Open roads + 40 riders + a winery = lots of fun
30.06.11 This was basically the simple recipe that we used for our inaugural Vitess Gran Allenamento on Sunday June 26th. The venue was the Holland Marsh Winery in Newmarket, ON and a loop of 27 kilometres of open road with no traffic. The Marsh terrain is interesting because although it is flat, it is often [...]
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Vitess Gran Allenamento Marsh 2011 presented by Silfab Ontario
23.06.11 On Sunday June 26th 2011, the Vitess Racing Club & Vitess Rider and 2011 World Championship qualifier Vito Barbera are organizing the inaugural Vitess Gran Allenamento. “Gran Allenamento” means “Big Training” in Italian. Gran Allenamentos are big event training days, not races – which are immensely popular in Italy. Gran Allenamentos are often named [...]
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2011 K-W Classic: Welcome Gio!
20.06.11 On Sunday June 12th, the Vitess Racing Club was very well represented in Kitchener-Waterloo for the 5th event of the 2011 Ontario Cup. With 6 Vitess Rider involved in the race, this was a great showing. It also was the first race that Gio Correa completed wearing his new Vitess jersey… and riding his [...]
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2011 Ride to Conquer Cancer: what’s on their mind?
18.06.11 Fantastic 2011 R2CC event (June 11th and 12th), in numbers: 4,610 riders, 200-km and 200-mile rides, $17.5M raised… Great cause, great effort, great fun. Some of our riders were there: Chris Kirkpatrick, President at TwinPro Graphics Paul Johnson, VP at RBC Global Asset Management Gary Moss, COO at IMAX Corporation Paolo Maccario, COO at [...]
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Rider takes advantage of custom artwork offering and picks Ferrari Red
11.06.11 Mark Buckaway took delivery of his first Vitess in 2010: a dark knight visual – minimalist branding on raw carbon. A year later, Mark, an avid racer, is riding his second Vitess: a red one with contrasting white branding. Mark’s first race on his new Vitess is scheduled for tomorrow. Expect an update on [...]
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2011 Toronto Crit: being a racer is not enough; one needs to be a gladiator
10.06.11 Thinking that pushing, pulling and elbowing are reserved for the “bad boys” of the Pro Peloton? Think again. A festival of crashes in the Downtown Core of Toronto just over a week ago. Most of it on camera. The key feature of this mini film is our favourite racer/cameraman Mark Buckaway saying hello to [...]
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