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The Gabba – The professional’s foul-weather friend

Story by Andy McGrath | rouleur.cc We visit the Castelli factory in late November – well, it’d be remiss to gab about the Gabba at the height of summer. If you’re wondering how a rainwear revolution could happen in sunny Italy, abandon all weather stereotypes ye who enter their home town, Fonzaso. The Dolomites rear up and the temperature drops as we drive through the north-eastern Italian countryside, past wood stacks and through early morning mist. Apparently, this place gets twice as much rain as London. We meet Castelli brand manager Steve Smith and Race Performance Director, Andrea Peron, who takes us for a morning espresso (well, this is Italy). We stroll down the main artery, which is dominated by a big glass window, looking out over a floor of 40 sewing machines and their attendant stitchers, busy working on samples for the summer 2016 line. Notice a common denominator? They’re all from cruddy-weather countries. “We spent the first 45 minutes talking about traditional rain jackets, incremental improvements on the Pocket Liner,” Smith says. “We’d actually already made a first-round sample of it. Gabriel Rasch disappeared up to his room and came back down, talking about fit… Gabriel is quiet, ...

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Cervélo teams will begin racing this week!

fg1Both the men and women of Cervélo TestTeam officially begin racing this week. The men’s team will start with the French five-day stage race Étoile de Bessèges. The women’s team will start the season with the Ladies Tour of Qatar, now in its second edition.

Men’s Team
The Étoile de Bessèges, held annually in southern France, around Bessèges, will represent the official start of the Cervélo TestTeam season. Please note that Thor Hushovd, who was to start his season with this race, is ill and will not be competing as planned.

“We are looking forward to starting in Bessèges, as it will be the first race for our team in 2010,” said Sports Director Alex Sans Vega. “It will give us the opportunity to check our fitness and strength against the other teams, as some of them have already started their season in the Tour Down Under or G.P. Marseillaise. The Étoile de Bessèges is a good race for our riders. It will help them in their preparations, but we will also try to get some results-all our riders will have the freedom to show themselves at their best at the start of the season.”

fg2The team is also returning to the Middle East after last year’s success with the stage win of Roger Hammond (GBR) and with six riders placed in the top 10. Heinrich Haussler (GER) (second overall last year) and Hammond (third overall last year) will lead the team again. Sports Director Jens Zemke has good memories of the race from last year. “It will be very difficult to repeat the excellent result of our first showdown one year ago,” he said. “We have two new riders in our Qatar squad, Theo Bos (NED) and Davide Appollonio (ITA); the others are all Qatar experienced. We also want to test our new components and bikes. This race is another big step forward. Our main goal is to prepare our team for a successful spring campaign.”

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RIDER OF THE MONTH, LOOKING BACK ON ’09 WITH PHILIPP DEIGNAN

It has been a few months since the Castelli24H crite race took place, and also last time we spoke to Cervélo’s Irishman, Philipp Deignan. We thought the Cervélo Team-Camp in Switzerland was a good excuse to catch up again. (part 1.) Looking back, how has 2009 been? The racing season is finally over and I’m looking forward to at least four weeks break after one of my most satisfying years in the professional ranks. I certainly feel like I have moved up a level this year and riding the Giro and the Vuelta in the same year was a valuable experience in terms of developing overall as a rider. “Winning a stage in the Vuelta is the obvious highlight of the season but completing two Grands Tours taught me a lot.” 2009 highlight? Winning a stage in the Vuelta is the obvious highlight of the season but completing two Grands Tours taught me a lot about the levels that I can go to and how my body can cope and recover well. Are there areas where you are better than before? Finishing Tour of Lombardy of almost 250 kilometres so late in the season was a positive for me and ...

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Crash rues Hushovd’s chance for a podium place.

Thor Hushovd blamed the crash on the final bend in Brignoles for ruining the team’s plan to hijack Colombia and grab the stage win. Specialist sprinter Hushovd was among the contenders for Sunday’s stage until the crash, and he said: “We had our strategy for the sprint to come from behind the Columbia train. They were very strong again today and we decided to wait until the final kilometres. “There was a crash and we lost each other. Some of us went left, others had to brake. The crash lost us everything in the end. “Tomorrow is another day and we will try. It’s very warm, but it was OK for me,” the Norwegian added. “I prefer when it’s 15C cooler, but I had to fight through it.” he commented after yesterday’s stage. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvhXpqMW0e4[/youtube]

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