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THE 2008 TOUR IS 11-SPEED
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| Photo: Alessandro Ballan, Tour de France 2008 |
Seven riders will race in the next Tour de France with the new 11-speed Record groupset. Campagnolo has developed its 11-speed groupsets in great secrecy over the last three years and got professional riders to test them as always, but well away from the spotlights of great races this time. Chorus 11, Record 11 and Super Record 11 were to be a surprise and so it was. The three groupsets are completely new: higher performance, more precise, faster and with 11 speeds. The moment has now come to exploit these undisputable advantages in the most important race, the Tour de France. All three have been designed for competition use and the technical solutions implemented are in fact the same for Chorus, Record and Super Record. What differentiates the three groupsets are the materials used and what unites them is the aim: to win. To confirm what we have just said, Campagnolo decided to supply its champions with the second of the three groupsets, the Record 11. The seven champions who will race with the Record 11 are: Alessandro Ballan - LampreStin Devolder - Quick StepLaurent Lefèvre - Bouygues TelecomRobbie McEwen - Silence-LottoMaxime Monfort - CofidisOscar Pereiro - Caisse d'EpargneManuel Quinzato - LiquigasThe seven champions will use a 53/39 crankset with 11-25 and 12-27 sprocket sets.
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For the 2009 season Campagnolo will consolidate its presence in the racing world and will be the technical sponsor for no less than 15 professional teams between Pro-Tour and Continental. Campagnolo confronts this important challenge with the conviction that professional racers are the best "test laboratory" for the groupsets and wheels in the standard range, as well as the most extraordinary source of inspiration for the components to come.
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Alessandro Ballan became the new world champion at Varese 2008. His Campagnolo 11s groupset enabled him to put on a powerful burst of speed 2 km from the finish that made him the first into the Mapei Cycling Stadium and made the spectators go wild.
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