LeMevel RSS

Peter Stetina, Garmin-Barracuda, rode and completed his first ever Grand Tour in 2011, Giro d’Italia. He not only made it through what was without question the most difficult Grand Tour in recent memory, but he managed an impressive 22nd place overall.

Video 1: The images tells everything, what a great video with Christophe Le Mével.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8YhrAAvh7w[/youtube]

Video 2: Chris Vande Velde – beautiful scenery and motivational training.

The 23-year-old Peter Stetina confirmed that he’s a rider who can have grand tour potential for the future, especially on mountainous courses like this year’s Giro. Stetina rode well in Saturday’s epic stage over the Finestre climb to finish off his first grand tour on a strong 22nd place. “There are just positive signs all the way through. We knew I was capable of a top-20. I think I could have done it, but I lost some time early on because there was no pressure and I was just enjoying the experience of my first Giro,” Stetina said to Castelli. CASTELLI PHOTOSHOOTING – this week. Peter Stetina and Christophe LeMevel will freshen up memories from a hard 15th Giro mountain stage over Passo Giao and Passo Fedaia this week during the Castelli Summer 2012 catalog photoshootings. More twitter feeds and images to come. twitter.com/castellicycling »

Christophe Le-Mevel (Garmin-Cervélo) climbed into third overall at the Giro d’Italia after another superb performance in what was the first major summit finish in this year’s race.

Le-Mével rose to the challenge of the two-climb ascent of Europe’s most active volcano and crossed the line 11th on the stage and nudged up to third overall as the Giro heads into its first of two rest days Monday. Spanish rider Alberto Contador attacked with about six kilometers to go on the final climb up Etna, which erupted earlier this week to leave a thin layer of dust on the road.