Argon 18 E114 in Bicycling Australia Magazine................more
Torbjorn Sindballe and Argon 18 in wind tunnel testing
Interview with Torbjorn Sindballe about his Argon E-114.................more
Real Aussie Kids rider Angus Morton, who rides an Argon 18 Gallium has recently signed with the Drapac Continental team. Angus has had some great results this year and has been rewarded with a start with Drapac. Angus and the Real Aussie Kids development team have been riding Argon 18 frames and using Speedplay and Carnac shoes with great success.................click image to enlarge
Two podium placings for Argon 18's pro triathletes
At the very prestigious Ironman Hawaii race held October 13th, Canadian Samantha McGlone put in a superhuman effort towards a strong second-place finish in this most difficult of triathlon events. After having been crowned Half-Ironman World Champion last year, Kona was her first attempt at the full Ironman distance.
At the front of the race throughout, she was only overtaken by the very surprising Chrissie Wellington, who had started as a relative unknown. Wellington's low public profile may have played in her favor, because, as Samantha described the situation post-race "at 80 miles on the bike Chrissie Wellington went by.
She was an unknown entity and the choice was to go with her and chase the leaders or stay within myself and get off the bike ready for a run race". Her run time of 3:00:51, one of the fastest marathon times ever for a female athlete, confirmed the wisdom of her decision.
A short while earlier, Denmark's Torbjorn Sindballe finished his race in third position after having raced his best ever.
With the top five finishers all within eight minutes of the winning time, the mens' competition this year was hotter than ever.
Torbjorn was particularly elated with his day at the office, resulting in an overall time of 8:57:25, including the day's best bike time and a 2:57:25 run.
About Samantha McGlone and Torbjorn Sindballe Torbjorn Sindballe has now raced three seasons as an Argon 18 pro athlete. The highly regarded Danish triathlete holds two long-distance triathlon World Championships and many international-level victories as well. In 2005, he made waves at Ironman Hawaii when he broke a bike leg record that had stood for nine years. This year, Torbjorn raced Argon 18's latest T.T./Tri bike, the E-114, for the first time.
Samantha McGlone was among the first international-level athletes to be supported by Argon 18. Samantha is a podium regular and was a member of Team Canada at the Olympics in Greece. She was Canadian Champion in elite triathlon and elite duathlon in 2004. After a number of top placings and victories in international events in 2006, she capped a very successful year with the Ironman 70.3 World Champion title in Clearwater, Florida. At this year's Ironman Florida, she rode the current version of the Argon 18 Mercury, already well-known thanks to two long-distance triathlon World Championship wins.
Australian Triathlete Magazine tests the Argon 18 Gallium.................more
Argon 18 will officially launch the E-114 at the Interbike show in September, a new time-trial/triathlon frameset that features a completely renewed rider/bike interface..................more
Argon 18 Newsletter July 2007.................more
Argon 18 Newsletter April 2. Contains Two stories on the FRF Couriers-NSWIS Cycling Team.................more
RIDE Magazine's story on the FRF Couriers-NSWIS Cycling Team................more
Team expresscopy.com's Meshy Holt dominates
the Vuelta de Bisbee in Arizona................more
Ben Howard's Ironman Australia Race Report.................more
Peter Herzig races the Sunshine Coast Tour
After finishing 2nd to David Betts I was keen to take out the Sunshine Coast Tour in 2007. The format was a little different to the inaugural event with 5 stages; 2.5km prologue, 100k road race, 8km mass start hill climb, 44k road race and a 100k road race to finish over the four days of Easter. I surprised myself during the prologue by taking out 3rd position, only 2 seconds down on the leader. In the road stage the next day there were plenty of attacks but it came down to a bunch finish on a descent at ~70+km/h, I finished in the pack. The following morning was an early start with the Montville hill climb. I was keen to make up time on this stage, though with a windy day it wasn't easy. I attacked around half way up the climb after a couple of teams had spent there lead out trains. It was tough out the front but I dug deep and finished with a 16 second lead, giving me the yellow jersey by 12 seconds.
Unfortunately the same afternoon I punctured, just as a break went. After chasing to get back on the break was well established and I ended up loosing 1min 40s. The next road race it was all or nothing. I managed to bridge across a gap to a break and all riders worked together, gaining time over the first 3 on GC. I suffered another puncture, but was able to rejoin quickly. A group went away with 20km to go but I was unable to bridge the gap solo after trying a few attacks, ending up 6th on the stage and 7th overall. It was an awesome weekend of hard racing and would recommend the sunny coast tour to anyone looking for some quality competition over Easter next year.
--- Peter Herzig
Pro Cycling tests the Argon 18 Platinum .................more
The
Argon 18 sponsored team expresscopy.com
is one of the strongest UCI-licensed pro
womens' teams in North America. Its
eleven riders, from Canada, the US and
New Zealand will race in North America
and in Europe, the team intending to run
campaigns on both continents
simultaneously. All told, they will ride
in more than one hundred races
internationally. Apart from the racing,
the team members will participate in the
FitSpirit programme, a series of
conferences that will see the riders
visit schools and speak to girls aged 13
to 16 to promote physical
activity,fitness and fun.
Team
Expresscopy.com's racers ride Argon 18's
Gallium, Mercury and Krypton
models................more
Inside Triathlon has
dedicated it's March issue front cover to
World Triathlon Champion Samantha McGlone
Montreal,Quebec, Feb.16th 2007-Argon 18 is
happy to announce that the highly-reputed
American triathlon magazine Inside Triathlon
has dedicated it's March issue front cover
to World Triathlon Champion Samantha McGlone.
Every year, the March issue is particularly
popular because it includes the annual
buyers' guide section. This time around,
Samantha's Argon bicycle is featured in a
detailed pictorial on pages 26-27.
Samantha is presently in Australia,
preparing for the 2007 season, the highlight
of which will be the Ironman World
Championship in Kona,
Hawaii.......................more
Argon 18's New
American Pro Cycling Squad: Team
expresscopy.com. Friday Feb. 9th, 2007
Giroscopic Sports Management presented for
the first time its pro women's cycling team,
expresscopy.com. The event took place in
Portland, Oregon where the head office of
the title sponsor, expresscopy.com, is
located. Owner, Lee Dietz, welcomed the team
at the Multnomah Athletic Club. The 2007
season is promising for Team expresscopy.com
who is one of the strongest North American
UCI licensed women's cycling team.
Giroscopic Sports Management has recruited
some of the best riders in the
world..............more
Excelpro
Sponsored Triathlete Ben Howard race report
from Tasmania..............more(PDF
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Pro Rider
Cody Stevenson tests the new Argon 18
Platinum - A sprinters
perspective...........more
Gallium S3
from Argon 18 only 5.79kg.
The new Argon 18
gallium S3 was unveiled at the Interbike
show, Las Vegas, USA, September
25-29..............more
(courtesy of cyclingnews.com)
Argon 18 Gallium reviewed by cyclingnews.com
This is the bike used by The FRF Couriers-Caravello
Oceania Continental Team members complete
with Shimano Dura-Ace, Vuelta X-Lite wheels,
Cinelli handlebars and stems and Selle
Bassano saddles. The UCI team
are to compete in the up-coming
international events such as the Giro Del
Capo in South Africa, The FBD Insurance Ras
in Ireland and the Tour de Beauce in
Canada............more
Argon 18 unveils 2006
bikes in Las Vegas...........
more
Argon 18 Gallium S3
(pictured right) on test in
PezCycling News.
Full test conducted by
Richard
Pestes on Aug 11, 2005...............more
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