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Back to Abu Dhabi for the 2018 Tour

The 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour is now here, with the official start on Wednesday, February 21. The 5-stage race in the Emirates will be more interesting than ever, as its route is supposed to shuffle the cards thanks to a new ITT, together with 3 sprint stages and a hilly day. As announced, we’re supplying the official jerseys of the leaders of the race. They were specifically studied for the Abu Dhabi race, and they are anatomically shaped for a perfect aerodynamic balance and performance. The 11.8 time trial kilometers are put on the fourth stage, just before the final stage to the mountain finish of Jebel Hafeet. Before that, 3 sprinter stages are going to lead the group around the Emirates. Here you can see the peloton training inside the Yas Marina F1 Circuit in Abu Dhabi, the same the F1 cars have been using since 2009. No, you won’t see any car racing from this Wednesday, but we love to think that in the desert of the Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Tour can be even more fascinating. Don’t forget there will be a mountain stage too – only Esteban Chaves, Tanel Kangert and former world champion Rui Costa managed to win the Tour ...

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Riding on the Persian Gulf coast with the Dubai Tour

For the fifth time, Dubai is going to host the champions of the international peloton. The Dubai Tour is coming back with 5 stages from February 6th to 10th, and Castelli is providing the official jerseys of the race. The leader of the general classification is going to wear Castelli’s blue jersey. The red jersey goes to the points classification, the white jersey goes to the best young rider. The jersey with the UAE flag is dedicated to the intermediate sprint classification. To get the blue jersey, the riders will face 5 stages in the Dubai area of the United Arab Emirates. Four stages are dedicated to the sprinters, yet one stage is taking the peloton up to Hatta Dam in the Hajar Mountains. This particular stage is a comeback: last year, the Hatta Dam stage was canceled due to strong winds. This year the sprinters are called again to a good result in the Hajar Mountains to target the blue jersey. The race will host 9 UCI WorldTour Teams, 5 Professional Teams, 1 Continental Team and the UAE National Team. The last edition of the Tour was the fastest and longest ever: the average speed reached 45.59km/h, and Marcel Kittel ...

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A race against time in Abu Dhabi

Esteban Chaves, Tanel Kangert and Rui Costa won the first 3 editions of the Abu Dhabi Tour. The fourth is coming soon, and the Middle East’s only World Tour race will be different from the past. For instance, there’s going to be an individual time trial on the second last stage. The stages will be five in total, rather than four like in the past years. The time trial will get the game harder for the contenders, and this is what organizers were looking for. Abu Dhabi Sports Council General Secretary H.E. Aref Al Awani said: “We’re working to make the race more appealing to fans and riders, and this upgrade represents a unique opportunity to make the challenge for the overall standings stronger and not only related to the mountain stage”. The Tour is starting on February 21st and will be in the final mountain stage on February 25th. It’s going to be an iconic race in the desert, along the sea, in the islands and on the mountains of the Abu Dhabi area. The whole race has a total length of 686.8 kilometers. Three stages are meant for the sprinters, and the new time trial comes before the classic uphill stage to Jebel Hafeet, ...

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Castelli returns to making Giro d’Italia jerseys

At the end of Milan Fashion Week, the organizers of the Giro d’Italia and Castelli unveiled the four leaders’ jerseys to be used in the 2018 edition of the race. After a 26-year break, Castelli has returned to the Giro d’Italia and will provide the leaders’ jerseys for the race in 2018. Castelli’s return harks back to a beloved era. The first winner to wear the Castelli Giro d’Italia pink jersey was Giovanni Battaglin in 1981, and the last was winner Miguel Indurain in 1992. Bernard Hinault also won his three Giro titles in Castelli, and Francesco Moser, Andy Hampsten, Stephen Roche and Gianni Bugno all took their unforgettable race wins wearing the iconic Castelli pink jersey.   NOT JUST A NORMAL JERSEY Partnering with some of the sport’s most successful teams and athletes has fueled Castelli’s development of exceptional cycling apparel over the years. The four leaders’ jerseys to be used in this year’s race feature an uncluttered design and are made from aerodynamic and lightweight fabric. In addition to being full-on race jerseys, the stylish Giro leaders’ jerseys are full of details that you only discover as you hold the jersey in your hands. The general classification leader’s ...

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USA Cyclocross National Championships

The mainly dry and spread out cyclocross nationals course in Reno was not your typical grueling cross course like those that span muddy Belgian hillsides. It was next to a sprawling dog park and a playground. It was at altitude but otherwise seemed almost benign. The real test for Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com riders Stephen Hyde and Kaitie Keough came perhaps mostly from within. Having raced alongside 13-time national champion Katie Compton for years, Keough knew that she had to be mentally able to overcome the seemingly unbeatable Compton. Her strong efforts on the day placed her on the third step of the podium with a bronze medal, but she was clearly looking for much more. As defending national champion, Stephen Hyde carried the pressure to repeat, as do all former national champions. He came to the race off of strong finishes in Belgium in December, but then was hit with patellar tendinitis coming into the new year. His heavily taped knee peeking out of his leg warmers did not seem like a good sign. On top of that, Hyde crashed and bloodied the same knee during a practice lap on race day. Having to mentally deal with that gnawing at him at ...

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