Already observed because the starting of the 12 months as a prototype on the wheels of Team Lidl-Trek professionals, the brand new P Zero Race TLR RS tubeless clincher at present receives the official investiture for its advertising and marketing. The new SmartEVO2 compound makes it 16% quicker than the P Zero Race progenitor. Press launch.
Pirelli P Zero Race TLR RS, the brand new street tire developed for optimum efficiency for cyclists
– Already utilized in races by the professionals of the World Tour Lidl-Trek staff, with over 70 podiums, together with 30 victories collected to this point
– Adopts the SmartEVO2 compound, superior and much more racing
– Light and quick with -16% rolling resistance in comparison with the P ZERO RACE
– Made in Italy product within the Milan-Bollate manufacturing facility
Pirelli launches P ZERO RACE TLR RS (Racing Speed), its most high-performance street biking tyre. It is devoted to racing bicycles and to these cyclists who demand most efficiency from their automobile, on the stage of pros.
From at present’s stage of the 107th Giro d’Italia the brand new tire is formally adopted by the World Tour Lidl-Trek staff. The American staff, each feminine and male, which has been racing with this tire because the starting of the season (disguised by the #prototype label), has already collected over 70 podiums, together with a 2nd place on the Strade Bianche and the Strade Bianche Donne, a 2nd place on the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes and a 2nd and third place on the Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix respectively. Of these podiums, 30 victories have been accrued to this point, together with the current 4th stage of the Giro d’Italia, the Tour of the Alps, the Gent-Wevelgem, the Tour de la Provence and the Tour des Flandres WE, as nicely to 2 nationwide titles (ITT and Road) on the South African championships.
P ZERO RACE TLR RS is the most recent evolution of the P ZERO Race bike tires produced within the proprietary Milan-Bollate manufacturing facility. This new product is positioned on the prime of Pirelli’s hi-performance street vary and has been designed and developed particularly for competitions. The new tire, in actual fact, has a powerful “racing” character, with traits targeted on grip in all climate circumstances, glorious street holding throughout braking, acceleration and cornering, very low rolling resistance and fewer weight.
NEW GENERATION SMARTEVO COMPOUND
P ZERO RACE TLR RS makes use of the SmartEVO2 compound of which it takes up the unique formulation, evolving from the chemical and course of aspect. Made in the identical Pirelli factories that develop compounds for motorsport, SmartEVO2 derives from a combination of “good” polymers – that’s, chemically handled to boost the capabilities of the varied polymer chains – created to supply the tire grip and pace collectively, now even additional enhance.
The patented SpeedCORE™ carcass know-how is right here obtainable in a lighter model. The thicknesses of the tread and the material layers of the construction have been revised with the purpose of decreasing weight (-8%* in comparison with the P ZERO RACE TLR) and contribute, along with the compound, to a big lower in rolling resistance (- 16%* rolling resistance in comparison with the already performing P ZERO RACE TLR).
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P ZERO RACE TLR RS is a tubeless prepared tire outfitted with a brand new bead, whose geometry and inside construction, created with a special association of Kevlar filaments, has been re-engineered to favor the most effective coupling with the most recent era rims, whether or not they’re with hook or hookless.
QUICK AND FLEXIBLE DESIGN
The proximity between the Pirelli R&D division, in Milan Bicocca, and the renovated Bollate manufacturing facility, allowed the speedy and environment friendly improvement of this new tyre, which required lower than six months of design. The prototypes had been examined and validated each within the laboratory and utilizing digital improvement and design fashions (obtainable to Pirelli and generally used within the automotive sector), within the Pirelli Indoor Testing centre, and on the street, because of joint assessments between the Pirelli check drivers and Lidl-Trek athletes, between the descents of Etna in Sicily and the Arenberg forest in France.
P ZERO RACE TLR RS, subsequently, represents essentially the most superior model of Pirelli’s racing street tire and is positioned on the prime of the household. Its headline, “Racing Performance”, defines its use, distinguishing it from the P ZERO RACE (All-Round Performance) and the 4S model (All-Weather Performance). The remaining fashions (P ZERO RACE TLR SL, P ZERO RACE Tub SL and P ZERO RACE TT) full the vary and are devoted to particular biking actions.
From at present in the most effective biking outlets and on-line, P ZERO RACE TLR RS is accessible in sizes 26-622, 28-622, 30-622 and 32-622.
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