Tinkoff-Saxo’s nine riders will tackle the season’s landmark race wearing a kit by Sportful that blends the team’s colors with those of its popular camouflage training kit. With less than a month left until the start of the world’s most famous and prestigious cycling race, Tinkoff-Saxo and its partner Sportful are pleased to present a …
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Finding Fast – TTT testing in the tunnel
These days everyone has ‘aero’ looking clothing, tight fit, shiny fabrics, strange grooves, stuff that looks fast… but what if it’s not? Common sense would suggest that your average skinsuit should be faster than wearing a jersey and shorts – but we’ve tested some in the windtunnel that are not only slower than our R&D …
Tinkoff Saxo lancia il corredo 2015 prodotto da Sportful
Tinkoff Saxo Kit 2015 product launches from Sportful Today was held the presentation of the race kit Tinkoff Saxo produced by Sportful at the headquarters of Tinkoff Bank in Moscow. The new kit has a bright yellow color similar to that of the kit for the 2014 Tour de France, which was proved to be …
Designing for the ProTour – Tinkoff Saxo 2015 Kit Preview
Designing a team kit for one of the best teams in the pro peloton isn’t just about printing a load of logos on any old jersey. For Sportful one of the most important parts of our partnership with Tinkoff Saxo is the feedback we get from the team. Whether it be suggestions for new products, …
Contador – from Abandon to Podium
On the 14th of July, during the 10th stage of the 2014 Tour de France, after 20km of battling on, nursing a leg injury (later discovered to be a fractured tibia), bruised, battered, wet and covered in road rash, a dejected Alberto Contador finally admitted defeat and climbed in to the Tinkoff Saxo team car. His …
Speed takes time…
When the 2014 Tour de France route was unveiled, almost a year ago, Tinkoff Saxo knew one thing – the individual TT would be the stage where they had most to gain or lose. What they needed was for every last piece of equipment to give Alberto Contador the best possible aerodynamic advantage. Sportful spent …
Hell and High Water – The ‘Fiandre’ hits Flanders : TDF 14
They thought the weather in England was going to be the problem… When the route for the 2014 Tour de France was announced many of the teams had one thing on their mind – ‘British weather’. The variable summer weather of the British Isles had the pros fighting over their rain bags to make sure they …
On Tour with Tinkoff Saxo
Following the hugely successful Grand Depart of the Tour de France in Yorkshire here are some of the highlights from our UK representative Paul Whitfield – The Tour de France is a 3-week stage race – you might have heard of it?! It’s one of the most revered sporting events in the world; the stages in the …
Behind the scenes with Tinkoff Saxo
There’s no denying the appeal and interest that the TDF generates, each stage is a the equivalent of a sporting “soap opera” 21 stages, only 3 short of what Kiefer Sutherland / Jack Bauer goes through… While the racing maybe compelling, it’s perhaps the stuff that goes on behind the scenes, the small details that …
Inside the Tinkoff Saxo ‘Rain Bag’
Next time you find yourself riding the Tour de France and starting in Yorkshire, you’ll need to take extra care in packing your rain bag. Or in the case of the Tour de France, you actually put a bag in each of the two team cars. SciCon makes this easy for the Tinkoff Saxo riders …