Colnago-backed Thomas Voeckler will head­line the French national squad for the upcom­ing road world cycling cham­pi­onships, set for September 25 in Copenhagen.

Voeckler, the national cham­pion in 2010, will lead the nine-man team for the elite men’s 266km race on a course that should deliver a sur­prise finale.

Many are expect­ing a sprint fin­ish, but the longer dis­tance and unpre­dictable weather mean that attack­ers like Voeckler will be in with a solid chance to win the cov­eted rain­bow jersey.

Voeckler has been enjoy­ing his best sea­son ever, with eight vic­to­ries, 10 days in the yel­low jer­sey and fourth over­all at the Tour de France.

Colnago will have a high-profile pres­ence in one of the season’s most impor­tant dates as Sacha Modolo and Manuel Belletti were both named to Italy’s nine-man squad for the world road cycling championships.

Modolo will be one of the team’s best options for the favored Italian squad, but Italian national coach Paolo Bettini said the Copenhagen cir­cuit will be harder than many expect.

“For the road race, the phi­los­o­phy will be ‘one for all’,” Bettini said in a press con­fer­ence Tuesday to announce the start­ing nine rid­ers. “I am not so sure it will be a sprint fin­ish. It’s a hard and ner­vous course and after 266km, a sprint will not be guaranteed.”

Modolo has been on a hot streak since July, win­ning 10 races to con­firm that he is one of the best young sprint­ers in the peloton.

Belletti, too, will have his chances to ride into break­aways and to set up the team’s fastest sprinters.

“We will see how the race devel­ops,” Bettini said. “We bring a very strong and moti­vated squad. We go to Copenhagen with the high­est aspirations.”

Sacha Modolo pow­ered his Colnago across the fin­ish line for yet another victory.

The Colnago-CSF Inox sprinter also recap­tured the race leader’s jer­sey with the win in the 225km third stage from Lonato Pozzolo to Salsomaggiore.

The team directed by Roberto Reverberi worked to set up the sprint, with Manuel Belletti cross­ing the line sixth on the stage after help­ing to set up Modolo for another dra­matic victory.

The win pushes Modolo into double-digits on the 2011 sea­son with 10, with all them com­ing since July.

Modolo’s hot streak comes with per­fect tim­ing ahead of the world cham­pi­onships later this month on a sprinter-friendly course in Copenhagen.

Brand new Colnago App for iPad 2012

Colnago is pleased to announce the launch of the brand new Colnago App for iPad 2012.

The Colnago app is a fas­ci­nat­ing behind the scenes look at this iconic brand with beau­ti­ful pho­tog­ra­phy and close up pic­tures of bicy­cles through­out.
It includes:

– The story of Ernesto Colnago: the story of how the founder, Ernesto Colnago, took up road acing before being employed as a mechanic for the Belgian leg­end Eddy Merckx and then mov­ing into bike manufacturing

– The tech­nol­ogy: fas­ci­nat­ing insights into the cut­ting edge tech­nol­ogy employed in the man­u­fac­ture of pres­tige bike brands

– The story of 2012 range: gor­geous pho­tos and close ups for the 2012 range includ­ing iconic C59 Italia

– Gallery: show­cas­ing pho­tographs of Colnago bicy­cles in the fac­tory museum, action shots of the Colnago spon­sored teams includ­ing Europcar’s Thomas Voeckler and his­tor­i­cal pho­tos through the decades

The new App rep­re­sents an evo­lu­tion of the 2011 iPad App, a must have to take a fur­ther step in the fan­tas­tic world of the wiz­ard of Cambiago.

App is avail­able for free down­load on App Store and iTunes.

There’s no stop­ping Sacha Modolo, who roared to vic­tory Tuesday and into the leader’s jer­sey in the open­ing stage at the Giro di Padania in Italy.

Hot off win­ning three races in the past two weeks, with vic­tory at the Coppa Agostoni and two stages at the Settimana Lombarda, Modolo did it again with another impres­sive victory.

Modolo kicked to vic­tory ahead of Elia Viviani, with Colnago-CSF Inox team­mate Manuel Belletti cross­ing the line third.

“I can­not help but con­grat­u­late the entire team,” said sport direc­tor Roberto Reverberi. “We worked with Liquigas to chase down the two break­away rid­ers. Then the entire team col­lab­o­rated to assure the suc­cess of the sprint. It was a per­fect finale, with Modolo and Belletti just fly­ing. Sacha dom­i­nated the sprint.”

The vic­tory is Modolo’s ninth on the 2011 sea­son and all have come since July when he returned to rac­ing after a break fol­low­ing the Giro d’Italia.

The hot streak bodes well for his chances to head­line the Italian squad at the upcom­ing world cham­pi­onships in Copenhagen on September 25.

Colnago-CSF Inox was back in the winner’s cir­cle as Sacha Modolo and Manuel Belletti fin­ished first and sec­ond in the sec­ond stage at the Settimana Lombarda on September 1.

The vic­tory is the sev­enth on the 2011 sea­son for Modolo, who’s been on a great run since the Tour of Qinghai Lake in July.

Modolo, 24, was also sec­ond behind Mark Cavendish in the Olympic test event in August and won the Coppa Agostoni in Italy three days later.

The recent streak of great results also bodes well for Modolo’s chances to be named to Italy’s nine-man team for the upcom­ing world cham­pi­onships, to be held September 25 in Copenhagen.

The big win comes a day after Simone Stortoni fin­ished sec­ond in Wednesday’s open­ing stage.