The Stradalli team has gotten to spend time with awesome friends as they get ready for a morning ride in beautiful Colorado to spin their legs before they continue on their road trip to Boise Idaho for the big race saturday. The trip has been a lot of fun and the scenery is beautiful.
One of the things the team has enjoyed the most is friends and family they have seen along the trip. It is awesome how many supporters and fans they team has and everyone has been extremely supportive and wishing us all the best. You can learn more about the trip at the Stradalli Cycle Blog
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Thursday, July 9, 2015
Stradalli Cycle Pro Race Team West Coast Trip
The Stradalli Cycle pro racing team has begun an exciting an all important west coast trip that will take them to huge USA Crits races in Boise, Vancouver and San Francisco.
The trip itself has been a blast with the team able to enjoy seeing the beautiful scenery of America and also gives them a chance to watch the Tour De France as it is in progress.
The mood has been light but it's not all fun. Serious preparations are being made; planning, training every chance they get and more. The reason? Stradalli Cycle pro racer Ruben Companioni stands in first place in the overall USA Crits standings. The entire team stands in 2nd place overall as well.
What an awesome accomplishment it would be for the racers, the team, the company and owner Tom Steinbacher if Stradalli could win both championships!
To read more about the team, race updates and more, visit the Stradalli Cycle Blog
The trip itself has been a blast with the team able to enjoy seeing the beautiful scenery of America and also gives them a chance to watch the Tour De France as it is in progress.
The mood has been light but it's not all fun. Serious preparations are being made; planning, training every chance they get and more. The reason? Stradalli Cycle pro racer Ruben Companioni stands in first place in the overall USA Crits standings. The entire team stands in 2nd place overall as well.
What an awesome accomplishment it would be for the racers, the team, the company and owner Tom Steinbacher if Stradalli could win both championships!
To read more about the team, race updates and more, visit the Stradalli Cycle Blog
Monday, May 4, 2015
Saturday, May 2, 2015
Bob Mccarty and Doug DeWeese getting ready to race there Stradalli carbon Race machines at Marathon XC National Cahampionships
Bob Mccarty and Doug DeWeese getting ready to race there Stradalli carbon Race machines at
Marathon XC National Championships
Stradalli shows their
versatility
The 2015 season is off
to a great start for Stradalli Cycle Racing. However, that success is not only
limited to road racing. Mountain biker Bob McCarty had a very successful
weekend at the USA Cycling Marathon Nationals over the weekend on his 650b
carbon cross country full suspension bike
The race in Georgia,
just outside of Augusta, is over 60 miles along and has some of the toughest
terrain you will find. There are parts of the race where you actually cannot
ride your bike, you have to hike with it over your shoulder as you walk through
streams and over down trees. Mountain bike racing is certainly a different
breed of racing but it brings excitement to fans and competitors alike. McCarty
led most of the race in the age 40-44 category and finished 2nd. The
most impressive stat of the day is that he finished with a top ten time out of
all amateurs of the weekend, including riders half his age.
“This is the type of
race where you have to be in great shape, you have to be able to grind it out
there, but you also need to have the experience and understanding of what the
course is going to throw at you. Sometimes it’s the weather and sometimes, like
this weekend, it’s the actual terrain you are up against. You can be the
fastest guy on a bike and that’s great, but this is mountain bike racing, if
you can’t transition from clean road to throwing your bike over your shoulder
and hiking through water and then jumping back on your bike and not letting
that slow you down, you aren’t going to be very competitive.” Bob McCarty.
Bob was not the only one
pleased with his race results at the USA Cycling Marathon Nations. Team owner
Tom Steinbacher loves the versatility of his race team; “When people look at
cycling, when they look at our team they may think of us as a usa pro road
team and we have been having a great year at that. But I want to be more than
just a pro road cycling and pro ncc crit team, I want us to compete all over
the world in any type of race that involves a bike. That’s the mark of a true
race team and bicycle brand, not just versatility but being able to win races,
no matter the type of race it is. You want to be a real race team, you have to
be able to compete anywhere. Every weekend it seems we have great news
regarding the team because we are in so many races and competitions. I love
that. ”
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Friday, May 1, 2015
2015 Speed Week Athens Twilight Pro Criterium ,first official USA crit race
2015 Speed Week Athens Twilight Pro Criterium ,first official USA crit race
Team Stradalli cycle
went to Athens Georgia to make a statement, that they were a team to be
reckoned with.
After lots of blood, sweat and tears the team left Speed Week having proven just that. Ruben Companioni finished 2nd in one of the most competitive races of the year, but this was a win for the entire team as owner Tom Steinbacher discussed; “Look at the field, look at the course. You are going against the defending NCC Champ, Daniel Holloway, you are going against a fully stacked Pro field with world champions and Olympians. This is where you have to prove what you are made of and right now I’m completely ecstatic.”
After lots of blood, sweat and tears the team left Speed Week having proven just that. Ruben Companioni finished 2nd in one of the most competitive races of the year, but this was a win for the entire team as owner Tom Steinbacher discussed; “Look at the field, look at the course. You are going against the defending NCC Champ, Daniel Holloway, you are going against a fully stacked Pro field with world champions and Olympians. This is where you have to prove what you are made of and right now I’m completely ecstatic.”
Stradalli brought a full
team including Ruben Companioni , Sebastian Morfin, Yosvany Falcon, Grant
Potter, Cesar Grajales and Abel Quintana, a new rider to the team. This was the
biggest group to go to any race this year and before the race Stradalli cycle
received a special call ups for 2 riders, Ruben Companioni and
Yosvany Falcon were among the call-ups to begin.
It didn’t take long
before there were some fireworks first a 9 man break and then Olympian Bobby
Lea went down in turn 1 causing several riders including Ruben Companioni to
crash as well.
“My heart jumped in my
throat when I saw Ruben go down. You worry about these guys like they are your
own kids , they are going extremely fast and it’s not like they are wearing
nfl football pads. Ruben hurt his lower back and got bad road rash but got
up and got back in there.” He is a real fighter.
Following the crash,
Companioni went into the Sram Wheel Pit to get his bike fixed before returning
to the race. After 2 laps another break in the field formed with Holloway and Companioni
leading up front and with in minutes it was just 2 racers of the front alone
. Companioni continued to battle, rotating in the breakaway to finish 2nd
with plenty of time left over to wipe the blood off and put on his Stradalli
Cycle ball cap and ascend to the podium.
“What an exciting race.
I never feel like an owner at these events, I always feel more like a fan ( and
father )
but I am so proud of what we accomplished this weekend. Stradalli Cycle/ SAFETTI and Team Texas Roadhouse/Stradalli have been doing great this season and we wanted to come into Speed Week and make people realize we are contenders at every race.” Tom Steinbacher
but I am so proud of what we accomplished this weekend. Stradalli Cycle/ SAFETTI and Team Texas Roadhouse/Stradalli have been doing great this season and we wanted to come into Speed Week and make people realize we are contenders at every race.” Tom Steinbacher
Steinbacher wanted an
“all hands on deck” mentality this weekend because of the competition. Speed
Week is the first official USA Crit Race of the year and with brutal
competition from all around the world it was important that Stradalli have an
impressive showing. The sponsors; FSA providing their cranks, SAFETTI providing
the uniforms, DIADORA providing the shoes and JACO Athletics providing
additional athletic clothing as well as the new racers added to a team of
veterans has played a major role in the early success of the team.
“I wanted this to be a
team building experience and it was a great weekend. We stayed together,
trained together and ate together and I feel that the younger guys all learned
a lot from the veterans. I see a lot of teams out there with the next young
stud of cycling but if you cannot surround that youth with veteran guidance and
a “team” mentality it doesn’t usually workout the way you planned. This is such
an exciting year and we circle races like these on our calendars because we
know how important they are. The field was stacked but we left Georgia knowing
AND proving we can compete with anyone and we raced and worked togther like a
Family !”
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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