Samedi soir, quelques heures après la manche du « European Cup » dans la superbe baie de la capitale de l’île de Madère, le multiple champion de Luxembourg n’était pas mécontent de sa course. Compte tenu du déroulement cahin-caha de toute sa saison et de ses malheurs il y a tout juste une semaine lors de la […]
Gavin HODGSON raced the 8th edition of the Minett Trail DEMAG in Belvaux, a hilly trail running race over 18km around Belvaux. Gavin showed an excellent performance by finishing 2nd overall out of 107 finisher behind Celtic-athlete Tesfu Abiel. Well done! FLANDRIN-JONES Nicolas finished on 43rd rank overall. RESULTS – 8. DEMAG Trail Belvaux
After his deception at the IM Nice in July, Chris Doyle took another go to grab the qualification slot for Hawaii, this time he chose the IM Vichy [FRA]. After the 3.8km non-wetsuit swim in 1:29:50h, Chris showed a steady performance on the bike and on the marathon by finishing in 11:03:57 on 256th rank […]
Mind-blowing performance by Claude Lucas at the IM70.3 Vichy on saturday. After a very fast bike split in 2:15:36, Claude managed to run a personal best on the half marathon in 1:24:48 allowing him to finish on 33rd overall and 6th in AG M25-29. By the way, he set up a new personal best time […]
Antoine Lallier participated to the TransRockies Run, a multi-day point-to-point format in Colorado [USA] with 120 miles (c. 190 kilometers) to be ran in 6 days. This race includes a mix of singletrack and forest road with nearly 6,000 meters of elevation gain, reaching altitudes of over 3,800 meters. Well prepared but facing strong runners, […]
On sunday, the 22nd edition of the Triathlon International de Weiswampach included the national triathlon OD championships. Several of our athletes were at the starting grid, especially Bob Haller tried to grap his 3rd national consecutive triathlon title. Bob showed a very good race, but unfortunately he stumbled in the 1st running lap on muddy […]
At the IM70.3 Bintan [Indonesia], Olivier Godart showed a stunning performance. He finished 4th overall out of 835 finishers – 1st amateur and winner of M40-44 – new amateur course record set to 4:02:41 – fastest running time of the day in 1:16:55 !!!!! What a result !!!
At the IM70.3 Gdynia in Poland, Christian Weyland showed a very steady performance by finishing on good 37th rank overall and 4th in M35, only 1min23sec down to 2nd rank in his age group. Here are his 3 splits of the day : 1.9km swim in 0:34:08 90km bike in 2:14:18 21.1km run in 1:29:01 […]
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Once again, Olivier Godart showed his new running strength at the middle distance Challenge Prague on saturday. After a very good swim in 25:36min for the 1.9km in the Vltava river in Prague city centre, he set a fast bike split with 2:14:16h to reach T2 close to TOP10 overall. With the 5 fastest running […]
Following athletes raced the 3rd edition of the City-Triathlon Merzig over the sprint distance resp. promotional distance : 0.75-20-5km (241 finisher) 225. KIRSCH Manon (4. W25) 1:26:13 0.3-20-5km (58 finisher) 5. FELTES Carlo 1:04:21 30. THEISEN Guy 1:14:52 35. METZDORFF Claire 1:16:02 RESULTS – Volksdistanz 0.3-20-5km RESULTS – Sprint 0.75-20-5km
After a severe bike crash end of june with a grade 1-2 dislocation of shoulder, multiple scrapes and bruises and a contusion on his back, Chris Doyle raced the IRONMAN Nice [FRA] on sunday still hoping to get the famous slot for Kona. After a good swim in 1:12min, Chris had some slight troubles on […]
Good participation in the different age group races at the Springwater Triathlon Rosport this weekend. Kids-Triathlon (2006-2009) – 13 participants FULL RESULTS 2. MOOG Mathis (CAEG) KIDS-A (2.) 0:22:51 4. SCHILTZ Finn (X3M) KIDS-A (4.) 0:23:23 11. RIES Lisa (CAEG) KIDS-A (11.) 0:30:31 12. PAPI Lennox (X3M) KIDS-A (12.) DNF Youth-Triathlon (2002-2005) – 12 participants […]
On Saturday Guy Theissen and Marc Matgen raced the 15 km trail in Post (B). This running course largely consisted out of single tracks, a few ups and downs and the odd maize field crossing. Guy crossed the finish line ranked 18th overall out of 132 finishers, while Marc finished 89th which was his personal […]
Last week-end, Antoine Lallier took part to the Xtrails Houffalize Estival, an event in the Belgian Ardennes with different trail races. Antoine participated to the three following races: A first 15k (530m+) on Saturday afternoon. He ranked 7th over 62 finishers (1:12:34) A second 15K (480m+) on Saturday night. He ranked 6th over 133 finishers […]
Tom Peiffer raced the traditional long distance triathlon in Roth together with some other luxembourgish athletes. After a decent swim and a very steady bike split, Tom suffered a bit during the marathon due to temperatures above 30 degrees. Nevertheless, he managed to finish the race in 12:09:18 on 1692nd rank overall.
Bob Haller participated in the Sprint Triathlon European Cup in Tartu / Estonia on July 9th. He finished the Elite Men race in 11th position overall only 36sec behind german Valentin Wernz. Click here for results: http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2017_tartu_etu_sprint_triathlon_european_cup
At the IM70.3 Jönköping in Sweden, Claude Lucas set a new PB by finishing on 28th rank overall in 4:23:44h. After a good swim in 28:52min, he kept the pace high on the bike with a split of 2:22:56h. The final 21.1km in 1:26:04h resulted in a 3rd rank in AG25 allowing him to qualify […]
On sunday morning, the promo triathlon for individuals and relay teams concluded the 3-day event around the Echternach lake. Once again a very well organized triathlon event and great results by our members. Jean-Claude Schmitz finished just one step down the overall podium on rank 4 in 1:06:53. Carlo Feltes took 14th rank overall and […]
From Friday to Sunday, Trilux organized its traditional triathlon event around the lake of Echternach, including a 10km race, kids and youth races, the OD triathlon on saturday afternoon and to conclude, a sprint triathlon on sunday morning. Pascal Duhautpas was the only X3M-runner at the 10km race on friday evening. He finished in 41:22min […]
Dear TriClub Representative, once again congratulations on winning the TriClub qualification in your Division! We are happy to have you as a qualified club in for the race on the title EMEA IRONMAN TRICLUB CHAMPION at the IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona in May 2018! Here are some more details about your qualification: How does it work? […]
Good performance by Jean-Claude Schmitz at the half marathon in Trier [GER] – he finished on 46th rank overall out of 676 runners in 1h31:48 net. Guy Theissen raced the 10km run in Trier. Under perfect weather conditions and mild temperatures, Guy crossed the finish line ranked 99th overall out of 1011 finishers (6th/57 AG). […]
2 athletes ran the 10km in Mensdorf on saturday. Cyril Henricot came in on 53rd rank overall in 45:54min, Claude Hau finished on 79th rank overall in 48:58min. 174 runners finished the race under very hot conditions. RESULTS – Widdebierglaaf 10km Mensdorf
Olivier Godart raced the age-group only IM70.3 Durban/South-Africa and took the overall win with an extraordinary performance in all 3 disciplines. Leading the race from scratch, Olivier built up his lead to win with 11min 51sec to 2nd ranked athlete Seegers from South-Africa. CONGRATULATIONS FOR THIS PERFORMANCE!!! Olivier’s split times below : GODART, Olivier LUX […]
On Sunday, Guy Theissen raced the sprint triathlon in Neunkirchen, covering the sprint distance over 300m-20km-5.5km. The swim part was held in the outdoor pool (Die Lakai) with 12 lanes of 25m. The bike course over 20km was hilly and the run course consisted of a 5,5 Km loop in the woods surrounding the vicinities. […]