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Roger Serrano upset fellow Spaniard Ruben Ruzafa and Helena Erbenova of the Czech Republic edged Brigitta Poor of Hungary at XTERRA Greece.

In 100 Fahrenheit heat and 90 percent humidity, Caroline Steffen topped Radka Vodickova and Cyril Viennot edged Tim Van Berkel at Ironman 70.3 Vietnam.

Giulio Molinari of Italy and Yvonne van Vlerken of Netherlands dominated the bike legs to take comfortable wins on a sunny day at Challenge Rimini.

Fredrik Croneborg overcame a flat tire with a 2nd-fastest bike and race-best run and Yu-Shiao Li posted a women’s-best bike and 2nd-fastest run to win Challenge Taiwan.

Jolanda Annen of Switzerland edged Agnieszka Jerzyk of Poland and Etienne Diemunsch of France outran Jelle Geens of Belgium to win the Huatulco World Cup.

Lionel Sanders took the lead with a race-best bike leg and kept it with a race-best run while Heather Wurtele posted a race-best bike to win St. George 70.3.

Andreas Dreitz used the fastest bike split to win his third straight title, and Laura Philipp crushed the bike leg to outpace Olympic champ Nicola Spirig and win Mallorca 70.3.

Ben Allen and Jacqui Slack, XTERRA’s most competitive couple, dominated XTERRA Malaysia in hot and humid tropical weather Saturday in Langkawi.

Will testing for bike motors be limited to high-level pro races? Based on a discussion with the UCI’s technical manager, this technology may well come to a race near you.

Two customers to a local RD: “We used to do 6 or 7 [of your local] events a year, but the last few years we focus on IM events. We are lucky to fit 1 or 2 in.”

Updated: Today Ironman announced a partnership with the UCI on testing for illegal motors hidden in bikes. Violators Ironman catches will receive suspensions from Ironman races of an indeterminate, but probably lengthy, term. (UCI’s Mark Barfield answers question about the technology.)