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Free Aero Race Bibshort – Revolution Strikes Again

The new Castelli Free Aero Race Bibshort is further evidence of Castelli’s dedication to making clothing that provides a competitive advantage for top athletes. Castelli has made some significant new improvements in crucial race equipment. If you were fast, you might have noticed some of the aero details of the Free Aero Race Bibshort that Cannondale Pro Cycling Team riders are using. 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 10 watt savings at 50 km/hr compared to the outgoing model. In 2007, Castelli introduced the first Free Bibshort. It revolutionized cycling shorts with the incredible feeling of freedom it provided. The flat raw-edge leg band and the minimalist Free bib construction doesn’t affect temperature control since it doesn’t add an extra layer over part of your torso, making it easier to dress for hot weather. It keeps your chest free and cool. We continued to evolve every detail over the years, making the short more comfortable and more functional. But the new Free Aero Race Bibshort is truly something special. We’ve completely re-engineered every detail—starting with CFD modeling of ...

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Video: Gabba Collection, Team Cannondale-Garmin

PROS KNOW YOU CAN’T RACE WITHOUT A REAL GABBA JERSEY. The Gabba Jersey has become the pro’s favorite piece for wet, cool, and dry conditions. Core protection without overheating is great even when the sun is shining. And the unmatched breathability keeps you drier than your old jacket that just became obsolete. Discover the Gabba Collection: Click here >>

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Van Lierde announced his 2015 race schedule

2013 Ironman World Champion Frederik van Lierde was introduced as an Ironman ambassador today. “Being an IRONMAN World Champion is a real honour to me so I really want to engage and support people in becoming an IRONMAN as well. Even after all the races I have done, hearing: ‘You are an IRONMAN’ at the finish line still gives me goose bumps each time.” In the course of this, he also announced his race schedule for 2015. Van Lierde will already kick off his season with Ironman South Africa next weekend followed by a few shorter events. Frederik selected the Ironman European Championship in Frankfurt as his second long distance race, where a rematch with 2014 winner and world champion Sebastian Kienle is very likely. It’s only natural, that Ironman Hawaii will be his main objective in the second half of the year. Full race schedule: 29/03/2015 Standard Bank IRONMAN African Championship 17/05/2015 IRONMAN 70.3 Barcelona 07/06/2015 Kraichgau 5i50 Triathlon Series 05/07/2015 IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt 23/08/2015 Half Triathlon Deinze, Belgian Championship 10/10/2015 IRONMAN World Championship 25/10/2015 IRONMAN 70.3 Turkey

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Tirreno-Adriatico: Through The Lens of Castelli

After a grueling stage 5 summit finish that opened major gaps on the Tirreno-Adriatico GC, a mostly flat stage 6 did not offer quite the reprieve many might have expected, thanks to Gabba like weather conditions, cold and wet,  that confronted the peloton during the 210-kilometer stage from Rieti to Porto Sant’Elpidio. It was a textbook leadout by team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung as Boasson Hagen hit the front with Gerald Ciolek on his wheel at the 350m to go sign. The German speedster then started his sprint over the final 150m. Sagan, who was right on Ciolek ‘s wheel showed a quick acceleration to nab his first win since July 2014. Everything  looks promising for the African Team for Saturdays Milano-Sanremo, what some might call the truest sprint of the year. Photo: Slipstreamsports and MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung.

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MTN-Qhubeka wins Tour de Langkawi overall

After taking over the leader’s jersey in Saturday’s queen stage, MTN-Qhubeka’s Youcef Reguigui held on to yellow today to take the overall victory in the 2015 Tour de Langkawi. Today’s final stage was all that stood in the way of MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung claiming its first general classification victory of the year. At just 96km in distance, the stage was a fast and furious affair with multiple attacks going off the front in the early stages. With 13 riders within a minute of Youcef’s leader’s jersey, Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung were on high alert and monitoring each and every attack carefully. Eventually 4 riders were allowed to go clear. Rafaa Chtioui (Skydive Dubai), Bruno Pires (Tinkoff-Saxo), Leonardo Duque (Colombia) and Jonothan Clarke (United Healthcare) were the escapees. Duque was the most dangerous rider at only 51″ behind Youcef. After Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus had to abandon the race with illness yesterday, the remaining 4 MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung went to the head of the race to control affairs. The escape was held at a minute’s gap by our African team until the race hit the final finishing circuits where Team Astana and Orica-Greenedge then began to assist with the chase in ...

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