CycleOps sponsor van het Predictor-Lotto team

CycleOps adds more power measuring technology to the pro peloton Now that the UCI weight limit of 6.8kg has become so easily attainable, ProTour teams now look at their bicycles' weights more in terms of a 'gram budget' as opposed to something that is to be minimized at all costs. Since teams and mechanics are often finding themselves having to add weight to meet the minimum target, that weight may as well provide some benefit. One of the most significant outcomes of this new mentality is the proliferation of power-sensing equipment found on racers' bikes, not only in training but now during races as well. Most recently, Floyd Landis emphasized this trend during his monumental Stage 17 Alpine victory in last year's Tour de France. Landis' bike was equipped with a relatively heavy (as compared to a conventional hub) CycloOps PowerTap SL rear hub for the entirety of the climbing stage. When Landis' now-infamous doping scandal emerged, the resultant power data was even used by his trainer, Allen Lim, as evidence that the day's efforts were well within the then-Phonak rider's physical limits. CycleOps will continue to stake out a presence in the professional ranks with its newly announced sponsorship of the Predictor-Lotto Cycling Team for the 2007 season. As the "official training partner", CycleOps will equip each of the team's thirty riders with its new PowerTap SL 2.4 hub for use during both racing and training. Detailed analysis of the collected data will be performed using software from Boulder, CO-based Training Peaks LLC, purveyors of the increasingly popular CyclingPeaks and VirtualCoach programs (who, coincidentally, also sponsors the Astana and T-Mobile teams). The top-level Classics team includes perennial TdF green jersey favorite Robbie McEwen, 2006 Tour de Romandie winner Cadel Evans, 2006 Tour of Flanders runner-up Leif Hoste and 2006 U23 TT World Champion Dominique Cornu. All of the Predictor-Lotto Cycling Team riders will begin using the system during the team's first training camp of the year in Albufeira, Portugal. Triconsultancy is officieel distribiteur van CycleOps producten voor Nederland. Voor meer informatie mail naar sales@triconsultancy.com