Recent and Major News
PowerCranker takes over Maglia Rosa in Giro d'Italia
May 11, 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, 2008. 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 IM California 70.3
March 29, 2008. Congratulations to Erika Csomor for her overall victory at IM California, 70.3. Erica 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 excel at the National Mountain Bike Series #1 in Fontana, California
March 29, 2009. Congratulations to PowerCrankers Geoff Kabush and Adam Craig for their 1-2 finish.
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.
Tour of California results
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.
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 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. She won by almost 30 minutes! 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 finish 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.
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 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.
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