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castelli, championship, firenze, florence, mondiali, News, nibali, visconti, worlds - September 30, 2013

Epic Worlds: All the riders were heroes.

Dramatic, intense, and incredible. These are the words to describe the men’s road race at the cycling world championships. The foul weather ruled for most of the race making the roads a true inferno.

Video: Recon of the 2013 UCI Worlds course

The Castelli equipped, Italian National Road Team, with the Italian ‘Commissario Tecnico’, Paolo Bettini, had the occasion to visit for the first time the course of the UCI Road World Championships where this year’s titles will be awarded.

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bronzini, championship, News, worlds - September 25, 2011

Bronzini goes again!

Pulling on a World Road Championships Rainbow Jersey must be one of the greatest feelings ever! But to do it twice…well!

Dressed in Castelli colors, Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini claimed her second women’s elite World Championship road title in a row. The Italian beat Marianne Vos (Netherlands) and Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Germany) to the line.

“This second World Championship win is certainly the one that feels the best. Last year’s win was such a big surprise: I had started with no pressure and was working for the others early in the race. Bronzini said to Castelli.

Bettini preview WC road course in Copenhagen

This year’s World Championship has been described as a sprinter’s course, but the Italian ‘Commissario Tecnico’, team manager of the Italian national squad, Paolo Bettini has warned that any eventual winner on September 25th will have to be far more than just a fast finisher. Earlier this year, Paolo Bettini made a trip to the Danish capital to get the first impression of the race course.

Speaking yesterday, Bettini said, “The World Championships circuit is not really complicated – only the final is complicated. But if it is raining or windy, it will be a really hard race.”

National’s glory was on the line this weekend.

TEAM GARMIN-CERVELO – WOMEN: Huge week for the Garmin-Cervélo women’s team with seven medals at the National Championships..

ITALY: Noemi Cantele did the double by taking both the road race and the time trial. Cantele outsprinted Tatiana Guderzo to win her first elite road championship title.

UNITED KINGDOM: Lizzie Armitstead won the women’s British RR National Championships outsprinting Nicole Cooke, with Sharon Laws and Emma Pooley (Garmin-Cervelo) in third and fourth place, while Lucy Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) took 6th, 2nd in U23.