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barracuda, bibshort, climbers, garmin, giro, hesjedal, hot, inferno, jersey, mountain, Product talk, sharp, stages, Stetina, Video, weather - May 1, 2013

Video: Garmin’s special weapon for epic mountain stages

Creating clothing for athletes at the highest level of the sport is the most demanding proving ground for Castelli. Ryder Hesledal will not only be reaping the benefits of his lightweight Cervélo R5ca bike on the epic Giro mountain stages, the super light weight and quick drying Castelli Inferno shorts and Climbers jersey gave him an extra advantage in the big mountains. CLIMBERS JERSEY – its almost impossible to see the difference between the Garmin Aero Race jersey and the Climbers jersey on television. Made from our super light weight Strada Light 3D mesh, and an aero Velocity fabric, it’s cut to hug the torso and to eliminate any excess fabric flapping when battling into the wind. It’s 90 grams of next-to-nothing, our quickest drying jersey ever, and it gives up just 3 watts at 40 km/h compared to the Aero Race jersey. Super light weight and fast drying Strada Light 3D mesh. One of the jersey’s advantageous properties is that it hardly absorb water. After all, what good would a lightweight jersey be if it soaked up water like a standard cycling jersey. So it’s light whether wet or dry, and the fabric is knit as a mesh. This ...

Rider Portrait: Thomas Dekker

Following the final and oldest Classic Liège-Bastogne-Liège our Better Know an Argyle turns to Thomas Dekker who says ‘La Doyenne’ is his favorite race

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castelli, gabba, garmin, News, sharp - April 29, 2013

Racing: Beating the cold

The word in the European peloton this year was that summer happened in November and winter came back for March and April. Races like Milano-Sanremo and Ghent-Wevelgem were hammered by snow and sub-zero temperatures.

Video: Johan Vansummeren Interview

Johan Vansummeren is almost two meters tall, 1,98cm to be more precise, that’s tall for a cyclist, but how tall must he have stood after winning the 2011 Paris-Roubaix? Johan made the important break and left his companions to ride solo into the famous velodrome. We managed to catch up with the tall Belgian at the Roubaix velodrome during a photoshooting for the Castelli Winter’13 catalog. Use the timer to jump between the questions. 0:13 How does it feel like standing on the Roubaix Velodrome? 0:37 Did you know you could win the Roubaix? 1:09 How did you get into cycling? 3:10 When dd you realize that you were good on cobbles? 4:18 Any bad experience on cobbles? 4:42 What tyre pressure do you run on cobbles? 4:49 Are there other races that you dream of winning? 5:36 When was your first time in the SanRemo SpeedSuit? 6:20 Whats the benefits of wearing the SanRemo SpeedSuit? 6:39 What about the winter SanRemo Thermosuit? 6:54 Whats your favorite Castelli product? More info on Vansummeren’s favorite Castelli products? SanRemo SpeedSuit SanRemo ThermoSuit Gabba Jersey

Video: Dan Martin Interview

2013 is looking to be a very important year for Irishman Dan Martin, who already has marked himself out as one of the top young talents in the sport. Meet the Irish climber in an interview with Castelli talking about his life as a cyclist, dreams, hopes, rebels of the peloton, racing clean, best and worst things about being a bicycle racer.