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Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre will race in the six-day Tour de Romandie this month in preparation for the Giro d’Italia, the first of the season’s major races.

Cervélo TestTeam announced pre-selection for the Giro. In one month, starting May 9, the centennial edition of Giro d’Italia 2009 will kick off in Venice with a team time trial. Cervélo TestTeam will be one of the 20 teams on the start line for this first of three Grand Tours of the cycling year. The course consists of 3.396km, 21 stages, one team time trial and two long individual time trials, 38 ranked mountain climbs, including 4 peaks exceeding 2.000 meters. The emperor of the Centenary Giro d’Italia will be crowned after a grand finale in Rome on May 31. Who will tackle these challenges for the Cervélo TestTeam? The pre-selection is done – 12 athletes are nominated (see below). On May 9, nine of these 12 riders will take the start in Venice. “We are really looking forward to the first long tour of this season, especially because it seems that our preparations so far is good and we are on the right track. We will try to be at the start of the centennial edition with a good mix of stage riders like Thor Hushovd, as well as our general classification rider Carlos Sastre. The support team for ...

The riders feedback and observation to their new team kit have been: how phenomenal that kit is: shorts are super comfortable, and the aero race jersey just absolutely disappears. Roger Hammond said it best: “It feels really, really fast. And you especially notice it when you go back to the normal jersey.”

The Queen of the Classics, the ultimate test of the new S.I.T. Progetto X2 seat-pad! The new S.I.T. Progetto X2 seat-pad from Castelli builds on countless thousands of kilometers of riding already. Four Cervélo TestTeam riders have been riding prototypes this spring and their feedback was: Heinrich Haussler: “usually I start feeling discomfort after 2 hours, but with this pad after 7 hours it still feels good.” Inigo Cuesta:“in 16 years as a pro, it’s the best pad I’ve ever used.” Thor Hushovd: “feels great!) When we asked Andreas Klier what we could modify to make it better, he said “Don’t change anything! It’s perfect.” It has been 10 years since we introduced Progetto Y to the world. This eight-generation seat-pad builds on countless millions of kilometers of riding and testing. No compromise in Skin-Care and Cushioning. The S.I.T. Progetto X2 seamless seat-pad is barely noticeable when riding and consisting of two layers: a Skin-Care-Layer and cushioning Layer. With no stitching on the saddle contact points, progressive damping from multi-density zones, no use of shamy cream is needed and with an elastic antibacterial surface which dries twice as fast, we must say that our Castelli Tech-Lab nailed it! Castelli is ...

The Magnifica Jersey is the lightest jersey we’ve ever created for women – weighing less than half of a traditional jersey thanks to its SG0.6 fabric. We’ve combined an anatomic fit, a skeleton pocket support system and the light SG0.6 fabric to create the perfectly balanced jersey. The SG0.6 fiber absorbs virtually no moisture – sweat dries before it even enters the fabric. This allows the jersey to provide stable temperature control in and out of the shade as well as protection from getting bogged down with sweat. The result is a jersey that weights only 84 grs. — less than half the weight of a traditional cycling jersey when dry. And when the rider perspires (or gets rained on), a soaked Magnifica jersey weighs only 150 grams, compared to 400 grams of a rival top. Want to know more? Go to product page > Men’s version >