Ryder Hesjedal of the Garmin-Barracuda team became the first
Canadian winner of the Giro d’Italia. He used the time trial on the last
stage to overtake Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha). These two cyclists rose
to the top of the peloton over the course of the three week race, but
Hesjedal’s superior TT ability sealed his historic victory. On the final
classification, the Garmin rider was just 16 seconds ahead of
Rodriguez.
Athletes on Mavic-sponsored teams shone during the entire three
week race through Italy. The Garmin team won the team time trial,
beating Katusha by just a handful of seconds. From this point onward,
Hesjedal and Rodriguez were locked in a tight battle for the pink
jersey. Ivan Basso of the Liquigas-Cannondale team also moved within
striking distance. On one stage, these three riders finished 1-2-3 for a
complete podium sweep, and they spent several days as the top three on
GC.
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In the end, Mavic teams won 4 stages, wore the pink jersey for 12 days, and finished in first, second, and fifth (Ivan Basso) on the overall final GC. Way to go guys!
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Cosmic Carbone 80 and Comete Road wheels were choose by all Mavic sponsored riders for the TTT and final TT.
Ryder was riding a Special Service Course full-carbon R-Sys in mountain stages.
Rodriguez and Basso choose the Cosmic Carbone Ultimate .
Giro d'Italia: Pinotti wins final stage
Hesjedal finished sixth in the 28.2km Milan test, which was won by Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing), ahead of Sky’s Geraint Thomas and RadioShack’s Jesse Sergent.
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Pinotti is on BMC TM01 equipped with Easton EC90 Aero wheel and Attack TT handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmet.
Giro d'Italia: Fast team award
Lampre - ISD wins Fast Team classification at Giro d'Italia. The Lampre - ISD team is riding on Vittoria tubular and clincher tyres.
7th US Pro Time Trial Title for Z-boy!
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Setting the fastest time through all three loops on the CU-ICAR campus, David Zabriskie (Garmin-Barracuda) took his seventh professional time trial championship with a time of 40:41:44. In second place was Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing Team) at 40:47:90 and in third was teammate Brent Bookwalter at 41:08:06.
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Dave Zabriskie was on Mavic's Cosmic Carbone 80 and Comete Road wheels. Also wearing a Giro Selector TT helmet.
Van Garderen and Bookwalter were on BMC TM01 equipped with Easton EC90 Aero wheel and Attack TT handlebar. Also wearing Bell's Javelin TT helmets.
Duggan US Pro Road Champion!
Tim Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) captured the USA Cycling Professional
Road Race after attacking out of group of five in the closing smaller
circuits of downtown Greenville, South Carolina.
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Absalon triumphant at La Bresse XCO
Orbea's Julien Absalon scored his 25th UCI XC World Cup victory in
front of a home crowd in La Bresse, France. This 4th round of the 2012
World Cup season was located 30km from Absalon's home and he was pleased
to have a strong result.
Absalon told the website Cyclingnews, "It is maybe one of my best
races. It's been in my mind forever - the first world cup at home is a
lot of pressure, and I'm happy."
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Crossmax ST
Fury 
Powerful performance in California
Riders on Mavic wheels are
winning races on 2 continents! Peter Sagan (Liquigas) won the first 3
stages of the Tour of California and holds the leader's jersey. In the
Giro d'Italia, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda) wore pink for 4 days
before Joaqim Rodriguez (Katusha) took it on stage 9. Good job to all
these Mavic pro teams!
The Tour of California was successful on many levels for riders on
Mavic wheels. The Liquigas-Cannondale and Garmin-Barracuda teams
dominated the stage victories and overall classification. Riders from
these teams won a total of 5 of the 7 stages.
Peter Sagan with the Liquigas team won a record 4 stages, including
3 in a row to open the week. He wore the overall leader's jersey for 4
days. Dave Zabriskie with the Garmin team dominated the time trial and
took the leader's jersey for 2 days.
In the final ranking, Liquigas-Cannondale was the number one team.
And Garmin-Barracuda had riders in second and third on the overall
general classification.
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