Hard racing – hard training! No, we have not felt like that. The training on Tenerife was diverting and full of passion. Every day was so fascinating and we are excited now how efective our training was for the first races. A lots of thanks to  Cycling Tours Tenerife (http://www.cyclingtourstenerife.com/) who supported us with  Edelsten …

Ready to jump forward right to the top! The boys and girls of the UCI Development Team took care to hang on their status. After a ranking between place seven and 20 at  the Dutch CX championships we are hoping to see you right in the front next year.  

Wow, what a weekend! Edelsten and Hearing Systems Reichel invited the MTB – team members and family to the Wildschönau in the Austrian Alps. Guide and celebrity chef “Rossi” showed us some fantastic routes and served us a even more fantastic dinner at Glennies Resto. That´s how it works – good food after a good …

At the Lakebike24 race near Eindhoven Pete, Mika and Niels switched their CX Bikes into Mountain Bikesnd won with nearly one lap ahead. It was easy to see that the guys from the UCI Development Team “Valente – Fracobe” were so happy to have reached first place of the 6 hour – team – competition …

Elias could not been beaten at the Austrian XCE Championships. A few days before he was still joking when saying that we shall already order the champion jersey from our sponsor Bioracer. And in fact it is the case that Elias will start at the next Word Cup in his new Austrian Champion jersey!   …

What a scenery to start into the season! Although crashing unluckily  in one training session Elias managed to ride a an excellent qualification. At the finals luck was not on his side again. Place 17th overall at  WC #1 and less skin on his legs was the result of the start of the racing season …

One is not enough! So besides the „Edelsten MTB Ladies“, we do have in 2019 a gentlemen – team at the starting line. In Regensburg we met for a common ride with fans and sponsors. Just before we went off we started the day with a nice cup of espresso at the Vincent Café. In …

Once you are heading to become a Pro is there anything better you can imagine as to be trained by a former World Champion? Richard stepped by to give the youngster of the Valente – Fracobe UCI DevelopmentTeam very useful technique guidance. Obviously it worked out: there were 6 victories till December!

There is no meeting of our company without any challenge and a lot of fun! The meeting took place at our location in Elten. It’s the place near the Dutch border where our warehouse and showroom is. After all upcoming issues were discussed we took part at the weekly criterim in Doetichem. A race where …

Season starts at Manerba, Lago di Garda “The girls are back in town” or let´s  say better on the path! Our Ladies MTB Team startet it´s racing season with a 3 days stage race in Manerba sul Lago di Garda. The equipment worked perfectly and our two Ladies from Bavaria and Austria were totally satisfied with …