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castelli, Contest, history, milano, sanremo, sky, speed suit, team - March 22, 2018

WINNERS OF MILAN-SAN REMO 2018 CONTEST

We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in the Sanremo Speed Suit contest and helped make it a success! And a special congratulations to Christopher Wright, Fabio Branco, and Wojtek Sienkiewicz, the winners of the Sanremo 3.2 Speed Suit prize. Stay tuned for our Northern Classics contest starting the week between Flanders and Roubaix. THE RIGHT ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS: 1. The Sanremo Speed Suit was inspired by the Sanremo finish line back in 2009. What’s the name of the Castelli-equipped rider who was second to Mark Cavendish by a heartbreaking 3 centimeters? Heinrich Haussler Filippo Pozzato Thor Hushovd 2. Who was the last rider to win both Tirreno-Adriatico and Milan-San Remo in the same year? Roger De Vlaeminck Fabian Cancellara Francesco Moser 3. What year did the first edition of Milan-San Remo take place? 1898 1907 1913 4. What are the last two climbs of Milan-San Remo? Poggio Tre Capi Cipressa

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contest, italia, italy, jersey, national, nothing, team, win - September 25, 2017

Win the Italian National Team Jersey

To celebrate that Italy won the most medals at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen, we have decided to give away seven Italian National Team jerseys this week. Entering is easy and open to all Castelli Newsletter subscribers. If you know the answers to the below questions, send us your answers and contact details by email to contest@castelli-cycling.com. Don’t forget to include “FORZA AZZURRI” in your email subject line. DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS? 1. How many gold, silver and bronze medals did Italy win at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships in Bergen? 2. The Italian road teams raced in the fastest aero suit made for road racing. What’s the name of the speed suit? 3. What are the names of the two sponsors shown on the front of the Italian national road cycling team jersey? CONTEST RULES The usual Castelli rules apply (see below). Only one entry is allowed per person. 1. The contest is open to all Castelli Newsletter subscribers. 2. This contest begins at 10:00 a.m. Central European Time (CET) on September 25, 2017, and ends at 12:00 p.m. (CET) on October 1, 2017. 3. The Castelli random-number generator will pick the ...

Meeting up with the Italian elite men’s team ahead of Sunday

The one-day race so many pro riders have been preparing for is finally upon us: the 2017 UCI Road World Championships elite men’s road race. The wild coastal landscape of western Norway will mark the start of the men’s race. The wobbly 267.5 km course should make for an unpredictable contest, compounded by the potential for tricky weather, or what some riders would call “Perfetto, Gabba” conditions. The field will have plenty of big names hoping to take the rainbow jersey on Sunday. The Castelli-equipped Italian national road team, with the Italian ‘commissario tecnico’, Davide Cassani, arrived in Bergen on Thursday to check out the course and stretch their legs before the fireworks begin on Sunday. Italy has a strong lineup for Sunday (see full list below). Elia Viviani and Matteo Trentin are two strong contenders for an Italian world championships success. Viviani was second at the European road race, which came down to a reduced bunch sprint, and his Italian teammate Trentin is also on form after bagging five wins in the last month (four stages at La Vuelta a España and the Primus Classic). With the possibility of a late escape also coming into play, Gianni Moscon, Sonny Colbrelli and ...

Sanremo Speedsuit – The cutting edge of racing innovation

Professional and amateur riders have been reaping the aero benefits of the Sanremo Speedsuit for more than six years, and they call it the best kit ever made for road racing. Your body is responsible for about 75 percent of the air drag you face when cycling, so it makes sense to ensure that you’re as aero as possible. The Sanremo Speedsuit was inspired by the Sanremo finish line back in 2009. Heinrich Haussler had just been beaten by 3cm by Mark Cavendish on the finish line in Sanremo. So we started looking for ways to make up 3cm over 300km. Along the way we invented the first true Aero suit for road racing. We’ve refined it year after year and finally in 2017 Michal Kwiatkowski of Team Sky brings it to victory at its namesake race. A little bit of aerodynamic savings over a long period of time can result in that extra last crucial bit of energy when pushing for the line and glory. The Sanremo Speedsuit debuted at the 2011 Sanremo, but the race didn’t go well for Team Garmin-Cervélo. The first professional win in the speed suit came three weeks later, when Johan Vansummeren rode ...

The Gabba – The professional’s foul-weather friend

Story by Andy McGrath | rouleur.cc We visit the Castelli factory in late November – well, it’d be remiss to gab about the Gabba at the height of summer. If you’re wondering how a rainwear revolution could happen in sunny Italy, abandon all weather stereotypes ye who enter their home town, Fonzaso. The Dolomites rear up and the temperature drops as we drive through the north-eastern Italian countryside, past wood stacks and through early morning mist. Apparently, this place gets twice as much rain as London. We meet Castelli brand manager Steve Smith and Race Performance Director, Andrea Peron, who takes us for a morning espresso (well, this is Italy). We stroll down the main artery, which is dominated by a big glass window, looking out over a floor of 40 sewing machines and their attendant stitchers, busy working on samples for the summer 2016 line. Notice a common denominator? They’re all from cruddy-weather countries. “We spent the first 45 minutes talking about traditional rain jackets, incremental improvements on the Pocket Liner,” Smith says. “We’d actually already made a first-round sample of it. Gabriel Rasch disappeared up to his room and came back down, talking about fit… Gabriel is quiet, ...