffke finished on 2nd rank overall and won her age group by far. Chris Doyle finished on a good 19th position overall finishing 2nd in the M50 age group and breaking his personal best time on that […]
AG wins by Oliver and Nina Gorges at the sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher
Very impressive performance by Oliver Gorges at the mixed Youth B&C age group race (0.2-5.2-1.7km) @ the sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher. Oliver won this age group category with a lead of 2’52”, ranking first in every single discipline!!! Well done! In the main race (elite/masters/Youth A) over the sprint distance of 0.5-20.8-5km, Nina Gorges won […]
ING Half-Marathon Luxembourg
Chris Rola, vice-president of the X3M Triathlon Mersch, raced the ING Night Half-Marathon in Luxembourg and finished on 1007th rank out of nearly 6500 finishers – well done Chris!
BMC IM70.3 Rapperswil aborted
Heavy rain and cold temperatures had changed the Ironman 70.3 Switzerland event in Rapperswil, Switzerland to a duathlon, but a landslide and a falling tree early on during the bike segment forced organizers to stop the race and abort the event. Samuel Nilles, David Claerebout and Pascal Duhautpas were on the bike course when the […]
6. Berdorfer Laf 10km
Samuel Nilles raced the 10km ‘Berdorfer Laf’ as a last test before his first triathlon ever in Rapperswil next weekend, he finished on a good 39th rank out of over 400 finishers. RESULTS
Trail Esch/Alzette 12km
Samuel Nilles was the only X3M participant at the trail in Esch/Alzette over the distance of 12km, he finished on 27th rank out of 116 finishers. Well done! RESULTS
Duathlon Patrick Farenzena Belvaux
Humble participation of X3M athletes today at the duathlon Belvaux/Ehlerange organized by CAB, only Carlo Feltes represented our team. After 1h45’03” under cold weather conditions, he finished on 42th position out of 58 finishers and took 9th rank in the masters category. RESULTS
Half-Marathon Wiltz
Cyril Henricot raced the half marathon in Wiltz on sunday and ranked himself on a good 80th rank. His end time was 1h45’37” net. Well done Cyril! RESULTS
18. Huesen-Beschlaf 12.2km
36th Tour de Dudelange 10km
6-year old Emmi Duhautpas won her first race (female age-group 2006 and younger) over the kids distance of 900m, well done! David Claerebout and Pascal Duhautpas ran the 10km on a flat course, but both had to fight against high temperatures of approx. 26deg! David finished 42nd, Pascal on 67th place with much slower times […]
DKV Urban Trail – Trail des Forts (27km)
Cyril Henricot and Maria Peiretti finished the very demanding “Trail des Forts (27km)”, middle distance run at this year’s Urban Trail in Luxembourg City. Cyril finished on 107th rank out of 400 finishers in about 2h27′, Maria ranked 8th women in the field by finishing in 2h47′. Congratulations to both of you and good regeneration… […]
35. Ouschterlaf Grevenmacher 10km
Pascal Duhautpas (78th), Samuel Nilles (88th) and Carlo Feltes (133rd) participated at the 35th edition of the well-known Ouschterlaf in Grevenmacher over 10km. Best performance of the day goes to Annette Jaffke (who raced for CAEG) – she finished in 38’06” on 44th rank and managed to take 3rd place of the female podium. David […]
Nordstadsemi Diekirch and Lux. championships 10km
During this weekend’s half marathon in Diekirch, FLA organized the lux. road championships over the classic distance of 10km. David Claerebout managed to run 38’24” under windy and chilly conditions and classified on 25th rank (lux. champs). Maria Peiretti finished on 11th female rank with a net end time of 50’57”. Best X3M performance of […]
6th X-Duathlon Trier
Sarah and Oliver Gorges raced the 6th edition of the X-Duathlon in Trier/Germany. Sarah won the junior female age group (5km – 12.5km MTB – 2.5km) and finished on overall rank 54 out of 80 athletes in the so-called ‘Volksduathlon’. Oliver, who raced for his german team RSG Montabaur, won the Youth B age group […]
Aquathlon Vittel [FRA]
18th Postlaf Gasperich
Season opening in Gasperich over 10km at the traditional ‘Postlaf’ – more than 2200 runners were present at the starting grid. Best result of the X3M athletes goes to Pascal Duhautpas, who finished in 41’33” on 173th rank, followed closely by Samuel Nilles in 41’55” and Cyril Henricot, who did a personal best time of […]
National Cross Champs in Esch [LUX]
Oliver and Sarah Gorges took part in the 97. national cross-country championships in Esch/Alzette [LUX]. Oliver reached 2nd rank in the minimes category going over 2740m, staying only 13s behind the winner Thierry Kieffer (CSL). Oliver managed to finish the overall hibernal ranking on 2nd rank as well. Sarah raced the female juniors category over […]