Jani Brajkovic

Riders and Rituals of the Tour de France’s “Race of Truth”

The individual time trial (ITT) is always a unique challenge for riders. Often referred to “the race of the truth”, the ITT is a nervous stage as riders are completely self-reliant in the race against the clock. Before each start, teams and riders go through very particular rituals unique to the time trial, many of [...]

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SRAM RED-2012 Takes on LeTour

                                                        SRAM’s all new and incredibly successful (see Spring Classics) mechanical groupset, SRAM RED-2012, will tackle its first Tour de France only months after its introduction. The majority [...]

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Even More “I Chose SRAM” Commercials…

Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY12) can’t stop the spotlight at the Redlands Classic earlier this year If you’ve watched any of the road race coverage over the past few months on either of the two major networks that cover cycling (in the U.S.), Versus or Universal, then you’ve likely seen a number of [...]

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Thor-O! and SRAM favorites rising…

Thor Hushovd (Garmin-Cervelo) has been SRAM’s most successful rider of the 2011 Tour de France. With many of our SRAM equipped GC contenders out of the race (Horner, Kloden, Brajkovic, Zabriskie, Vinokourov), we were losing guys to root for. Hushovd’s racing has been inspiring, with two solo stage wins and seven days in yellow. Both [...]

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Random SRAM Images from the Tour’s first week

The logo of the 2011 Tour Random images from the Tour’s first week brought to us by SRAM’s MarCom (Marketing & Communication) staff Jason “Shags” Phillips helps out Katusha Jason and the Liquigas-Cannondale Techs Team RadioShack’s SRAM Black RED equipped Trek Madone is so light its held up by the light breeze Who’s more grizzled? SRAM’s [...]

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Team RadioShack pre-Team Time Trial images

Chris Horner (Team RadioShack) gets ready for Sunday’s team time trial at the 2011 Tour de France The powerhouse American RadioShack squad arrived at the Tour de France ready with four potential heads of state. Superstars Kloden, Leipheimer, Brajkovic, and Horner wanted to make a statement early in the team time trial. They finished sixth at :10 [...]

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SRAM Athletes and Teams Ready for Tour

Contador looks to defend his title - he will ride SRAM’s Limited Tour Edition RED gruppo and Zipp wheels Nine of the World’s best teams have chosen SRAM RED for the 2011 Tour de France. Overall favorites, climbing specialists, sprinters, and many of the Tours rising stars will begin with SRAM original RED, Black RED, [...]

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“I Chose SRAM” 2011 Commercials

Here are the latest “I Chose SRAM” commercials filmed over the past five months at various locations around the world with SRAM’s top teams and athletes. These will air on Versus, Universal, and various websites. “I Chose SRAM” is a simple statement, but riders really do request SRAM, and the componentry’s succcess speaks for itself. [...]

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SRAM Powers Eight of the World’s Best ProTeams in 2011

Entering our sixth year on the road, SRAM is proud to release its UCI ProTeam roster for 2011. Proven with wins in the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, Tour of Flanders, and thousands of races globally, the worlds best teams have sought SRAM as a partner and SRAM’s best-in-class SRAM RED as their componentry. Precise shifting, [...]

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Livestrong’s Ride for the Roses

SRAM’s President Stan Day with our new U.S. road National Champion, Ben King SRAM/Zipp attended Livestrong’s Ride for the Roses this past weekend in Austin, TX. It was the 14th year of the ride and it’s popularity and success continues to grow. Our team included the SRAM NRS crew which led the neutral service support [...]

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