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Cycling team Giant-Alpecin to wear Dyneema fabric shorts

03 Jul '15

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Cycling team, Giant-Alpecin has announced that its riders will wear new protective cycling shorts featuring a new fabric containing Dyneema fibre to provide increased protection to the thighs in this year’s Tour de France 2015, the annual multiple stage bicycle race, to be held from July 4 to 26, 2015, in France.

DSM and Team Giant-Alpecin announced their innovation partnership in January 2015. Based on its extensive knowledge in life sciences and materials sciences, DSM will help to develop new innovations in the area of materials and nutrition with the potential to improve the performance and safety of the team’s riders. Also the innovations will be brought to the market to benefit amateur cyclists as well.

DSM’s world’s strongest fibre, branded as Dyneema is used in a novel fabric that is applied in the shorts to provide protection to the thigh-area, one of the most vulnerable areas for cyclists. The shorts meet the critical comfort requirements of the cyclist combined with enhanced protection, reducing the risk of serious injuries. The new shorts are the result of close cooperation between DSM scientists, their fabric manufacturing partner Taiana, Giant-Alpecin’s technical staff and their clothing supplier Etxeondo, according to a DSM press release.

Iwan Spekenbrink, CEO of Team Giant-Alpecin said, “We are delighted with the new shorts. To maximally focus on their performance, riders need to feel safe and comfortable. Unfortunately riders sometimes crash. The protection and safety offered by incorporating Dyneema helps substantially in the reduction of wounds and injuries of the riders which give a positive impact on their performance.”

DSM’s managing board member Dimitri de Vreeze said, “We are proud to present these new shorts including our Dyneema fibre. As an enthusiastic amateur cyclist myself, I know how important it is to feel confident, safe and comfortable in the saddle and just be able to concentrate on the sport. We wish the team’s riders success in their races and will continue to explore new ways to further contribute to their performance and safety.” (GK)

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