Martin Ulloa

The science behind why position always comes before equipment — and what that means for your season ahead. Every year, as the race season opens, the same question surfaces across age groups and professional triathlon alike: what do I need to go faster on the bike? The instinct is usually to look at equipment. A new wheel set. A different helmet. A lighter frame. And while those things matter — and we'll be talking about all of them this year — none of them will unlock the performance you're...

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:...