March 13, Stage 2: San Vincenzo - Cascina 166km IAM Cycling's Matteo Pelucchi seized the moment in the Stage 2 sprint finish, taking the win over some of cycling's strongest sprinters. The 25 year old Italian road professional, with a background on the track, demonstrated his strength and skill as a sprinter after picking the perfect line and crossing just ahead of Arnaud Demare and André Greipel. Matteo, racing at 1m82 with approximately 74kg, shared his SRM race data to illustrate the early season demands of Tirreno-Adriatico and his efforts required to win the day's sprint.
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March 1, Stage 3: Kampar - Kuala Lumpur 166.5km Astana Pro Team's Andrea Guardini won Stage 3 at the Tour de Langkawi working with his team which included Ruslan Tleubayev. Despite an injured foot, the Italian sprinter launched his attack early and was able to hold his lead for Astana's first stage win in the 2014 season. Guardini currently holds the record for most stage wins at the Tour de Langkawi with over twelve stage victories. He races at 1.70m with approximately 67kg on the SRM Specialized PowerMeter.
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This year's Tour of Oman was teeming with impressive SRM powered performances. Lotto Belisol's powerful sprinter, Andre Greipel, took three stage wins, Peter Sagan sprinted to the stage 4 win for Cannondale Pro Cycling, Orica GreenEdge's Leigh Howard finished second in two consecutive stages, and Tejay Van Garderen was second overall on the podium with BMC Racing Team. SRM Impressions from the Tour of Oman 2014.
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SRM sponsored teams continue to power into 2014 with top results in the Dubai Tour. BMC Racing Team's Taylor Phinney finished 1st Overall with best young rider honors, while teammate, Steve Cummings, finished 2nd. Following Phinney's Stage 1 Time Trial victory (SRM Data Here), Team Giant-Shimano's German sprinter, Marcel Kittel, went on to win the remaining three stages. Other strong SRM-powered performances include Fabian Cancellara's opening time trial for Trek Factory Racing, Cannondale's Peter Sagan Stage 2 and 3 sprints, and Andrea Guardini (Astana) landing third in the final stage 4. SRM sends congratulations for the impressive team work and powerful performances!
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February 5th: Dubai Tour 2014 - Time Trial BMC Racing Team's Taylor Phinney won the BMC Racing Team's second race of the season on Wednesday while teammate Stephen Cummings was runner-up in the individual time trial that began the Dubai Tour. Phinney powered his BMC timemachine TMR01 to a time of 12 minutes and three seconds on the 10.1-kilometer out-and-back course. That was 14 seconds faster than Cummings and 16 seconds better than Lasse Norman Hansen (Garmin-Sharp), who was third. "I put out the power that I wanted to put out," he said. "It was really a lot of watts and very strong. I felt fine. It was really one of those courses where it was over before you know it." - Taylor Phinney (BMC Media Service)
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