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  • TORQ's Juice Lube Encounter...
    Rob Barker
    (24/06/2010)

    My old Mum always warned me about strange men bearing gifts, but I was pleasantly surprised when I opened my front door and found Luke Humphreys, from Juice Lubes standing there armed with two team issue pit boxes filled with the full range of their products... 

    I first met Luke and his business partner, Will Miles, at the Cycle Show back in October.

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  • Nokia Windsor Triathlon
    James Emery
    (23/06/2010)

    In the 20 years this race has been run, it has always be been blessed with great weather, nobody knows why but the sun always seems to shine for this race. However this year a few unusual drops of rain fell... Does this mean a race day shock? Well the men’s winner Steve Worthington was certainly a shock pulling off his biggest win of his career. However Torq’s Jacqui Slack continued her podium placing dominance.

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  • UK Middle Distance Triathlon Championship
    James Emery
    (16/06/2010)

    Wrecsam triathlon has hosted this established race since 2003. The British Triathlon Federation designated this race as the ‘UK Middle Distance Championships’. With the kudos of a ‘championship race’, it attracted a number of extremely talented athletes. Lake Bala plays host to this event with a 2000m swim, followed by a out-and-back undulating 80k bike past Trawsfnydd and finishing with 20k run along the Lakeside...

    The last time I raced this event was 2004, so I was eager to do well. I was doing the race as part of my Ironman preparations.

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  • 3 is the Magic Number
    Rob Barker
    (14/06/2010)

    Once again, the TORQ Performance MTB headlined with some cracking results two weekends back.  This time it was Lee Craigie's turn to impress the sponsors with a 2nd place in the highly competitive Elite Women's field.  Oh yes, and the boys did rather well too, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd on the Sunday enduro...

    The big Welsh Weekend takes place on the first weekend of

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  • Xterra Sardinia European Championships
    James Emery
    (11/06/2010)

    Last weekend the best off-road triathletes raced at the Sardina Xterra event. Whilst the format of an Xterra event is fundamentally the same (swim/bike/run), that is where it stops. Instead of a road bike and lightweight racing flats, a mountain bike and trial shoes are used. So how did the ‘dirty’ race go?

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  • Redgrave and Crew Tackles RAAM
    Matt Hart
    (09/06/2010)

    Sir Steve Redgrave, Britain’s favourite sportsman and five times Olympic Gold medallist is coming out of retirement one last time in order to tackle one of the most formidable challenges possible on a bike.

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  • Hillingdon Duathlon Series
    James Emery
    (06/06/2010)

    Nick Shasha is our specialist elite duathlete; with an extremely quick run and devastating bike, making him one of the best duathletes in the country.

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  • ITU European World Cup & Emergency Services Triathlon
    James Emery
    (02/06/2010)

    Jacqui has become a full time athlete this year. She spent the winter months in Australia to prepare herself for the fore coming season (it’s not a bad life having a continuous summer!). She recently returned to the UK and put her training into practice.

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