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TDF, Prologue in Monaco

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:25:02 -0600

15.5km of prologue in Monaco.
It was a very intensive stage for all riders of Team Columbia Htc with 6km of uphill and some really tricky turns. The right place to push the new Plasma TT to his limits.

By leading the race during the first half, Toni Martin was one the fastest climber today.
1             Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank              0:19:32
2             Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana                0:00:18
3             Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream            0:00:19
4             Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana                                0:00:22
5             Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                          0:00:23
6             Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                0:00:30
7             Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                             0:00:32
8             Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC         0:00:33

TDF 09, On the start

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 0:52:14 -0600

Team Columbia-Htc is on the start of Tour de France 09 in Monaco. It's the perfect time to discover the new SCOTT Addict and some special design of incredible riders.

- SCOTT Addict TDF edition

- Mark Cavendish / Air Sprinter Force Addict

- Bert Grabsch / World Plasma TT

The roster for the 2009 Tour de France includes quadruple stage winner of the 2008 Tour de France Mark Cavendish (UK); 2008 yellow and green jersey holder Kim Kirchen (LUX). Road Captain George Hincapie (USA) will be lining up for his 14th consecutive year in France as well as Australian Michael Rogers who placed 8th in the recent Giro D'Italia and is a three time former World Time Trial Champion.

Young Tony Martin (GER) will make his Tour de France debut after a very successful Tour de Suisse where he won a stage and the mountains classification. Support will come from Bernhard Eisel (AUT) who also won at stage at Tour de Suisse, promising general classification rider Maxime Monfort (BEL) , lead-out specialist Mark Renshaw (AUS) and current World Time Trial Champion Bert Grabsch (GER).

Let’s start the tour.

Rabottini wins U23 Italian Championship

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 5:27:04 -0600

Sunday 28/06 was a fantastic day for Matteo Rabottini (Team Aran Cucine Bls) who won the Under 23 Italian Championship on a Scott Addict .
Matteo made a fantastic action from km 4 before the finish to the end of the race and beat the Italian chronometer champion Alfredo Balloni.

Matteo Rabottini is 21 years old and he comes along his father Luciano Rabottini, who was a professional cyclist between 1981 and 1990 and who won Tirreno-Adriatico in 1986. It's the consecutive second time that one cyclist won the Under 23 Championship on a Scott Addict. Last years the winner was Damiano Caruso (Team Mastromarco Chianti Sensi Grassi).

Columbia-Highroad Men's Team capture five TT-Titles

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 9:24:28 -0600

San Luis Obispo, CA June 26, 2009 - For the second year running, Columbia-Highroad's Frantisek Rabon (Czech Republic), Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway), Bert Grabsch (Germany) and Marco Pinotti (Italy) have captured their respective countries' individual time trial titles.

The same five Columbia-Highroad riders also won gold in the same event back in 2008.

In Germany, World Time Trial Champion Bert Grabsch on the new Scott Plasma TT beat his Columbia-Highroad team-mate Tony Martin (as well on the new Plasma TT) by a narrow margin of just 10 seconds over a flat 40 kilometre course which started and finished in the city of Cottbus. "It was a big fight all the way, but Tony beat me into second in the time trial in the Bayern Rundfahrt stage race [in late May], so now it's my turn to beat him," Grabsch joked after taking his third German national time trial title in three years. event."

For the third year in a row and fourth time in his career, Columbia-Highroad’s Marco Pinotti has once again earned the right to wear the Italian national time trial champion’s jersey. Already the winner of the same event in 2005, 2007 and 2008, Pinotti’s third straight victory in the Italian national time trial championships came after he clocked a time of 39 minutes and 22 seconds for the 32.4 kilometre time trial. Fastest at all the time checks, Pinotti finished 19 seconds ahead of Gabriele Bosisio and 1 minute 9 seconds ahead of Maurizio Biondo.

Photo: © by Tim De Waele/tdwsport.com

Frantisek Rabon had to combat heavy rain in his successful bid for a second straight time trial title in the Czech Republic. "I was under pressure because of last year's win, some journalists said beforehand the race that as the big favourite, I should just get the gold medal and everybody could go home early. "But a lot of unexpected things can happen in bike racing, and the wet weather could have changed everything. Fortunately, though, I came through for the win."

Edvald Boasson Hagen took his third successive title in the Norwegian national time trial championships by a convincing margin of three minutes and nine seconds ahead of Kurt Asle Arvesen. The only rider to take less than an hour for the 49.2 kilometre course in Narbo, Boasson Hagen said afterwards that "I knew I was on a good day from the moment I started. Everything felt good, the weather was great, and it wasn't a tricky course, and that all meant I concentrated on going as fast as possible."

Impressions of Scott Product Launch

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 1:28:44 -0600

Scott Product Launch 2010 at Givisiez, Switzerland

Scott Genius 20 in a row, the TwinLoc System available on all Genius and Spark, adjusting shock and fork at same time!

In beginning of last week Scott USA was introducing the 2010 bike line to the US media people. As the US group did before, Scott Europe invited 45 editors of worldwide magazines to the Product Launch 2010 at Scott head quarter in Givisiez, Switzerland.

Along the five highlights TwinLoc System, CR1, Voltage FR, SUB and Plasma TT the editors got the chance to discover the entire Bike, Softgoods & Accessories product collection. The audience was listening, due to detailed and technical information at workshops by Product Managers and Engineers the editors were updated precisely.

A bunch of new CR1 SL, waiting for their testers.

To cut long stories short, the main part still was the test ride on the new products right afterwards. The editors got the chance to test the new TwinLoc System mounted on Genius bikes, CR1 and Voltage FR bikes, all on epic trails next to the Scott Company. The editors felt quite comfortable, along the bikes they were properly equipped and protected by Scott Bikewear, Gloves and Helmets. From head to toe.

Nino Schurter, XC Pro rider of Team Scott-Swisspower MTB Racing, set a new record on Scott's pump track up to 22 laps!

Timo Pritzel became a team manager. Marius Hoppensack, Simon Kirchmann and Peter Henke are listening to their mentor.

Along showing all products of course an event like this offers always the chance to introduce Scott’s great team riders to everybody. With lots of passion and energy all the guys were showing their incredible riding skills during these days, so a spectacular show on the Dirt track right behind the Scott building during an excellent BBQ was guaranteed. And yes, there was a new record set on the pump track with 22 laps, without pedaling of course, by Nino Schurter. Thanks to: Ben Walker, Timo Pritzel, Florian Vogel, Nino Schurter, Claudio Caluori, Holger Meyer, Marius Hoppensack, Simon Kirchmann, Peter Henke, Julien Fournier, Nick Beer, Fabien Pedemanaud, Aari Barrett, Vincent Ancelin, Thomas Tödtli, Dilan Dunkerton.

Ben Walker, went faaaaaast on the new Voltage FR, without gloves of course;)

Suicid No-Hander. Marius Hoppensack out in the Swiss forest somewhere on the new Voltage FR.

Hunting after Swiss rabbits? Fabien Pedemanaud from Team Scott11.

For all technical support while all test rides, a special tanks to our partners SRAM, Fox, DT Swiss and Shimano.

All in all, a great event by sunny weather did happen, and we’re looking forward to show the entire 2010 bike collection at Eurobike to you.

Luke Sets Course Record

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:41:40 -0600

That hurt! Today was one tough day at the office. I am stoked to report that I repeated and won Ironman Japan for the second time today.

We have been experiencing a lot of hot, sunny, humid weather here in Goto Fukue since we arrived on Wednesday and this morning we woke up to cloudy, foggy skys and cooler temperatures. The wind even came up a bit just to add to the mix.

I had a strong swim and exited with a group of five on the tail of Kieran Doe and infront of Cam Watt, Tim Marr and Hiroyuki Nishiuchi. Out onto the bike our group soon became three with Nishiuchi dropping behind. Cam Watt and I spent most of the time leading the group which remained together till about 140km when Cam layed the hammer down and broke away from Kieran and Tim.

Back to transition Cam and I went onto the run about 7 minutes ahead of Kieran and Tim and about 8 infront of Australian Courtney Ogden who rode really well solo all day. I felt great in the first 10km and went out a little too fast as the course gets harder each lap between to the 16 - 22km and 34 - 40km points. I built a steady lead on Courtney by the 15km point my mate Shane Smith was telling me 10 plus minutes. I didn't get a split again till around the 34km point and I tried to keep my pace around 2 hr 55 min mark therefore making Courtney or whoever was behind needing a 2 hr 47 min run or better to catch me. Shane finally pulled up beside me at 34km and said I had at least 15 mins on Courtney but this coincided with the last hilly section of the course and that mental relief that I had a good lead really hurt me. I struggled from that point on and my pace really slowed. I suddenly went from feeling great to having nothing in the tank. It was so good to see the castle where the finish line is located. Whit Raymond was yelling at me to break my last years course record and I had no idea if I needed to sprint? I sort of picked it up but definitely didn't sprint and found out I had gone 41 seconds quicker this year.

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Scott11's 6th place at World Cup in Maribor

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 0:14:51 -0600

Scott11's 6th place at World Cup in Maribor

Fabien Pedemanaud, back on track!!

What a day for Scott 11! Fabien Pedemanaud placed sixth at the World Cup in Maribor, Slovenia!

Fabien fought back his way to the top ten after a injury on his hand in the beginning of the season.

Emilie Siegenthaler finally enters the top ten a bit deeper and places 7th! This is her best world cup result so far.

Woman power on Gambler: Emilie Siegenthaler.

Nick Beer had another good result in the top 20, even though he didn't feel too well on the course in Maribor. A 17th in the finals and a 10th place in the qualifyer put him on 11th position in the overall world cup.

Freecaster interview with European Champion Nick Beer.

Aari Barrett places 40th and 3rd junior.

Scott 11 placed second in today's team ranking!

To see all the pictures of the weekend, go to: www.flickr.com

Brawn shares its brains

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 8:55:07 -0600

THE BIG PICTURE: BIG PEDAL

June 14, 2009 | THE SUNDAY TIMES

Brawn shares its brains.

With Jenson Button so far ahead in the Formula One World Championship that he barely needs to to turn up for the remaining races, it seems everyone wants a slice of Brawn magic. That includes German road racer Bert Grabsch, seen here using the wind tunnel at the Brawn GP facility at Brackley, Northampshire for "rider optimisation testing"- in layman's terms, working ut how best to reduce wind resistance. Grabsch, 33, rides for Team Columbia-Highroad, and will be competing today in the final stage of the Dauphine Libere road race in France.

Bike Festival Willingen

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 7:45:25 -0600

For the second year, Timo Pritzel`s call as organisor of the SCOTT on Air Contest led many top dirtrider to the Bike Festival in Willingen, Germany. The massive hills, shaped by Markus Hampl, were technical and challenged the rider to show all their skills.

After a stunning airshow, Amir Kabbani landed on top of the podium, followed by SCOTT Rider Marius Hoppensack and Felix Rosendahl.

Check the video:

Jenson Button on Scott at London Triathlon

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 1:22:56 -0600

SCOTT Teams Up With Formula One Championship Leader for London Triathlon

The current Formula One World Championship leader, Jenson Button, confirmed last week that he will be riding a SCOTT bike for the 2009 London Triathlon in August.

With Jenson being a keen triathlete and London being the world’s largest triathlon, SCOTT are very proud to be helping Jenson achieve his goal of finishing in the top 10% of the 11,000 competitors and raising as much money for charity as possible.

Jenson will be racing for the ‘Make A Wish Foundation’ and with thousands of pounds already donated in sponsorship money, Jenson has been spending his free time between races to train up in the hills of Monaco on his Addict R1 road bike. For the main event itself Jenson will be competing on a custom painted Plasma LTD.

In the run-up to the British Grand Prix Jenson also spent time at Silverstone circuit last week with the BBC news team, riding around the track for an interview with presenter Chris Hollins aboard a SCOTT Addict.

Ed Waterston, UK Marketing Manager for SCOTT Sports:
‘Jenson has been a fan of SCOTT bikes for several years, and we are very excited to be supporting him. For someone with such an appreciation of speed and technology to prefer our bikes is obviously a fantastic accolade.’