Castelli | InsiderNews – Tagged "castelli" – Page 32

cannondale, castelli, garmin, News, presentation, Racing, team - January 12, 2015

Davide Formolo’s American dreams

A moment after Davide Formolo took his seat, he was back up again. We was distracted by what we saw from the 17th floor of New York hotel in the Meatpacking District. “It’s the Statue of Liberty,” he said. Even though the 22-year-old rider from San Rocco di Marano di Valpolicella, Italy has been to New York before, as recently as this past October, he was excited to be back, to be in the U.S. for the Cannondale-Garmin team launch. “Here you have California dreams, but in Europe you have American dreams,” Formolo said. It’s a pretty eloquent turn of phrase from a man to says he only knows 100 English words. He’s trying to learn English, but he finds it hard to study after a six-hour bike ride. “You’re very tired, and your head can’t remember nothing,” he said of his post-ride attempts at learning a language. Now, he mostly studies on recovery days. While English will help Formolo on this new U.S.-based team, he does have some teammates who have joined him from the old Italian squad, Cannondale, who speak his first language: Alberto Bettiol, Moreno Moser, Alan Marangoni and Davide Villella. There’s also Ted King, who picked up Italian ...

Cannondale-Garmin team launch to be streamed live

This Wednesday’s official team launch for Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling team will be streamed live here below from New York City at 8:35pm local time, 2:35am CET, Jan. 7th. The live online coverage will feature attendee arrivals, introductions, interviews with members of the 2015 Cannondale-Garmin team, and the much-anticipated unveiling of the team’s 2015 Castelli kit. Representing the 2015 team at the launch will be Andrew Talansky, Ben King, Dan Martin, Davide Formolo, Joe Dombrowski and Ted King, along with team CEO Jonathan Vaughters. Stay tuned, the Cannondale-Garmin 2015 team launch will be broadcasted here above.

Season’s greetings from Castelli

Dear friends, fans and partners of Castelli. As the year 2014 is coming to an end, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. Everyone at Castelli wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy and successful New Year. We look forward to seeing you at one of the many bike races and events around the world, interact with you online, and work together on fuelling and inspiring the cycling world. Ride safe and have fun!

Read more

castelli, cold, jacket, KOM, muur, News, Racing, rain, tawain, wet - December 16, 2014

Taiwan KOM Challenge

Numbers, figures and reams of data from wind tunnels, computer fluid dynamics and multiple other mechanical testing procedures may be the way many companies like to give the consumer a good idea at how great a product they are making. In many respects all this digital and controlled testing is great, but when it comes to the real deal, it’s out on the open road that shows weather a product really performs. To test a product to its ultimate limit you need harsh and epic conditions. Usually people don’t like going out and suffering through these conditions, especially when it comes to that wet and cold variety of weather. When I found myself in a situation that accidentally and unfortunately allowed me and a friend to give kit we were using the ultimate test it’s not until after the event that you’re able to look back and see how well a product does its job. Taiwan may not be the first place you think of when imagining great cycling destinations, I for one had never seen it as an ideal cycling destination. But an invite for a trip to the island to tackle the Taiwan KOM Challenge was to show me ...

Thirty-five Ass-Savers to be WON!

This weekend, we have decided to give away thirty-five Ass-Savers Folding Mud Guard in Team Garmin-Sharp and MTN-Qhubeka colors. Entering is easy and open to all Castelli newsletter subscribers and Facebook fans. The usual Castelli rules apply (see below), only one entry is allowed per person, and you enter by sending us your answer by email: blog@castelli-cycling.com Whats the name of Castelli’s water repellent range of fleecy garments with silicone filaments added to the surface to keeps the rain out? CONTEST RULES: 1. Contest is open to all Castelli Newsletter subscribers and Facebook fans. 3. The prize drawing is open to residents of the European Union and North America. 4. This contest begins at 12:00 p.m. Central European Time (CET) on December 11, 2014, and ends at 12:00 p.m. (CET) on December 15, 2014. 5. The Castelli random-number generator will pick the lucky winners. 6. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #CastelliAss-Savers Good luck!!