A partnership that has led to great results and which will continue in 2021. For the sixth consecutive year, the brothers Alex and Denny Lupato will experience the professional enduro and XC season on their Trek.
Source: press release
Together again for another year of passion and adrenaline. Trek renews its partnership with Denny and Alex Lupato by celebrating the sixth year of this solid relationship.
«We are very happy to be able to renew our bond with the Lupato Brothers - declares Davide Brambilla, managing director of Trek Italia - with Denny and Alex we have achieved important results both in the race and off the single track, goals that we hope to achieve also in this 2021 riding the new Slash».
The enthusiasm of Davide Brambilla is echoed by the adrenaline of Danny Lupato: "In these five years together we have grown a lot and achieved excellent results, with Alex's tricolor jersey in 2018, a race in which we scored a double on the podium with my third place.».
The results of the two athletes have always been of great importance: "We have won the 4Enduro national circuit for two years in a row, as well as other national competitions, but not only - keep it going Alex Lupato - and Denny also started at the EWS-E stage of Pietra Ligure in 2020 and at the first race in Italy for e-bikes, in 2017, finishing it in second place».
In the garage of the two Piedmontese brothers there is also room for a Supercaliber, when they try their hand at Cross Country, and a Trek Crockett for the mud challenges of cyclocross.
As Davide Brambilla pointed out, the relationship between the Trek family and the Lupato brothers goes beyond the racing aspect. Alex and Denny, in fact, have contributed to making enduro and the off-road world more popular: «Over the past few years, we've been working on our social media channels doing a lot of photoshoots and videos, including some new product launch videos for Trek itself.»Emphasizes Denny Lupato.
A year to ride with the new Slash and more ...
«In 2021 we will start with some XC races using the Trek Supercaliber, including the first three rounds of the Internazionali d'Italia Series, and then focus on enduro towards late spring. - continues Alex - Our program includes participation in the Trans Madeira, the EWS in Italy in Canazei and La Thuile, the Italian Enduro Championship and to conclude the double Ligurian event with the Enduro World Series stage in Pietra Ligure and the EWS-E in Finale Ligure».
Finally, a joke on the tools of the trade, the supercaliber and, above all, the new one Trek Slash 9.8 on which the Lupato brothers expressed themselves thus: "We have tested the new bike in the past few months and it is fantastic to see how each new Trek model represents an increasingly sophisticated and technical evolutionary step that allows us to reach the top of performance.».
The Trek Slash 9.8 is a carbon enduro mountain bike designed to rip jumps, hold the perfect line through turns, and rip down mountains with the confidence of riding a bike that performs the maneuvers every rider expects on a descent. The ultra-stiff and durable carbon frame, carbon wheels, and cutting-edge RockShox suspension technology make this long-travel 29er the ideal solution for any adrenaline junkie.
The Trek Supercaliber 9.8 is the bike cross country Developed for speed and designed to push performance to the limit, its setup features the exclusive IsoStrut integrated shock absorber and a lightweight FOX fork for a versatile and smooth ride even on the most technical terrain.
