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From the makers of the Slateman, the Anglesey Sandman was first launched in 2011 and offers a challenge for everyone regardless of fitness and experience.

The triathlon sees competitors take on the clear-waters for a 1km open sea swim, some of the most beautiful roads of Anglesey for a challenging 60km bike leg and the Newborough forest for the final 10km trail run.

The Sandman sprint event features much of the same scenery and will again take place on the Saturday. The Sprint race features a 400m (swim), 25km (bike) and 5km (run). Triathletes also have the option of competing over two days at the Sandman Weekender.

The Sandman has been a sell out event for three consecutive years and the 2016 edition is expected to be no different.

To register for the Anglesey Sandman Triathlon CLICK HERE.

More info is at angleseysandman.com or by calling 01248 723553

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Non Stanford and Vicky Holland met the Automatic Qualification criteria of the 2016 BTF Olympic Nomination Policy by winning medals at both the Rio Olympic Triathlon Test Event and the World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago. 

Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee met the British Triathlon Pre Selection criteria based on evidence of their ability to win a medal at the Olympic Games. Both Alistair and Jonathan have won rounds of the ITU World Triathlon Series this year and were memorable medal winners at the London 2012 Olympic Games. 

An announcement will be made by the British Olympic Association in June 2016 to confirm the team. It is hoped that British Triathlon will be able to nominate three men and three women based on ITU ranking points. 

British Triathlon Performance Director, Brendan Purcell said: “Non and Vicky achieved the Automatic Qualification criteria with their performances at the Rio Olympic Triathlon Test Event and at the ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Chicago. The progress made by both of them this season has been really exciting, and now they can focus completely on their Rio preparations. 

“Similarly, we wanted to put Alistair and Jonathan in strong positions to focus on medals next summer. They both met the British Triathlon Pre Selection criteria and we’re delighted to have been able to give them this news as they start their winter training.” 

Alistair Brownlee said: “There is nothing bigger in triathlon than the Olympic Games, and I’m hugely excited about the year ahead. This news allows me to structure my winter training with Rio at the forefront of my mind. Knowing that Jonny has been pre-selected with me is another big boost.” 

Jonathan Brownlee added: “I’ll be doing everything I can to be at my absolute best on 18 August 2016. Performing on the day in Rio is the dream, and it’s great to be another step closer to it now that I have been pre-selected.” 

Non Stanford said: “At the start of this year Rio felt a long way off, but with pre-selection confirmed I just can’t wait to get 2016 started.” 

Vicky Holland added: “Confirmation of pre selection is another big tick in the box after getting the results I needed in Rio and Chicago. There’s a lot of hard work to do now, but I can’t wait for next summer.” 

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The 2016 season will get under way in March with the opening round of the ITU World Triathlon Series in Abu Dhabi.

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With prize money awarded for each individual race, the fastest overall swimmers, cyclists, and runners and overall classification winners, it amounted to a huge payday for multiple winners Gomez and Jorgensen. Gomez picked up $1000 for winning two races, $250 premiums for fastest swim and run splits and $60,000 for his overall victory, with Jorgensen picking up almost as much due to finishing 2nd in the final day non-drafting event to Lisa Norden. Gomez was only defeated by bike specialist Cameron Dye in the sprint event. 

Short-course specialists dominated the opening day ‘prologue’ event, which consisted of a fast and furious 300 meter swim, 7k bike and 2k run. Surprisingly Tim Don managed to finish in 3rd despite competing in long distance events for large parts of his season.

The second day was a draft-legal Olympic distance race, and was the one most similar to ITU racing. After a mass swim start on the beach, it was again Jorgensen and Gomez who were victorious, with Richard Murray and Tim Don finishing second and third males, and Flora Duffy and Lisa Norden taking the positions in the women’s race. 

The third day was a 750m swim/20km bike/5km run race with a non-drafting bike course. Jorgensen started with a 41 second advantage over Duffy in second current leader on general classification, and extended this coming out of the water. Behind the leaders, American athlete and winner of the Roka swim competition, Lauren Brandon, recorded the fastest swim time of the women, 9:56. That time beat all but three of the male competitors. Despite Norden hitting the front on the bike and recording the fastest time of the day, it was Jorgensen who claimed the overall victory, as she ran a blistering 5km and bridged the gap. 

On the men’s side, Javier Gomez, leader on general classification, was first in the water, almost one minute ahead of Richard Murray. Britain’s Tim Don was a further 20 seconds behind Murray. As the leader in the swim competition, it was no surprise that Gomez had further extended his lead as he began the bike course. Indeed, Gomez recorded the fastest swim on the day with a time of 9:18, winning the Roka-sponsored fastest swimmer competition. Gomez looked in complete control during the bike portion and maintained the time gap to his chasers, while Murray added a further 10 seconds to his buffer on Don. The fastest bike split of the day belonged to Cameron Dye, promoting the American to winner of the Cervelo fastest biker competition.

The podium placings remained the same on the run and Gomez recorded the fastest run, adding winner of the Coca-Cola-sponsored fastest runner competition to his achievements on the day. Gomez crossed the line to take the Island House Invitational Triathlon overall title, 1:21 ahead of Murray and 2:53 ahead of Don.

Women’s final results

1. Gwen Jorgensen (USA) 3:27:47
2. Lisa Norden (SWE) + :34
3. Flora Duffy (BER) + 1:06
4. Alicia Kaye (USA) + 3:37
5. Rachel Klamer (NED) + 3:57
6. Heather Wurtele (CAN) + 7:44
7. Mirinda Carfrae (AUS) + 8:37
8. Lauren Brandon (USA) + 8:54
9. Rachel Joyce (GBR) + 10:12
10. Leanda Cave (GBR) +10:43

Men’s final results

1. Javier Gomez (ESP) 3:08:21
2. Richard Murray (RSA) + 1:22
3. Tim Don (GBR) + 2:52
4. Cam Dye (USA) + 3:38
5. Leon Griffin (AUS) + 4:34
6. Ben Hoffman (USA) + 5:52
7. Luke McKenzie (AUS) + 8:36
8. Trevor Wurtele (CAN) +10:19
9. Barrett Brandon (USA) +11:08
10. Tim O’Donnell (USA) + 15:51 

Fastest swimmer (sponsored by Roka)

Female – Lauren Brandon
Male – Javier Gomez

Fastest bike (sponsored by Cervelo)

Female – Lisa Norden
Male – Cameron Dye

Fastest runner (sponsored by Coca-Cola) 

Female – Gwen Jorgensen
Male – Javier Gomez 

Image credits: Nils Nilsen/Island House Invitational Triathlon

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This year the event sold out in weeks and 570 participants stood together on the start line, with one common goal – just to get over the finish line in one piece.

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Following the relentless rain at 2014’s event, Mother Nature decided that she too wished to play her part in 2015, too, with biblical showers pouring from the sky. Puddles then miniature lakes formed, making every step just a little bit more energy-sapping and each turning of the pedals that extra bit more demanding. It wasn’t just this deluge of water that competitors had to combat; there was wind too. A biting wind, razor sharp and powerfully full.

GREENLEAF DEFENDS

From the moment that the start gun went off, until his final, victorious step over the finish line, the irrepressible reigning champ Andy Greenleaf stood apart from the other competitors. His time of 2:31:54 was a new course record, and was six minutes faster than his 2014 time. After having caught his breath, Andy then announced that he still feels there’s room for improvement on his time; having been forced to slow down a few times on the bike, due to the soaking wet conditions.

Coming in second place was Chris Nicholls (2:43:37), who impressed with two very quick runs and produced the third fastest cycling leg of the day. Chris was chased for most of the day by Dan Bradshaw (2:47:00) who laid down the fastest 24 mile bike leg of the day; and who rather interestingly ran a quicker second run section (49:09) than he did for his first (50:04).

On the female side, Ali Moult (Rugby Triathlon Club) was the class athlete in the field, storming home in a rampant 3:07:59 to win by more than 10mins. Second place went to Ruth Purbrook (Ful-on Tri) in 3:19:08, who just held off an ever-closing Holly Mcguigan (3:20:43).

In the age groups, Nebosja Jovanovic (Greenwich Tritrons) posted a speedy 2:59:37 to be the only male in the 40-49 age category to go under 3hrs. He was followed home by Mark Lloyd (Harwich Runners) who had lead at one point on the bike leg, but finished in 3:00:25. Alan Thurston (Army Triathlon Association) completed a fast 40-49 male top 3 with his 3:01:06.

Louise Dobby took the 40-49 title for the women, flying around the testing course in 3:25:26, Louise’s bike leg time of 1:22:27 was brilliantly quick and no one could catch her after that. Vikki Silversten (3:31:10) and Kim Bainbridge (3:31:47) of Viceroys Triathlon Club, fought long and hard over the second and third places, exchanging the lead a number of times – only for Vikki to pull away over the closing 8 mile run to win by a whisker.

For the 50-59 Men, there was only ever one winner, Gavin Fisher taking the title in 3:11:30. Gavin stayed a consistent 3mins ahead of John Coverdale (3:14:19) virtually the whole way around, a lead that was built up on the first 8 mile. John did catch a rapid Michael Impey (3:16:00) though, breezing past him in T2 and on the final run.

In the 50-59 Women, Jo Gundle (Bicester Tri Club) dominated the elements, the challenging 5 time ascent of Box Hill and her fellow competitors by putting in a great time of 3:36:40, fully more than 20 minutes faster than anyone else in her age category. In the battle for second and third, it was Christine Meek (Ealing Triathletes) who found just enough to cross the finish line in 3:58:28 – a mere one minute ahead of Alison Gordon (Jo’s Tri Team), who finished in 3:59:34.

The 60+ Men were lead home by a stunning performance from Brian White (Team Trisport), who finished in 3:25:49. Brian was the only 60+ athlete to post a run time under the hour mark, blitzing the field with a 55.24 on his first leg. Stephen Roberts (Owestry Olympians) came second, in a time of 3:31:35 it was his supreme cycling section (1:27:41) that saw him finish ahead of Cedric Clemerson (3:46:41).

The full set of results for the event can be found here.

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Up next for Human Race is the OffRoad Series, featuring trail runs and duathlons at: WildMan (21st November), IceMan (5th December) and MudMan (5th March).

The race, covering a 1.9km swim, 90km bike and half-marathon run, will run as well as the sold-out Half event at the National Watersports Centre in Nottingham on 29th May. The new event will be at a different venue, which is yet to be announced.  

The 2015 Outlaw Half sold out in ‘minutes’ last year according to organisers, and adding a second event has reportedly been in the pipeline for two years. The move has taken time due to sourcing a suitable venue and working alongside local communities to ensure a well supported event.  

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Event director Iain Hamilton commented: “We wanted to find a totally new venue that is not already used for triathlon racing, and wanted to ensure that the new event is similar to the exiting ones. What we’ve got is a fantastic family friendly venue and an event that features and out-and-back lake swim, flat one-lap bike course and a multi-lap run course so that spectators can easily follow the action. There’s also camping and family activities on site.”

He added: “There are a lot more middle and long distance races in Britain now than when we launched the Outlaw in 2010, but what the Outlaw offers is a lower cost, very high quality racing experience.

“Every year the positive feedback we get from competitors overwhelms us, particularly relating to our event crew, and we’re very excited about having a new event for 2016 after a long time spent securing a new venue.”

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You can pre register for the new event here. Those signing up will be the first to find out the new venue and gain access to the entry system when the event opens at the end of November. 

Vidal passed away in New Zealand, and it’s thought that Hewitt was with him at the time. Hewitt has now flown to France to be with Vidal’s family. 

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, Vidal’s close friend and former triathlete James Elvery said:

“We are all just shattered, this is just awful news.”

“I have spoken to Andrea and she is in a state of shock right now trying to come to terms with what has happened, we all are. She is with Laurent’s family and they are supporting each other in this time of grief. Laurent was always so positive. A real inspiration to me and to so many people around the world.”

The cause of death is reported to be unknown at this stage; however Vidal suffered a cardiac arrest last year, and recovered only after being placed into an induced coma. This led to to his retirement from professional triathlon, and more recently he coached numerous ITU athletes as well as Andrea Hewitt. 

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Vidal had a successful and consistent career on the ITU world triathlon circuit before becoming a coach, and placed fifth at the 2012 London Olympic games. 

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220’s thoughts are with the family and friends of Laurent Vidal at this difficult time. 

Other highlights in this month’s issue include: 

Women’s guide to tri Essential specialised advice and tips for women thinking of setting off on the great adventure that is triathlon

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Gear focus: Bio gear We analyse four of the latest bio tech products for athletes and whether they really deliver a performance edge

Performance Off-season swim tips; bike intensity in the off-season; run frequency and form

Test centre Simply the most comprehensive triathlon review resource available so you can create your tri Christmas wishlist! Men’s bike jackets, women’s run tights and wet weather gear grouptests; BMC Timemachine tri bike review; all the latest tri gear tested

Find 220 Triathlon on sale at newsagents across the UK, and the digital edition can be picked up via the iTunes store, Google Play and Zinio.

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This month’s bonus digital content includes highlights from the 2015 Ironman World Championships

Registration officially opened this morning, and the event will be open to the public on Saturday 27 February and Sunday 28 February 2016. It will be held in at Arena:MK, the home of the MK Dons in Milton Keynes.

The first ever public weekend is exclusive to British Cycling members and Immediate Media subscribers, and places are expected to be in limited supply. Those who register will be in with a chance of seeing a host of great brands, athletes and exclusive product reveals. 

For the public weekend, Madison is partnering with the world’s largest cycling media company (and 220’s parent company) Immediate Media, to offer subscribers the unique opportunity to get unprecedented access to some of cycling’s biggest brands. Public access to this well established and market leading trade event is a chance for members of the public to see the latest products ahead of the new season, as well as obtain access to team launches, pro cyclist Q+A’s and insightful seminars on everything cycling and triathlon-related. Tickets for the weekend will also be open to British Cycling members along with Immediate Media subscribers.

Dominic Langan, Madison CEO, said: “To celebrate 10 years of iceBike we are going to throw open the doors to the public for an exclusive open weekend. Not only will you get to see and experience some of the best brands in the world, we will also provide some highly educational seminars, team launches as well as hearing the pros talk about their experiences and aspirations for the future.”

Over 50 of the most popular brands in the UK will be exhibiting including Shimano, Genesis, Saracen, Pearl Izumi, Park Tool and Lazer with many more details to be revealed in the run-up to the show.

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For more information and to register your interest in attending the show, visit www.icebike.co.uk. 

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The Shoreditch unveiling, with nary a fixie on show (although there was a sole track bike), was attended by Chris Boardman himself, the Brownlee brothers and the brand’s British Ironman stars, Joe Skipper and Lucy Gossage.

Any fears that the Halfords buy-out of Boardman Bikes may somehow dilute the appeal of the brand were allayed here, with arguably the brand’s most focused range of bikes since their inception. The design period began with, in Chris’ words, a bout of ‘corporate naval gazing’, with the company wanting a ‘change of direction’ yet one that would see Boardman ‘stick to their values’ of eminently rideable bikes at affordable prices.

“High-tech wasn’t a buzzword of the process,” said Chris at the launch. “Our key data studies involved studying how air affects the bike and how we can manipulate that air over the frame.” In testing, the new ‘Boardman Trip Section’ tubing displayed a 2% reduction in drag, equating to a 23sec saving during an hour of riding.

PERFORMANCE CENTRE

Buoyed by the influx of cash from Halfords, the brand also unveiled a new website, a new and full range of elite clothing and accessories and a custom bike configuration process, which’ll allow buyers to create their own bike in 5,202 variations.

Many of the bikes will also be ready to buy with Boardman spec, including wheels and aerobars. Chris suggested this was in the pipeline at a visit to 220 in 2014, and here was the result, with the brand touting their deep-rim wheels and hubs as being lighter and faster than their newfound competitors on the market.

Of special interest was the new Boardman Performance Centre, a project that Chris described as being ‘the most exciting thing since I’ve stop being a rider’. The centre, likely to be based in the Midlands, will house what the brand believe will be the best wind tunnel in the world, but also one built for customers and not just an industry testing ground. Riders will be able to have physiology tests, aero profiling and more at the centre.

“We came up with it over a curry!” said Chris to 220. “We were thinking, around 90% of your energy when cycling is spent pushing air out of the way, yet there’s limited wind tunnel availability at the moment. Historically they’ve been expensive to build so have been multi-purpose – ours will be just for bikes.

“Part of the process is to make the wind tunnel non-scary,” adds the British cycling legend. “You’ll be able to come here for the price of a good dinner out and find it easy to use. Athletes can decide what information they want to be displayed and once they’ve been, I reckon they’ll keep coming back. It’s addictive!”

Plans for which are likely to be announced soon, with an opening possibly for summer 2016. The range of bikes are live now at www.boardmanbikes.com.

Boardman has launched its exhaustive 2016 range of bikes, with seven core triathlon bikes, a new titanium range and its own-brand wheels some of the major talking points. The brand also gave early details of a Boardman Performance Centre in England, which is set to house the world’s best wind tunnel and will be open to the public.

The Shoreditch unveiling, with nary a fixie on show (although there was a sole track bike), was attended by Chris Boardman himself, the Brownlee brothers and the brand’s British Ironman stars, Joe Skipper and Lucy Gossage.

Any fears that the Halfords buy-out of Boardman Bikes may somehow dilute the appeal of the brand were allayed here, with arguably the brand’s most focused range of bikes since their inception. The design period began with, in Chris’ words, a bout of ‘corporate naval gazing’, with the company wanting a ‘change of direction’ yet one that would see Boardman ‘stick to their values’ of eminently rideable bikes at affordable prices.

“High-tech wasn’t a buzzword of the process,” said Chris at the launch. “Our key data studies involved studying how air affects the bike and how we can manipulate that air over the frame.” In testing, the new ‘Boardman Trip Section’ tubing displayed a 2% reduction in drag, equating to a 23sec saving during an hour of riding.

PERFORMANCE CENTRE

Buoyed by the influx of cash from Halfords, the brand also unveiled a new website, a new and full range of elite clothing and accessories and a custom bike configuration process, which’ll allow buyers to create their own bike in 5,202 variations.

Many of the bikes will also be ready to buy with Boardman spec, including wheels and aerobars. Chris suggested this was in the pipeline at a visit to 220 in 2014, and here was the result, with the brand touting their deep-rim wheels and hubs as being lighter and faster than their newfound competitors on the market.

Of special interest was the new Boardman Performance Centre, a project that Chris described as being ‘the most exciting thing since I’ve stop being a rider’. The centre, likely to be based in the Midlands, will house what the brand believe will be the best wind tunnel in the world, but also one built for customers and not just an industry testing ground. Riders will be able to have physiology tests, aero profiling and more at the centre.

“We came up with it over a curry!” said Chris to 220. “We were thinking, around 90% of your energy when cycling is spent pushing air out of the way, yet there’s limited wind tunnel availability at the moment. Historically they’ve been expensive to build so have been multi-purpose – ours will be just for bikes.

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“Part of the process is to make the wind tunnel non-scary,” adds the British cycling legend. “You’ll be able to come here for the price of a good dinner out and find it easy to use. Athletes can decide what information they want to be displayed and once they’ve been, I reckon they’ll keep coming back. It’s addictive!”

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Plans for which are likely to be announced soon, with an opening possibly for summer 2016. The range of bikes are live now at www.boardmanbikes.com.