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20 SEPTEMBER 2021 Giant-sponsored triathlete Gustav Iden defended his title as Ironman 70.3 world champion, turning in a dominant performance in St. George, Utah, to win the title for the second straight time. Fellow Giant athlete Sam Appleton of Australia also had a strong race, finishing in the top-10. While Iden was somewhat of a surprise winner in 2019, when he was just 23 years old, he arrived in Utah as one of the top favorites this year. With the 2020 event canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, he had held the title for the past two years. The 25-year-old Norwegian’s race got...

13 September 2021 Liv Racing WorldTeam rider Alison Jackson turned in a dominating performance at the 2021 Canadian Road National Championships, winning both the time trial and road race in elite women’s competition. The 32-year-old Jackson, from Vermilion, Alberta, struck first in the time trial, finishing the 28km race in 39:58. Carrying the top form that saw her win a stage at the Simac Ladies Tour WorldTour race in the Netherlands last month, Jackson was unstoppable on the out-and-back course in Sainte-Georges, Quebec. She finished 43 seconds ahead of 2019 bronze medalist Marie-Soleil Blais, who took second. "It’s always been my goal to...

13 SEPTEMBER 2021 Youn Deniaud led a strong showing by the Giant Factory Off-Road Team at Round 7 of the 2021 Enduro World Series in Switzerland, scoring his second stage win of the season and finishing seventh overall. In E-bike action, Deniaud's teammate Josh Carlson, racing his first-ever EWS-E series race, scored two top-10 stage finishes on the new Reign E+ E-bike. Following the double-header rounds at Loudenvielle, France a week prior, the seventh round of this year’s EWS featured another new venue. Held on the high alpine slopes of Switzerland’s Valais region, Round 7 at Crans-Montana challenged riders with...

Thursday, September 9, 2021 Five years after winning the first Paralympic gold medal for triathlon in Rio, Allysa Seely made history again with a repeat victory at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 27, 2021. It was a hot, muggy day at Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo, Japan. Temperatures hovered near 28 degrees Celsius, and with 88 percent humidity it felt much hotter. The water was a sweltering 30 degrees Celsius. Allysa Seely, the 32-year-old Liv Racing Collective athlete from the United States, wasn’t lining up at the start as the clear favorite in the race – despite being the defending Paralympic...

Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Lotte Kopecky took the win on the fourth an final stage of Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta in an exciting sprint finish. Heading into the final stage of La Vuelta, Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Lotte Kopecky knew the steep climb into the finish in Santiago de Compostela suited her strengths. She started the day with confidence in herself and her teammates to get her to a seemingly inevitable bunch sprint. However, the competition had other plans. A four-rider breakaway just 50 kilometers into the 107-kilometer stage held off the bunch for longer than expected, and with one rider making a...