With 3 rainbow jersey he is equalling Binda, Van Steenbergen, Merkcx and Sagan. Spaniard Oscar Freire was one of the one-day classic riders, having won the world championship three times (1999, 20). The Colnago C40 won 5 out of 6 editions of Paris-Roubaix in years (1995-2000) and several world champion titles in years 1996-2002. Stars riders included A braham Olano, Johan Museeuw, Michele Bartoli, Franco Ballerini, Óscar Freire, Frank Vandenbroucke, Axel Merckx, Andrea Tafi, Tony Rominger, Paolo Bettini among the others.
For 7 years in a row (1994-2000) they won UCI Team rankings. Looking back from another decade, we examine that Mapei team earned a unique place in cycling history. They were the biggest and most ambitious team that cycling has ever seen and won practically everything. Mapei was an Italian-based pro cycling team active from 1993 to 2002, named after sponsoring firm MAPEI. Instead he kept the tubes ramrod-straight in the traditional style - albeit with the star-shaped cross-section that he had pioneered with the steel Master. Colnago could have created something with perhaps a swoopy, futuristic profile befitting its revolutionary design. That’s the reason why the C40 is the favourite bike of all time for so many people - including Sir Bradley Wiggins.
2001 colnago c40 how to#
Colnago solved the problem of how to make a carbon frame durable enough to win the toughest cobbled Classics yet light enough to soar up Alpine cols.
2001 colnago c40 full#
Full carbon frame with Master profile carbon tubes bonded to carbon lugs.
In 1994 Colnago started to produce their very successful model C40 - ‘C’ for carbon and ‘40’ to commemorate Colnago’s 40th year in business. Colnago’s bikes still have a domination of the world’s cycling sports because Ernesto was always an innovator and pioneer of new technologies which supposedly provide more efficency or comfort. In 1952 he founded Colnago and started to work as mechanic for several professional teams.
At age 13 he entered in world of two wheels and immediately he fall in love with bikes and cycling. Ernesto Colnago was born on Februin Cambiago, near Milan, Italy.
0 kommentar(er)
