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Records for the eight-time Ironman winner Marino Vanhoenacker

Marino Vanhoenacker was the star again at Ironman Austria. The Belgian athlete had to deal with high expectations and overfulfilled them. His fifth victory in a row at...

Double Hawaii Champion Normann Stadler helps at the food pantry in Munich

(31.08.2010)

Today the double Hawaii Champion Normann Stadler helped at the food pantry in Munich. Before giving a hand to the helping people of “Münchner Tafel”, the Commerzbank athlete donated 500 kilos of fruits.

Normann Stadler: „Healthy diet is a predominant topic if you are a father and a professional athlete. That’s why I’m glad to contribute fresh fruits to the people here at the food pantry. During this afternoon I saw how hard the volunteers...more

Touchscreen Edge® 800 from Garmin® Blends Best of All Worlds

(27.08.2010)

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the feature-packed touchscreen Edge 800 for cyclists who want accuracy and simplicity when tracking their statistics and location for racing and recreation. Edge 800 seamlessly combines the most popular aspects of the industry-leading Edge 500 and Edge 705 while adding an intuitive touchscreen...more

Successful training races for the Commerzbank athletes Timo Bracht and Markus Fachbach

(23.08.2010)

Timo Bracht competed at Viernheim Triathlon and finished second after the outstanding Andreas Böcherer. For the Commerzbank Triathon Team Capitan the Viernheim Triathlon is a long-established race for his Hawaii preparation and he was very satisfied with this result.more

Men's Health editor Oliver Bertram about the photoshoot with the Commerzbank Team

(19.08.2010)

In general, triathlon is still regarded as an individual sport. But it's developing into a team sport. There are clubs where members are training together and exchange their experiences. So we brainstormed about a Men's Health story to point out the team character of this sport. The Commerzbank Triathlon Team practices the team spirit in triathlon since many years. So they were perfect to represent our idea. Fortunately they were as enthusiastic...more

Maik Twelsiek finished 6th at Ironman Germany 70.3

(15.08.2010)

Among the world-class athletes of the Ironman 70.3 European Championship, the long distance specialist Maik Twelsiek finished sixth today. Behind the winner Michael Raelert, Sebastian Kienle finished second and Björn Andersson got third. The Commerzbank athlete Twelsiek passed the finish line after 4:16.37 hours. The German who became third at Ironman Lake Placid only three weeks ago, said: „Even if I had not started in Lake Placid it would have been very hard to finish among the top athletes in this extremely strong field. I came here for a good performance. And I can be happy with it eight weeks before Hawaii.“ The Swiss Mathias Hecht, second at...more