In this episode Scott and Oliver give you a mid season wrap up of all that has been happening this year in cross triathlon. We discuss drafting, tactics and different conditions for the following races:

XTERRA Astralia Asia-Pacific Championship

XTERRA Greece Voulaigmeni

XTERRA Weston Park

XTERRA Oak Mountain

2025 World Triathlon Cross Triathlon Championships Pontevedra

2025 World Triathlon Cross Duathlon Championships Pontevedra

In this episode of TriTalk, we catch up with German triathlete Sebastian Neef to break down the Winter Triathlon World Championships. Fresh off an incredible performance, host Aneta shares her experience of winning gold and silver, while Sebastian gives his insights into the challenges of winter racing, strategy on snow, and what’s next for the season. Tune in for a deep dive into this unique discipline and some behind-the-scenes race stories!

We talk to one of the athletes most synonymous with the XTERRA brand, the italian XTERRA kid, Marta Menditto. Marta shares her insights into scheduling races, her love for travel, team atmosphere and the upcoming 2025 season.

We talk to two of our close friends from the Oberwappler gang, Bart and Dominik. We talk how they got into triathlon, where they sit in the current World Cup and what their plans are for the future. We have lots of fun discussing french lines, and we reveal some of the behind the scenes on how the podcast was created.

In this episode Aneta and Oliver discuss the newly released 2025 XTERRA world cup calendar, XTERRA doubling down on removing the joker rule a new world cup stop in Australia and the United Kingdom. We talk about Arthur Serrieres, Solenne Billouin and Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen seemingly dabbling in long course road racing, about the future of XTERRA and of the XTERRA world cup.

Michele’s 2024 season was characterised by highs and lows as his crash in XTERRA Taiwan left him with a broken wrist following a nasty crash on the mountain bike. Michele was able to overcome this adversity and gradually grew through the season posting incredibly impressive performances in both Oak Mountain and XTERRA Czech.

We talk to Michele about how he approaches racing and training. What a team structure has given him and potential racing and training strategies for the future.

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Anna Zehnder came fourth overall in the XTERRA World Cup in 2024 and has climbed through the results sheet faster than anyone else in the womens field, putting up incredible and consistent results this season. We speak with Anna about her background, why she is currently choosing to pursue a career in off-road triathlon over medicine and her outlook for the future.

Anna discuses her aims and ambitions on reaching the Olympic games, her general approach to training and racing and her experience of the XTERRA World Cup.

Scott Anderson is a top 15 off-road triathlete in the world. We speak with Scott about balancing life, work a phd programme and racing at the highest level. Scott shares his insights into life on the XTERRA circuit, plans moving forward a change of trainer and the hot new training methods he uses.

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In todays episode Aneta Grabmüller Soldati and Oliver Tonder recap the 2024 XTERRA World Championship in Molveno Italy and share their insights for both the Long course and Short Track.

Solenne Billouin and Artur Serrieres complete the historic triple.

What happened to Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen?

The addition of Rachel Klamer and Richard Murray on the startlist.

Watt bombs from Solenne and questionable tactics from Felix Foressier.

Where was Lukáš Kočař?

Will Marta Menditto, Anna Zehnder, Alizée Patiès, Sandra Mairhofer and Loanne Duvoisin, Maxime Chané be happy with their performances?

Who is Sullivan Middaugh and why is the Middaugh family so fast?

And are Solenne Billouin and Tadej Pogačar really that different and what about the similarities between Mathieu van der Poel and Artur Serrieres?

In our first episode Aneta Grabmüller Soldati and Oliver Tonder preview the upcoming XTERRA World Championship 2024 in Molveno Italy and give their predictions for both the Long course and Short Track.

Today we discuss:

Will Solenne Billouin and Arthur Serrieres complete the three-peat?

What are the chances of the main contenders: Felix Foressier, Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen, Michele Bonacina, Lukáš Kočař, Sandra Mairhofer, Loanne Duvoisin, Aneta Grabmüller Soldati, Marta Menditto, Anna Zehnder, Alizée Patiès and many others.

Could the XTERRA World Championship turn into a duathlon? With the water temperature at a chilly 11C one week out from the Short Track and how could this affect the race?

Jens Emil Sloth Nielsen running a blistering 64:18 at the Copenhagen Half Marathon.

Should XTERRA implement a drop system for races in the upcoming 2025 season?

We briefly also touch upon the 2024 World Triathlon Multisport Championships Townsville and how the result of this off-road triathlon/cross triathlon may influence the XTERRA World Championships 2024.