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One winter tight for all conditions. A technical wonder!
Putting in those base miles over the winter and early spring should be as comfortable as possible.

On a dry day, the FLUIDO NANOFLEX WIND BIBTIGHT is a technical wonder—wind-protection, minimum seams, warm, stretchy and breathable. But when it starts to rain, the real magic kicks in.

This year’s Il Lombardia has a new date and new extra climb. The Muro di Sormano was a controversial inclusion in the Giro di Lombardia for three years in the 1960’s – 1960, 1961, and 1962. After which, the climb was removed and left to the annals of legend until 2012. 50 years later, race organizers, RCS, re-introduced the famed wall to Il Lombardia.

The Castelli equipped, Italian National Road Team, with the Italian ‘Commissario Tecnico’, Paolo Bettini, arrived in London and are finialising their preparation ahead of tomorrows’s 250km Olympic road race.

Don’t let the heat get you down. The Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda riders wanted a lightweight kit for the mountain stages of the Tour. The Inferno Bibshort and Climbers Jersey (new for Summer 2013 in Castelli colors)  was created based on the riders request for a kit for the blazing heat of Italy in May and France in July.

2012 Para-Cycling Track World Championships is well underway in Los Angeles. Fabrizio Macchi is an athlete who leaves nothing to chance. Preparing for his main goal of the season, the Paralympic Games in London, Macchi added another World Championship medal to his plentiful collection by taking bronze in the men’s C2 3km pursuit at the Track World Championship in Los Angeles (9-12 February). FINAL RESULT C2 – 3km: 1. Colin Lynch (Irl) 3’51”640; 2. Gui Hua Liang (Cina) 3’57”534; 3. Fabrizio Macchi (Ita) tempo qualif. 3’59”072; 4. Alvaro Galvis Becerra (Col)