Cervélo Cycles is a Canadian manufacturer of racing bicycle frames. It started in 1995 and is located in Toronto. Its founders, Phil White and Gérard Vroomen, continue to run the company. Cervélo provided frames from 2002-2008 for the Danish professional road cycling team, CSC. Cervélo has begun a new cycling team, Cervélo TestTeam in anticipation of the pro cycling season in 2009. The most renown riders are Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd, although Heinrich Haussler has taken most of the team's headlines so far, with his impressive performances at Paris-Nice and Milan-Sanremo. Cervelo frames are made in China.
Cervélo uses carbon fibre with CAD and computational fluid dynamics design. The company uses the wind tunnel testing at San Diego Air and Space Technology Center, in California, USA. The distinctive features are compact frames and airfoil shaped down tubes on the S and P series frames.
Cervélo's sponsorship of elite athletes, notably Team CSC, has led to widespread recognition of the brand.
International success
On 13 October 2007 triathlete Chrissie Wellington of the UK won the Ford Ironman world championship in Kailua-Kona, HI. Her bike in the 180 km ride was the Cervélo P2C[1] with which she posted the quickest split time [for pro women] of 5:06:15; four minutes faster than her nearest opponent.
On 27 July 2008, Carlos Sastre of Spain won the Tour de France on SLC-SL and R3-SL Cervelo framesets. It was Cervélo's first Tour win.[2]
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