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aero, bibshort, free, jersey, kristian, la vuelta, mtn, News, Product talk, Qhubeka, race, sbaragli, short, stage 10, team, vuelta - September 1, 2015

Breakthrough Victory in the Aero Race kit

Kristian Sbaragli took a breakthrough victory yesterday at the La Vuelta stage 10 wearing the fastest aero jersey and short on the market. The wind-cheating properties of the Aero Race 5.0 jersey are so effective that you’ll save an average of 20 watts at 40km/h and around 35-40 seconds saved over an hour. Furthermore, the aero Velocity fabric is quick-drying and boasts a low weight keeping the jersey to a claimed 103 grams for a size large. Additionally, the fabric has a tightly knit weave that manages laminar airflow over the body. The Free Aero Race Bib-short is further evidence of Castelli’s dedication to making clothing that provides a competitive advantage for top athletes. After 3 years in development, Castelli’s new top-of-the-line race short represents a significant increase in muscle support and comfort to go along with the wind tunnel tests that show a reducing power output by 10 watt savings at 50 km/hr compared to the outgoing model, Free Bib-short. The secret to these gains lies in how the shorts manage airflow across their multiple boundaries and textures — most obviously via the dimpling across the shorts’ outer plane. Our best race short is now both more comfortable and more aerodynamic and represents the ...

Vuelta a España in photos: Second Week – Back in Action!

The past few days of the Vuelta a Espana have been marred by drama with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) looking strong in the lead as the second week of the race unfolds. In this piece we bring you a gallery of images from stages 12 to 15. Hesjedal had been in the company of Olivier Zaugg (Tinkoff-Saxo) in the closing kilometres but dropped the Swiss rider and going on to win stage 14 by 10 seconds. Image courtesy of Slipstreamsports.com and Bettiniphoto.net

Postcards from la Vuelta

Finally we can see our two teams riding one of the most prestigious race together! Garmin-Sharp and african MTN-Qhubeka team are riding the Vuelta trying to catch the red jersey. Here some photos by Team Garmin-Sharp and MTN-Qhubeka photographer’s in case you have lost some moments of la Vuelta. Dan Martin pushing hard on the hill supported by fans. Team MTN-Qhubeka riding the team time trial… nice speedsuit, ah? Well trained legs Gerard! Jay smiles in front of the camera In two teams we provide with cycling kits in this Vuelta, Kristian is the only italian guy. Go Kristian! Team Garmin-Sharp presentation: what are you looking at David and Andrew? Hesjedal under the spanish sun Vansummeren leading the group

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 ...

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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 ...