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As early as 2001, long before Cervélo’s affiliation with Team CSC, we initiated a project called FM28, which ultimately became the Soloist Carbon. Yet this model probably shows better than any other the fruits of our labor with... See more » As early as 2001, long before Cervélo’s affiliation with Team CSC, we initiated a project called FM28, which ultimately became the Soloist Carbon. Yet this model probably shows better than any other the fruits of our labor with Team CSC. The first years of the project were earmarked for aerodynamic testing. With the aero features settled on, focus switched to the structural design of the frame. Developments in carbon fiber frame design go very rapidly at Cervélo, so the design goals were adjusted several times along the way. Around that same time, we had started to supply frames to Team CSC and in our discussions with Bjarne Riis it became apparent that their ultimate frame closely matched what we were working on for FM28. This greatly helped us to get buy-in from the team to set up an extensive testing program with them. Where the original 2001 plan would have called for local road testing, now we could use the world-class riders of Team CSC to perform the road testing. Of course, the best testing is in races when the pressure and the demands are highest, but this is also the time the teams do not want any distractions. By 2005 our relationship with the team was so close that they were comfortable enough to test the first FM28 prototypes in one of the biggest races of the year, the 2005 Giro d'Italia. So one of our owners, Gerard Vroomen, flew off to Reggio Calabria with the first prototypes, and returned a few days later with feedback from several riders and Bjarne Riis himself. Six iterations later, our customer service point man Chris Bastie flew to the Dauphiné-Libéré and the Tour de Suisse with what we thought was the ultimate version, V7. Kurt-Asle Arvesen, Bobby Julich and Jens Voigt confirmed everything was good to go, but in parallel to the team testing we had made and tested five more lay-ups. In the end, lay-up seven was picked for pilot production (nine frames of which went to the Team for the Tour) and feedback from the Tour was so positive that we went into full production without any further changes. Jens Voigt put his Soloist Carbon to good use in his stage 9 breakaway at the Tour, perfectly showcasing his and his bike's strengths. The yellow jersey was the deserved reward. Since then, The Soloist Carbon has won race after race, with the 2006 Amstel Gold Race win by Fränk Schleck and the 2006 Tour stage win by again Jens Voigt as the highlights. You can see some of these races, as well as a great ride by Jens in the Tour of Germany, in the video section below. The magazines have been equally impressed with the Soloist Carbon showing up on covers in France, Spain and the US. CycleSport did a very extensive article on the making of the Soloist Carbon, which makes for very interesting reading. It can be found elsewhere on this website on the reviews page. The Soloist Carbon was also named Bike of the Year in the USA, Germany, France, Australia and the UK. See less »

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