Rabobank's Denis Menchov wins Giro d'Italia

The 100th anniversary of the Giro d’Italia(Tour de Italy) finished in Rome on May 31st. Denis Menchov of Team Rabobank secured the overall victory at the Giro d’Italia with his GIANT bikes. The victory is important both for Denis Menchov and Giant. Giant’s outstanding racing road bikes, TCR Advanced SL Team and Trinity Advanced SL, are proved again in the Giro d’Italia, one of the most difficult racing competitions in the world.

Denis Mehchov, a 31-year-old Russian, one of the best racers in Team Rabobank. In the 21 days, he had been in the first position for nine days. In the 14.4-kilometer final stage TT, Menchov crashed on rain-soaked cobblestones. The accident brought worldwide fans some tension and led him to a 10th place in final stage. However, a quick bike change allowed Menchov to hold off Danilo Di Luca of Italy by 41 seconds in the overall standings.

The top machine, which brings Denis Menchov good performances, are Giant’s top road bikes, TCR Advanced SL, and Trinity Advanced SL. TCR Advanced SL, a superstar in global racing competition, is made of aviation-level carbon composite materials. The strong frame weighs fewer than 1000 grams. Giant Trinity Advanced SL will be available in the market from August in 2009.

Giro d’Italia is a hundred-year-long historical and important cycling competition. Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España are viewed as top 3 cycling racing games in the world; the mileage of them are all more than 3,000 kilometers. Racers in Giro d’Italia have to go through the Alps. The challenging mountain roads test their energy, perseverance, and capabilities. This year, the mileage is 3,456 kilometers, across 21 stages including 8 mountain ones, 7 flat ones, 3 intermediate ones, 2 individual TT, and 1 team TT. It challenged personal abilities, group strategies, logistics, and also the capabilities of the bikes.

Giant is the worldwide famous bike brand with great passion and sincere commitment to cycling. It has been sponsoring professional cycling teams for a long time. To help teams win the games, Giant keeps developing advanced machines, making customized bikes to meet each racer’s particular need. Giant’s bikes won the overall team classification, 2nd, 5th, 6th of overall general classification in Tour de France in 2002; the overall team classification in Tour de France in 2004-2006; 5 stage wins in Tour de France and 2 stage wins in Giro d’Italia in 2008. This year Team Rabobank won the general classification champion in Giro d’Italia.

Giant’s bikes are available in more than 50 countries with 12,000 professional bike dealers in the world. Giant owns eight factories, producing more than 6 million bikes each year. In bike industry, Giant is the top brand in China and Taiwan, top one imported brand in Holland, Japan and Australia, and one of top three brands in USA and Europe.