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Cervélo TestTeam is pleased to announce that Castelli has become a sponsor of the team.
“Castelli is very excited to become a partner of the Cervélo TestTeam and will provide technical race clothing to the men’s and women’s race teams,” said Steve Smith, Director of Marketing, Castelli. “Clothing for us is not decorative, it is equipment. And we are constantly developing the most technologically advanced solutions to make cyclists faster, lighter, more aerodynamic, and more comfortable. With Castelli’s pioneering development in the lightest and most aerodynamic clothing in the professional peloton, the Cervélo TestTeam members will have an advantage in their clothing as they have in the rest of their equipment. Castelli is committed to no doping, and we feel that this team shares our dream of seeing cycling cleaned from this scourge.”

Castelli will also be using the team to develop and test new and innovative clothing solutions to improve performance. Proven champions like Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd, and the up and coming riders, will be testing further developments in aerodynamic clothing, ultra lightweight race clothing, and innovative solutions to protect the riders in inclement conditions.

“We are very excited and honored to have Castelli as a partner in Cervelo TestTeam,” said Gerard Vroomen co-founder of Cervélo. “They have a rich history, but also focus on product innovation. In fact, they beat us to the TestTeam concept by over 50 years when they provided the legendary Fausto Coppi (a personal favorite of mine) with revolutionary silk jerseys to wear in his time trials.”

HAMMOND & SASTRE - FIRST TO TEST NANO-FLEX!

After our meeting with the Cervélo Test Team in December, we gave a pair of the Fulmine bibtights with NanoFlex treatment to two riders that every year are facing a lot of kilometers in wet and chilly winter conditions. Roger Hammond who live’s in the heart of Belgium is doing most of his winter training in the area of Brussels and in the UK. Carlos Sastre lives about 1000 m above sea-level in the mountains north of Madrid in Spain. He was looking for something to keep him warm but more important dry for his winter riding. The conclusion was the same from both riders:

“This new water-repellent fabric not only bounce off the water drops, it insulates and wicks the moisture away quickly so I don’t get that cold, clammy feeling any longer.”

Exclusively engineered by Castelli, the Nanoflex water repellent fabric is one of those fabrics that seems miraculous. On a dry day its as warm and breathable as our normal Thermoflex fleece fabric, but when it rains the water just runs off thanks to the 5 phase nanotechnology treatment. We’ve used an innovative construction that minimizes seams to keep you as dry as possible. While its not 100% waterproof, its the best solution we’ve ever tried for staying comfortable in any condition.

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New for September 2010, Water-resistant warmers, COOL!