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Rutger Beke wins Ironman Arizona

Rutger Beke won his first Ironman victory this past weekend at Ford Ironman Arizona. Beke completed the 2.4 mile swin, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run in a time of 8:21:14. Beke came from behind in the swim with a strong bike performance on his Zipp 999 wheelset to take the lead and continue to put distance between the other athletes throughout the run.

Zipp Athlete, two-time World Champion Tim DeBoom finished second behind Beke in a time of 8:26:04. DeBoom was within two minutes of Beke after the bike but was unable to get any closer during the run.

In the Women's Race, Zipp Athlete Katja Schumacher finished the challenge with a time of 9:44:14, placing her third among the Pro Women. Congratulations to all of our Zipp Athletes at the 2007 Ford Ironman Arizona.

O'Grady Wins Paris-Roubaix

Victory for O'Grady after Team CSC dominance
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Stuart O'Grady won the greatest victory of his career on Sunday, when the Australian rider won the 105th edition of Paris-Roubaix after a race dominated by Team CSC more or less from the word go.

After a row of good results over the last nine months most cycling fans will probably agree that the sympathetic Team CSC rider deserved this victory – and that it went to the strongest guy of the day. Read more...

Potts wins Ford Ironman California 70.3

Zipp Athlete Andy Potts recently won the Ford Ironman California 70.3. From the start to the finish of the race Potts led by at least two minutes finishing in 3:59:59.

Potts had a swim of 22:35, bike of 2:18:50, and a run of 1:15:17. Read more…

Patrick Vernay wins Ironman Australia !

Last Sunday, Patrick Vernay won Panthers Ironman Australia.Vernay, who already won Ironman Korea 2 years ago, was riding on 606 Zipp wheels. He built his victory on the bike when he rode a strong 4h45, leaving the changing area 5 minutes front of his closest opponent.

Other Zipp athletes rounding out the Men's leaderboard were: Jason Shortis-2nd Place (8:25:34), Craig Alexander-3rd Place (8:38:49), and Mitchell Anderson-4th Place (8:46:52). In the Women's race Zipp athlete Belinda Granger placed second with a time of 9:12:59.

Jens Voight wins Criterium International

Jens Voight fought his way into an early breakaway on Stage 2 of the Criterium International and was able to hold onto a 48 second lead and win the stage out right.

Jens followed up this morning stage win with a strong enough time trial in the evening to win the overall.

Cancellera 2nd in the 50th running of E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

Fabian Cancellara showed the world what kind of form he will be carrying into the Spring Classics by finishing second in the 50th running of E3 Prijs Vlaanderen. Cancellara was very strong and active all day in the breakaways. At one point he actually dropped out of the break to help Stuart O'Grady bridge up. Coming into the final 500 meters Cancellara followed an attack by Manuel Quinziato of Liquigas and sprinted towards the line only to be edged out by Tom Boonen. Cancellara will be one of the overall favorites going into the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubiax.

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