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Behind the scenes with Cervélo TestTeam

Beyond the Peloton is a 14 episodes (really hoping for more) documentary shot by the film makers Joe Finkleman and Booker Sim in High Definition. The series follows the creation and journey of the first racing season for the newly formed Cervélo TestTeam. I just finished watching all the fourteen episodes and was blown away. The films are all about insights and behind the scenes of creating a pro cycling team. I really liked seeing the before the race team meetings, deciding who goes in the breakaway, the strategies that were planned, coffee in the team bus etc. After watching it you get a sense you know the team riders better, and what gives them the extra advantage in races. All the epsiodes are available for view or download: http://www.bartape.net/

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A Little Something Different

Preride Dempsey-challenge

Ted King (Cervélo TestTeam) on Saturday’s VIP ride at Dempsey Challenge.

Week in and week out from February through October, we saddle up and race our bikes. It’s our job, it’s our life, and it’s our passion. Whether it’s a one day classic or a month long stage tour, we’re constantly racing our bikes in order to tally the standard 60 to 100 race-days per year.

Which is why it was an exciting change of pace to be asked to participate in the first annual Dempsey Challenge this past weekend in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. As the crow flies, L-A (as opposed to “LA” in California) isn’t very far from where my parents live and where I grew up in New Haaaampha’. And since I would be visiting Mom and Dad during the exact same time, it was a worthwhile coincidence for me to participate.

However, it’s no coincidence that the Dempsey Challenge takes place in L-A, because this is where Patrick Dempsey was born and raised. I’ll be perfectly honest here: I knew Patrick Dempsey is an actor, I knew he is on the show Gray’s Anatomy, and I knew his nickname is “Mc”-something (but I had to be reminded that the full moniker is McDreamy). Hanging out with Patrick for the majority of the weekend, I can say he is a genuinely nice guy. I like to say that New Englanders are a great bunch of people, and Patrick definitely maintains this characteristic – despite living in California nowadays.

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Benelux is calling!

Castelli got rave reviews at Eurobike and Interbike for its Bodypaint shorts. It’s called BodyPaint because it feels like it’s, well, you know, painted on. The seat, crotch and legs are made from a single piece of fabric, eliminating all but one seam, which is placed on the front of the short, away from a saddle contact point. Benelux is calling, come and have a look at our innovative and performance-driven winter’09- and summer’10 collection at the 14th edition of the Bike Motion show this weekend. Where: UTRECHT, the Netherlands. Booth: Hall 12, stand E060 (Wolvenberg) Date: Oct. 30th – Nov. 1st For more details visit the official Bike Motion Website .

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Sastre leans towards Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España.

Former Tour de France champion considers skipping 2010 edition. Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) is considering racing the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España in 2010, skipping the Grand Tour he won in 2008, the Tour de France. “Maybe it’s time the Giro and Vuelta become my next main objectives,” the Spaniard told EFE yesterday. He is considering the Tour de France, but since he has already won it he might favour the other two Grand Tours, according to the Spanish news agency. Organisers presented the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France routes in the last two weeks. Tour organiser ASO unveiled a mountainous route, July 3 to 25. Its first mountains come in the Alps, Morzine and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. Four Pyrenean mountain stages come in races final week, with the Col du Tourmalet stage only four days before the finish. The Giro d’Italia, May 8 to 30, is equally mountainous. Organiser RCS Sport will take the riders up the Zoncolan, Plan de Corones, Mortirolo and Gavia climbs in the final week. “I think it [the Giro] is really hard, the climbers will benefit,” continued Sastre. “I think the trialists do not have enough space to take time against the climbers. “Then ...

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Insolito Radiation jacket in test!

New era of comfort and performance.” With a stretchy, fluorescent-yellow face fabric, zip-off sleeves, vents, and a liner of metalized polyester, the Insolito Radiation jacket does indeed stand out as something new. Extreme adaptability to outside temperatures during the autumn, winter and spring cycling seasons is the Insolito’s primary claim to fame. With a modular design, wearers can pull on a hood, open vents, add a liner, or zip off sleeves to create a vest. These regulating attributes result in a piece the company cites as having a comfort range for cyclists from 25 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The modular nature of this piece is nothing new. Outerwear makers have long sold ski jackets and other pieces with removable components to regulate heat. But what makes the Castelli concept unique is a fabric technology in the liner that uses a thin reflective material akin to Mylar and other similar metalized “space blanket” materials. Called Radiation fabric, this silvery sheen helps maintain body heat without relying on a bulky insulation like fleece. I got a press sample of the Insolito in August and rode with it during a couple cool September nights. This was not the optimal — nor intended — ...

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