Kirsty Broun on the Podium again!

Kirsty Broun (Aus) leads the attack

Australian Team member Kirsty Broun rounded out the Podium again in Belgium with an outstanding 3rd place in the Omloop Van Borsele.

The final placings were identical to the Ronde Van Gelderland held earlier this month, with Kirstin Wild (Cervelo Test team) in first and Rochelle Gilmore (Lotto Ladies) in second place.

Rose fever around the riders of SMP Saddles

Rose fever around the riders of SMP Saddles continues. Thanks  to the Gold Generation of the Footon-Servetto-Fuji the SMP Saddles reached the place in the first line at Giro d’Italia 2010. 

The 93^rd edition of the rose race which unusually starts at Amsterdam, Holland, will see also the characteristic and  inimitable saddle with its original beak tip and central canal which make all the products of Franco and Maurizio Schiavon brothers’ company from Padua unique and  unmistakable. The television images transmitted worldwide and watched by over 350 millions of spectators will exalt the product that is already appreciated very much by anyone who had tried the comfort of the innovative SMP Saddles.  

The nine bikers of Footon- Servetto-Fuji chosen by Mauro Gianetti for Giro d’Italia, out of any scheme and ready to gain the victory are as follows:

101 (the number on the shirt) Ermanno…

Garzelli snatches the trophy at Tirreno Adriatico!

Garzelli congratulated on his win by his Acqua e Sapone Teammate

Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) took out the win on the final stage of the Tirreno Adriatico in a very close finish for the overall title.

Erasing his two second deficit to the leader Michele Scarponi (Androni Giocattoli) the riders in fact finished tied on time although stage placings gave the overall victory to Garzelli for his first career Tirreno-Adriatico victory. The winner of the mountains classification at the 2009 Giro he also reversed last years result which saw Scarponi win by 25 seconds.

Australia's Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) rounded out the GC podium in third place, 12 seconds behind Garzelli.

2010 NZ Ironman Champion Cameron Brown!

Cameron Brown 2010 NZ Ironman Champion

It was another exciting day for me yesterday as I took my 9^th Bonita New Zealand Ironman title, but things didn’t go my way for the first part of the race.

Conditions were fantastic for the 3.8km swim, flat calm waters greeted the 1300 athletes.  The professionals started 15 minutes ahead of the age groupers as darkness was just lifting.  I tried to get on the feet of Keiran Doe and Terenzo Bozzone, but Keiran blasted out of the blocks right from the cannon with Bozzone on his feet and I was left floundering in their wake.   Bozzone was able to stay with Doe for the first few kilometres, and I swam the 3.8kms completely on my own, so limiting my losses was the only consolation.   I thought I was a lot closer to them coming out of the water, until I heard over the PA I was four minutes down on Keiran and three minutes down on Terenzo.  This was not the start I had planned, but I was…

Ironman Cameron Brown attributes his fastest ever Marathon to riding his SMP saddle!

The 8 time NZ Ironman Champion has been using SMP since January and in his first Ironman riding an SMP saddle he felt the advantage of the saddle most strongly after getting off the bike leg where he was able to produced a stellar run leg to win his 8th NZ Ironman Title;

“Since using SMP, both at this year’s NZ Ironman and the NZ half Ironman Championships in January I had my best ever runs. I ran my fastest ever marathon this year at Taupo in 2:43... I am just getting off the bike in better shape.”

SMP saddles are designed around the body and the ergonomic shape is something Brown says has really made a big difference to his efficiency on the bike;

“I’m not moving around like on a normal saddle, on SMP you are able to sit in the one position the whole time and there is no changing back and forth…on other saddles you are always searching to try and stay comfortable and with SMP you…