Martin Ulloa

Two performances inside a fortnight tell you a lot about where an athlete sits in their build. A standout day at T100 Singapore against one of the deepest non-drafting fields on the calendar, then a 70.3 win at Western Sydney on home soil. Jake Birtwhistle has stepped into the long-course conversation, and the way he is racing right now is no accident. It is also part of a bigger story for the Sync athlete program: Western Sydney was a doubleheader weekend, with Natalie Van Coevorden taking...

In triathlon, the bike leg is where races are won and lost — not just on power, but on position. Spend hours in an inefficient aero setup , and you'll pay for it on the run. Get it right, and everything changes: your power output, your comfort, and crucially, how your legs feel when you rack the bike and start moving. This is the story of one athlete and one expert who've spent years figuring out exactly that — and what happened when the right equipment entered the equation. The fitter:...

The sport just changed. As of March 1, 2026, IRONMAN has officially moved its professional draft zone from 12 metres to 20 metres — and if you think that's just an administrative tweak, think again. This is the most significant shift in professional long-course racing in a decade. The free ride is over. Quite literally. What Changed, and Why For years, triathlon's 12-metre draft zone was a grey area that riders — intentionally or not — exploited. At professional race speeds, sitting at 12...