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We’re halfway through the Giro, It’s been an exciting ten days so far. With the race kicking off in Ireland and spending three days there taking in the emerald isle. Then heading back to its normal stomping ground of the roads of Italy. This first ten days have seen some action that many in the peloton and those viewing would rather not have seen, namely these being the multiple crashes. From the first days in Belfast through to the rain soaked stages on glass like roads in Bari and the following stages riders have been falling like ten pins. Crashing is a part of cycling life, for a professional its a a hazard of the job. For a enthusiast it’ll happen now and again, either due to poor concentration,bad luck or dangerous roads. It’s never nice no hard you fall. For Castelli sponsored team Garmin-Sharp this Giro will be one that will stick in the memory of all due to one wet grid and a huge dose of bad luck. Back In Ireland the atmosphere was electric, Belfast had been gearing up for an almighty depart to the first ever Giro Grand Tour, the city was covered in pink. From ...

Athletes racing at the highest level of the sport provide the most demanding proving ground for Castelli. When RCS Sport contacted Castelli to supply the Dubai Tour leaders’ jerseys, the race organizers said they wanted a lightweight and next-to-nothing jersey for hot desert temperatures, with no fabric flapping in the wind when the peloton headed into dusty crosswind sections. The riders of Team Garmin-Sharp have been reaping the lightweight aero benefits of the Climbers Jersey for more than two years, so it wasn’t difficult to pick the right innovative product model from our Speed Research Unit. Super light weight and fast drying Strada Light 3D mesh. The Climbers Jersey is designed for racing in the mountains or in hot weather. The jersey is made from our super-lightweight Strada Light 3D mesh and an aero Velocity fabric, and it’s cut to hug the torso and eliminate any excess fabric flapping when battling the wind. It’s 139 grams of next to nothing, it’s our quickest-drying jersey ever, and it saves 8 watts at 40 km/h compared to a standard cycling jersey. One of the jersey’s advantages is that it absorbs hardly any water. After all, what good would a lightweight jersey be ...

Date: Sunday, January 25th—AUSTRALIA DAY
Stage: BE SAFE BE SEEN MAC Stage 6
Distance: 85.5km (18 x 4.75km circuit laps)

Every cyclist that lines up week in week out at the local criterium, road race or time trial will at some point or another have dreamed about getting noticed by the guys who run the big pro teams.