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Whether you’re interested in chatting about cycling history, cobblestone sections or what gear to wear on your next ride, join us for a couple of drinks and more at the Castelli vintage “Moustache“ Party  — just bring your favorite moustache and you’re set! When: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 5:30pm. Where: Eurobike show, Hall B5, Stand 513, Friedrichshafen, Germany While you’re here, snap a “moustache” selfie and enter in our #4everRetro photo contest, and chat with professional road cycling athletes of Team Garmin-Sharp.    DISCOVER THE NEXT LEAP IN INNOVATION Castelli has been at the forefront of essentially every breakthrough in cycling clothing since making the wool shorts obsolete. In 2007, Castelli introduced the first Free Bibshort that revolutionized cycling shorts with the incredible feeling of freedom it provided. For 2015, we’ve re-engineered every detail making the World-Tour Free short more comfortable and more aerodynamic.

Whether you’re interested in chatting about cycling history, cobblestone sections or what gear to wear on your next ride, join us for a couple of drinks and more at the Castelli vintage “Moustache“ Party  — just bring your favorite moustache and you’re set! When: Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 5:30pm. Where: Eurobike show, Hall B5, Stand 513, Friedrichshafen, Germany While you’re here, snap a “moustache” selfie and enter in our #4everRetro photo contest, and chat with professional road cycling athletes of Team Garmin-Sharp.    DISCOVER THE NEXT LEAP IN INNOVATION Castelli has been at the forefront of essentially every breakthrough in cycling clothing since making the wool shorts obsolete. In 2007, Castelli introduced the first Free Bibshort that revolutionized cycling shorts with the incredible feeling of freedom it provided. For 2015, we’ve re-engineered every detail making the World-Tour Free short more comfortable and more aerodynamic.

Achieving five wins and one 3rd place, past weekend can clearly be called a successful one for our triathletes. Castelli’s brand ambassadors were always in the middle of things and gained their well deserved prizes. Spaniard Marcel Zamora broke the first ground on Friday by winning extreme triathlon Embrunman where athletes faced around 4000m of elevation on the bike (including Col d’Izoard) followed by a hilly marathon. Even more impressive is the fact, that Zamora won Embrunman for the 5th time. Barely breathed deeply, Leanda Cave secured her Kona participation in an impressive way by winning Ironman Sweden in Kalmar only six days after her 2nd place at the Ironman 70.3 European Championship in Wiesbaden. On the same day, cross triathlon specialist Ruben Ruzafa once again showed his class and won ITU Cross World Championship in Zittau (Germany). His winning streak must slowly become frightening for his rivals. On Sunday our German athletes didn’t want to rank behind. Matthias Knossalla had a tough season so far struggling with injuries and illness, but celebrated a perfect comeback by winning mid distance triathlon Weilburgman in Germany. Andreas Raelert finished 3rd at the Ironman North American Championship in Mt. Tremblant. He collected valuable points for ...

As Africa’s first ever professional cycling team to race a grand tour, we are extremely excited and very proud to announce the 6 African and 3 European riders that will make history and represent Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung at the 2014 La Vuelta a Espana. Team MTN-Qhubeka p/b Samsung La Vuelta a Espana Lineup Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT Gerald CIOLEK Jaco VENTER Jay THOMSON Kristian SBARAGLI Linus GERDEMANN Louis MEINTJES Merhawi KUDUS Sergio PARDILLA Ignatas KONOVALOVAS Jacques Janse VAN RENSBURG Gerald Ciolek It’s a great thing that we’ll be at the start of La Vuelta, it is a big step forward for our team. I am personally looking forward to it too because I believe our team can perform really well at this race. It is a race that suits our team and especially our climbers can be successful. Louis Meintjes I am super happy to have been selected to race La Vuelta, I still can’t really believe it. I think after La Vuelta I will only realise what it actually means. My main goal will firstly be to just reach the finish and after that I will definitely look to target 1 or 2 stages for a result. Of course I ...

Andreas Raelert has won Herbalife Triathon in Gdynia, Poland, in a sovereign way. In 3:54:44 the Rostockian claimed the victory in the middle-distance event ahead of German Sean Donnelly (4:00:13) and Italian Massimo Cigana (4:01:08). Under hot conditions Andreas Raelert improved the course record at the Baltic Sea coast of last year’s winner Victor Zyemtsev (Ukraine) by more than six minutes. “I feel satisfied with my race,” said Andreas Raelert after the finish, “in general, the performance was very balanced. That gives me a lot of confidence for the upcoming tasks in this season.” After 23:49 minutes, Andreas Raelert came out of the water in second place. After he had mainly determined the pace on the 1.9 km long swim course in the Bay of Gdynia, he eventually exited the Sea closely behind his colleague Sean Donnelly (23:46). “On the bike we both kept the speed high,” said Andreas Raelert, “only on the last 15 kilometers, Sean was able to break away a little bit.” Andreas Raelert rode the 90 kilometer bike course in 2:10:21 and entered T2 just 1:15 minutes behind the leader. However, he was able to reduce the gap early in the run and quickly caught up ...