Team Hitec Products claimed another World Cup podium after Elisa Longo-Borghini continued her brilliant spring form today sprinting to second on the Mur de Huy. The 21-year-old was just beaten by Marianne Vos (Rabobank Liv/Giant) after hard work by the Hitec Products team helped to deliver Elisa to the bottom of the Mur de Huy 130 km into the 131 km race in the best possible condition.
New helmet design to give a pro cycling edge. SCOTT Sports collaborated with Sports Engineers from the University of Adelaide to design a new bike helmet for the Australian professional road racing team Orica-GreenEDGE.
Simon Gerrans equalled his best Amstel Gold Race finish on Sunday. The Australian punctuated a tactically sound race ridden by his ORICA-GreenEDGE teammates with an acceleration on the final ascent of the Cauberg.
A good mixture of excellent riding and terrific spring weather contributed to Nino Schurter’s second victory of the 2013 Season at this past weekend’s stage of the BMC Racing Cup in Lugano/Tesserete.
If you want to be fit for the bike in spring, you have to lay the foundation in winter. This philosophy holds true for us girls as well as for the men. It is scientifically proven that women, unfortunately, put on weight more quickly due to their higher body fat percentage. In addition, our metabolism also requires longer to reorganize again in the spring.
Daryl Impey made it two for two in the Basque Country as he sprinted to victory in Vitoria. The South African took advantage of a fantastic lead out from Simon Gerrans and Michael Matthews in the field sprint finish to stage two.
