Jul 28th, 09. Sidi show off their special edition Sidi Genius 6.6 Carbon shoes created to celebrate Alberto Contador's career wins in the Grand Tours.
Sidi Genius 6.6 Carbon special edition for Contador
Here at RoadCycling.co.nz our email inbox can get full with bland press releases companies hope we'll publish.
One brand that does have their marketing on target is Sidi. I enjoy getting their emails, they are always relevant, timely and they have pictures - we like pictures.
Here is Sidi's press release about the use of Sidi cycling shoes during the Tour de France, and the special edition Genius 6.6 Carbon shoes they've made for Alberto Contador.
SIDI SPORT KING OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE WITH ALBERTO CONTADOR
Genius 6.6 Carbon special edition for the Spanish champion Alberto Contador (Team Astana) is king of the 96th edition of the Tour de France. With him on the podium in Paris the inseparable Sidi Genius 6.6 Carbon shoes, the top of the line model in Sidi's road collection.
Thus Italy makes it to the highest step on the podium, with the "Made in Italy" quality of Sidi Sport shoes, designed and developed at Sidi headquarters in Maser (Treviso). These are the shoes worn by Alberto Contador during his long adventure along the streets and up the climbs of the 2009 Tour de France.
Sidi's new "post performance" shoe with rubber sole
This victory launches Contador, who's invincible in climbs but also strong in time trials, into the Olympus of Great Cycling. At the tender age of 26, the Spanish ace has already won 4 out of the 5 great stage races in which he's competed. He's had a double in the Tour de France (2007 and 2009) in addition to victories in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta España in 2008. Rounding out Sidi Sport's success in the Grande Boucle, Franco Pellizotti (Team Liquigas) took the polka dot jersey for the best climber by coming in consistently first on all the most prestigious climbs in the 2009 Tour.
In addition to the Paris podium and Alberto Contador's two stage victories, Sidi also shone on the Pyrenees with the brilliant Frenchman Brice Feillu (Agritubel), who came in first after a long breakaway at the top of the Andorra-Arcalis climb. These important results have taken Sidi Sport beyond the threshold of 60 season victories. To the left find a photo of Alberto Contador in the yellow jersey with the new Sidi "post performance" shoes, with special rubber sole, used by the Spanish Champion on the ceremony podium; and [top] photo of the Sidi Genius 6.6 Carbon shoes realized by Sidi Sport to celebrate the Contador career wins in the great stage races of Tour, Giro and Vuelta.
Other Sidi shoes we've been shown this year
Ivan Basso's Genius 6.6 Carbon black/green for Giro d'Italia
Filipo Pozzato's new Italian Champion triple colour Ergo 2 Carbons
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