The Australian media has called it the “Czech domination” at the Crocodile Trophy and also their fellow riders admit that Ivan Rybrik and Ondrej Fojtik’s performances of the last three stages are to be admired. After today’s wild ride across the rough terrain of the Hasties Swamp National Park, Rybarik kept pushing hard and left Fojtik and the Austrian chaser trio with Hrinkow, Benetseder and Krenn behind. Whilst after almost four hours Fojtik finished second and Hrinkow ended up securing the third place, Kate Major was again the fastest female racer of the day and the Crocodile Trophy adventure was still in full swing with Mark Griffin and Aaron Lakeman increasing their lead in the new two-man team category.

After crowning Lisa Norden (SWE) and Jonathan Brownlee (GBR) as the 2012 ITU World Champions this past weekend, the International Triathlon Union (ITU) today announced the schedule for the 2013 ITU World Triathlon Series.

Two of the world’s best adventure racers, Jacky Boisset and Mimi Guillot, will take part in the Elite Pairs competition at the 2012 Swisse Mark Webber Tasmania Challenge.

London Olympian Glenn Snyders produced a strong performance to claim another medal at the FINA Arena World Cup swim meet in Berlin today.

Ondrej Fojtik is the stage winner of today, crossing the line with a 7:58 minute gap to second Ivan Rybarik. Canadian Cory Wallace comes in third and the Australian Jason English unfortunately saw his race ending too early due to a fractured collar bone from an accident on the last kilometres to the finish line.

Spain's Javier Gomez claimed the ITU Grand Final victory in one of the best series finishes to date with a thrilling sprint over Great Britain's Jonathan Brownlee. But Brownlee was crowned the 2012 ITU Triathlon World Champion after finishing atop the ITU World Triathlon Series rankings.

Following on from the excitement of the Elite Men’s race, the Junior (Under 19) Men took their turn battling the conditions on Auckland’s waterfront in the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Championships.

The Junior Women’s ITU World Championships race was full of thrills and spills at Auckland’s Queens Wharf this morning with two New Zealanders in the top 8, a great result for the team and even more impressive given defending champion Mikayla Nielsen (Waikato) withdrew dramatically when in the lead group on the run, suffering from hypothermia.

It proved an exciting and daring farewell for Bevan Docherty and Kris Gemmell at the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Grand Final, if indeed it is to be the last time that these two champion triathletes are seen racing at ITU level.

“The hardest, longest and most adventurous mountain bike stage race in the world.”

Stage 1, Lap race Smithfield 5 x 6km laps, 800m

Ivan Rybaric had won two stages at the infamous stage race in 2008 and showed a
strong performance today, adding a third Boomerang to his collection at the lap race in
Smithfield today. Belgian rider Mike Mulkens came in second and the Australian 24H Solo
World Champion Jason English finished third and will be racing the Australian Leader’s
jersey for Stage 2. All competitors had to complete 5 laps on the technically challenging
6km former World Cup course.

Racing for the first time under the New Zealand flag, Bryce McMaster was the best of the Kiwis in the elite U23 men’s triathlon World Championships in Auckland today coming home inside the top 20.

The Under 23 women kicked off the Elite ITU World Triathlon Grand Final racing at Queens Wharf, Auckland this morning.  Non Stanford of Great Britain won the race, followed by Sarissa De Vries from the

Netherlands (coached by former New Zealand coach John Hellemans) and Canadian Joanna Brown.

Andrea Hewitt secured a podium finish in the 2012 ITU World Triathlon Championship, with a 7th place finish in front of huge crowds at the Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Tri Series Grand Final in the Auckland CBD this afternoon confirming third overall in the 8 race series.

London Olympic cyclists Shane Archbold and Aaron Gate have will join highly rated An Post – Sean Kelly professional team in Europe for next year.

To celebrate seven years of the iconic Winery Tour, and to celebrate the Winery Tour's landmark 100th show at the Black Barn Vineyards on 8 February 2013, Civic Events are releasing a Winery Tour Compilation Album,  Music From The Winery Tour 2007 –  2013, which will be available on November 2.

New Zealand swimmer Melissa Ingram made it three in a row in Europe when she won the 200m backstroke final in the FINA World Cup in Berlin today.

Veteran New Zealand swimmer Melissa Ingram grabbed her second victory of the series in the FINA World Cup in Moscow today.

We are proud to announce that Simon Gerrans, Stuart O’Grady, Simon Clarke, Allan Davis, Luke Durbridge, Baden Cooke, Mitch Docker, Michael Hepburn, Leigh Howard, Cameron Meyer, Travis Meyer and Wesley Sulzberger will participate in the River & Ranges Winery Ride in the beautiful Nagambie winery region.

Peak Pilates have eight branches in Auckland that are staffed by trained Pilates instructors and Physiotherapists. Since 2003, they’ve been helping people improve their health and fitness, recover from injuries and achieve their weight loss goals with regular classes and specialist support.

Wanaka, New Zealand. 19 October 2012 - With the ski fields now closed to the public for the season, the majority of New Zealand’s snow sports enthusiasts will be packing away their gear and turning their thoughts to summer sports. Not so the country’s elite snow sports athletes.

Known as the Tiger Woods of ITU racing, World Champion and 2012 Olympic London Silver medalist Javier Gomez of Spain is taking on the ITU (International Triathlon Union) grand final in Auckland on October 20-21st.

Central Otago winery Gibbston Valley Winery is a boutique operator with big reason to celebrate following the announcement of Cuisine magazine’s New Zealand Pinot Noir tasting results.

The Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Grand Final is a huge event attracting thousands of visitors to Auckland and New Zealand, setting records for entries in a wide range of events including Paratriathlon, an event that will debut on the Olympic programme in 2016 at Rio.

The most adventurous mountain bike stage race in the world will return to its home in Tropical Far North Queensland on 20th October with the largest field of participants ever and with a bang: paying tribute to the “Aussie way of mountain bike endurance racing on single trails”, for the first time the former World Cup tracks at Smithfield in Cairns will be included for stage one of the Crocodile Trophy.

After more than ten years and New Zealand representation at World Championships, Commonwealth and Olympic Games, and multiple World Cup and World Tri Series events, Auckland triathlete Debbie Tanner has decided this weekend’s Barfoot & Thompson ITU World Triathlon Grand Final will bring the curtain down on her career.