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at the Mallorca Challenge, castelli, cummings, News, stage, steve, win - January 31, 2015

Cummings beats Valverde in first European summit finish

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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2015, bigla, castelli, News, presentation, team - January 30, 2015

Bigla Pro Cycling team Presentation

The Castelli equipped women’s Bigla Pro Cycling Team was presented today at the team launch in Biglen, Switzerland. The event took place in Kultufabrikbigla, a cultural venue of the Bigla company. The 14 athletes were presented to guests and the media and quizzed about what they’re expecting of the 2015 season. General Manager, Thomas Campana who took over the management of the team late last year explained the values and mission statement going forward. “We want to become one of the most competitive teams in the peloton” “We’ve set very high goals for us as a new structure but we’re also realistic so we will have to evaluate after the first few races and see where we’re at,” Campana said. “We want to become one of the most competitive teams in the peloton, particularly at the marquee races on the calendar and in the team time trial. Our goal it to set up an environment that partners want to become part of because they see value in women’s cycling. Now is the time to take the sport to a new level, welcome to the mission.” The new colours of the team and particularly the blue bar seen on the teams communication ...

2015 Dubai Tour leader’s jersey unveiled

Design by Sir Paul Smith and innovative fabric technology and fit by Castelli headline the 2015 Dubai Tour leader’s jersey. RCS Sport today unveiled the Official Dubai Tour 2015 leader’s jersey, designed by the British fashion designer Paul Smith and produced by the innovative Italian clothing partner Castelli. The four race jerseys, will be worn by the leaders of each race classification. Sir Paul Smith himself, who is arguably the most successful designer in British history, was behind the decision to partner with the Dubai Tour. He has been a cyclist for many years and has a passion for the sport, its heritage and its culture. Paul Smith’s iconic style is clearly evident in the design of the four jerseys and Sir Paul Smith’s signature will be very evident on the back and collar of the jerseys. “I was very pleased to be asked to design the Dubai Tour jerseys,” said Sir Paul Smith. “There are four jerseys, one for each of the different classifications and a key consideration in the design of each was keeping the riders cool. Working with Castelli, I’ve used a breathable fabric on the front, there’s a full zip that they can open if they need to cool ...

Ever wondered what Qhubeka means?

Have you ever wondered what Qhubeka means? Let’s have Songezo Jim of team MTN-Qhubeka explain it for us.

Personalised Race Jersey’s for all MTN-Qhubeka riders

Now it’s even easier to spot your favourite Team MTN-Qhubeka rider in the peloton. Personalised Castelli race jerseys for all team riders. All MTN-Qhubeka riders will sport different letters on the back of their jerseys. The personalised letters should make it easier to spot where your favourite MTN-Qhubeka riders are in the peloton this year. We suggest you save this list until you get the hang of who is riding with which letter. This feature, while fun, is also really important to our team as we believe professional cycling needs to engage its fans in every way possible. This is just one way we hope to bring cycling closer to the fans this year. A – Andreas Stauff B – Theo Bos C – Gerald Ciolek D – Daniel Teklehaimont E – Edvald Boasson Hagen F – Tyler Farrar G – Matt Goss I – Matt Brammeier J – Jacques Janse van Rensburg K – Kristian Sbaragli L – Louis Meintjes M – Merhawi Kudus N – Adrien Niyonshuti P – Serge Pauwels Q – Songezo Jim R – Reinardt Janse van Rensburg S – Steve Cummings T – Jay Thomson U – Nicolas Dougall V – Jaco Venter X – ...