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2008 Racing NEWS

PowerCranker wins Mt. Washington Hill Climb
August 16, 2008. PowerCranker Phillip Gaimon won the annual Mt. Washington Hill Climb in a time of 54' 57", 2 minutes ahead of the next finisher. This was his second race up the mountain in 2 months, coming in second in the Newton's Revenge race 2 months earlier.

PowerCranker wins at Tour de France
July 13, 2008. PowerCranker Ricardo Riccó won Stage 9 of the Tour de France, the second mountain stage of the contest.

PowerCranker set course record at Life-Time Fitness triathlon
July 12, 2008. PowerCranker Simon Whitfield won the the Life-Time fitness triathlon against a very tough field and set a course record in the process.

PowerCranker wins at Tour de France
July 10, 2008. PowerCranker Ricardo Riccó won Stage 6 of the Tour de France, the first mountain stage of the contest.

PowerCranker excels at Ironman Germany, European Championships
July 6, 2008. PowerCranker Chris McCormack won this years IM Germany against a very tough field and broke 8 hours, again, in the process.

PowerCrankers at Ironman Coeur d'Alene
June 22, 2008. PowerCrankers dominated at IM CDA. 39 yo Tom Evans led from start to finish, coming in with the second fastest bike and run split, the run being a personal best for him. Victor Zyemtzev, who won last year just nipping Tom in the last mile, came in second with the fastest run of the day. Lastly, congratulations to 38 yo Steve Larsen for his 5th place finish in his first IM race coming out of retirement. Steve had the fastest bike split of the day but started to fail towards the end of the run or it looked like PC'ers would have finished 1-2-3.Congratulations to PC'er Peter Cannell for the fastest ITT in the US Masters National Championships. On the 38 km course he clocked the fastest overall time of the day, turning in a mark of 48 minutes, 34.0 seconds to claim the men’s 30-34 national title. Cannell’s mark was more than two minutes faster than his closest opponent!!!

PowerCrankers continue to do well at Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
June 10, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker George Hincapie for surprising the sprinters and winning the second stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

PowerCrankers at Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
June 8, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker Levi Leiphemer for winning the Prologue of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

PowerCranker wins Eagleman triathlon
June 8, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker Paul Amey for his victory at the Eagleman in a blistering 3:53:33 considering the oppressive conditions. He won Ironman Florida 70.3 in similar fashion onle 3 weeks earlier.

PowerCranker wins again.
May 25, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker Felipe Bastos for winning the second stop of the 2k/60k/15k National Triathlon Series Tour. His managed the fastest splits in all three disciplines. This was the 25th victory of his career.

PowerCranker wins Ironman Florida 70.3.
May 19, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker Paul Amey for winning the fifth annual Ironman Florida 70.3, held on and around the grounds of the Disney World theme park. Amey, a two-time ITU world champ used a blistering bike leg to pull away from the field.

PowerCrankers continue to do well at Giro d'Italia
May 11, 2008. Congratulations to Ricardo Ricco for winning and to Felipe Pozzotto for taking over the Maglia Rosa (leaders jersey) in the second stage of the Giro d'Italia.

PowerCranker takes over Maglia Rosa in Giro d'Italia
May 10, 2008. Congratulations to Christian Vande Velde for taking over the Maglia Rosa (leaders jersey) in the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia. Christian is the first American to wear the jersey for 20 years.

PowerCranker wins St. Croix triathlon
May 4, 2008. Congratulations to Craig Alexander for winning this race against a very tough field.

PowerCranker 4 out of 4 at Wildflower Triathlon.
May 3, 2008. Congratulations to Chris McCormack for his victory at the WildFlower long course triathlon against a very tough field. This gives him 4 victories in 4 tries and ties him for the most victories in the event with another PowerCranker, Cam Widoff.

PowerCranker takes over KOM jersey in Tour of California sustaining 12.5 w/kg for 30 seconds to do it
April 22, 2008. Congratulations to Frank Pipp for taking over the KOM jersey in the second stage of the Tour of Georgia. He sustained 874 watts for 30 seconds, a whopping 12.5 watts per kg to win the jersey. His power file is available on-line for this ride.

PowerCranker under 3:30 at Boston Marathon on less than 30 mpw run training - a personal best.
April 21, 2008. Congratulations to 51 yo triathlete Dave Campbell for setting a new marathon PR of 3:25:43 at the Boston marathon. His "run" training consists of only about 25 miles per week of actual running and about 80 miles per week commuting on PowerCranks.

PowerCranker wins Ironman China
April 20, 2008. Congratulations to Olaf Sebatscus for winning the inaugural Ironman China.

PowerCranker wins American Olympic Marathon trials
April 20, 2008. Congratulations to Team Running - USA athlete Deena Kastor for her performance at the USA Olympic marathon trials. Team Running (California) USA integrates PowerCranks into the training of these elite athletes as an injury prevention/rehab tool.

PowerCranker wins Ishigaki World Cup
April 13, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCranker and Sydney Olympic Champion Simon Whitfield of Canada, who continues his quest for another Olympic title with a win at the Ishigaki BG Triathlon World Cup today. Whitfield showed a field of top Olympians that he still has kick in his legs to claim his 11th world cup title, in a time of 1 hour 51 minutes and 12 seconds.

PowerCranker excels at London marathon
April 13, 2008. Ryan Hall, a Team Running USA member, ran a 2:06:17 marathon, the fastest marathon by an American in recent memory. This time only netted him 5th place in the fastest marathon ever and will only enhance the anticipation of the Olympic marathon this fall, assuming the air allows the runners to run their best.

PowerCrankers excel at IM Arizona
April 13, 2008. Congratulations to Erika Csomor for her overall victory at IM Arizona. Erika also had the fastest bike split and the fastest run split of the day. 49 year old PowerCranker Jeff Cuddeback came in 14th overall, including the pros. Looks like we can expect Jeff to set another age group course record when he races in Kona as a 50 year old this year. Also, kudos to PowerCranker James Bonney for the finest performance of his career, even though it only netted him a 4th. He missed winning by less than 1:15 and for such a big guy to perform this well in those conditions is amazing.

Congratulations to Hayden Godfrey
March 31, 2009. Congratulations to PowerCranker Hayden Godfrey for winning the Omnium at the UCI World Championships in Manchester England. The 29 year-old New Zealand rider dominated the event, winning the scratch race and placing third in the sprint, fourth in the pursuit, fourth in the kilo, and seventh in the points race.

PowerCrankers excel at the 8th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
March 29, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Cadel Evans and Stefano Garzelli for their 1-2 finish in the 8th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali. In addition, PowerCranker Marco Pinotti has blogged about his effort in the last stage of this race and actually gives some power numbers.

PowerCrankers excel at the National Mountain Bike Series #1 in Fontana, California
March 29, 2008. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Geoff Kabush and Adam Craig for their 1-2 finish.

PowerCrankers excel at IM California 70.3
March 29, 2008. Congratulations to Erika Csomor for her overall victory at IM California, 70.3. Erika also had the fastest bike split of the day. PowerCranker Craig Alexander also had a fine performance with the fastest run split of the day and almost taking the overall, missing out by 3 seconds. And, PowerCranker Steve Larsen with the fastest bike split of the day.

PowerCrankers win again and set course record at IronMan New Zealand
March 1, 2008, Congratulations again to PowerCrankers Cameron Brown and Joanna Lawn for their repeat victories at Ironman New Zealand. This was Brown's 7th victory in this race. Lawn's race was especially notable setting two records, a course record and she is the first athlete to ever win an IM race 6 times in a row.

At the Tour of California
Special congratulations to Levi Leipheimer for his dominating performance in the Time Trial and for his overall victory. Also, congratulations to George Hincapie for his win in the final stage.

Cadel Evans wins stage in only second day of competition this year.
February 18, 2008 , PowerCranker Cadel Evans took the second stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía. His win in just his second day of competition this year, proves the 31 year-old Australian's training during the off-season was not hampered by the many commitments he had with various charities and other functions. It also indicates that his preparation is right on schedule as for his assault on the 2008 Tour de France where he is a noted favourite

PowerCrankers lap field at UCI World Cup Madison event
January 20, 2008 , PowerCranker's Kenny De Ketele and Tim Mertens won the Madison after lapping the field early in the event. With this win they take over the WC lead for the series.

PowerCranker wins Pucon 70.3 triathlon
January 20, 2008 , PowerCranker Heather Gonick wins the Pucon International Half-Ironamn.

2007 Racing NEWS

Ryan Hall wins USA Olympic trials marathon in record time
November 3, 2007, Congratulations to Team Running (California)- USA athlete Ryan Hall for his dominating performance at the USA Olympic marathon trials, setting a trials record on a difficult course. Team Running (California) USA integrates PowerCranks into the training of these elite athletes as an injury prevention/rehab tool.

PowerCranker wins 3rd Ironman victory in 4 weeks
November 3, 2007, 52 yo PowerCranker Joe Bonness wins his age-group at the Ironman Florida triathlon in a time of 9:23:10, not bad for someone in his 50's.

PowerCranker wins Xterra World Championship
October 28 , 2007, Congratulations to PowerCranker Conrad Stoltz for winning the Xterra World Championship for the 3rd time. That makes 6 victories in 6 Xterra races this year for Conrad. Check out our video interview with Conrad on his PowerCranks experience.

PowerCranker wins Great Floridian Triathlon
October 20 , 2007, 52 yo PowerCranker Joe Bonness wins the Great Floridian Triathlon in a time of 9:38:34, one week after he wins his age group at the Ironman World Championship.

PowerCranker wins UCI ProTour
October 20, 2007, Congratulations to PowerCranker Cadel Evans for winning the 2007 ProTour with his 6th place finish in the Giro di Lombardia.

PowerCranker wins US Open and $300,000 LFT series bonus
October 14 , 2007, Congratulations to PowerCranker Greg Bennett for winning the US Open triathlon in Dallas and for winning the $300,000 bonus for winning every race in the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon series.

PowerCranker wins Ironman World Championships in Hawaii
October 13 , 2007, Congratulations to PowerCranker Chris McCormack for winning the Ironman World Championship in Kona Hawaii in a time of 8:15:34 for the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile marathon run. He was solid all the way around with splits of 00:51:48 for the swim, 04:37:31 for the bike, and 02:42:02 for the marathon.

PowerCranker's at Ironman World Championships in Hawaii
October 13 , 2007, Congratulations to all the age-groupers who qualified for and participated in the Ironman World Championships. Of particular note from the PowerCranks perspective were the 1-2 finish of long-time PowerCrankers Joe Bonness and Gregory Taylor in the 50-54 age group in times of 9:46:36 and 9:50:35 respectively.

PowerCranker defends rainbow jersey
September 30, 2007. Congratulations to Powercranker Paulo Bettini for winning the UCI World Road Racing Championship for the second year in a row.

PowerCranker wins Xterra USA
September 30, 2007, Congratulations to PowerCranker Conrad Stoltz for winning Xterra USA National Championship and the overall of the US pro series.

PowerCrankers 1-2 at Tour of Missouri
September 16, 2007. Congratulations to Powercrankers George Hincapie and Will Frischkorn for their 1-2 finish at the Tour of Missouri.

PowerCrankers 1-2 at US professional road race championship
September 2, 2007. Congratulations to Powercrankers Levi Leipheimer and George Hincapie for their 1-2 finish at the US National Road Race Championships. Leipheimer rode away from the field with 40 km to go and then put on a time-trial clinic winning by over a minute.

PowerCranker wins Powerman Zofingen
August 26, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Erika Csomor for winning this event for the 4th year in a row (becoming the first woman to do so) and for very nearly setting a course record.

PowerCranker wins Ironman Louisville
August 26, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Heather Golnick for winning Ironman Louisville in a time of 9:23:22. This was her second personal best at this distance this year. Also congratulations to PowerCranker Catherine Phillips, who finished in 4th position overall and the first age grouper.

PowerCranker wins Ironman Canada
August 26, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Lisa Bentley for winning Ironman Canada.

PowerCranker wins Ironman Korea
August 26, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Raynard Tissink for winning Ironman Korea under oppressive conditions.

PowerCranker's 1-2 at Good Luck Beijing Invitational TT
August 19, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker's Cadel Evans and Michael Rogers for their 1-2 finish at the test for the Olympic time trial course next year.

PowerCranker wins NMBS series
August 11, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Geoff Kabush for winning the NBMS series and the final XC race at Snowmass, Colorado.

PowerCranker sets course record at Vineman 70.3
August 2, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Craig Alexander for setting a new course record at Vineman 70.3 in 3:50:43. In the process he also ran a race best 1:09:37 for the half marathon.

PowerCrankers on podium in Tour de France
July 29, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Cadel Evans and Levi Leipheimer for their excellent 2-3 finishes in the Tour de France. If PowerCranker Michael Rogers had not crashed out of the Tour when wearing the virtual yellow we might have had three there. In view of the drug scandals in this years Tour you can see why we call PowerCranks the legal PED, performance enhancement device.

PowerCranker wins Lifetime Fitness triathlon
July 14, 2007 . Congratulations to PowerCranker Greg Bennett for winning this years edition of the Lifetime Fitness Triathlon.

PowerCrankers finish 1-2 in exciting finish at Ironman Coeur d'Alene
June 24, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Victor Zyemtsev and Tom Evans for their exciting 1-2 finish dual at IM Coeur d'Alene. Also, to 42 yo PowerCranker Albert Boyce for finishing 15th overall in this race in a time of 9:30:43 and to long-time PowerCranker Dave Lyon for winning the 45-49 age division in a time of 10:09:00.

PowerCranker wins Quell Challenge, Roth
June 24, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Chris McCormack for his victory at Quell Challenge, Roth in a time of 7:54:23, the third fastest Ironman distance race ever.

PowerCranker wins US National Senior Games 5 k TT
June 23, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker John Whisnant for his victory at US National Senior Games 5 K TT 60-64 with a time of 7:35.7

PowerCranker wins Des Moines BG Triathlon WC and $200,000
June 17, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Laura Bennett for winning 2007 Des Moines BG Triathlon WC and $200,000. Her father and fellow PowerCranker, John Reback, also won his age group.

PowerCranker wins Xterra East Championship
June 17, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Conrad Stoltz for winning Xterra East Championship in Richmond, VA. This is his third victory in a row in the US Championship series.

PowerCranker wins Muskoka Long-Course Triathlon
June 17, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Craig Alexander for winning 2007 Muskoka Long-Course Triathlon

PowerCranker wins Edinburgh ETU Duathlon European Championships
June 17, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Benny Vansteelant for winning 2007 Edinburgh ETU Duathlon European Championships

PowerCranker wins Xterra Southeast Championship
June 10, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Conrad Stoltz for winning the Xterra Southeast Championship.

PowerCranker wins Ironman 70.3 Baja
June 10, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Chris McCormack for winning Ironman 70.3 Baja.

PowerCranker wins BG ITU World Cup Vancouver
June 10, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Simon Whitfield for winning BG ITU World Cup Vancouver.

PowerCranker wins Vail Hill Climb and impresses aging experts
June 4. 2007. Congratulations to 52 year old PowerCranker Ned Overend for winning the Vail Hill Climb. He did the course in 27:29, less than a minute off the course record set in 1987 by Andy Hampsten.

PowerCranker wins Giro d'Italia
June 3, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Danilo DeLuca for his winning the 2007 Giro d'Italia. Also congratulations to PowerCranker Paolo Bettini for finishing in the top 4 in 6 of the 21 stages.

PowerCranker wins ITU Madrid BG World Cup
June 3, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Felipe Ospaly for winning the ITU Madrid BG World Cup today.

PowerCranker wins Ironman 70.3 Honu and sets new course record
June 3, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Chris McCormack for winning the Ironman 70.3 Honu and for setting a new course record.

PowerCranker wins Ironman 70.3 Austria
June 2, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Erika Csomor for winning the Ironman 70.3 Austria.

PowerCranker wins Memphis in May triathlon
May 27, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Chris McCormack for winning the Memphis in May triathlon.

PowerCrankers win Columbia Triathlon
May 20, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Greg Remaly and Susan Williams for winning the Columbia triathlon

PowerCranker wins World Duathlon Championship
May 20, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Paul Amey for winning the World Duathlon championship in Gyor, Hungary

PowerCranker wins Xterra Temecula
May 20, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Conrad Stoltz and Melanie McQuaid for winning the Xterra Temecula

PowerCranker wins Xterra South Africa
April 15, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Conrad Stoltz for winning Xterra South Africa.

PowerCrankers win Ironman New Zealand
March 3, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker's Joanna Lawn and Cameron Brown for their winning efforts at the Bonita Ironman New Zealand. Of note, the second and third place women, Heather Gollnick and Kim Loeffler, are also Powercranks trained.

PowerCranker dominates at Tour of California
February 18-25, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker Levi Leipheimer for his dominating and winning performance at the tour of California.

February 20, 2007, PowerCranker breaks mile record - 4:34:94
Fayetteville, AR. Duke University Senior Shannon Rowbury ran the fastest mile in NCAA indoor track this year.

PowerCranker Dario Cioni retains his overall lead in 53rd Vuelta Andalucia
February 20th, 2007 - Jaen, Spain. Dario Cioni of team Predictor-Lotto has retained his leader jersey in the 53rd Vuelta Andalucia. Stage 4 of 170.6km was won by Max Van Heeswijk of the Rabobank team.

PowerCranker Brian Sheedy awarded the Best Climber jersey after the prologue of the Tour of California
February 18th, 2007 - San Francisco, CA. PowerCranker Brian Sheedy was awarded the best Climber Jersey after the prologue.

PowerCranker Dario Cioni retains his overall lead in 53rd Vuelta Andalucia
February 19th, 2007 - Cazorla, Spain - PowerCranker Dario Cioni maintains his overall lead after stage 2 of the Vuelta Andalucia. The stage was won by Oscar Freire.

PowerCranker Dario Cioni wins first Stage of the 53rd Vuelta Andalucia
February 18th, 2007 - La Zubia, Spain - Congratulation to PowerCranker Dario Cioni of the Predictor-Lotto Team for his victory in today's 146.5km stage from Otura to La Zubia. PowerCranker Baden Cooke placed 7th in this stage.

PowerCranker Levi Leipheimer Wins AmGen Tour of California Prologue
February 18th, 2007 - San Francisco, CA - Congratulations to Levi Leipheimer for his victory in the prologue. This is Levi's second consecutive victory in the opening stage of the AmGen Tour of California.

PowerCranker Baden Cooke wins his first race of 2007
Feb. 8th, 2007 - Saint-Ambroix, France. Baden Cooke of team Unibet.com wins the second stage of the Etoile de Bessegges, outsprinting Sebastien Chavanel and Andre Greipel. His team mate and fellow PowerCranker Jeremy Hunt won earlier this week in the GP d'Ouverture Marsaillaise.

PowerCranker Jeremy Hunt wins GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
Congratulations to Jeremy Hunt of team Unibet.com for winning the European season opening race la Marseillaise in Southern France on February 6, 2007..

2007 off to a great start for Macca!
In his first race of the 2007 season, PowerCranker Chris "Macca" Mc Cormack, shattered the field in the Dubai International Triathlon.

PowerCrankers 1-2-3 at Cristal Half Ironman
January 23, 2007. Congratulations to PowerCranker's Lisa Bentley, Heather Gollnick and Kim Loeffler, for their top three efforts at the Cristal Half ironman Pucon.

PowerCranker Luke Dragsta wins his first race of 2007
January 20, 2007. An excited Luke Dragsta just emailed us to let us know that he just won the first Orca Challenge Wanaka.

2006 Racing NEWS

August 27, 2006
Penticton, B.C., Canada - Congratulations to Courtney Ogden for the fastest Bike Split at Ironman Canada. Courtney flew on the bike leg racing on PowerCranks. Courtney had been injured and only ran 8 times in the 6 weeks before the race, He still had the 3rd fastest run of the day ending up 2nd overall.

August 6, 2006
Seefeld, Germany - Congratulations PowerCranks trained Levi Leipheimer who won the fifth stage of the Tour of Germany on Sunday, a 163km leg between Bad Tolz and Seefeld. The American crossed just two seconds ahead of Kazakhstan's Andrei Kaschechkin (Astana) and Italy's Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital). Read more at www.velonews.com.

July 13, 2006
Pyrenees, France - Congratulations to 3 of the top 5 PowerCranks trained finishers in the difficult mountain stage 11 of the Tour de France: Levi Leipheimer (finished #2), Cadel Evans (#4), Carlos Sastre (#5). Read more on Stage 11 of the Tour de France at www.velonews.com.

July 7, 2006
France - Backstedt On PowerCranks: "Maggy - Wanted to ask do you still use Powercranks (Not SRM) in your training? How much time do you spend using them?" Read more from the 2006 Tour de France at www.pezcyclingnews.com.

May 29, 2006
Brazil - Scandinavian star Lisbeth Kristensen made short work of what appeared, on paper, to be a highly competitive field. At the line, it was the Danish athlete by almost nine minutes from Buenahora with Biscay in third. Comerford fell back to fourth whilst Brazillian triathlon legend Fernanda Keller just sneaked past Byrn for fifth. www.xtri.com.

May 28, 2006
Italy - Sunday marked the official opening of the Basso Era as Ivan Basso (CSC) won the 2006 Giro d'Italia in a dominant fashion that many expect to continue into July's Tour de France. Basso continues to build the PowerCranks legacy of winning athletes such as Danilo Di Luca, winner of the 2005 Giro d'Italia, and Stefano Garzelli, also a Giro winner, and Magnus Backstaedt, Paris-Roubaix winner 2004. www.velonews.com.

May 28, 2006
Japan - PowerCranker Petr Vabrousek is having an amazaing season with the following results so far: 2nd at Ironman Japan; 8th at Ironman Arizona, 3rd at Ironman South Africa, 4th at Ironman Malaysia and a 7th at the Halfironman Pucon. www.ironmanlive.com.

May 8, 2006
St. Croix - Congratulations to PowerCrankers Lars Finanger (25-29 bracket); Andrea Zamboni (35-39 bracket) and Paul Reback (65-60 bracket) for winning their respective age groups at the St. Croix 70.3 Ironman www.ironmanlive.com.

April 30, 2006
Switzerland - Cadel Evans of Australia snatched victory at the 60th edition of the Tour de Romandie on Sunday, decisively winning the time trial that concluded the Swiss stage race and putting an exclamation mark on the statement his Davitamon-Lotto team made here this week. www.velonews.com.

April 2, 2006
Australia - Aussie star & PowerCranker Chris McCormack today rewrote the record books by claiming his fifth consecutive Panthers Ironman Australia Triathlon victory, eclipsing the great Pauli Kiuru’s four wins here. On the new Port Macquarie course, McCormack set a time of 8:20:42, winning by seven minutes in what he described as his most satisfying win.
History was also repeated in the women’s event with Canadian PowerCranker Lisa Bentley claiming her fifth consecutive win at Ironman Australia. As in previous years, Bentley came from behind after the bike leg to chase down her rivals, and she finished in a time of 9:19:44, claiming victory by 11 minutes over Belinda Granger and Melissa Ashton. See related story at www.triathletemag.com.

March 25, 2006
Norway - PowerCranker Benjamin Sonntag won the Winter Triathlon World Championships in Sjusjoen, Norway in an exciting race that thriled the local crowd. See related story at www.triathlon.org.

March 18, 2006
South Africa - PowerCranker Petr Vabrousek completed two IM events in three weeks, finishing 4th at IM Malaysia on February 26 and 3rd at IM South Africa on March 18th. He finished less than 3 minutes behind the winner and beat the current World Champion by more than 3 minutes.

October 31, 2005
Tallahassee, FL - The Duke women’s cross country team repeated last year’s performance at the ACC Championships, finishing first at Florida State.  The top-ranked Powercranking women ran seven Blue Devils in the top 11 to earn 20 points and match the lowest point-total ever scored at the ACC Championships. See related story at www.goduke.com

October 25, 2005
Maui, HI - Congratulations to Melanie McQuaid for winning her second XTERRA World Championship. “This is the best race I’ve ever had,” said McQuaid, who was also victorious in 2003. “I knew it was going to happen today. I knew it yesterday, I knew it last week. I knew I had the form and the only thing that was going to stop me was a mechanical.” See related story at www.xtri.com

September 25, 2005
Durham, NC - For the first time in Blue Devil history, Duke is the No. 1 team in the country in the latest FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women’s Cross Country National Poll.  The Blue Devils moved up from a No. 2 preseason ranking to edge 2004 national champion Colorado by two points. Two years ago, before starting on PowerCranks, Duke finished 20th in the NCAA Championships. See related story at www.goduke.com

September 22, 2005
Madrid, Spain - Congratulations to Australian PowerCranker Michael Rogers who made history this afternoon when he became the first rider to win three Elite world time trial championships. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

August 31, 2005
Mt. Snow, VT - Popular Canadian mountain bike racer (& PowerCranker) Geoff Kabush wins the NORBA final and heads off to the World Championships. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

August 21, 2005
Gilford, NH - Congratualtions to PowerCrankers Susan Williams & Kate Major for their 1-2 finish at Timberman 1/2.
See related story at www.lin-mark.com.

August 21, 2005
Feldberg, Germany - Congratulations to Australian PowerCranker Cadel Evans who showed in the seventh stage of the Deutschland Tour that he is back to his best level, by winning the exciting mountain finish finale ahead of Saunier's Fabian Jeker and Liberty's Jörg Jaksche. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

August 21, 2005
Zofingen, Switzerland - In his 3rd attempt the 29 year old Belgium PowerCranker Benny Vansteelant managed to gain the first win at the Powerman Duathlon World Championships. In the women’s race Hungarian PowerCranker Erika Csomor repeated her last year's victory. See related story at www.powerman.ch.

August 20, 2005
New Hampshire, USA - Congratulations to PowerCranker and MTB legend Ned Overend for marking his 50th birthday with an impressive fourth place at the Mount Washington Auto Road HillClimb. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

August 18, 2005
Sölden, Germany - Congratulations to PowerCranker Levi Leipheimer who won the season's highest mountaintop finish on the Austrian Rettenbachferner climb at 2670 metres above sea level during Stage 4 of the Deutschland Tour - ProT. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

August 14, 2005
Keystone, CO - Congratulations to PowerCranker Melanie McQuaid who won her pro division at the Nissan Xterra Mountain Championship on a picturesque clear and sunny afternoon in the magnificent Rocky Mountains today. See related story at www.duathlon.com.

August 7, 2005
Hamburg, Germany - With less than a kilometer to go PowerCranker Filip Ospaly (Czech Republic), Hug, Kahlefeldt, Reiderer and Gemmel were running shoulder to shoulder towards the finish line. The 10s of thousands in the stadium were reved into a frenzy... In the end it took the competition jury to review television footage to short out that Ospaly had nipped Hug for first. See related story at www.triathlon.org.

August 7, 2005
Wauwatosa, WI - Zyemtsev is World Champ! Timex Multisport Team member (and PowerCranker) Viktor Zyemstev (Ukraine) continued his most “Viktorious” season today by winning the ITU Long Distance World Championships race in Fredericia, Denmark.

August 6, 2005
Honolulu, HI - Congratulations to PowerCranker Aaron Thigpen (Brentwood, Calif.) who ran the fastest time by anyone in the men's 100m final at the USATF National Masters Outdoor Track & Field Championships. See related story at www.usatf.org.

July 24, 2005
Lake Placid, NY - Congratulations to the top three Ironman finishers in the Women’s Field! PowerCrankers: Heather Fuhr, Canada, 9:45:062; Kim Loeffler, Colchester, Vt., 9:49:44; and Heather Gollnick, Bradenton, Fla., 10:01:47. See related story at www.ironmanlive.com.

July 23, 2005
Aspen, CO - Congratulations to PowerCranker Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis) for winning the NORBA Cross Country race. See related story at www.cyclingnews.com.

July 17, 2005
St. Lary Soulan, France - Congratulations on a day of triumph to George Hincapie for winning the hardest stage of the Tour de France. "The greatest day of my career," Hincapie stated. "I just won the biggest race of my life."

July 10, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Lisa Bentley for her win in Ironman Germany. This is her ninth title overall and her second this year making her the winningest IM athlete in recent history.

July 3, 2005
Congratulations to PC'ers Chris McCormack for winning the iron distance Quelle Challenge Roth in a sub 8 hour 7:58.45. including a 4:23:07 bike and 2:45:33 run and to Raynard Tissink for winning Ironman Austria in 8:14:37 and to Conrad Stolz for winning Xterra East Championships by 4:31 despite sustaining a broken hand during a fall on the bike.

June 29, 2005
Congratulations to Ultraman World Champion and PC'er Shanna Armstrong for winning the two person mixed team at Race Across America. Shanna's partner got sick and Shanna had to ride about 70% of the race, still winning her category.

June 26, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Victor Zyemtev for winning Ironman Couer d'Alene in course record time.

June 5, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Kevin Philbrick for winning Race Across Oregon in his rookie attempt.

May 27, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Ivan Basso for winning today's stage of the Giro d'Italia, his second stage win in a row. It is clear if he had not had his sick day he would have a comfortable lead in the GC by now.

May 26, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Ivan Basso for winning today's stage of the Giro d'Italia.

May 15, 2005
Congratulations to Conrad Stoltz and Melanie McQuaid for their victories at the first Xterra pro series race of the season at Temecula California. BTW, both had the fastest bike splits of the day with Stoltz being over 2.5 minutes faster than second and McQuaid despite a "conservative" effort. Oh, and four of the top six in the GC of the Giro d'Italia are still PC'ers after today's time-trial.

May 12, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Danilo Di Luca for winning Stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia. At least (we don't know everyone who uses them), four of the top six in the GC are all PC'ers.

May 10, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Danilo Di Luca for winning Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia. Three of the top 4 in the GC are all PC'ers.

May 8, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Paolo Bettini for winning Stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia and taking over the Maglia Rosa.

April 24, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Conrad Stoltz for winning Xterra South Africa in dominating style.

April 20, 2005
Congratulations to PC'ers Danilo DiLuca for his win at Flèche Wallonne and for taking over the lead of the Pro Tour Standings.

April 17, 2005
Congratulations to PC'ers Danilo DiLuca and Geoff Kabush for their respective wins in the Amstel Gold Race and Sea Otter Classic.

April 17, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Kate Major for winning Ironman Arizona.

March 20, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Raynard Tissink for another dominating Ironman win, this time at IM South Africa. His bike split was under 4:30 (over 7 minutes faster than anyone else) and his run was 2:55:12 (3:30 faster than anyone else) with an overall winning margin of about 16 minutes.

March 17-20, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Geoff Kabush for winning all three events at NORBA #2 at McDowell Mountain Park in Arizona. This was Geoff's 5th win in a row in short track XC.

March 6, 2005
Congratulations to PC'ers Cam Brown and Jo Lawn for their dominating performances at Ironman NZ. Each won by more than 15 minutes. Cam had the second fastest bike split (4:40:47) and fastest run (2:48:27). Jo had the fastest bike (5:14:51) and the second fastest run (3:19:12). This was the 4th win in a row for Cam and the third for Jo. Cam also broke his own course record in this effort.

March 5, 2005
Congratulations to PC'er Aaron Robertson for winning the National Snowshoe Championships in Anchorage Alaska. Aaron finished 26th in last years race over 8 minutes off the winning pace. He won this race with about 1 minute over second place person (who came in 3rd the year before)!!! Aaron is a particularly happy camper right now.

February 27, 2005
Congratulations to George Hincapie for his strong win at Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne.

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2005 results