Ridley is always on the race whit offical cycling teams in Road, Cross and Triathlon Ridley! Beside cycling teams, Ridley bikes sponsors some events, top sports people and top teams, every year: -OFFICIAL TEAMS -SPONSORED TEAMS Road In 2007 Ridley will again be the bicycle of ProTour team Predictor-Lotto. The Ridley Damocles has been the team bike of choice for the last 2 years, winning over 50 races alone in 2005. More recently the Ridley Noah powered Robbie McEwen to 3 stage victories in the Tour de France and the green Sprinter's jersey. With Predictor-Lotto Ridley has had several national champions, including Tom Steels (Belgium), Freddy Rodriguez (USA), Serge Baguet (Belgium), Robbie McEwen (Australia), and Leon Van Bon (The Netherlands). In the European pro circuit, Ridley sponsors up and coming Continental Pro Team Unibet.com, including riders such as Baden Cooke, Jeremy Hunt, Geert Omloop, Carlos Garcia Quesada, and many more. In 2006 Unibet.com rode the Ridley Excalibur to the top of the Continental Pro rankings. Ridley is also deeply involved with developmental cycling in Belgium, sponsoring top local U23 teams such as Davo. Cross As the leading brand for the cyclo cross, Ridley is proud be associated with the best teams in the world. In 2006 the Fidea Cycling Team has won the 2 most prestigious titles with Erwin Vervecken winning the world championship Pro-Elite and Zdenek Stybar taking the U23 world championship. Fidea teammate and two-time former world champion Bart Wellens also took second in the Pro-Elite category. Ridley is also partnering with the Palmans cyclo cross team, including the Belgian and European U23 champion Niels Albert and Tom Vanoppen. Since 2006 the Czech team Max Cursor with Zdenek Mlynar is also riding on Ridley. Triathlon By now, the ‘D'Aquino Brothers' talent has become legendary; they belong to the Carabinieri Sport Team, the most famous Italian unit of the Italian Armies. Emilio (twice Italian champion) and Andrea, always at the top of the ranks and both ‘favourite' candidates for the Italian national team for the 2008 Peking Olympic Games, ride on the legendary Ridley Damocles. If you ask them why always and only Damocles and why not Noah, there is quite of an explanation: the two brothers compete and travel often around the world and prefer to put away their bicycles in rigid cases. The Noah famous integrated rear seat is more suitable to be put away into soft bags. Other than this reason, there also is the strong affection that both Emilio and Andrea have developed for this cycle: for them, the Damocles “is a fantastic bicycle, and we are very comfortable with it”. Highlights Robbie McEwen: 6 Grand Tour wins (TDF and Giro), 2006 TDF Green Jersey Cadel Evans: 5th place overall GC, 2006 TDF etc 2 cyclo cross world champions in 2006: Vervecken (Pro-Elite) and Stybar (Espoir-U23). Niels Albert: U23 Belgian and European Champion 2005. 3 national pro road champions: McEwen (Australian), Van Bon (Dutch) and Baguet (Belgian) 2005. Roger Hammond: Double British Pro (Elite) champion: Cyclo Cross and road racing champion 2003. Geert Omloop: Belgian Pro (Elite) champion road racing 2003. Bart Wellens: Pro (Elite) Belgian and World champion Cyclo Cross 2003. Tom Boonen: Belgian champion road racing (Espoir) 2001.