Waterloo, WI and Maui, HI—Bontrager athlete Julie Dibens became the first athlete in history to win three consecutive Xterra World Championships, racing to victory in Sunday’s 28.5 mile event around the Makena Beach & Golf Resort in Maui, Hawaii. With her win, Julie Dibens also became the fourth member of an exclusive group of three-time Xterra World Championship winners. Riding a Trek Top Fuel outfitted with a variety of Bontrager components, Julie Dibens finished with a record time of 2:56:42.

The Xterra World Championship is an off-road triathlon consisting of a 1.5 km swim, a 30 km bike course and an 11 km run. Julie came out of the water in second place, trailing the leader by 38 seconds. Within 5 minutes of beginning the bike portion of the race, she had moved into the lead and never looked back. Her blistering pace set the fastest women’s bike split of the day at 1:42:48, a pace faster than an Olympic silver medalist and other World Cup-level mountain bikers also competing. She entered the run with a sizable cushion and finished the race seven and a half minutes before the next female athlete.

Julie’s Trek was equipped with the following Bontrager components:
• Race XXX Lite wheels with carbon rims
• Race X Lite stem with 7 degree rise
• Race XXX Lite Carbon Flat handlebars
• Race XXX Lite carbon seat post with 5mm offset
• Race X Lite MTB saddle
• Race X Lite carbon water bottle cage
• Custom RXL Hilo WSD shoes

About Bontrager
Bontrager’s existence is intimately linked to the exploration and enjoyment of playground earth while riding on two wheels. We make bicycle components, accessories and apparel, all firmly grounded in no-nonsense design philosophy, valuing performance and usability, not fads and gimmicks.

Bontrager was founded in 1980 by Keith Bontrager with a simple mantra: strong first, light second. Bontrager was acquired by Trek Bicycle Corporation in 1995 and continues to offers a full range of cycling products, all rigorously tested to meet Keith's stringent standards. Working with professional athletes, like Julie Dibens, our product managers and engineers continually design, develop and deliver premium cycling products, proof that Bontrager is the ultimate upgrade for race day and every day.

For more information, visit Bontrager online at www.bontrager.com.

Additional Resources
www.juliedibens.com
www.xterraplanet.com/maui/

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