Castelli | InsiderNews – Tagged "2012"

2012, ashley, castelli, imagery, jered gruber, johan vansummeren, paris, Photo, roubaix, veledrome - August 24, 2018

A Look Back: Flying down the Carrefour de l’Arbre with Johan Vansummeren

Johan Vansummeren is almost two meters tall, 1.98 m, to be more precise, but he is also a man with a big engine who rode 15 Grand Tours in his career and took his most significant victory in the “Hell of the North” in 2011, after dropping his breakaway companions on the Carrefour de l’Arbre and riding solo into the famous velodrome. While browsing through the Castelli image archives recently, I came across these great catalog shots by the Grubers, taken on an unforgettable day in the north of France. It was a cold, damp December day in 2012, and Johan was bouncing over the cobbles from the Arenberg Forest to the Roubaix velodrome. The cobbled sections were covered in mud. A gravel or mountain bike would have been a better choice that day, but Johan rode his road bike with 25 mm tires sliding through every corner of the iconic pavé sections, cutting his way through the mud on the way to Roubaix. Together with the exceptional cycling photographers Jered and Ashley Gruber, we tagged along by car to capture some epic photos for the Castelli 2013 winter catalog. These were the toughest conditions we ever have asked anyone ...

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2012, castelli, cinelli, crit, hook, milan, milano, News, red - October 15, 2012

RHC MILAN: 100 Starters, 27 Finishers

The Red Hook Crit started as an underground fixed gear bike race in Brooklyn, NY, in 2007, and has since grown into a worldwide phenomenon.

Tour de France, new colors, maybe an overall win?

The Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda team yesterday launched its new jersey, two days prior to the start of the Tour de France.

The team will be led by Giro winner Ryder Hesjedal who took an extended break from racing as he began his preparations for the Tour de France, but tomorrow in Liegè he’ll begin his campaign for a Giro-Tour double, last achieved by Marco Pantani in 1998.

Team Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda Unveils New Kit

Slipstream Sports recently welcomed Sharp as a new co-title sponsor and today unveiled its new team kit, which will be ridden for the first time when the Belgian City of Liège will kick-off the 2012 Tour de France on Saturday.

Video: Garmin-Barracuda 2012

Video 1: The images tells everything, what a great video with Christophe Le Mével.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8YhrAAvh7w[/youtube]

Video 2: Chris Vande Velde – beautiful scenery and motivational training.