Pablo Dapena Gonzalez started his season with a bang. The BMC Pro Triathlete won the BEST Centre Mallorca Olympic in dominating fashion. Pablo exited the water in 2nd place and took the lead after a fast transition. On the 40k bike course Gonzalez stayed in firm control of the lead and extended his advantage to 45" at the start of the run. The Spaniard was the strongest runner in the field and extended his advantage to a comfortable 2' just over half way. Pablo cruised to victory in his first race of the season. A great season opener for Dapena Gonzalez.
read more...Chris Leiferman backed up his magnificent 4th place finish at the Ironman World Championship two weeks ago, with a second place at IM70.3 Marbella earlier today. The BMC athlete exited the water in 6th place with a deficit of 52" to the leaders. Early on the bike Leiferman moved up to second place as part of a small chase group of three athletes. The gap to the lead stayed around the 1'30 mark for most of the bike leg. In the final stages of the bike Chris broke away from the chase group to enter T2 on his own in second place. Once on the run the American started to claw back time and the gap dropped to just over a minute at the 13km mark. Leiferman kept pushing hard but unfortunately ran out of road. De Keyser held on to take the victory, with Chris finishing a very strong second only 30" later after producing the fastest run split of the day. South African Weiss completed the podium 1'15 later.
read more...Katrina Matthews put together an astonishing performance to take silver at the Ironman World Championship in St. George. The BMC athlete used the challenging course to ride to the front of the race early on the bike, settle for 2nd and control that podium spot all the way to the finish line. A magnificent Matthews posted a time of 8:43:49 in her World Championship debut. Daniela Ryf (SUI; 08:34:59) retook her title with defending champion Anne Haug (GER; 8:47:03) rounding out the podium.
read more...Kristian Høgenhaug started his season in style claiming the win at Challenge Salou after a dominating performance. Due to the cold weather conditions the swim was cancelled and replaced by a 4km run. Kristian was outstanding on the bike and ran a superb closing half marathon to take an impressive win in his season opener on the Spanish Costa Dorado. The BMC Pro Triathlete took the title in 3:24:07. Sanchez finished second (3:24:50) with Holm completing the podium (3:24:56).
read more...Katrina Matthews put up a very impressive display in her very first race of the season at IM70.3 Lanzarote. Halfway through the bike leg, Katrina took over the lead and controlled the race all the way to the finish line. She broke the tape in a time of 4:17:46. Anne Haug (GER; 4:21:23) and Jess Learmonth (GBR; 4:23:44) joined Matthews on the podium.
read more...Katrina Matthews added a 4th place in the IM70.3 World Championship St. George to her tally in what had been an already impressive 2021 season. The BMC athlete charged her way through the field on the bike to battle for the podium on the run. A outstanding performance which resulted in a 4:10:46 finishing time. Lucy Charles-Barclay (GBR; 4:00:20) broke the tape to claim the World Championship title with Jeanni Metzler (RSA; 4:08:39) and Taylor Knibb (USA; 4:08:50) next to her on the podium.
read more...Kristian Hogenhaug is the new World Triathlon Long Distance World Champion. The Danish athlete put together an excellent all-round performance in Almere to break the tape in a mind-blowing time of 7:37:46. BMC Team mate Pablo Dapena Gonzales had a fantastic race as well and took 6th place. Jesper Svensson (SWE; 7:39:25) finished 2nd, with Reinaldo Colucci (BRA; 7:45:15) rounding out the podium.
read more...An incredible day of racing for the BMC Pro Triathlon Team. Patrik Nilsson put together an exceptional performance in Frankfurt to crown himself the new Ironman European Champion. Nilsson overtook team mate Kristian Hogenhaug in the closing stages of the marathon to run to the biggest victory in his career in a finishing time of 7:59:21. BMC team mate Hogenhaug who had been dominating the bike leg, put up a fantastic fight to hang on for second (DEN; 8:00:18). David McNamee (GBR; 8:02:29) completed the podium.
read more...Katrina Matthews took home the victory in dominating fashion at Ironman UK. An excellent swim, bike and run combination on a demanding course saw her brake the tape in a time of 9:40:01. Her compatriots Nikki Bartlett (GBR; 10:02:43) and Chantal Cummings (GBR; 10:10:33) joined the BMC athlete on the podium.
read more...After two 2nd places and a 4th place finish in previous races, Pablo Dapena Gonzales put together another excellent performance to take home 3rd place in Challenge Gdansk. The BMC athlete raced in front of the race all day long after a more than solid swim, bike and run performance to finish in a time 3:49:21. James Teagle (GBR; 3:46:14) won the race in front of Matt Trautman (RSA; 3:48:18). With yet another podium finish Gonzalez takes over the lead in the Challenge Family World Ranking.
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