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The journey to the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, is always hard, but not impossible. It takes dedication, consistent training, belief and a healthy dose of natural talent. And that doesn’t apply just to athletes. Castelli is new to triathlon. Our debut at Kona was only last year, but we’re already building on a wealth of experience.

Imagine being able to ride in cold weather with clothing that gives you the feeling of your summer-weight kit. Castelli is giving away a SanRemo Thermosuit, so you can enjoy the same ride as the pros.

Imagine being able to ride in cold weather with clothing that gives you the feeling of your summer-weight kit. Drawing on the legendary product concept of the Sanremo Speedsuit, the Castelli engineers have unveiled a new way to dress warm and light for winter riding.

This year’s Il Lombardia has a new date and new extra climb. The Muro di Sormano was a controversial inclusion in the Giro di Lombardia for three years in the 1960’s – 1960, 1961, and 1962. After which, the climb was removed and left to the annals of legend until 2012. 50 years later, race organizers, RCS, re-introduced the famed wall to Il Lombardia.

Castelli equipped Alex Zanardi won his second gold medal today at the London 2012 Paralympics. On top of his individual time trial H4 handcycling victory, the 45 year old also won the road race H4 event: 8 laps around a circuit for a total length of 64 km. Zanardi crossed the finish line after 2 hours and 32 seconds, followed by South Africa’s Ernst van Dyk (silver medal) and Belgium’s Wim Decleir (bronze). Another cycling event, the individual H2 race, also saw another Castelli equipped athlete reaching the podium for the second time in two days with Vittorio Podesta’ coming third (1:38.02) only seven behind the winner Walter Ablinger from Austria.