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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2020 Giant-sponsored triathlete Gustav Iden won the PTO 2020 Championship at Challenge Daytona in Florida, topping a stellar pro field with his Trinity Advanced Pro bike and CADEX WheelSystem to take the $100,000 pro men’s purse at the U.S event. The race featured the top 40 ranked male and female athletes in the Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO), all competing for a pro purse of more than $1 million. The event was held at the Daytona International Speedway, on a course that consisted of a 2km swim in Lake Lloyd, an 80km bike (20 laps on a 4km...

10 December 2020 The inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships took place on December 9, where elite male and female cyclists from around the world competed on the same course in Zwift’s Watopia. CCC-Liv athlete Ashleigh Moolman Pasio took the virtual road cycling rainbow jersey. 55 women from 20 counties around the world lined up for a chance to compete in the first UCI Cycling Esports World Championship race on December 9. Participants were a mix of professional road cyclists, mountain bikers, and digital pros from online cycling platform Zwift. Racers cycled four laps of the virtual course titled “Figure 8 Reverse” in...

25 OCTOBER 2020 Colombian Leonardo Páez defended his title at the UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championship race in Sakarya, Turkey, winning the elite men’s race for the second year in a row to earn the gold medal. Páez, a 38-year-old who rides for the Team Giant-Liv Polimedical team that’s based in Italy, rode his XtC Advanced SL 29 hardtail to the victory on a fast, wide-open 110km course. His repeat win made him the first man to score consecutive marathon world championships since Belgian rider Roel Paulissen did it in 2008 and 2009. “I still can’t find the words to say how...

12 OCTOBER 2020 CCC Team rider Mateo Trentin scored a hard-fought podium at Gent-Wevelgem, making all the decisive moves on the tough 232km route through the Flanders region of Belgium and then sprinting to a third-place finish in the 82nd edition of the race. Riding his Propel Advanced SL Disc team bike with a CADEX WheelSystem, Trentin had strong support from his CCC Team throughout the day. The first half of the race was mostly flat and fast, seeing a breakaway of seven riders gain a maximum advantage of nearly 8 minutes after 100km. The second half challenged riders with gravel sections and 11...

05 OCTOBER 2020 Giant-sponsored triathlete Tim Van Berkel finished a strong second at the Ironman Cairns event in Australia, securing his spot for the 2021 Ironman World Championships in Hawaii. With most of the triathlon world on pandemic lockdown for the better part of the 2020 season, the Ironman Cairns event was a main focus for top pros in the Asia Pacific region. The event also served as the 2020 Ironman Asia Pacific Championship. Just making it to the event proved challenging for Van Berkel, who lives in New South Wales. “Getting to Cairns was no easy task with Queensland borders...