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crit, julio, News, padilla, Racing, rhc - September 1, 2014

Julio Padilla wins RHC Barcelona

Congrats to Julio Padilla with the RHC Barcelona victory, the 21 year old Guatemalan countered his teammates move perfectly to ride away from the field with only a few laps remaining to win the crit in his first attempt. The field caught him on the final straight but only after he had crossed the line with his arms raised high. Julio powering alongside Andrea de Silvestris, Castelli distributor in Guatemala.

Debertolis 11th in Engadina – Nationalpark Bike Marathon

A broken chain takes him out from the top five After the august stop the biker from Primiero Massimo Debertolis get back on his sport season participating to the Nationalpark Bike Marathon on long distance of 137 km with a 4120 mt altitude gap. A spectacular race on between italian land (Livigno) but especially swiss (Engadina), that saw the victory of the European Champion Christoph Sauser in 5h36’29”. Region Trentino, represented by Team Wilier Sat System, this year gained the 11th final place, but with the umpteenth unlucky episode. Until two third of race Massimo was author of a very positive performance, the first two half times in Fuldera and Livigno passed 3rd, and 6th in Chanf. 10 kilometers from the arrival one link of the chain broke up, making him lose precious time and many positions. Fixed the problem, thanks also to a amateur rider, Massimo tried to recover as he could, making the 8th best time of the ultimate portion, to 28 minutes from the winner. That was a shame – said Massimo after the race – I was going very fast. I had no replacement chain links with me and I have thrown away an important result ...

MTN-QHUBEKA ready for Grand Tour debut

On Saturday Africa’s team start their first ever grand tour, La Vuelta a Espana. Boundaries are being broken with an unprecedented six grand tour debutantes starting the La Vuelta. And in Merhawi Kudus, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung will field the youngest rider in the race. For each and every Team MTN-Qhubeka rider starting La Vuelta a Espana, it is a case of a dream being realised. The motivation and morale among the entire team is sky high as they prepare to get the ball rolling with Saturday’s Team Time Trial. Gerald CiolekIt is a great moment for our team to be at the start of La Vuelta, it is such a big step forward for us. We can do well in this race, it suits us nicely and our climbers will be at home in this race.Sergio PardillaI am so happy to here at my home race with our African team. Our team has a lot of young riders, for them it is the first time they are doing such a big race but I’m very confident in our young African guys. They can definitely give me all the support I need to get a top 10 result on GC.Louis ...

Winning weekend for Castelli triathletes

Achieving five wins and one 3rd place, past weekend can clearly be called a successful one for our triathletes. Castelli’s brand ambassadors were always in the middle of things and gained their well deserved prizes. Spaniard Marcel Zamora broke the first ground on Friday by winning extreme triathlon Embrunman where athletes faced around 4000m of elevation on the bike (including Col d’Izoard) followed by a hilly marathon. Even more impressive is the fact, that Zamora won Embrunman for the 5th time. Barely breathed deeply, Leanda Cave secured her Kona participation in an impressive way by winning Ironman Sweden in Kalmar only six days after her 2nd place at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Wiesbaden. On the same day, cross triathlon specialist Ruben Ruzafa once again showed his class and won ITU Cross World Championship in Zittau (Germany). His winning streak must slowly become frightening for his rivals. On Sunday our German athletes didn’t want to rank behind. Matthias Knossalla had a tough season so far struggling with injuries and illness, but celebrated a perfect comeback by winning mid distance triathlon Weilburgman in Germany. Andreas Raelert finished 3rd at the Ironman North American Championship in Mt. Tremblant. He collected valuable points for ...

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castelli, la, mtn, News, Qhubeka, Racing, vuelta - August 18, 2014

MTN-Qhubeka La Vuelta Roster

As Africa’s first ever professional cycling team to race a grand tour, we are extremely excited and very proud to announce the 6 African and 3 European riders that will make history and represent Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung at the 2014 La Vuelta a Espana. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung La Vuelta a Espana Lineup Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT Gerald CIOLEK Jaco VENTER Jay THOMSON Kristian SBARAGLI Linus GERDEMANN Louis MEINTJES Merhawi KUDUS Sergio PARDILLA Ignatas KONOVALOVAS Jacques Janse VAN RENSBURG Gerald Ciolek It’s a great thing that we’ll be at the start of La Vuelta, it is a big step forward for our team. I am personally looking forward to it too because I believe our team can perform really well at this race. It is a race that suits our team and especially our climbers can be successful. Louis Meintjes I am super happy to have been selected to race La Vuelta, I still can’t really believe it. I think after La Vuelta I will only realise what it actually means. My main goal will firstly be to just reach the finish and after that I will definitely look to target 1 or 2 stages for a result. Of course I ...