Team Colombia will use Wilier Triestina Twin Blade in time-trial events for the 2013 cycling season. The Colombian pro-continental team made an announcement last Thursday about their new time-trial bikes.
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Another Women’s cycling team is presented: Servetto-Footon. The Italian based team is a four-year project, means the sponsorship will continue until the end of 2016.
The team contains ten athletes total. The athletes are: Alessia Aimone Secat, Simona Bortolotti, Veronica Cornolti, Corinna Defile, Isabella Ferrari, Marina Lari, Marta Manitto, Giorgia Nanni, Maria Cristina Nisi and Roberta Tasca.
I think every serious cyclist on earth knows UK based bike&accessories seller Wiggle. The result of their collaboration with Honda Europe is Wiggle-Honda Pro Cycling Team. The all-new UK-based female pro cycling team Wiggle-Honda was launched today in London.
The Wiggle-Honda Pro Cycling Team is one of 33 UCI Women’s Teams for the 2013 season. and contains 12 riders in total. It is announced that in its debut season, the team will focus on results in the Classics and sprint-style racing.
Cannondale Pro Cycling Team Bikes for 2013: UCI WorldTour team Cannondale Pro Cycling (formerly Liquigas-Cannondale) will use Cannondale SuperSix Evo in the road races and Cannondale Slice RS in the time-trials for the 2013 season.
Australian Team Orica-GreenEDGE published another good video on their youtube channel. Luke Durbridge, 2011 Under 23 World Time Trial Champion and Australia’s National Time Trial Champion for the last 2 years (plus 2011 Under 23 National Time Trial Champion) revealed their top five Time Trial tips.
The Cannondale Pro Cycling team published an official trailer today. You can see the teams’ new kit and sense of humor in this 3-minute video below.
Team Garmin-Sharp 2013 kit has been unveiled today. The kit is produced by the team’s technical clothing supplier Castelli, which will be seen publicly for the first time at the Tour Down Under.
Team Colombia unveiled the new bikes they will ride in the 2013 season. Italian bike manufacturer Wilier Triestina will equip the Escarabajos (see notes 1) in 2013 with its top-range racing model: Wilier Triestina Zero7.
Previously, it is announced that Wilier Triestina would no longer be the bike supplier to Italian team Lampre, from the beginning of the 2013 season. The Italian bicycle manufacturer was supplying bikes to the team for 10 years. The Italian team will use Merida bikes in the 2013 cycling season.
Paul Kimmage, journalist and former pro cyclist, has doubts about Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky, suggests that their dominance at Tour de France 2012 is suspicious.
Previously, during the Tour de France in July, Kimmage has said that he believes Team Sky was not as transparent as they promised when the team was founded. He had added that: “People ask me how I feel about Wiggins leading the Tour de France – I don’t know, I can’t answer the question. When asked about doping, the answers from Wiggins now sound the same as with Armstrong and Floyd.”
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Qhubeka
Today, I want to tell you about Qhubeka. Qhubeka is a South-Africa based volunteer organization aim to help rural communities move forward and progress by giving bicycles to children in return for work done to improve their environment and their community.
Qhubeka is an Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa) word that means “to carry on”, “to progress”, “to move forward”.