At the men's 2025 World Championships in Nice, not only was the Speedmax the most popular bike on the course, Sam Laidlow once again demonstrated that it was the fastest.
While Canyon's male triathletes didn't manage to make it three wins in a row on the Speedmax this year, the 2023 World Champion Sam Laidlow did lay down another incredible ride, winning the bike leg with a time of 4h 29m 29s, repeating his feat from 2024's Ironman World Championships.
Laidlow's blistering pace saw him arrive at the T3 transition 48 seconds faster than his nearest rival with an average speed of 40.13 km/h (24.94 mph) over a hilly course with 2427m of elevation.
What's more, according to Slowtwitch's survey, Canyon's Speedmax also won the popularity count with almost a quarter of the competitors riding Canyon's dedicated triathlon machine, or 502 riders out of 2,199 surveyed.
So not only did Sam Laidlow once again demonstrate that the Canyon Factory Racing (CFR) version was the fastest bike on the course, the Speedmax family, with its pro-driven developments and six Ironman victories, was also the most popular bike platform on the course, and that's a true evocation of Canyon's democratised performance philosophy.
1. For more images of the Speedmax, see here.
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What started in founder Roman Arnold’s garage has grown into the world’s leading direct-to-consumer bicycle manufacturer. Renowned as one of the most innovative brands in the industry, Canyon designs bikes for every discipline – from road, triathlon and gravel to mountain, city, trekking, and e-bikes.
Canyon partners with the finest athletes and teams on the planet, taking insights from the toughest race conditions to engineer bikes and components for the highest levels of the sport. The result: award-winning bikes that set the standard for performance, innovation, and engineering – built to deliver at the highest level on any terrain.
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