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Outstanding Marino Vanhoenacker wins Ironman Malaysia and qualifies for Hawaii

Today Marino Vanhoenacker started into the new season with a bang: He dominated Ironman Malaysia and passed the finish line almost half an hour ahead of the second placed...

Marino Vanhoenacker comparing winter 2009 and 2010

(29.01.2010)

LAST WINTER : coldest edition ever at least as far as I can remember, most certainly the coldest since I do triathlon. Cold, cold but dry and that made it possible to do all the trainingsessions for Ironman South Africa 2009 at home in Belgium. After a while your mind gets used to the cold and your body has to follow in a way, like it or not..

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Tenerife Top Training (T3) is a new official partner of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team

(25.01.2010)

The Commerzbank Triathlon Team welcomes Tenerife Top Training (T3) as a new official partner. The athletes of the Commerzbank Triathlon Team will spend several training camps per year in the training centre on Tenerife. “Our athletes need the best training conditions to be successful”, says Karsten Petry, Head of Corporate Sponsoring of the Commerzbank. “Tenerife Top Training offers high end sports facilities and a professional infrastructure with an appropriate climate throughout the year.” The T3 is one of the most modern training centres in Europe...more

Normann Stadler from Fuerteventura: "It's just perfect."

(20.01.2010)

For more than one week I am training on Fuerteventura with several teammates. The Commerzbank Team is almost complete except for Mathias and Maik who prepare in Australia and USA. Mood, hotel, training, weather and so on are just perfect. I like the accomodation very much and the cooks do a great job. Furthermore we don't have to go far to do our training. The first week, I've been training 40 hours. Several top athletes have joined...more

Timo Bracht reports from "Teide-riffa": One of the most exciting swimming experiences in my life.

(18.01.2010)

Swimming in paradise! That was what I thought when I saw the swimming centre of T3 Tenerife Top Training. But let's start with the beginning. End of december I arrived on tenerife with a beautyful cold. My teammates Markus Fachbach and Jan Raphael from the Commerzbank Team joined me. It was our first trip to tenerife, or better to name it "Teide-riffa"...more