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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 ...

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Third DUBAI TOUR edition starts on Wednesday, and we just love the race so much that we have decided to give away one Blue GC leader’s jersey. Entering is easy and open to all Castelli InsiderNews subscribers and Facebook fans. PICK THE WINNER OF THE 2016 DUBAI TOUR, AND YOU COULD BE THE LUCKY WINNER OF THE BLUE LEADER’S JERSEY. Some hot aspirants for the overall GC: Mark Cavendish, DIMENSION DATA (RSA) Marcel Kittel, ETIXX – QUICK STEP (BEL) Lars Boom, ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ) Elia Viviani, TEAM SKY (GBR) Daniele Bennati, TINKOFF (RUS) Fabian Cancellara, TREK – SEGAFREDO (USA) Sacha Modolo, LAMPRE – MERIDA (ITA) Philippe Gilbert, BMC RACING TEAM (USA) Bradley Wiggins, TEAM WIGGINS (GBR) Last year’s top 5 (2015) 1. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx-QuickStep 2. John Degenkolb (Ger) Giant-Alpecin at 6 secs 3. Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar at 10 secs 4. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar at 12 secs 5. Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare at 14 secs CONTEST RULES: The usual Castelli rules apply (see below), only one entry is allowed per person, and you enter by commenting below who you think will win the 2016 Dubai Tour. 1. Contest is open to all Castelli Newsletter subscribers and ...

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MTN-Qhubeka’s Steve Cummings takes the second race of the Challenge Mallorca, beating Alejandro Valverde on the final climb Stephen Cummings got his career as an MTN-Qhubeka rider off to the perfect start when the Brit won his first race in his new Castelli colors, the Trofeo Andratx which was the second race of the Challenge Mallorca race series. “I’m really happy with today’s victory,” Cummings said. “I knew I had done a lot of good work over the winter so I’d like to thank the team for the amazing work they did and chance they gave me to focus on today’s race.” Cummings’ teammate Johann van Zyl spent over 145 kilometers in the day’s main breakaway. The escape started out with 10 riders, but on the lower slopes of the first-category Puig Major climb, the 23-year-old South African, along with José Goncalves (Caja-Rural) and Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Garmin), rode clear from the rest of break. With 38 kilometers to go, van Zyl tried a brief solo attack but was soon caught by Goncalves and van Baarle. With three kilometers to go, the MTN-Qhubeka rider went again. He was eventually the last rider caught, at 1.5km to go. Soon after, Cummings attacked ...

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With a magnificent race at the Challenge Bahrain, Michael Raelert has ended a phenomenal 2014 season for Castelli.  The 34-year old won the first edition of the half-distance event in the Kingdom of Bahrain on Santa Claus day in 3:36:04 hours. Michael Raelert took the win ahead of his fellow countryman Andreas Dreitz (3:38:23 hours) and Australian Tim Reed (3:39:26 hours). As all year Michael benefited from the aero and performance advantage of Castelli’s FREE tri collection. “I’m totally happy. I’m absolutely over the moon. This is a fantastic end of the season. When you win a race, it always feels good, but if you can even win a big race like this one, it’s just overwhelming. And the most important thing is: I’m back after my injury.” In the past few weeks there have been many rumors about the new event in Bahrain. It was not only the flat race course which promised a superb race, but especially a stellar pro field. “If you read all these names, you are anything else but cool when you start into such a race,” said Michael Raelert after the finish on the Formula 1 circuit of Manama. He came down the finish ...

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Il Lombardia 2014: Finalmente Dan Martin! What a spectacular win and huge relief for Dan who had most of his season destroyed by bad luck, including the violent crash he suffered in the Giro d’Italia. Martin played his cards perfectly today, pulling clear in a group of big favourites up the final climb inside the last 5km. And when some attacks from that group came up short and the leaders started looking at each other with around 500 metres remaining, the Irishman swept through the final right-hand corner and just kept on going, sprinting solo for victory. A happy Dan Martin punch the air several times in victory, the clearly frustration of his near season-ending crash in the Giro d’Italia and his crash in the final corner when leading solo at Liège–Bastogne–Liège, everything being released in the final moments of the 2014 Lombardia. Dan’s victory in Lombardia is his second one-day Monument victory of his career, after he won at Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2013. After Milan-San Remo, the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Il Lombardia is the fifth and final Monument of the season. Martin’s win today was the fourth time an Irish rider has won Lombardy, with Sean Kelly having taken ...

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