Castelli | An Unfair Advantage

Multiple U.S. time trial champion David Zabriskie once again bested the field in the race against the clock, winning the Tour of Romandie stage 4 time trial. And a strong overall performance from the Garmin-Cervélo Team with four in the top 20, and Andrew Talansky taking the best young rider jersey from teammate Peter Stetina.

Creating clothing for athletes at the highest level of the sport is the most demanding proving ground for Castelli. David Zabriskie was not only reaping the benefits of his aero P4 bike and components, the Castelli BodyPaint TT SpeedSuit gave him an extra aero advantage over the 20.1km. Read the rest of this entry »

Take, for instance, the marvelous fact that every morning when the riders sit down to breakfast, a soigneur shows up with bags of freshly cleaned laundry. For anyone who has watched precious hours of their life drip away waiting for clothes to dry in a laundromat, this daily occurrence is a thing of wonder indeed.

We asked team soigneur Sophie Roullois to walk us through the process. Read the rest of this entry »

Paris-Roubaix is well known as a new product test lab. It’s a big stage, it’s a challenging stage, and it’s a legendary stage. Succeed here and cyclists will take notice. Despite the obvious challenge the cobbles present, the most recent focus has been on new aerodynamic products. The theory behind this is, make your move on the cobbles, and make it stick on the tarmac in between. This has been the recipe for victory in all recent runnings of the “Hell of the North.” Read the rest of this entry »

Belgian Johan Van Summeren, wearing possibly the fastest bit of clothing ever created for road racing – the Castelli SpeedSuit, soloed off the front to claim the victory of the 2011 Paris-Roubaix.

It was sun, blue skies and dust rather than mud that greeted the combatants on today’s Hell of the North, Paris-Roubaix. On a spectacular day of crashes, splits and dust it was Johan Van Summeren, Garmin-Cervelo, who attacked a leading group of four riders with about 15-km left before going on to win the Queen of the Classics.

The Garmin-Cervelo rider took the biggest win of his career, ahead of Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) and Maarten Tjallingi (Rabobank).

“I am the happiest man in the world. It’s a race that’s made for me, it’s made for my body.” said Van Summeren when Belgian fans waved their flags in delight at the Roubaix velodrome.

The Castelli SpeedSuit – A little bit of aerodynamic savings over a long period of time
can result in that extra last crucial bit when pushing for the line and glory.

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The Core Mesh base layer is perfect for a large range of temperatures for improved moisture management during warmer Spring races to hot days in France in July.

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Team Garmin-Cervelo will head into the Tour of Flanders with three strong names consisting of Tyler Farrar, Thor Hushovd and Heinrich Haussler.

Despite strength in numbers they are well aware that the man to beat will Fabian Cancellara, but Farrar, who finished fourth last year, is confident that the team can play all their cards in a bid to not just stop Cancellara, but also win the team’s first Classic. Read the rest of this entry »

One week Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervélo) won the Trofeo Alfredo Binda that kicked off the 2011 UCI Women’s World Cup, the women’s peloton heads to Belgium on Sunday for the Ronde van Vlaanderen Vrouwen, the Women’s Tour of Flanders, for the series’ second of nine rounds.

Pooley will start in defence of her World Cup leader’s jersey, but she doesn’t expect to be a factor on the cobbled parcours. Read the rest of this entry »

There are very few climbs in modern bike racing that can bring a bike racer to his knees. With the evolution of intelligent gearings, the steepest climbs have been tamed, well, as much as they can be. The Koppenberg, however, defies all technological advances and takes us back to a time when plodding upward on foot was just as common of a means of forward movement as pedaling. Read the rest of this entry »