Year: 2016

Weekend Results

Simon Smallbone raced the 10km during the 3 day-triathlon event around the lake in Echternach. It took him 58:01min to cross the finishline on 57th rank overall out of 104 finisher. Jean-Claude Schmitz ran 59:30min and classified as 66th overall. RESULTS – 10km Echternach Bob Langer (born 2007) and Noa Langer (2005) took part in the […]

Duathlon Mamer

Poor overall participation at the international duathlon in Mamer this weekend. One week after the IM70.3 Luxembourg and one week prior to the national triathlon championships, only two X3M members aligned at the promo duathlon. Carlo Feltes and Claire Metzdorff showed some steady performances, finishing on 4th rank overall and 1st Master for Carlo resp. 6th female rank […]

European Sprint Triathlon championships

Bob Haller raced the european triathlon sprint championships in Châteauroux [FRA]. After a perfect swim part over 750m, Bob left the water within the leading group. With a steady bike performance, Bob left T2 still on first position, but unfortunately he had not his best running legs so Bob finished still on a very good […]

Powerman Sankt Wendel [GER]

On Saturday June 25th, a couple of athletes headed to Sankt Wendel in the Saarland region in Germany. On the menu was a Sprint Powerman Duathlon (5-40-5km) The running part was very demanding not being flat at all as was the bike part, a 1 lap course with steep climbs. Jérôme Barthels crossed the finish line in […]

IM70.3 Duathlon Remich

Due to the very heavy rainfalls in the last weeks, the organizers of the IM70.3 Remich were forced to skip the swim part and change the race into a duathlon race with a 5km start run. Several athletes from our club showed very impressive performances though. Best overall performance goes to our professional athlete Olivier […]

IRONKIDS Aquathlon Remich 2016

Very good participation and impressive results from our youngest team members at the Ironkids side event during the IM70.3 Remich. Despite a delay due to heavy thunderstorms passing the event area, the kids couldn’t wait to start this special experience. For some of our kids, it was the first Aquathlon race in their life, so […]

Skoda Velodom Rund um Koeln

  On Sunday Marc Matgen and Guy Theissen raced the Jedermann Radrennen over 68 Km in and around the city of Cologne. On a beautiful circuit and lots of spectators both athletes crossed the finish line in a large pack just underneath the 2 hours mark. Results:  www.ruk.de

3 ballons Mediofondo bike race

Claude Lucas raced the middle distance bike race at the cycling classics ‘3 ballons’ in Luxeuil les Bains [FRA]. On his birthday, he showed his good biking shape and finished on these demanding and hilly 105km in 3h35min on 12th rank overall. Scratch : 12th overall in 03:35:38.56 Age group : 3rd in M18-29 The route took the […]

Schoulsportdaag Leudelange

The teachers of the primary school of Leudelange invited our club to give an initiation into triathlon resp. duathlon to the kids from cycle 3.1 to 4.2 (8 to 12 years). During the ‘Schoulsportdaag’ on wednesday, the kids were shown different sports – duathlon was introduced for the first time with a hell lot of fun for everybody. Isabelle Klein […]

IM70.3 Kraichgau

Claude Wurth raced the IM70.3 Kraichgau on sunday, despite not having recovered from an illness with antibiotics. Unfortunately, he suffered a lot during the race and he never could show his real strength. Nevertheless, he crossed the finish line – congratulations for your IRON WILL! M40-44 :   174. Wurth, Claude  LUX 0:45:05 (1.553.) 2:51:30 (868.) […]

Spring Water Triathlon Rosport

Excellent results today from the 2nd edition of the ‘Spring Water Triathlon Rosport’. Due to the heavy floods in the last days resulting in strong currents in the river Sûre, the organizers cancelled the swim part and exchanged the swim with a short running split. Under very poor weather conditions, several X3M athletes won their age groups […]

Promo Triathlon des Lacs de l’Eau

On the outskirts of the picturesque town of Dinant (B), Guy Theissen raced the over 0,5-24-5 Km. Fortunately the event had not been cancelled due to heavy downpours and gales on the previous night. However the swimming part turned out to be a rather cold affair with water temperatures reaching a maximum of 13,6 degrees. […]

Triathlon Madon et Moselle [FRA]

Claude Lucas and Pascal Duhautpas raced the olympic distance triathlon in Messein [France], counting for the Lorraine D3 championships. Fortunately, the race was held under perfect weather conditions with mild temperatures and no rain. After an excellent swim (2x750m plus 200m running part to T1), both athletes left the water on 11th (Pascal : 24:45min) […]

Jean-Claude S. at L-Triathlon Belfort

The traditional long distance triathlon of Belfort (city in northeastern France in the Franche-Comté région situated between Lyon and Strasbourg) was held this saturday. On the classic 1.9km-87km-21km, Jean-Claude Schmitz showed a steady performance with a very good swim. The swim part (2 loops with an australian exit) was held at the ‘base de loisirs […]

ING Luxembourg Marathon and 21km

  A big group of X3M athletes showed up at Luxembourg’s biggest running event – the ING Half and Full Marathon through the surroundings and the town center of Luxembourg-city. On the marathon distance, Stéphane and Christophe Schroeder set a new personal best time with 3:13:46 each, the way it ought to be for twins!!! […]

Museltriathlon Grevenmacher

© by Corinne Kraus

Good overall participation at the traditional sprint triathlon in Grevenmacher. Under nearly perfect weather conditions, a big group of X3M athletes participated in the different series of this first seasonal triathlon in Luxembourg. In the kids races, Ben Langer took 2nd overall in KIDS-B, Noa Langer won her age group in KIDS-A and last but […]

New best time for Bob Haller on 10km

Bob Haller aligned at the 10km road race in Strasbourg this sunday to check his current running performance over this distance. With no lack of strength, Bob ran steadily to finish in very strong 30:52min net (for 10.1km!!!), setting a new personal best time and a new 10km club record. This was his first time […]

Maria Elisa Peiretti @ IM70.3 Vietnam

Great result from Maria Elisa Peiretti at the IM70.3 Vietnam this weekend. Together with her husband Chris Rola, who could not race due to some health issues, Maria finished her first IM70.3 race with a very impressive performance. After a steady swim part in the open water around Danang (45:29), she showed a strong bike […]

2016 Cagliari ITU Triathlon World Cup

In Cagliari, the italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, Bob Haller raced another triathlon world cup race over the sprint distance of 750m-20km-5km. After a pretty good swim in 9:15min, Bob left the mediterranean sea out on 15th place with 22sec behind french athlete Aurelien Raphael. Bob integrated the leadpack after […]

Powerman Hosingen

The national duathlon long distance championships were integrated in the Powerman Luxembourg in Hosingen. The track is not an easy one with a lot of altitude meters, and the strong winds on sunday afternoon made it even more difficult for the athletes. National titles go to Christian Krombach (Trispeed) and our trainer ISABELLE KLEIN. Congratulations. […]

Halfmarathon Geichlingen & Beckerich

Excellent result from Pascal Duhautpas at the half-marathon trail in Geichlingen. On a very difficult and muddy track with an altitude gain of more than 525m, Pascal managed to grab a 2nd rank overall in 1:33:01h and additionally, he took the win in M40. On sunday, Pierre Rossler ran the half-marathon in Beckerich. He took […]

Eschborn-Frankfurt Jedermann bike race

On Sunday May 1st, Guy Theissen raced the Eschborn-Frankfurt Jedermann bike race on the 70 Km distance counting for the German cycling cup. On a sunny but windy day, Guy crossed the finish line ranked 338th overall out of 987 finishers (106th AG Seniors2) Results www.eschborn-frankfurt.de