NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COFIDIS AND FULCRUM PRESS RELEASE COFIDIS AND FULCRUM THE NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN COFIDIS AND FULCRUM MAKES ITS DEBUT IN AUSTRALIA We are happy to announce that for the 2020 season Fulcrum will be working alongside World Tour Team Cofidis, an ambitious team and a benchmark for many years on the international professional cycling scene. A team that, with Elia Viviani, has a strong presence at major events and can also provide an excellent opportunity for product development consultancy. For the 2020 season we will also continue our partnership with the Belgian ProTeam CIRCUS - WANTY GOBERT. Both teams will be racing with the top of the range disc brake models Speed 40T DB and Speed 55T DB. ELIA VIVIANI CÉDRIC VASSEUR European Champion, 97 professional victories General Manager of Cofidis Competition "We know since many years that top-level teams and great champions "Wheels are an essential component of performance. Riders such as Elia have won with Fulcrum wheels. The wheel is an essential component of Viviani, Guillaume Martin and Jésus Herrada pushed us to create this our equipment. It is the last piece that makes the transition between the partnership, seduced by the brand's reputation, by its capacity to inno- bike and the road. Whether it's for Spring Classics specialists, mountain vate constantly and by the quality of the wheels. We are convinced that climbers or sprinters, Fulcrum provides valuable technical experience the partnership with Fulcrum will allow our riders to gain in efficiency that will allow us to make our best in every race." and to raise the team's colours high.” CHRISTOPHE LAPORTE 17 professional victories DAVIDE CAMPAGNOLO "Joining the UCI World Tour obliges us to have strong ambitions for the General Manager of Fulcrum Wheels New Year. We owe it to ourselves not to neglect any detail, particularly "When the Cofidis team got together to evaluate which would be their the technical aspects. Joining forces with Fulcrum illustrates how much best possible choice of technical partner for wheel-sets, we met and this we all want to achieve our aims.” was the beginning of a fantastic new partnership between Team Cofidis and Fulcrum Wheels. The team was already well aware of the quality and GUILLAUME MARTIN performance features for which Fulcrum wheels are universally renowned 2nd French rider in the UCI ranking and Cofidis was basically determined to go for the best practice in the "It's a brand I know well, I've been riding with them since I was a pro- market. Whereas at Fulcrum we were searching for a World Tour Partner fessional cyclist. I'm very happy to continue riding with this brand and that could properly represent our high-end products and image while I'm convinced that Fulcrum will allow the whole team to live up to its sharing our common values which stand for unconditional commitment ambitions in this new season.” to the best performance with unmistakable style." New partnership between Cofidis and Fulcrum- PRESS RELEASE Photo credits: @tornanti.cc - @imaze “Inside Fulcrum we love bicycles and everything we produce is what we most desire for our own bikes. We believe that for every existing type of wheel a better product could be conceived and developed: this is our goal, this is our reason for being.” Fulcrum Wheels S.r.l. Ph: +39 0444 289306 Social: Via dell’Economia 103 Fax: + 39 0444 962844 fb.com/fulcrumwheels 36100 Vicenza (VI) [email protected] instagram.com/fulcrum_wheels.