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Yuniet Del Toro Florida State Championship

YUNIET DEL TORO finished the day with a florida state championship jersey for team Stradalli cycle - Safetti clothing. Awesome bro congrats!

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USA CRITS SPEEDWEEK

Rock hill South Carolina's new purpose build criterium course was a perfect backdrop for the start of USA Crits Speedweek.
The Elite Stradalli cycle - Safetti clothing Team will be up against a stacked field with teams like Crit Life, Holowesko Citadel, Cinelli and Texas Road house bringing full teams just to name a few.
Luckily our guys were not bothered by this because they were poised to make their presence known, even among current and previous Crit national champions Dan Halloway, John Murphy, and Ty Magner as well as international flair in the form of Francesco Moser. 
The Stradalli boys really rode well as a team mopping up multiple cash premes as well as the lap leaders jersey! 
Congrats Florenz 
This was made possible by two of our riders making it into a serious breakaway. While Florenz the German and Alberto the Mexican were in the break cleaning up lap points and money 
Florenz ended up 6th in the sprint and taking the USA Crits lap leader jersey with Alberto finishing 10th and getting second in the young riders jersey 
The team spirits are very high and everyone has an extremely optimistic view on the rest of Speedweek. Tonight the boys will be racing stop number two Belmont Criterium.

Leo and His Green Machine Training Hard for Next MTB Race

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UFC Fighter Chas Skelly at Stradalli Cycle

Look who just stopped by to pick up his brand new Green Stradalli 650b MTB Trail Bike, UFC Feather weight fighter Chas Skelly!

Chas is 31 years old originally from Texas and just moved recently to Boca Raton for training; he is currently holding an impressive 17-2 UFC record. Chas also holds some UFC records such as fastest UFC submission and fastest UFC win turnaround. He currently training with Henri Hooft, and has chosen biking and swimming as a substitute instead of running to cross train for his fights. He prefers the lower impact workout on his knees and hips which cycling offers and plus he says he just loves to ride! Chas was so happy with his new Stradalli Carbon Bike he couldn’t wait to start his cross training. Thanks for stopping by Chas!

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Meron Amanuel takes lead in KOM classification - Tour du Rwanda 1st stage

On today's first stage of Tour du Rwanda, Meron Amanuel from STRADALLI - BIKE AID took the lead in climbers classification while Jean-Bosco Nsengimana now ranks on 3rd in GC with 1 second behind.

After 96,4 hilly kilometers from Kigali to Ngoma, the Canadian Guillaume Boivin from Cycling Academy Team won the final sprint out of a 19 man front group that managed to break away 30 kilometers from the finish. Also in this group, STRADALLI - BIKE AID leader Jean - Bosco Nsengimana who came in with the same time and now sits on 3rd place overall with just 1 second down.
"Now it is a perfect situation for us and Bosco, as the gap is just 1 second and the responsibility to control the race is on the Rwandan team, so we can be relaxed and wait for the right time", Yves Beau (Sporting Director of STRADALLI - BIKE AID) said.

The Eritrean Meron Amanuel won the only KOM of the day and overtook the leaders jersey that he will wear on tomorrow's second stage.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Stradalli - Bike Aid Team to win Tour du Rwanda

Germany-based Stradalli–Bike Aid are very optimistic of becoming the second UCI Continental team to win Tour du Rwanda. Stradalli - Bike Aid pro cycling teams charge will be led by their Rwandan reigning champion Jean Bosco Nsengimana.

The 8th edition of the UCI-Africa Tour 2.2 race, slated for November 13-20, has been dominated by national teams since 2009 when it became part of the UCI Africa Tour, with United States-based Team Type 1–Sanofi the only UCI Continental team to have won it, back in 2011.

However, Stradalli- Bike Aid pro cycling which is among the four UCI Continental teams that will grace this year’s seven-stage showpiece, are confident that their star man, Nsengimana, who joined the club in June, can win the Tour for the second year in a row, provided he gets the support he needs from his teammates.

“For the Tour of Rwanda 2016, the goals of the team Stradalli- Bikeaid have a little bit changed; last year, we went for stage wins with Mekseb Debesay ( now world tour racer ) and Meron Amanuel. But this year, we have last year’s overall winner in our ranks and we will give him all the support we can for him to win the Tour again,” says the team manager.

"We hope that we can support Nsengimana the best way, the goals are set and the ambition is high. Seven hard days during the end of Tour du Rwanda will show us what we really can do.”

The 22-year old Nsengimana is currently training in Rwanda at Africa Rising Cycling Centre in Musanze District, along with the 15 local riders, who will represent Rwanda.

Among other competitors that will ride along Nsengimana includes Eritrean Meron Amanuel Mengstab (winner stage 2 and 6 of Tour du Rwanda 2012), Tanzanian Richard Laizer, Damien Garcia pro racer from France and Mathias Schnapka from Germany.

 Tour du Rwanda is very important for team Stradalli- bikeaid not only because we have Nsengimana, who can win it, but also because of the very special atmosphere and the huge enthusiasm by the locals and African racing overall 

This year’s edition will attract over 85 riders under 17 teams from different parts of the world. These include eight African national teams, four UCI continental teams, and five regional teams or clubs.

8 African national teams:

• Team Rwanda
• National Team of Kenya
• National Team of Cameroon
• National Team of South Africa
• National Team of Ethiopia
• National Team of Eritrea
• National Team of Egypt
• National Team of Algeria

4 UCI Continental Teams:

• Dimension Data For Qhubeka (South-Africa)
• Kenyan Riders Downunder (Kenya)
• Cycling Academy Team (Israel)
• Stradalli - Bike Aid (Germany)

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The important thing was taking part STRADALLI – BIKE AID at 2016 Worlds in Doha, Qatar

At this year's UCI World Championship in Doha, Qatar, Team STRADALLI – BIKE AID finished on 17th place.

It was the World Championships. The one and only official UCI Road World Championships, held in Doha, Qatar, where every year the fight for the famous rainbow-jersey takes part. This unique and wonderful jersey that stands for the best rider in the world.

Among this spectacle it was again a „small squad“ from Germany in the middle that already surprised a lot during the past 3 years in the world of procycling. Also this time, as not any single person estimated STRADALLI – BIKE AID participating at this year's Worlds. But also no one from the team itself was even dream of that can happen. The excitement was on the edge already before going to Doha, only by receiving the permission to start there as a UCI continental team.

But how should all this now getting realized again, after having already so many races in the books, all over the world and just coming back from Tour of China only 5 days before leaving to Qatar again?

While other competing teams from the World Tour (highest category in world's cycling, budget about 10 to 30 million Euro), employ about 60 staff members around the riders, for a small team like STRADALLI – BIKE AID such an event means mostly: stress, sleepless nights, headache and night shifts to prepare all needed stuff to go to such an event.

Everyone who ever went on holiday with his family knows what it is all about and what things has to be taken into consideration to avoid chaos. But to move a whole team is so much more and demands so much from the involved person to make all this happen: preparing all TT bikes, wheels, discs, tires, packing all tolls (you travel with almost whole repair center), visa formalities, flight bookings, accommodation etc. etc.

The whole delegation of STRADALLI – BIKE AID was about 10 people, but also this was at the lower limit compared to teams like SKY who had actually more Staff as the whole delegation of
STRADALLI – BIKE AID.

And every time again there are things happening you can not take into consideration but they turn an easy travel day into an emotional roller-coaster and an unforgettable event. Even more when you have riders from Africa in your team you must expect everything as the authorities very often make things not so easy.

This time it was Meron Teshome who stood without any bad feelings at the check in counter, presenting his passport, baggage already tagged and transferred but then: "Stop! Your Visa for Qatar", the lady mentioned. After lot of explanations that he is going to the UCI World Championships and the Visa is already issued and waiting at Qatar Airport (same like for everyone else) there was just an indifferent: "no way. You stay here, you can take your baggage in one hour there and there".

Meron had tears in his eyes as it was his first Wolrds in Elite so far and a dream that came true after a season he really worked hard and deserved it. Leaving Meron behind? No way.

After lots of phone calls with the local authorities in Qatar, they sent a confirmation and a copy of the issued visa by messenger to the smartphone. Filled with hope, the boys went to the counter, presenting the Visa and that everything is as it has to be. "No, we need it printed!" (what is the difference?) After another challenge, to print the message and Visa out and another presentation at the desk, the quality of the print was not sufficient. Now they wanted to have a new document officially sent to their email address. Did they really do all to avoid Meron's travel? Sometimes things are not logic and fair, but one for sure: not human!

After again many phone calls the queue at the desk got smaller and smaller and the time to the departure also. The hope that Meron will join us got smaller in the same way. But all of a sudden and after several discussions they received the email from Qatar and accepted the Visa. Meron was in!

When the guys arrived in Qatar, one thing was already clear: it will be hot the upcoming days. Even more than expected and the humidity was still very high even in the night. 42 Celsius was the temperature next day when the guys went out for ride and they could start to imagine how it should be at the race.

But everybody was highly motivated and worked so hard to make this come true, now they wanted to face all these challenges. But in the race it came a little different and the expected performance could not being delivered by the riders.

17th place at the end – from 17. What sounds very terrible in the beginning changes into something different at the 2nd view. It changes more into joy, as disappointment.

Joy, being part of the World Championships, as there are more than 200 professional teams worldwide.

Joy, about the unique opportunity to challenge the best teams in the World, both teams like SKY, BMC ore Etixx-Quickstep who have so much more budget available as the "small German team".

But also joy, that the social background of the team was again in the focus of the press and the team could tell again a different story about how it is possible to change something (article in the Gulftimes)

Most important thing is taking part – this time more than ever, because despite all ambitions and sacrifices the boys did throughout this year and all the good results the team earned in 2016 season – to be at the start of the World Championships is not an everyday thing!

STRADALLI – BIKE AID to UCI Road World Championships in Doha

This year's UCI Road World Championships will be held in Doha, Qatar. And STRADALLI – BIKE AID will be in the middle as the team receives official start allowance from UCI for Team Time Trial.

It sounds again like crazy news or April's fool, but it is true and real. How can it be that a „small team“ goes to the official UCI World Championships and even more: how to try to challenge the „big guys“ from the World Tour such as BMC, SKY or Tinkoff?

Yes, indeed: we have been surprised the same way But we already received the confirmation from UCI in July, so we had enough time to prepare ourselves how we can announce this awesome news. It is a great honor for us but at the same time this opportunity means also a huge responsibility for the team, the riders and all involved people.

Yes, the guys from STRADALLI  – BIKE AID will be for sure the underdogs and the most important thing at this stage so far is sure to be a part of the World championships and that we made it there, but on the other hand everybody is highly motivated and ready to fight with all he has to achieve the best result possible. Six riders will represent the team colors of STRADALLI – BIKE AID besides the best teams in the world.

Also our partners and suppliers were the same way excited as we were when we told these news and there was not just one second of hesitation to support us a little extra for this event.

Team Time Trial is a huge invest in equipment, as it is a lot about aerodynamics etc. The challenge was also to adapt all of our equipment for this special demand and without any question the partners like STRADALLI CYCLE  (TT – frames), Citec (disc – wheels) or Bollé (TT helmets) or Biehler Sportswear with the new developed high tech TT suits jumped on our side and did their utmost to make all this come true. So our riders will definitely look fast when they will climb the starting ramp in Doha.

„This event is a real big thing for us and means a Lot . „ STRADALLI - BIKEAID Manager 

Given the fact that we actually are a small professional team with limited budget and based on great sponsor and the cycling community we never could imagine that we could take all these steps from winning UCI Africa Tour  to participate as a team in the UCI World Championships . We can not achieve more with the given budget“.

In 2016 Many top 10 results in races of UCI category 1 and HC but also lot of podium places were taken this year. The best result so far was for sure Meron Teshome's 2^nd place on stage 11 in Tour of Qinghai Lake (UCI 2.HC) but also Nikodemus Holler delivered many strong performances with good results in the GC in Tour of gabon (UCI 2.1), Ireland or Tour of China. KOM Ireland jersey.

The team currently holds a special training camp in Bad Salzhausen to finetune the technique for team time trial. On Monday October 3^rd the last race in the Europe Tour will take place for the team at Münsterland Giro with guys like Marcel Kittel, Mark Cavendish or André Greipel before the riders and staff fly to Doha on next Wednesday

2016 Florida State Championship Series

The weather still feels like summer although it is officially fall but at least it felt like a "good" summer day with the humidity a little down and the sun shinning on the FSC racers.  The 6.7 mile challenging race course was in great shape thanks to the Swamp Club volunteers and a timely rain on Saturday evening that really tightened up the course.  There was a new section added this year called "spitfire" and it seemed to be a hit with the racers and had the feel of a amusement park ride as it dipped and rolled through the woods surrounding "North Creek". 
On race day the Shimano youth racers took to the trails first with some exciting race action and then at 9:30 the yellow wave hit the first turn and the Protano Law $50 holeshot went to Shawn Smith this week as the riders quickly filed into a fast pace line for the rest of the four lap race.  It was one year ago that Bob McCarty – Team Stradalli - Safetti was suffered a hard fall on this trail and was hospitalized for multiple injuries while racing for the lead and on this day Bob returned with true determination and won a hard fought battle with his competitors and the course to take the Elite class win on his full suspension Stradalli carbon 29er

Tour of China I – STRADALLI – BIKE AID PRO CYCLING TEAM

Nikodemus Holler raced with a constant performance to a great 7th place in the GC of Tour of China while Meron Teshome finished two times Top 10 in the sprint.

Everybody knows what large country China actually is. But not many of us could imagine how big it really is. Allthough we knew that with its 1,4 billion people China has almost 20% of the world's population, it was hard to realize what that means in reality. People where everywhere you look, cars everywhere and just crowded places one after another.

While cities as Berlin are already huge in our middle European understanding, it is not worth to talk about small towns like this in China. It starts with 10 million people to be a city. And when you land in a city named Chongqing, you start to understand that this is just another dimension of everything.
Chongqing – the biggest city on this planet has a surface of 83k square kilometers – the same as whole Austria (a country in Europe) – but with 4 times the population of Austria, 32 Million inhabitants. Awesome, insane or whatever you want to name it. Just unbelievable.

A normal day at this Tour was a little bit the same as at every other stage race so far, but just longer with everything, except the race. Wake up early morning, had breakfast and hed to the race start. 4 hours of racing and then a short shower followed by 6 to 7 hour transfer by bus. Yes, indeed, transfer by bus as the distances in this tour are also unbelievable. On two days the organizer preferred to put the riders and teams into airplanes for transfer as the distance between the cities was about 2.400 kilomterers .

Translated in European way of thinking: race in Frankfurt, transfer to Rome by Bus, then next day flying to Portugal for race and after transfer again to north of Spain. Awesome!

But the riders of team STRADALLI – BIKE AID were highly motivated to show another good stage race and play an important role both in GC and also in the daily sprints of this race that is ranked in UCI category 2.1. While Meron Tehsome finished two times Top 10 in the sprint of stage 1 and 5, Nikodemus Holler also performed well in the mountain stages with his 5th place on stage 3 and 9th in stage 4 that took him to the 7th place in the GC at the end of the race.

Both of the riders got great support from their team-mates who worked really hard to put them in position or defend the position in the GC by chasing down dangerous break-aways or just destroy the break in the beginning. Cycling is a team sport and without a team behind a captain it is nearly impossible to achieve good results. That's what makes a team into a team, to act together, to suffer together and to ride one for all, all for one without any compromise.

„It is really great to see, how the guys sacrificed themselves for me to keep the opportunity upright for me to take this great result in this hard race. I am so proud to have them on my side and that this year this special team spirit is in the team“ Nikodemus Holler said after the final stage.
Meanwhile, Tour of China II is on the run, with mainly flat stages in this second week in a country that is so unbelievable and unique.
We will have updates soon for part II

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News from Stradalli - Bike Aid pro cycling team

Our boys from Stradalli - Bike Aid pro cycling team trying to drop Andrè Greipel the Gorilla at last weeks night Crit in Germany. Not an easy task.

National Elite Championship winners at Track Nationals

Review and testing video on 29er full suspension Stradalli carbon mtb mountain bike Bob McCarty

3 Major Announcements From Stradalli Cycle At Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships

Stradalli Cycle has been a hit this week at the Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships as the sponsors for the Colombian National Team. Hopefully you have been following the team blog for videos, pictures and updates on everything but if you haven't it's okay we have a cheat sheet here for you.

Richmond 2015: Not only has Stradalli been a hit at the event but they have been covered by several media outlets whether it is with the vehicles being used as the backdrop for interviews, the bikes being used in footage for stories or even the Lamborghini making a few appearances on film. ESPN and NBC Sports have all shot footage with Stradalli during the week. 

Announcement #1: The first big announcement came early in the week as it was learned that you could purchase the same type of carbon road bikes being used by the Colombian cyclists in the races. The three types of road bikes are featured on the blog and are on sale now. 

Announcement #2: The next big news was that you would have the opportunity to purchase the actual bikes used in the races by the Colombian National Team. How's that for battle tested? Where else can you purchase the actual cycles used by some of the top racers in the world immediately following a big race? You can't buy the bikes of Chris Froome or Nairo Quintana after the Tour de France but you can purchase these immediately after Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships. 

Announcement #3: Finally let's look to the future. With recent trips to Eurobike and Interbike management was motivated to do something unique for the fans and longtime customers of Stradalli Cycle. That's why they have already released the 2016 line of new carbon road frames which can be purchased now, not next year but now on the website. This is your opportunity to get the newest designs and build your perfect bike without having to wait! 

Obviously we are now starting to spoil you but that's just how we like to do things. So make sure you follow the Stradalli Cycle Blog for more updates from Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships including videos, pictures, interviews and much more. 

Breaking News From Stradalli Cycle At Richmond 2015 UCI Road World Championships

Colombian Pro Racer Rigoberto Uran with Stradalli Cycle CEO Tom Steinbacher and ESPN Deportes Goga Ruiz Sandoval

As you know Stradalli Cycle is the official sponsor of the Colombian National Team for the UCI Road World Championships at Richmond 2015. What you may not have known is that the team was also using Stradalli Cycles to race in the races at Richmond and the bikes were so popular that they were featured in stories on ESPN as well as NBC Sports.

In fact USA Olympic Medalist Dotsie Bausch rode a pink Stradalli Faenza around the course at Richmond while doing a shoot for NBC Sports. The buzz surrounding Stradalli at World's is growing and that is why they have made a special announcement that every fan and customer would want to know. You can read about these announcements and see more pics of Richmond 2015 at the Stradalli Cycle Blog 

Dotsie Bausch Riding Stradalli Bike for NBC Sports Richmond 2015 shoot