LOTTO.NL-JUMBO AND AQUILA CV DOMINATE DUTCH ITT CHAMPS' PODIUM
Kelderman, Flens and van Emden flew on their Aquila CV to secure eloquent 1-2-3
Team LottoNL-Jumbo and Bianchi Aquila CV filled the podium of Dutch National Championships' ITT, taking win with Wilco Kelderman ahead of teammates Rick Flens (+0:42) and Jos van Emden (+0:44) in Emmen (Netherlands) on Wednesday, June 25th. Martijn Keizer and Maarten Tjallingii rounded-out Team LottoNL-Jumbo's triumph taking fifth and sixth respectively behind Tom Dumoulin. The Dutch squad is equipped with innovative Bianchi Aquila CV, collecting impressive results against the time lately, including a strong 5th place by Steven Kruijswijk in Giro d'Italia Treviso-Valdobbiadene time trial.
KELDERMAN: "I’M RIDING A VERY GOOD AQUILA CV"
“I never expected this result - Kelderman said after his victory -. Tom Dumoulin was the man to beat and it was going to be very difficult to be faster than him. But everything came together today. We’re riding on a very good Bianchi Aquila CV and Mathieu Heijboer especially put a lot of time in developing our time trial. That’s why we believed in our chances to finish in the top three. This result is superb”.
FLENS: "GREAT FEELING WITH THE BIKE"
“We have a new bike and I’m feeling great on it. It’s been running quite smoothly for a while now and today, I finally got some reward for it. After everything I did for the team, it was time to ride for myself. That’s why I wanted to make it in the top three so badly” Rick Flens added.
VAN EMDEN: "MAGNIFICIENT MACHINE". HEIJBOER: "BEAUTIFUL RESULT"
"This is good for the team. We are back on the top because our new bike is magnificent” Jos van Emden, number three, said. Trainer Mathieu Heijboer gave his remarkable help in developing the team for the time trial. “I boosted the project. I love the race against the clock and it hurt me that the development of it was stuck. The introduction of the Bianchi Aquila CV was an important step, but we had to fine-tune everything. We did that in cooperation with Bianchi and AeroPro. That delivered us a beautiful result”.
LECCHI: "A PERFECT BOND"
"The team is riding Aquila CV to excellent displays. Before Dutch National ITT Championships, Kelderman, Van Emden and Kruijswijk managed to take really good results. Team LottoNL-Jumbo's athletes gave us essential inputs for the development of the fast Aquila CV frame. Only riders can push a bike to the limit and give us more data to refine this bike" Bianchi Product Manager Angelo Lecchi commented.
THE ADVANTAGES OF AQUILA CV
Aquila CV time trial/triathlon bike features a special dedicated tuning of Bianchi's Countervail technology, designed to provide more energy and more control in the riding action. Aquila CV's top advantages are: maintain the best aero position in varied road conditions, reduced upper body muscle fatigue, empowering leg strength and increasing overall endurance reduced energy consumption
