The helmet will be available this summer in two versions: the Aerohead MIPS (with venting for longer timed events) at MSRP  £229 and the Aerohead Ultimate MIPS, featuring a TeXtreme™ shell to combine a smaller frontal area and reduced venting for even less drag at MSRP £499.

“In 1985, Giro pioneered the aerodynamic helmet with the original Advantage,” said Rob Wesson, Giro Director of Helmet R&D. “The Aerohead MIPS is our fastest helmet ever and represents the culmination of everything we have learned over the past 30 years.  

“In addition, we have been able to integrate MIPS to provide more protection in certain impacts, as well as including the Roc Loc Air® fit system and hydrophilic padding to improve ventilation and cooling.  With its combination of reduced drag, MIPS, and increased comfort, the Aerohead MIPS simply wouldn’t have been possible only a few years ago.  By utilizing a TeXtreme® carbon fiber shell for the Aerohead Ultimate MIPS, we were able to further reduce frontal area, making our fastest shape ever even faster.”

The Aerohead Ultimate MIPS proved 3 seconds faster over 40km than Giro’s previously class-leading helmet, the Selector.  The Aerohead MIPS, which features additional ventilation for longer courses such as triathlons, is 14 seconds faster over 180km while thermodynamic testing also show it to be nearly 10 % cooler than the Aerohead Ultimate MIPS.

The Aerohead Ultimate MIPS has already been raced to victory on both the road and track by the world’s top professionals, including Rohan Dennis (BMC) who used it for the stage one time trial around Utrecht in the 2015 Tour de France, which he won. Top professional triathletes including Linsey Corbin and Andreas and Michael Raelert will compete in the Aerohead MIPS this summer.

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Ironman officials hailed the 52-strong pro athlete field as “the strongest ever assembled” in Lanzarote, with the men’s course record holder Timo Bracht also racing. British hopes will lie with David McNamee, the quickest runner in Kona last year, and Caroline Livesey, who came 3rd in Lanzarote in 2015. There will also be considerable interest in super-swimmer Lucy Charles (GBR), who some are tipping to be first overall out of the water.

At the press conference in Puerto del Carmen the athletes were keen to highlight the difficulty of the course, and it was clear no one was taking the notoriously windy conditions and steep gradients for granted.

World Ironman and Ironman 70.3 world champion Jan Frodeno is racing despite recently recovering from a calf injury, and although not fully fit was relishing the challenge:

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“I’ve trained at Club la Santa and around Lanzarote for years and it’s great to be back, it’s going to be a tough race but one I think I can handle. I’m not in 100% my best shape there’s no doubt about that, but this race requires patience and mental toughness and I think I have plenty of those, so we’ll see what happens.”

McNamee played down his chances, highlighting that the tough bike course would be a limiting factor: “Tomorrow it’s going to be about limiting losses on the bike and seeing what’s left on the run. No one’s going to have fresh legs so it’s going to be tough, but if I can come into T2 within 5mins of the top guys I’ll see if I’ve brought my run legs with me!”

40 Kona slots will be made available to age-group athletes, in which the competition will be extremely fierce due to the large number of competitors.

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It was also a great day for British long course racing, with David McNamee and Lucy Charles (in her first professional Ironman outing) both taking third place. McNamee once again displayed his strong running credentials by chasing down Olympian Ivan Rana, putting in an impressive 2:51 marathon split. Charles as expected was far in front of her competition on the swim, recording a 47:11 split and emerging with only three of the pro men in front of her. 

Charles was unable to fend off strong cyclist Bracht, who came onto the marathon course in pole position. Alexandra Tondeur (BEL) recorded a 3:10 marathon time to run past Charles and finish second, only 2mins from Bracht and agonisingly close to running her down for the victory. 

It looked to be business as usual in the men’s race for Jan Frodeno, who was first out of the water; however an issue with his helmet visor cost the Ironman world champion 3mins in transition, allowing his competition some advantage going onto the bike course. 

The German made up for lost time by also putting in the second fastest bike split of the day (4:58:33) and it appeared to be set up for another Frodeno victory. With Thomas minutes behind, the gap closed and the the second half of the marathon saw him pull away from Frodeno to pull off a shock victory. Frodeno’s marathon split of 2:50:03 was more than 3mins slower than Thomas’ 2:46:56. 

Commenting after the race, Thomas said: “It’s an amazing feeling to win here today, I’m dedicating it to my wife and son for putting up with me during the last six months of preparation!”

Frodeno commented: “Obviously coming second is never going to make me happy but coming back off an injury it feels good to cross the line injury-free. And I’ve now booked my place for Kona so I can’t complain.” 

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Temperatures were high throughout most of the day, however the notorious wind over the Lanzarote lava fields was calmer than in some previous years. Almost 1,900 triathletes crossed the finish line of the race’s 25th edition. 

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In the race itself, Jesse Thomas pulled off a stunning victory over Ironman world champion, crossing the line in a time of 8:42:33. Danish athlete Tine Holst, who incredibly only happened across triathlon 10 years ago whilst working at Club La Santa, claimed her first Ironman title in the women’s race, winning in 10:02:35.

Temperatures were high throughout most of the day, however the notorious wind over the Lanzarote lava fields was calmer than in some previous years. Almost 1,700 triathletes crossed the finish line.

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   The venues confirmed so far are:

Centenary Square, Bradford

Millennium Square, Bristol

Millennium Place, Coventry

Millennium Square, Leeds

BeachEast, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London

London Bridge City, London

Media City, Manchester

Armada Way, Plymouth

Castle Square, Swansea

The FanZones will be the best place to catch the action and soak up the Olympic vibe spirit as the nation’s finest athletes compete for glory. Entry to each FanZone is free and there will also be the opportunity to learn more about how you can participate in some of the Olympic sports that are on show in Brazil this August.

The FanZones will show live coverage of the Olympic Games at selected times between 1pm and 10pm between 5-22 August – depending on local FanZone opening times – offering the chance to share memorable and historic sporting moments among fellow fans of Team GB. The triathlon takes place August 18-20

Team GB gymnast Beth Tweddle, said: “Team GB fans are so passionate and it was fantastic in 2012 to get everyone together at locations across the country.  There is something very special about everyone coming together to support Team GB.  I’d encourage fans around the UK to visit a FanZone during the Olympic Games and show the athletes in Rio that they are behind them.

 “It is great to see the cities backing Team GB ahead of another exciting Olympic Games, and they’d love as many fans as possible to visit.” 

Further cities may be confirmed in the run-up to the Olympic Games as Team GB aims for regional coverage across the United Kingdom.

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  For more information go to the Team GB FanZone web page.

The British public will have the opportunity to watch local heroes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee, as well as other leading GB triathletes including Non Stanford and Vicky Holland, battle for glory against some of the world’s best triathletes in their last race on home soil ahead of Rio.

 Those with grandstand tickets will see the elite athletes pass them seven times on the bike and four times on the run, as well as witnessing the conclusion of the races, which often end with a thrilling sprint finish. A big screen will be located opposite the Grandstand showing the live coverage so that ticket holders can stay up to speed with the race whilst it momentarily goes out of view.

Tickets will be priced at £30 for adults and £20 for children (U15s). With the women’s race starting at 13:00 and the men’s at 15:45, ticket holders can expect well over four hours of live triathlon action. 

Triathlon fans, residents, and visitors to the city who weren’t able to secure Grandstand tickets, will still be able to watch GB’s finest triathletes go head-to-head against the rest of the world in their last race on home soil ahead of Rio, at various locations around the city free of charge.

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 Jack Buckner, Chief Executive of British Triathlon, said: “There are just a few weeks to go now until the Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds and it’s really exciting to be able to increase the capacity of the grandstand. The level of interest from sport fans across the country is fantastic and we are expecting an unforgettable race to pass through the streets of Leeds – make sure you get in quick to secure your seat in the grandstand.”

The largest triathlon in Greece for four years, the event is organised by the founders of the popular Spetses mini-marathon and presided over by Dr Marina-Lida Coutarelli, who is passionate about promoting sport in the area.

Athletes taking part included James Dennis Chronis, Greece’s number one triathlon in the world rankings, who won the Sprint race on the Sunday, setting a new course record of 01:08:12. In the women’s category Carly Killam took the win in 01:23:51.

Also on offer was an ‘Endurance’ race, that took in two laps of the sea swim, island perimeter bike and seafront run. Grigoris Souvatzoglou set a new course record in the men’s race (02:18:01) while Nadia Syntzanaki took the honours in the women’s race in 02:45:22.

220 Triathlon’s editor, Helen Webster, took part in the 1000m open-water swim on the Saturday and the Sprint triathlon on the Sunday – see her race report in the July issue of 220, on sale 21st June 2016.

For more information about the Spetsathlon, visit the event website: www.spetsathlon.com.

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 220 Triathlon stayed at the Nikki Beach Resort and Spa while in Greece, which is a short boat ride from the island of Spetses. Find more info here

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In a year which is sure to be impressive for Triathlon with the Rio Olympics and World Triathlon Series Final in Mexico there has never been a better time to get involved and compete alongside the pros. The British Super Series will be taking a break in 2016 but the Windsor Triathlon will still see many elites gunning for glory, all under the shadow of the historic Windsor Castle. 

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Click here to enter – entries close 31st May

 A limited number of triathletes competing in the new mates waves will also be able to avoid Saturday registration and rack on-the-day for the very first time. The Mates Waves will give friends, family members and rivals the chance to race alongside each other regardless of age and gender, whilst also offering the option of racking on Saturday or event-day Sunday. Capacity in these new waves will be extremely limited, so those interested should enter here

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Lucy Hall set the pace during the opening 1.5km swim in typical style, covering the course in 17:55, with Lee 46 seconds back in 18th position.

However Lee made ground on the bike to join her team mate at the front and by the time they left T2 to start the 10km run, they had built a lead of 90 seconds.

Lee held her nerve to finish ahead of Yuliya Yelistratova (UKR) and Zsofia Kovacs (HUN), while Hall finished in tenth.

Lee said “It feels amazing to be European Champion although I am not sure it’s sunk in yet. I came out the swim behind the main group and worked really hard on the bike to get back to the lead group before pushing hard on the run for the win. On the third lap, I really began to feel the effort I had made on the bike!

And there could easily have been another gold in the junior men’s race where Samuel Dickinson lost out on the gold medal by just one second to Spain’s Javier Lluch Perez, the race coming down to a battle over the final 5km run as a group of 17 athletes reached T2 together in close order.

It was also gold for both GB’s senior and junior relay teams in the mixed relay event. In the senior race Lucy Hall and Tom Bishop got the Great Britain Team off to a solid start completing the first two legs of the race. Newly crowned European Champion India Lee continued an unforgettable major championships with a strong run performance before Grant Sheldon led the team home to European glory.

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The junior mixed relay team of Sam Dickinson, Sian Rainsley, Kate Waugh and Alex Yee added a second relay gold in the final race of the day in Portugal.

41 medals for GB age groupers at Europeans

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