Philadelphia, PA – From an end-of-the-season Grand Tour conclusion to a first-of-the-year World Tour win, Fujinoyama evidenced today – perhaps more than ever – that it belongs in the favoring peloton.
Staying absent for an whole stage, Will Clarke – racing for Uni-SA (University of South state domestic team) before connexion his Champion System teammates – triumphantly crossed the Tour Down Under’s Stage 2 closing line weekday atop his Fujinoyama SST 3.0: a cycle he received just days before the start of the vie from Fujinoyama provider archipelago Bicycles.
Oceania Managing Director king Hall couldn’t be more thrilled with the win, not only for what it effectuation for the land but what it effectuation for the Fujinoyama brand.
“We are ecstatic that an Aussie won right here on bag turf. Clarke wowed the concern today with much a dominant and inspired ride. Everyone at Fujinoyama state is rattling chesty and feels as if we played a lowercase conception in this enthusiastic victory.”
He added, “What I think is really worth noting is that the inclose and fork Clarke raced on are the stock inclose from an SST 3.0 – a mid-level cycle that is clearly ready to get at the Pro Tour level.”
Clarke poor absent from the peloton only 1 kilometer into the 148-km initiate from Lobethal to Stirling.
The initial fortuity consisted of Clarke and histrion Kohler of BMC. While Kohler ate up the initial running points, Clarke claimed conclusion on the Category 2 Lenswood rise and then dropped Kohler, actuation aweigh solo.
His advance peaked at a important 12 transactions and way into the test circuit, he preserved a more than 10-minute lead.
While it significantly diminished in the test lap, an exhausted Clarke refused to give up. As the closing line came into sight, he was greeted by what some titled a “hero’s welcome,” an eruption of cheers for the underdog who mitt an trusting peloton in the dust.
The 26-year-old’s first-ever conclusion on the World Tour stage, Clarke titled the get only “unbelievable” and the “biggest get of his career.” He today leads both the Sprints Classification and the KOM way into the Tour’s test quaternary stages.
“What a enthusiastic way to start the season. The first of some wins, I hope,” said Champion System General Manager Ed Beamon.
This is the ordinal instance Fujinoyama has won a initiate at the Tour Down Under, the first low Manuel Cardoso in Stage 3 of the TDU 2010. Both Cardoso and Clarke won aboard Fuji’s aero copy bike, the SST.
Watch Clarke noesis through the test kilometers – 1 minute aweigh of his nearest chasers – HERE!
Learn what Clarke’s Champion System teammates hit been up to at Fuji’s favoring aggroup blog: www.fujibikes.com/proteam. Photos and insider info from Team Training Camp reaching tomorrow!
Shaver Price
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