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Sastre preparing for the Giro

Carlos Sastre is tuning his form after getting a slow start to the year due to a bout with the influenza virus in February. He finished the Castilla y León in 40th place overall, 6:24 behind Levi Leipheimer. The Cervélo TestTeam rider was happy to finish the race, which he was using as preparation for his first major goal of the season, the Giro d’Italia. Sastre has changed his program for 2009 to focus on both the Giro and Tour, leaving the Vuelta a España aside for the time being, a switch from his typical racing program that focused on the Tour and then the Vuelta.

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Fast Team, Fast Clothing!

The Cervélo Test Team kit is to speed and performance – speed through aerodynamics and reduced weight, but also speed by helping the human body to perform at its maximum potential. We design our garments to help blood flow to the muscles, to help maintain the body at its optimum operating temperature, and to smooth the air flow around the body in real world situations. We then test and refine, test some more, and refine some more, on the road and in the wind tunnel. Cervélo Aero Race Team Jersey Two-third of aerodynamic resistance is created by the rider and only 1/3 from the bike. So even small gains here can make a big difference. In fact, testing from the San Diego windtunnel shows that this jersey saves 10 watts when riding with your hands on the hoods at 40 km/h. That translates into about 40 seconds saved every hour compared to a standard cycling jersey. The jersey was designed with the Castelli Velocity fabric and no extra fabric flapping in the riding position. The cut is small and stretched tightly over the body, with extra-long sleeves that point up and forward. To getting the air to flow efficiently over ...

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Why go to the wind tunnel?

“Time in the wind tunnel is worth its weight in gold” Cutting wind resistance by fine tuning the athletes position and equipment is worth its weight in gold. “As a climber, all the seconds I can get in the time trial are important, so to be here, doing this, it’s these small details that can help me a lot,” Sastre said. Recent aerodynamic testing at the renowned San Diego Low Speed Wind Tunnel determined that wearing the Cervélo Aero Race Jersey could save 10 watts when riding with your hands on the hoods at 40 km/h over a 40-kilometers distance. That translates into about 40 seconds saved every hour compared to a standard cycling jersey. Hushovd played with not only his time trial position but also out-of-saddle versus in-saddle drag numbers. “I was shocked to see how the numbers went up as you get out of the saddle,” he said. “It was proof it’s better for me to stay on the wheel until I have to go into the wind. “Slippery” Wind tunnel testing enables the various elements that make up a cyclist’s aerodynamic profile to be identified and modified. Once the position of the athlete is dialled in, its ...

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Henrich Haussler, a young talent.

Nickamed the “Racing Kangaroo,” Haussler’s father is German and his mother Australian. He was raised Down Under, but moved to Germany as a junior once he decided to give it a shot to race his bike professionally. He turned pro young with Gerolsteiner in 2005 and quickly won a stage in that year’s Vuelta a España. Since then, he’s collected a handful of wins each season as he slowly developed his sprint. We meet up with Haussler at the team presentation in Portugal. What do you think about your new team? I really like the team, it makes a big difference from making a change. We have Sastre and some climbers for the grand tours, guys for the classics, guys for the sprints. There are some guys to leadout for the sprinters, it’s perfect. You look faster this year, what has changed? I’m training different this year. Years before I was training really long and slow. I never had top form, I always seemed to have 80-90 percent form during the entire year. Now, I am more focused on specific races and training towards them. Will you be one of the protected sprinters? If I am racing and Thor Hushovd ...

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Milano-Sanremo – Haussler 2nd and Hushovd 3rd

Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia – Highroad) narrowly beat Heinrich Haussler and Thor Hushovd in today’s Milano-Sanremo. Jean-Paul van Poppel, one of the Sports Director’s for todays race commented, “Heinrich started out early to bring Thor into the best position, but he actually went so hard that nobody could hold his wheel at that moment. He slowed down at 100 m and Cavendish was on his way in and just nailed him down within the last 50 m. “It was all in the game where you look for an opportunity in the moment. Except for Cavendish, if Heinrich could have held for one more second, he would have won. But that was the race.” Results: 1st Mark Cavendish +6.42.45 44.39 km/h 2nd Heinrich Haussler s.t. 3rd Thor Hushovd +0.02 4th Allan Davis s.t. 5th Alessandro Petacchi s.t. 33th Andreas Klier s.t. 60th Gabriel Rasch +1.51 92th Roger Hammond +8.19 103th Hayden Roulston s.t. 131st Xavier Florencio s.t. 133th Jeremy Hunt s.t.

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