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02/2010
100% MORE PROTOUR TEAMS ON RED IN 2010
From 3 to 6: double the teams, double the riders, double the possibilities of yet another record breaking season. Six professional teams have chosen SRAM RED in 2010 for its best-in-class ergonomics, weight and efficiency. Team RadioShack (USA) - Top riders: Lance Armstrong, Andreas Klöden, Levi Leipheimer FRAME: Trek / GRUPPO: SRAM RED Team Astana (KAZ) - Top riders: Alberto Contador, Oscar Pereiro, Alexander Vinokourov FRAME: Specialized / GRUPPO: SRAM RED / WHEELS: Zipp Team Saxo Bank (DEN) - Top riders: Fabian Cancellara, Andy Schleck, Frank Schleck FRAME: Specialized / GRUPPO: SRAM RED / WHEELS: Zipp Cervélo TestTeam (SUI) - Top riders: Heinrich Haussler, Thor Hushovd, Carlos Sastre FRAME: Cervelo / GRUPPO: SRAM RED / WHEELS: Zipp AG2R La Mondiale (FRA) - Top riders: Cyril Dessel, Rinaldo Nocentini, Nicolas Roche FRAME: Kuota / GRUPPO: SRAM RED Team Milram (GER) - Top riders: Gerald Ciolek, Linus Gerdemann, Fabian Wegmann FRAME: Focus / GRUPPO: SRAM RED
WANNA RIDE WITH LANCE? All UCI ProTour teams have flown to Australia in january to start the season at Tour Down Under. Lance Armstrong‘s got the biggest headlines with his new superteam, RadioShack. As in past occasions, Lance invited local fans to join him on a training ride. More than 5.000 cyclists showed up in Adelaide, responding to Lance‘s invitation on Twitter, another record broken by Armstrong. Do you want to have your chance to ride with Lance? Look out for the next possible ride on his Twitter page at: www.twitter.com/lancearmstrong On the racing side AG2R La Mondiale, won as best team, while Manuel Cardoso (FootonServetto-Fuji) won the 3rd stage in Stirling, marking the first victories of 2010 for SRAM RED. For the latest news on SRAM‘s road racing world check out: www.theroaddiaries.com
Lance Armstrong, pre-group ride in Adelaide. Photo: Graham Watson
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EVERYBODY WANTS XX
MTB 02/2010
The first 2x10 groupset for the world’s best racers in 2010 It must have been our hardest time ever, sorting out all the requests of racing teams which wanted to be on SRAM XX for 2010. It was hard to say no to some, but even by doing so we have the best teams and the best riders in the world racing on XX: - Scott-Swisspower: Nino Schurter (2009 Elite World Champion), Florian Vogel - Cannondale Factory Racing: Roel Paulissen (2009 Marathon World Champion) - Team Orbea: Julien Absalon (2009 World Cup Champion) - Multivan Merida: Jose Hermida, Ralph Näf (2009 UCI Best Team) - Specialized Factory Racing: Cristoph Sauser, Burry Stander, Lene Byberg - Subaru Gary Fisher: Jeremy Horgan Kobelski, Willow Kroeber, Heather Irmiger - Topeak Ergon: Irina Kalentieva (2009 Elite World Champion) - Team Lapierre International: Cedric Ravanel, Cecil Rhode-Ravanel - Trek Bart Brentjens: Bart Brentjens - Felt Otztal Bionic: Blaza Clemencic - Team Texpa
Julien Absalon riding to victory on XX in the 2009 World Cup
The first chance to see the XX sponsored riders in action will be the XX Maremma MTB Follow the XX riders season on: Cup powered by SRAM, a week of international races taking place in beautiful Massa Dirt Tales: www.dirttales.com Nino Schurter: twitter.com/nschurter Marittima, Italy, from february 27th to march 7th 2010. Ralph Näf: twitter.com/ralphnaef Cannondale Factory Racing: twitter.com/FactoryRacing For more information visit www.maremmacup.com Heather Irmiger: twitter.com/irmigrrr
EUROPEAN MEDIA LOVES ROCKSHOX REVELATION Europe‘s most influential magazines say the 2010 RockShox Revelation is one of the hottest forks on the market. Have a look: Bike, Spain, June 2009: “To sum it up the Revelation is a very well featured fork, easy to understand and tune, without any notable defect and with great performance in its intended use.“ Mark: 9/10 Bike, France, September 2009: “Price, weight, looks, function: what else can you demand from a product? If you can‘t live without adjustable travel go for the Air U-Turn 120-150mm version. For everyone else, look no further, this fork is almost perfect.“ Mark: 4.5 stars out of 5 Singletrack, UK, September 2009: “The Revelation is a brillant set-and-forget fork for regular hard riding. Stiff, strong, reliable, unbeatable value.“ Mark: recommended What Mountain Bike, UK, November 2009: “As long-travel forks go, the 2010 Revelation is near biblical in its abilities.“ Mark: 4.5. stars out of 5 BIKE, Germany, January 2010: “Rock Shox has created the ultimate 150-millimeter all-mountain fork, with every feature you could possibly desire. [...] The functionality of this fork leaves no room for doubts. The Revelation is stiff and incredibly sensitive – no matter how big the hits are.” Mark: Super