Excellent start of a weekend, with only strong results!

In VERCORSMAN (France), this tough racecourse was the 2nd race in the French mountains on a row! With a strong list of athletes at the starting line Joséphine and Lucas had to defend their spots.

A strong race of Lucas who was able to get into T2 around 10th position and and to run himself towards 7th place! 

Joséphine was on track to settle in 3rd position halfway the run course, a gastric problem made her stop and loose 3rd but still managing to keep up and finish 4th again!! 

Both athletes will race their first flat race of the season within 3weeks! 

In Couvin (Belgium) it’s Svenne who heads into a 70km breakaway that lasts untill the finishline in which he takes 2nd position today! A stunning season of Svenne so far with a lot of medals in the trunk! Ronald has a strong day but gets closed in in the final sprint and needs to be happy with a 13th place. Always there in the last months. 

In Zottegem (Belgium) Jan was our man with a mission! A very strong summer behind him made him outperform and finish the hilly half marathon in a new PB (3’29/km), taking the overall win! Good job! 
In the shorter distances it’s Dieter who takes podium in his lead up to marathon Dubai!

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Strong performances today!

After several podia in cycling yesterday, our triathletes launched themselves hardly!

In 70.3 Triathlon Obernai (France), a course with a lot of D+ was held. 3rd race in a row also for Joséphine, after Ironman70.3 Aix, GP duathlon past weekend this week a tough ending of her first racing period this season. With an excellent 3rd place behind winner Tondeur she’s more than ready for the races coming. A %of gain during following training weeks can make her come close to victory perhaps. Let’s see!

In Ironman Hamburg, Germany, the European Champs Ironman were held, a race with a dark shadow of death. Jesse M and Rob conquered this race and showed their capabilities throughout the day! For Jesse M a splendid effort by finishing in 9h03′ (note, because of the deadly accident athletes needed to run 400m with their bikes, 2times) and a sub 9h was even in the body (and mind). A 2h56′ in warm conditions is not just a strong run, it’s a toplevel off bike run in AG Ironman. Great job, finishing 15th in his AG on this EC Ironman.

Rob finished his first Ironman in exactly 11h00′, faster than he dreamed of.

Triathlon racing also in Belgium with Julie taking 4th in her AG in the tough OD in Froidchappelle, Niels raced his firs OD in approach towards his first 70.3 in Nice with a few weeks.

In Meer the yearly OD was held, Roeline had some difficulties before the start but solved these technical difficulties and raced herself towards top 3in her AG.

In The Netherlands our athletes raced the half distance in Maastricht, with Wim DK finishing 2nd in his AG and 12th in the overall classification. In the OD Yves could take his first win of the season by winning his AG! Great job!

Our cyclists had some serious places to defend in 2 stageraces, they did with success!

In the Netherlands Guillaume defended his 4th place in GC and remained 4th. Fighting alone against a strong squad was too difficult to mount in GC.

In France Ronald takes his first podium in a stage race and remains 2nd in GC in Tour de Romillies.

Our athletes and riders are outperforming since the start of the season, and I can say for sure they will outperform untill the very last day of the season. Balancing and rebalancing intensity and shape is the game to play. Load, reload, deload, aim and shoot! That’s the way we work, that’s the way we win!

Have a nice week!

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A very loaded weekend behind is this weekend!

Saturday our 50+ racing machines were launched in Lanzarote Ironman (Spain) and 70.3 Morro Bay (USA).
Bart had an excellent prep past winter which was topped off with a race in Cannes followed by a training Camp in Southern France. The whole plan fell together yesterday and he raced himself towards 7th place in his AG! The best ever result he took, in probably the toughest Ironman labelled race in Europe. As he took 7th his qualifying ticket for the Ironman Worlds in Nice, France is in! He will join Glenn there upcoming September!

Van from his side jumped into his first70.3 race in a while and despite the cold temperatures he ran off the bike like a rocket, finishing 4th with the fastest running time! An effort our athletes are never to underestimate in.

Bart heading towards World Champs qualification in Lanzarote

Today more racing for our athletes, in Samorin (Slovakia) it was Georg who raced the challenge world championships on the half distance! A strong effort also for Georg, because after taking top 10 past season he now reconfirms his result with an 8th place!

In Germany (Kraichgau) Michael, Raymond and Debbie jumped into the cold German water the 70.3Ironman. 3strong athletes who could perform their very first tri of the season!

Raymond suffered a bit during the swim but moved up on the bike towards top 10, after which he finally could run to 7th position! 7th was also the spot Debbie finished on. Swimming is still a working point to beat her direct opponent at the finishline, but with the fastest bike split and good run off the bike she finishes on a nice 7th place in full preparation towards her first Ironman.

Michael from his side pulverized all his PR’s during this tough 70.3 and shows there’s more coming.

In the 5150 race Firdevs races her first tri of the season and takes 10th AG.

More 70.3racing in Aix-en-Provence (France) and how!

For Joséphine her first race as a Pro athlete, of course a bit of nerves before the start. A good swim and out of the water between other strong women racing. On the bike it became clear that posture still needs a bit of research but furthermore she realizes a strong effort and can put down the bike 13th before heading to the run course in which she can retake a place after a strong run off the bike. Finally 12th at the finishline!

Joséphine running 1h27′ off the bike in Aix, heading towards 12th position.

In the male race both Lucas and Ferre performed very well. Ferre finishes his first ever 70.3 faster than he could have expected and shows his stamina. While Lucas chases a pro license and was keen on a strong effort. And so he did, getting out of the water in 4th AG position he immediately took the lead on the bike. Only in the back of the race 2 athletes came back on him and he put down the bike 3rd. With a very strong run off the bike he wins the AG race and positions himself 19th overall.

In Duathlon it’s Robby who makes a strong spring season, growing race after race and today taking 10th overall position in Damme!

For our riders season is already on its way for a long time and with result! Today Ronald and Svenne raced Ronde van Haspengouw and Svenne hammered hard to take victory! Finishing 1st in the ITT he positioned himself in front of GC and this afternoon he topped off the day with 3rd place, enough to take GC victory in Haspengouw! Well done! For Svenne his 2nd and 3rd victory of the season. A rider that will never win a mass sprint , but if he wins it’s in style!

Svenne racing towards GC victory in Ronde van Haspengouw, his first stagerace win

Winner winner, chicken dinner in 70.3 Leyenda del Magdalena, Colombia!

Javier crosses the finishline first overall for the first time and takes the win home! Splendid performance!

After 2years of qualifying and racing in Kona, the eyes are on 70.3 this season and with success!!

More 70.3 racing in Venice, Italy for Yves. Yves chased the sub 5h for a while and today he crushes it with a very strong 1h27′ off bike half marathon in the end!

In 70.3 Marbella, Spain it’s Hans DK who conquers the hills and D+, a tough course and a tough prep with muscle rupture in the last phase before the race. Fortunately immediate (running)rest and a strong shape makes him finish the race without any problems!

In Belgium, the rain continuous…. and so triathlon switched into duathlon.

In Veurne our athletes finish very strong with Wim DK winning his AG (50) and Dimi taking 3rd in his AG (35), both after a very strong run off the bike. Knut from his side was not keen on the duathlon, being a strong swimmer, but as he confirmed in his latest test and 70.3 in Lanzarote his running skills improved a lot and fear was no option. 4th in his AG and a strong run off the bike in the pocket! Alexander takes 5th, Frederick 6th! Sam VS payed some learning money and after a (too) strong start he finally felt back to 11th AG position. But mistakes are good to learn from!

In Denderleeuw, a non-drafting duathlon, was held in rainy conditions. Robby took a very well paced first run and got in T1 36th, which resulted in a strong bike effort and 2nd run…to finally finish 16th with a strong feeling!

In cycling Ronald shows himself once again in front of the race and takes 6th in Familleureux!

In La espace cycles GF Svenne and Wim VL were on fire, in the same Master category Svenne finishes 4th, while Wim VL follows closely on 11th position! For Svenne this period has a lot of performance in his results, next week GF Les Vosges (France) where he will meet up with another tough course!

We started with an overall 70.3 victory of Javier (our 18th half iron won by one of our athletes), but we finish this weekendreport with a national title!

Aquabike is new ‘upcoming’ trend in multi sports. Athletes swim – bike and finish the race on the bike. Biking can be done all out on the TT bike, a different approach than a triathlon effort!

Ambitions for our athletes with Wim T finishing 8th in his AG and Kris (finally back into racing) finishing 5th! Next step for Kris Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz!

But it’s our female competitor Debbie who finally takes the nationale title in master category and bronze overall! After her AG World title in Zofingen, Switzerland she proves that swimming is not impossible! Well done!

A great weekend of racing with splendid performances of our triathletes and riders, it’s clear that passed (wet) winter of suffering now pays off!

Upcoming weekend again a lot of racing planned with triathlon racing, cycling races and nationals champs mountain running!

Train smart, perform better!

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An excellent day of racing today of Hans in , 10-42-5k duathlon with good altitude in. A smooth first 10K, followed by a hard effort on the 750m D+ bike course (fastest bike split by La Machine) made him move up 2nd position and go into T2 together with 3rd. A strong 2nd run wasn’t good enough to beat Sören Otten (Ger) for 2nd. The race winner became Michael Pfanner (Swi), Swiss Elite athlete.

With a strong 3rd overall (and not to forget first master!) behind 2 world class duathletes on the long distance eyes are now on the first 70.3Triathlon of the season.

More Tri/Duathlon racing in Southern France, a tough race also for Bart. Triathlon international de Cannes, a rough sea swim and grouped start followed by a challenging bike course and faster run! It made Bart cross the finishline 5th in his AG! Next up, the probably toughest IM label course in Europe, Ironman Lanzarote!

In Woluwe Kristof raced his last prepraces towards the national championships mountain running, while in Antwerp 10Miles PB’s got broken and speed before the season appears in the legs!

Onwards to next week with more duathlon racing in Germany, triathlon racing in France and cycling races (road and MTB)!

Let’s kick it next week also!

Ciao,


Jesse

A year has past for our athletes, their families and sympathizers! And what a year! In 2022 many great achievements in cycling, triathlon, duathlon and running.

Our athletes were race ready from the beginning of 2022 untill the very last day!

Our triathletes took podium in multiple Ironman and Ironman 70.3 races from early Oman 70.3 untill the last Ironman races in California.

With athletes who overcome theirselves, taking AG podia or just finishing their first Ironman. Athletes who achieved their first sprint triathlon or marathon.

In tri/duathlon our athletes took very early in the season 2AG European titles and 1AG world title on the middle distances

A good month later AG silver in the IRONMAN World Championship 2022, by a triathlonlegend that doubted maybe more about himself than we did.

Meanwhile our athletes took podia in 70.3 races in Colombia, Europe, USA and even Middle East.

The strength of our athletes is continuation in effort, balance in training and performance on the right moment!

Summer brought Ironman podia in Sweden and France.

A stunning performance also by overall winning Ironman Vichy by one of our athletes with who we already took a long road from smaller ITT races to taking up the Ironman banner.

Those performances inspire others and a few weeks later in The ITU Long distance duathlon championships we took AG gold and 5th overall in Zofingen. Another performance that many outsides did probably not expect.

In the fall Ironmans our athletes took that motivation to unknown heights, with 12(!) athletes qualified for Kona ’22!

Our runners had a long season, with many fast marathonraces! Only 1 of our marathoners did not break his PR this season…but got very close Multiple road races, trailruns and cross country races were won. From Wambeek to Montpellier our runners slammed down the hammer like real bosses do!

And last but not least at all, our cyclists!

I can not express how easy it is to coach cyclists. There’s a cyclist, we coach them TSPB and they grow and win!

Our Elite/U23 had stunning results with some making such a big step up that they now end up in the continental team of one of world’s biggest teams after stunning races in classics as Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Giro di Lombardia,…

In Elite3 a comeback of one of our talented riders which we los out of sight the last 2years. A step up again, taking the Benelux title in Elite 3.

Our Amateurs/Masters, winning races and taking podiums in Andorra, France, Belgium and Cyprus! Maybe those riders are a good example for younger athletes when it comes to professionalism combined with mental balance and rest.

Our Gran Fondo riders from Spain and Cyprus, qualifying for thé UCI GF World championships and outperforming theirselves on a very tough loop!

Results are only the output of the input, but athletes are people. People conquer so much more than just the races before a performance.

Injuries, sickness or other troubles,…it’s the with the most perseverance that in the end takes the win!

I hope for 2023 that our athletes keep amazing theirselves and myself. Sometimes unexpected opportunities are just around the corner…without knowing it.

See you all in the next months or on ‘groupsession #4 – the classic” January 22nd and I am sure banners will be collected

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Tour de Moselle (Elite National – France):

3rd A-race of Lars since July1st.

Witch sickness after Course de la Paix (UCI2.Ncup) and several crashes summer was not always ‘easy’, but ‘not easy’ belongs to racing sometimes. In between his 3 A – races (Tour de Liège in which a crash made him leave the race – Tour de Namur, finishing 8th in GC – Tour de Moselle) wounds needed to be licked, active recovery and balancing between training and racing was a thin line but we kept on it.

Of course such a periode is not easy in a hard sport as cycling, but keeping those 3 A-races in mind there always was the right focus and mindset.

Stage 1 in Tour de Moselle today and confirmation of a rider that stood up again with a thoughtful beginning of the race and focus on a hard final. Prooving his shape is strong from February untill today he’s capable of putting his strongest efforts in the final of the race. That’s also the timing you should be capable of riding your hardest output to top off the race.

We see an overall hard race effort during the 148K course, in the last 20K a 362NP effort and during the last 60′ we see a 340NP effort – 66kg rider – was needed to play the cards for the win and finish within the first group of 25riders, Lars finishes 10th in today’s race and was right where he needed to be. These are of course strong race efforts but the main positive effort we can see in the 5’output in the very final of the race, going up the last climb and small descent towards the finishline. In this final phase he can put a 433NP effort and use his full capabilities to racing the finals today.

Being able to put these numbers in the final of the race when riding for the first places is key to score results.

A good job and result today, onwards to next days and weeks!

Train smart, perform better!

Jesse

Tour de Namur stage 1!

A hungry Lars at the starting line, after successful exams followed by a well balanced training load at home and at camp the first A-race of summer showed up today!

First breakaway of the day -> Lars in it.

Decisive 11man breakaway of the day -> Lars in it.

With 45K to go this breakaway got a max. advantage of 52″ on the first part of the peloton. But with some of the best riders in this breakaway they stood tall and finally could outsprint the fast coming peloton with a 9″ advantage! 

Victory was for T. Vandenbosch (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Lars took a very nice 6th place and once again showed to be among the best in these hilly Arden races. 

As an extra he also takes the leading jersey of best youngster U23 today!

Good shot and with good recovery ready for tomorrow’s race!

Ciao,


Jesse

What a stunning day for our athletes! 

Let’s start with the guys in Ironman Austria! 

A non-wetsuit swim to start the day gave a little bit of fear for the athletes, but clearly this seemed unneeded. 

Even without wetstuit Wim VL gets himself in T1 sub 60′! 

Jesse M and Steven DB get out of the water in 1h17 and + 1h20 before really starting the day! 

Once on the bike Wim VL maintained his top 10 position after the Swim, Jesse M moved up quite quickly and paced well to have the energy left for the marathon. Steven also moves up at an easier pace. The heat was getting there at the last part of the bike and all 3 athletes were conscient that this would influence the race strongly. The field clearly suffered from the heat. Wim VL kept strong and finished 14th in AG 40. Jesse M could continue his jump to the front untill the end of the marathon and takes 24th in AG 35 after a 3h24’marathon. Steven waited a bit longer before heading into the water, managed a steady bike and steady marathon in these conditions. Finishing the race in 12h04′!

60+, the new 25! Our 2 maestro masters Kris and Raymond surprised again!! 

After winning IM70.3 Luxemburg Raymond takes 29th overall and wins his AG in Triathlon Stein, The Netherlands! Great job!

Our other 60+ Master, Kris, is having a splendid season despite some issues earlier in the season. Winning 70.3 Dubai early in the season and today taking the national triathlon title Olympic distance in Kinrooi! Very glad to see our athletes in a championshipsjersey! Great job!

Kristof takes 24th position, Ferre 41st in the 1/4 distance in Kinrooi! A gooed lead up for Kristof towards his summer main goals! Good steps forward for Ferre! 

In France, the 70.3 Chtriman was held! 

Steven DB surprises again and outperforms this race by winning the master (40+) category and taking 21st overall (800participants). 

Alexander and Dimi show once again their season is running very well by finishing closely behind and can now approach the last phase in their IMprep! 

Jari, former cyclist, puts his steps forward week after week and has a very good test to even do better in Ironman 70.3 Maastricht in early August! 

Toon and Michael finish a bit further in their 2nd 70.3 withing 3weeks and can now approach the upcoming summerraces with confidence! 

In épernay more 70.3 racing, a hilly course with some tough parts on the bikecourse! Bart DB is heading to Ironman Maastricht in 5weeks, today he takes an excellent 5th place in his AG!

Xterra France for Dean and Steven H, Dean is in his first triathlonseason and grows race after race! Steven H takes 10th place in his AG and can look back at a strong start of the season! Triathlon International de Maredsous for him in 2weeks!

Cycling also in Assenede with Guillaume, once again in the right breakaway and nearly getting on the podium…finishing 4th! With Good poweroutputs in the final of the race summertime will be hammertime for him! Also he can look forward and can aim for podium and more! 

La Marmotte Gran Fondo for Geoffrey and our Spanish rider Juan. Both riders are strong climbers and both show us the proof today by finishing in front of the field. 

MTB marathon for Alexander, he stepped up strongly this season and his body adapted very well to training smart, that’s why his body now is performing better! 

Great performance, be proud on what you achieve. Sometimes break down and see what you realized before aiming forward again!

Ciao

Jesse

Another strong racing of our athletes in several places around the world!

Andorra: Svenne was the first today to get on the podium and raising his hands! A very glad man who called me this afternoon!

Andorra 21 Ports stage race was his main goal this season, dreaming of the podium but surrounded by other strong climbers in the mountains, this would not be given away…

Yesterday already Svenne moved up to 4th position in GC. Maintaining 4Th was goal 1, trying to keep an eye on 3rd another. With an all or nothing attempt he took 3rd in the stage and could win the important place in GC to finish on the end podium!

 

In Belgium Ronald is on a roll, with another top10 in Maurage he keeps aiming for the win!

In USA Ironman70.3 Coeur d’Alene was held. A DNS for Vadim after getting sick 1day before the race. Luck is not at his side and wisely a no go with another 70.3 race coming in a few weeks!

Van feared for the cold water, but gladly he tried and survived that first part. On the bike he made a massive jump forward to finish the bikecourse in 16th position. With a fast run off the bike he entered top 10 and moved up towards 6th position! A comeback of this American master!

 

In France Ironman 70.3 Nice was held! Some troubles with the bike before the race for Lucas, so he used his girlfriend’s racebike to go out on the French mountains! And how?! Getting out of water 5th in his and within top 20 he was in a good position for a top result. With a good climb he moved up towards 3rd position in his AG. A fast 1h22′ run off the bike made him finish 4th in his AG, but above all 7th overall in this Ironmanrace! 

 

In Germany Ironman Frankfurt! One of the Ironman classics in Europe! With Jeroen at the starting line we had a strong guy with hunger at the starting line! The swim course is not his favorite discipline…but that made him, likewise Van, pac-man on the bike and run! With a PERFECTLY paced bike effort and run he runs to the finishline with a 3h29′ marathon! Congratulations!

 

 

In Belgium Caveman triathlon was held today, a 111 format with a few hillier parts in it. Emelie had a progressive race and race-test towards her first Ironman70.3 in Vichy later this season! Taking 2nd place after a fast run split, a good sign leading up to the longer distances!

Upcoming weekend the best triathletes in the world wille be racing the Ironman World Championships in Saint-George, USA!

Among Blummenfelt, Sanders and the other possible overall winners 4 of our athletes will be racing in their AG to do the best they can!

At the startling line, a strong and passionate squad:

Cai (Multiple top 5 and IM Podia – Qualfied for the WC before)

Vadim (Multiple IM Hawaii qualifier – Multiple IM podia)

Thibaud (IM Hawaii qualifier – raced hard on 70.3 Mallorca 2021, taking 2nd – Sub9er)

Sam (Multiple IM AG winner – 10* IM Hawaii – 8h21’PB)

Keen on following our athletes this weekend! Hard crosswinds and cold swimming water will be the tricky points they can’t change. The hard racecourse neither, but it’s up to a good pacing to survive and conquer this.

A loaded weekend with plenty more international races:

La Flèche Ardennaise (UCI1.2 – 178K – 4000D+) – one of Belgium’s toughest cycling races course wise.

World Championships duathlon Middle distance

National Military Championships Olympic Distance triathlon

Ironman70.3 Mallorca

Challenge Lisboa

Triathlon Veurne

And plenty more racing in Belgium!

Put your trackers on and enjoy the vibes!

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