Merlo takes first pro win on Britain's final stage

Michele Merlo (Barloworld) claimed his first professional victory, at the end of his first season in the pro ranks, to take the showpiece final stage of the Tour of Britain in London on Saturday, in front of a big and enthusiastic crowd.
Team Barloworld’s riders set up the finish for Merlo, with Geraint Thomas as the last lead-out man. The Brit rider did a great job and Merlo scored a clear win ahead of  Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Chris Sutton (Garmin-Slipstream).
The entire podium running on Vittoria Corsa Evo CX!!!

Here we are after the first day at Eicma in Milan (IT)! 

We are writing you directly after the first day of the Italian trade show Eicma. We are presenting all of our new products to the press, our dealers, and to our consumers.
Our range is expanding while we continue to improve the technical level of our products. The 320 TPi is now on the entire top Vittoria range! We are very happy with the amount of traffic through our booth this year and very pleased with the response and interest in our 2010 range.
These will be really busy for us, with meetings, sponsored riders, journalists and customers that come to visit us with great enthusiasm!
We hope to continue in this direction. If you are curious to see and touch our new tyres, come and visit as in Milano: Hall 9, Booth I39.
We are also present as exhibitor in Padova, at the Expobici tradeshow: Hall 8, Booth 36E.
Next event will be Interbike - Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)!!!

Vuelta a España: What a winning streak!

Vittoria claimed a victory for each Stage in the last week at the Vuelta!
The winning streak begun with Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) who claimed the Vuelta's sixth stage with a formidable sprint competition in Xàtiva (Spain).
We go on with Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) winning the first mountain stage of the Vuelta, the eighth stage and that was only the beginning for Vittoria tubulars that, till yesterday, took the podium in each stage with its sponsored riders:

Stage 9  - Gustavo César Veloso (Xacobeo Galicia)
Stage 10 - Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam)
Stage 11 - Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream)
Stage 12 - Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream)
Stage 13 - David Moncoutié (Cofidis)
Stage 14 - Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC
Stage 15 - Lars Boom (Rabobank)

Dutchman Lars Boom (Rabobank) soloed to win Vuelta a España's 15th stage to Córdoba yesterday. He attacked his escape companions over the day's final climb and finished with 1:35 over Spaniard David Herrero (Xacobeo Galicia).
In the general classification Robert Gesink (Rabobank) is second.
A great performance  for our Corsa Evo CX which supported in the best way all the riders helping them for the victory!
The Vuelta seems to be really exciting till the end, sept. 29….stay updated with us!

Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam) wins Vuelta a España stage 10!

Cervélo TestTeam’s Simon Gerrans won Tuesday’s 10th stage at the Vuelta a España from Alicante to Murcia, 162km.
Gerrans out-sprinted a four-man group to claim Cervélo’s first stage so far in the 2009 Vuelta.
He finished ahead of Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream), another Vittoria sponsored rider who is doing very well in this race.
“It’s great to win at the Vuelta. I came here with two objectives, to prepare for the world championships and to win a stage. So I have accomplished one of those goals and now I’ve just got to polish off my form before Mendrisio,” Gerrans said referring to the site of the 2009 road cycling world championships."

Back from Eurobike!
Thanks to all people who visited our booth!

We are now back in the office from a week at the international Eurobike trade show in Germany and we would like to thank all people who took the time to visit us.
It was a really busy week and the interest in our 2010 range was excellent.
Soon you will see all of our new products with the technical info you need updated on our web site.

We have also enjoyed a great night with our cutomers, sponsored riders and friends, cruising along the Costance Lake at the 2009 Vittoria dinner & cruise event.
This event provided a wonderful occasion to thank our partners for an incredible year thus far, and for all the good things to come. We look forward to more events like this in the future.

Sastre at our booth!

We are writing you directly from Eurobike, now in the third day of this international trade show in Friedrichschafen, Germany. We are presenting all of our new products to the press, our dealers, and to our consumers.
Our range is expanding while we continue to improve the technical level of our products. The 320 TPi is now on the entire top Vittoria range! Soon you will see all of our new products with the technical info you need updated on our web site.
We are very happy with the amount of traffic through our booth this year and very pleased with the response and interest in our 2010 range.
A lot of famous riders have been stopping to visit us, including the 2008 Tour de France winner, Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam). Vittoria is his choice tire, and he took his time to have a look at our products, giving us feedback and signing some authographs for his fans.
These days are really busy for us, with many events, meetings with sponsored riders and journalists, and customers that come to visit us with great enthusiasm!

Eurobike: Special guests at our booth

It's our pleasure to announce that the Cervélo TestTeam will be at our booth, number 407, Hall A1, at Eurobike (September, 2-5, Friedrichshafen, Germany).
The fans will have the opportunity to get postcards with autographs, chat with the riders about their exciting and successful season, and ask them all the possible questions.
Cervélo TestTeam had a successful season with a lot of victories in their palmares, most recently the stage victories at the Tour the France and the green jersey with Thor Hushovd!

Week-end results

Mancebo the King of Utah!
Following a monstrous effort on yesterday’s “queen stage” at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah which comfortably preserved his overall lead, Rock Racing’s Francisco Mancebo sealed the victory after today’s fifth and final stage. Mancebo maintained a 46 second advantage over second place finisher Darren Lill of Team Type 1.  
Rock Racing leaves Utah as the top team, owning spots on the podium for three of five stages including a dramatic Stage 1 win that saw Mancebo and teammate Oscar Sevilla ride to victory in a 1-2 solo Rock Racing finish. 
Mancebo’s win is Rock Racing’s 32nd of the year to go along with 67 podium (top three) placings.

Tour du Limusin: the entire podium for Vittoria!

The first of the four stage Tour du Limousin took place yesterday in very hot weather over a 159.6 km course from Limoges to Ussel (France). The up and down course kept the peloton together for most of the race with the 5 km sprint at the end determining today's winner: Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team). Xavier Florencio (Cervélo TestTeam) finished second and Paul Martens (Rabobank) took third.
The entire podium run on our Corsa EVO CX!
"This victory makes me very happy. I need to thank the entire team which led me out perfectly, especially [Björn] Leukemans," said Bozic. "When I saw the finish with one circuit to go [in Ussel] I thought it was too hard for me but my teammates asked me to make the sprint. I was pleasantly surprised by their incredible work in the last five kilometers."
Bozic's victory in the 159.6-kilometre stage into Ussel also put the Slovenian in the tour's first leader's jersey!
Tomorrow's stage (186.6 km) from Eymoutiers to Felletin will be ridden on beautiful roads through the heart of the Millevaches National Park. It is also the first time these two cities have been involved in the 42 years of the Tour du Limousin. The beginning of the stage is expected to be rather quiet while the last 40 km are the most difficult especially the final circuit around Felletin. The decisive points tomorrow will be at Cote de Montouiller at the 147 km mark and La Cote Nouaille at the 167 km point.

2009 Prague ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships

After a week of summer break, here we are with a great news!
The ETU Long Distance Triathlon European Championships took place in Prague, Sept. the 8th and our sponsored athlete Edith Niederfriniger took an excellent second place racing with tri-specific Vittoria tubulars Triathlon Evo CS!
"I am very happy about my second place at the European Championships! The Spanish winner, Virginia Berasategui, was too strong, but I battled hard with the other athletes for the other positions on the podium and only in the last run kilometers I could win the opponents. Now I know I am competitive in all the three disciplines and this gave me trust for the next challenge: the Ironman Hawaii.
After the victory in 2003 and the third place in 2006...I miss only the second European place and now I got the silver medal!"
Many compliments Edith!