Maik Twelsiek

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

Maik Twelsiek: "I'm able to perform better."

(27.07.2010)

That was a hard day in Lake Placid and I had to fight for every meter. Last year I felt like flying over the course. But this year, my legs did not work like they used to do. Ben performed extremely well. I knew that he was good on the running course. So I tried to push hard on the bike. Unfortunately I was not able to open a gap to him and went out of power on the running course. The podium was the maximum that day and I'm finally quite happy with the third place. But I know...more

Maik Twelsiek finishes third at Ironman Lake Placid

(25.07.2010)

Maik Twelsiek finished third today at Ironman Lake Placid in 8:48:33 hours and was the second Commerzbank athlete to get on the podium this Sunday after the second place of Marino Vanhoenacker in Antwerp. Ben Hoffman from the United States was the fastest athlete in Lake Placid in front of Petr Vabrousek from the Czech Republic. Twelsiek: “A third place is a good result in an Ironman and should make me happy. But I went into the race this morning as the defending champion and wanted to perform better. Ben and Petr were much...more

Maik Twelsiek: "I want to take a leap forward."

(23.07.2010)

Two Ironman victories and two Top 15 positions in his first two competitive appearances in Hawaii – and this is only a summary of the leading positions achieved so far by Maik Twelsiek. The young Commerzbank athlete ensured qualification for Hawaii 2010 by securing third place in the Ironman Lanzarote, which next to Hawaii is seen as the toughest Ironman in the world. There he achieved the cycle time of his life, broke the old record set by Thomas Hellriegel and was ahead of ...more

Third place for Maik Twelsiek at Ironman Lanzarote and fifth Hawaii slot for the Commerzbank Team

(22.05.2010)

Maik Twelsiek finished third today at Ironman Lanzarote and got the fifth Hawaii ticket for the Commerzbank Triathlon Team. The athlete from Germany who lives in the United States passed the finish line after 8:42:52 hours, only five minutes behind the winner Eneko Llanos which is unusual as the course on Lanzarote is very tough. Gerrit Schellens who finished fourth arrived 14 minutes after Twelsiek. Titleholder Bert Jammaer from Belgium got second...more