Santos Tour Down Under 2013 Teams and Stages

The first race of the UCI Pro Tour season always starts in sunny Australia.
In the beautiful state of South-Australia near Adelaide and surrounding wineries of the Barossa valley.

* Start List below Route Details

2013 UCI World Tour Calendar

2013 UCI ProTour Men Elite Calendar.
The calendar date did not change much for this year.

The world Championships is in Florence (Italy) this year, so we may expect great italian riders to chase the world title.

The Tour de France will start on the last week-end of June.
What a great year to come again!!

2013 UCI World Tour Calendar

2013 Team Garmin-Sharp Pro Cycling

Garmin-Sharp Cycling Team is part of the UCI Pro World Tour in 2013.
The Team is a USA based team that compete in the 2013 UCI World Pro Tour.

The Garmin-Sharp Team main sponsors are:  Cervelo bicycles, Garmin, Sharp, Mavic, Castelli.

2013 Team AG2R La Mondiale Pro Cycling

Ag2R Cycling Team is part of the UCI Pro World Tour in 2013.
The Team is the only french team to compete in the 2013 UCI World Pro Tour.

The team main sponsors are: Odlo cycling wear, Focus bikes, Fulcrum Wheels, Campagnolo Super Record 11 EPS groupset, Michelin tires, San Marco saddles, Deda, Ekoi helmets, Elite bottles, Look pedals 

Japan Mini Velo 2012 trend (Part I)

Here is the second post specific to japan market only Mini Velo.
These are getting a lot of attention abroad recently.

A quick reminder of what is a Mini Velo category bike.
To sum it simply, it is a 20" wheels sized diamond frame style bicycle.
Confused?
It is an adult bicycle designed with 20" wheels.

(Diamond frames refer to the frame shape featuring 2 triangle, hope this helps to understand)

Ok, back to Mini Velo Show!
The range of Mini Velo available in 2012 have grown up significantly in Japan.
More brands, more models, more exciting designs.

Enjoy!