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June 28 2010 New SHIMANO XTR
NUNSPEET (The Netherlands) June 28, 2010 - In the development phase of the new XTR group, Shimano engineers and designers focused on a rider-tuned concept which means that the components have been engineered to perfectly match the needs and riding styles o...
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June 28 2010 New DURA ACE wheels and pedals
NUNSPEET (The Netherlands), June 28, 2010 - Shimano has updated the DURA-ACE wheel set line-up completely, offering the perfect high-end road racing wheels for all riding circumstances. Besides the available rim choices of 24 and 50mm height, Shimano is no...
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June 21 2010 First generation of Shimano e-bike components (STEPS)
Shimano is presenting a completely new component concept for e-bikes named STEPS (Shimano Total Electric Power System). The development is based on our philosophy that an e-bike has to stay a bicycle and needs to have a smooth and natural handling with a w...
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June 21 2010 Jonnier and Graves win again at the World Cup in Leogang
It’s been a while since the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup presented by Shimano had seen so many crashes in one race. The race track in Leogang (Austria) was destroyed after training, and the riders had to find the balance between trying to win and staying on...
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June 7 2010 World Cup Downhill and Four Cross in Fort William
Shimano sponsored riders had a lot of success at the second leg of the UCI Downhill and 4X Mountain Bike World Cup in Fort William, Scotland, this weekend. Gee Atherton (Team Commencal) thrilled the home crowd to take the win at the Downhill race. Gee is ...
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June 1 2010 Time trial victories with Di2 and PRO
This weekend, two major individual time trials were won by professional riders using DURA-ACE Di2 time trial components in combination with a PRO aerobar. HTC-Columbia’s Maxime Monfort was the best in Saturday’s time trial in the Bayern Rundfahrt, Germany...
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June 1 2010 One Day - Three Wins - Di2 and PRO
May 27th, 2010 was a historical day for Shimano’s revolutionary Di2 electronic shifting system. Three professional road races at the same date and all of them were won by riders using Di2 technology and PRO. Can this still be regarded as a coincidence? An...
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May 25 2010 Pendrel takes the World Cup lead in Offenburg
Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) took the women's victory and the overall lead for the World Cup, in this weekends’ Cross Country race in Offenburg, Germany. Canadian Pendrel dominated the women's race, leading her American teammate Georgia Gould for the...
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May 19 2010 Two major wins for Garmin-Transitions
Wearing the Red points leader jersey, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) took his second win in the Giro d’Italia yesterday. His team mate Julian Dean took 3rd after setting up the sprint for Tyler. Both are using SHIMANO DURA-ACE 7900 series components. A...
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May 18 2010 HTC-Columbia in the winning mood
HTC-Columbia's Matthew Goss has blasted to victory in the 2010 Giro d'Italia on Monday, outpowering the rest of the field in a bunch sprint in the town of Cava de Terreni. At the end of the 187 kilometre stage, Goss stormed across the line two bike length...
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