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#RideItOut, cycling, elite, indoor riding, insider, tacx, wahoo, Zwift - March 28, 2020

Dress up to stay indoors

Smart trainers are now so realistic that you can almost forget you’re riding indoors. They allow us to experience the road feel and even suffer at the hands of a stiff headwind via dynamic resistance changes on smart trainers. Unfortunately that wind is only virtual, and even with a powerful fan it’s still hard to regulate your body temperature indoors. To combat this we developed the Insider Bibshorts and Insider Jersey. INSIDER BIBSHORTS Comfort is everything indoors and we’ve designed the bibshorts we’d want for ourselves. Cool and comfortable with good wicking ability and just enough padding, they ensure optimal comfort on muggy indoor rides. The 80% polyester construction helps wick sweat away while our lighter KISS Air2 seat pad finds the optimal balance between excellent padding with reduced overall coverage. INSIDER JERSEY Our Insider Jersey tailored for the rigors of indoor training and includes a 3D Mesh fabric that ensures maximum airflow to keep you cool when the heat and intensity of indoor workouts build. In addition, the 100% polyester design ensures that excess moisture is quickly wicked away to help keep you cool and dry. With a low collar and short waist, it’s designed for maximum cooling, while ...

Meeting up with the Italian elite men’s team ahead of Sunday

The one-day race so many pro riders have been preparing for is finally upon us: the 2017 UCI Road World Championships elite men’s road race. The wild coastal landscape of western Norway will mark the start of the men’s race. The wobbly 267.5 km course should make for an unpredictable contest, compounded by the potential for tricky weather, or what some riders would call “Perfetto, Gabba” conditions. The field will have plenty of big names hoping to take the rainbow jersey on Sunday. The Castelli-equipped Italian national road team, with the Italian ‘commissario tecnico’, Davide Cassani, arrived in Bergen on Thursday to check out the course and stretch their legs before the fireworks begin on Sunday. Italy has a strong lineup for Sunday (see full list below). Elia Viviani and Matteo Trentin are two strong contenders for an Italian world championships success. Viviani was second at the European road race, which came down to a reduced bunch sprint, and his Italian teammate Trentin is also on form after bagging five wins in the last month (four stages at La Vuelta a España and the Primus Classic). With the possibility of a late escape also coming into play, Gianni Moscon, Sonny Colbrelli and ...

Ponferrada: Women’s Elite Road Race

Defending champion Marianne Vos missed out on medals as France’s Pauline Ferrand Prevot won gold in the women’s road race ahead of Lisa Brennauer (Germany) and Emma Johansson (Sweden) in second and third, and Giorgia Bronzini (Italy) in a narrow fourth. Towards the top of the final ascent of Mirador, Armitstead went clear with Vos, Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy. “The attack of the group of four with Vos, Armitstead, Johansson and Borghini made a big mess.” The quartet maintained their advantage on the 2km descent into Ponferrada but began looking at each other, rather than working together in the final kilometer. That allowed a group containing 22-year-old Ferrand Prevot to catch them 500m from the finish. Vos led the sprint into the final 200m but Ferrand Prevot, Brennauer, Johannson and Bronzini all raced by. The attack of the group of four with Vos, Armitstead, Johansson and Borghini made a big mess.” said Giorgia Bronzini to Castelli after the race. “When we caught them with 500m to go, I found myself boxed in and didn’t really have the punch to overtake Lisa or Emma when I finally found my line next to the barrier. ”

Meintjes Wins The South African Elite Road Championships

In what was an exhilarating race around the streets of Westiville, KwaZulu-Natal today. The South African Road Race Championships saw Louis Meintjes come away with the national jersey. Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) took the silver with defending champion, Jay Thomson taking the bronze medal.

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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Dress up to stay indoors

Meeting up with the Italian elite men’s team ahead of Sunday

Ponferrada: Women’s Elite Road Race

Meintjes Wins The South African Elite Road Championships

Video: Recon of the 2013 UCI Worlds course

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