Source: press release
Mirko Celestino, Cristian Cominelli and Luca Ronchi will be the three standard bearers of the Axevo racing department for the 2014 season. Three special bicycles specially set up by our technical department are at their disposal: Xc27FS, Xpro27 and Xpro29 in the brand new Axevo “RaceDepartment” guise.
Sarnico (Bergamo) - It took place yesterday afternoon, at the headquarters of Axevo Bikes & Components, the presentation ceremony of theAvion Axevo MTB Pro Team 2014, the Axevo racing department that for the 2014 racing season will line up at the starting line of the most prestigious national and international off-road events, three standard-bearers of great athletic and professional depth!
All the sponsors and partners who once again wanted to demonstrate their participation in the team's activities and their attachment to individual athletes were present at the presentation press conference. Obviously, the main sponsor is present Aviation International Transport, in the person of the President Mr.Massimo Giordano, the new brands Airoh Helmet, Chrono Shoes, BiBike, Gls e MontePora, but above all the historical brands that for some years have accompanied the successes and closely follow Mirko Celestino and his companions: Magura, Geax, Adidas Eyewear, Selle San Marco, Rosti, Racerstore, Sixs e Garmin.
"Also this year will be a year where we will have to fight with a thousand opponents to reach the goals we have set ourselves - comments the captain Mirko Celestine - but the team is very close-knit and motivated. Thanks to the invaluable support and support of all these sponsors who follow us we will be able to do very well. " Words of praise also from the FCI National Vice President Michele Gamba who attended the conference underlining the high athletic depth of each single member of the team.
A calendar full of commitments on all fronts awaits the team that will be divided between at least for the first part of the season cross country and marathon: “I will take advantage of the condition that I have gained with the winter activity of cyclocross to present myself in the best possible way at the first international XC events - comments Christian Cominelli - then, during the season, together with the whole team, we will evaluate how to move towards the most important events. " Enthusiasm and amazement at the end of the presentation that the raising of the veils on the new bike models that Axevo Bikes & Components will make available to athletes for the 2014 season.
Xc27FS, xpro27 ed xpro29 will be the mountain bikes that in the new guise "Race Department"(RD) will be used by each individual athlete according to the type of competition and terrain. Three different bicycles, full suspension, 27,5 "and 29" hardtail
will be very recognizable on the race fields both for the new graphics dedicated to the racing department but above all for the special "Customization”That Axevo is now used to proposing in order to provide the team with mechanical vehicles designed and built following every single need of its athletes.
"This year Axevo has made a further effort to be able to put us in the best possible conditions - comments Luca Ronchi - we will have the bicycle that best enhances the characteristics of each of us. Mirko will be the first to run with the full-wheel, Cristian will have the most agile 27-inch Pro while I, after a long winter test, will present myself with the 29-inch Pro, more suited to long distances. "
Fresh from his first seasonal retreat with the XCO national team, held in Puglia in recent weeks, Cristian Cominelli will be the first to unofficially make his debut in the 2014 calendar with the Bardolino Bike Sunday March 9. On Friday 7 March it will be Luca Ronchi's turn to reach the retirement of the XCM national team in Liguria before presenting himself with captain Mirko Celestino at the start of the first granfondo, Sunday 16 with the Alassio Bike. The first appointment in which it will be possible to see the whole team will be in Montichiari (BS) for the second round of the Internazionali d'Italia XCO, scheduled for the weekend of 29-30 March.
