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fixedgear, fixies, frederik, Photo, Racing, redhookcrit, rhc - October 8, 2018

Photo essay: Red Hook Crit. No. 9 | Milan

1270 meters of pure adrenaline. That’s what the Milan Bovisa Red Hook Crit. racing track is. We’ve seen plenty of watts put on that tarmac on Saturday for the awesome Milan stage of the Red Hook Crit. It was the ninth edition of RHC in Milan, nonetheless, the show and the fun are still the same. The very exciting atmosphere, street food, beer and strong women and men on bikes. You can’t ask more! This year were Rachele Barbieri and Filippo Fortin securing the victory after qualification rounds, last chances and the finals. Want to see our perspective on this awesome day? Check it out in the gallery! [photos by Edoardo Civiero]

Red Hook 2017 Milano

It has become the can’t-miss event for the brakeless, fixed-gear world. Today, the Red Hook Criterium is the king of the fixie events, and Milano just hosted the last crit of the year. Castelli was there too, not only with the official Red Hook jersey but also with two participating teams. Our women’s team partner LA Sweat was in the race, and the men’s team Cykeln showed off a violet and mint green Castelli skinsuit. After Brooklyn, London and Barcelona, Milano is the fourth city on the Red Hook calendar. It was the second race to be established, after the concept was launched in the Red Hook neighborhood of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bovisa, the university district north of Milano, hosted the event, where 34 different countries were represented by the participating athletes. More than 10,000 spectators attended the race. It was a very special day of cycling indeed. The athletes are there with you all day long: you can chat with them, you can watch them warming up on the rollers, you can wait for the next lap with a craft beer and a local-style sandwich. And when the race is on, a lap is just ...

PHOTO ESSAY: RED HOOK CRIT /// MILANO #5

Some of the world’s best fixie-speed specialists turned out Saturday October 11th in Milan, Italy, to compete in the Red Hook Crit Milano, an un-sanctioned street race, now in its fifth edition. As with the RHC Brooklyn, Barcelona, and Milano, Castelli continued its support of the series by providing the official race jerseys for the event. Photo rights: Castelli

RHC Milano No. 5 – Fixie Speed Specialists

The fifth edition of the Red Hook Criterium Milan ticks all the boxes for a great cycling party central, its fun, sociable, enjoyable, sociable, fast and exhilarating as 100 fixed gear bicycles tackled the 1.2 kilometers race course over multiple laps of a fast twisty route within the desolate streets in the Bovisa area of Milan. The field consists of elite-level road, track, cyclocross, and mountain bike racers, bike messengers and urban cyclists. The RHC has developed a unique style of cycling event that combines the underground art of street racing with the intensity of high-level competition in a spectator-friendly atmosphere. The Romanian street-speed specialist and last years winner, Edward Grosu, took his third RHC victory, while the podium was completed by Italian Ivan Ravaioli in second and Julio Padilla of Guatemala in third place. For more information and race results, redhookcrit.com

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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.