The riders of Garmin-Barracuda have been reaping the aero benefits of the SanRemo SpeedSuit for over a year, and now those advantages are being extended to a wider audience.
Castelli kicked off the Italian launch of its highly innovative 2012 products (Castelli Passion Day) with a brief tour of the company’s headquarters in Fonzaso, Italy, and an afternoon bike ride in the fastest bit of clothing for road racing, the SanRemo Speedsuit.
Castelli has made its name as a company devoted to innovation and a close relationship with professional athletes, so it was only natural that some legendary cyclists joined the Castelli ride:
Paolo Bettini, considered the best classics specialist of his generation, who also won gold medals at the Athens Olympics and the 2006 and 2007 World Road Race Championships; Fausto Bertoglio, who debuted in Castelli colors with Team Brooklyn in 1974 and whose career highlight was winning the 1975 Giro d’Italia; two-time Brazilian national champion Murilo Fischer (Garmin-Barracuda), who is based in the Treviso area and is a familiar face at the Castelli facility; and Castelli’s own racing performance director, Andrea Peron, whose international breakthrough came when he won Vuelta a Castilla y Leon in 1996 while riding for Motorola, and was dressed in Castelli clothing when riding for Team Once and CSC.
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More than a hundred Italian bike-shop owners came to Castelli Passion Day to feel and experience the scorpion brand and learn how the combination of cutting-edge technology and old-world craftsmanship makes the company unique.
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8 Comments
Bella giornata, complimenti!
Grazie Castelli per una bellissima giornata.
Un ringraziamento alla famiglia Cremonese, ed a tutti i componenti della Castelli, per la splendida giornata
looks like you guys had a blast. Will it be possible to visit the Castelli HQ on my next trip to Italy?
Love the heritage collection on your flickr page. Will Castelli product any of these good looking wool jerseys in the future?
Un grazie di cuore a tutto il team Castelli per la splendida giornata passata insieme. Non avrei mai immaginato cosa ci fosse dietro alla produzione di un bel capo. Ora so cosa dire ai miei clienti. Un grazie anche al mitico agente per il Lazio, Claudio.
COMPLIMENTI A TUTTO IL TEAM CASTELLI E IN PARTICOLARE ALLA FAMIGLIA CRENONESE PER L’ACCOGLIENZA E L’ORGANIZZAZIONE DIMOSTRATA, SONO STATI 2 GIORNI BELLISSIMI ED E’ STATO MOLTO INTERESSANTE SCOPRIRE LA REALTA’ CHE SI MUOVE DIETRO IL MARCHIO CASTELLI.
GRAZIE DI CUORE
CARLO
Very good initiative, as he had enjoyed with the Castelli family.
I am a Scorpion.
Jesus. Spain.