When 2021 dawned, when Gobik started its World Tour journey with the UAE Team Emirates, Joxean Férnández Matxinteam manager Joxean Férnández Matxin, he was looking back, doing the math on the brand...
"I've known Gobik for about six years, more or less when I was at Lampre, and since then we've followed its evolution very closely. It's not just an eye-catching product, but also offers quality at the highest level. and in a way they are like us, with the motto of nonconformism as a flag. We talk about high performance and in the end it's not the same to compete with something you like or don't like.
Nearly a year later Gobik closes the first episode of its adventure with the UAE Team Emirates with good sporting results, extreme demands and the feeling that the brand has taken a big leap forward.
Along the way are the impressions of some of the team's big stars. Impressions like those of Rui Costa: "I've been in the peloton for many years and I've witnessed first-hand the evolution that has taken place in cycling. When I compare these bib shorts with the ones I started with, there's a world of difference. The improvements that have been made over the years are unbelievable.”.
"It's my first year with this brand and I'm really impressed with the quality. It's very comfortable and stylish clothing. We have one of the most stylish kits in the peloton." Said Vuelta stage winner Rafal Majka.
“The clothing fits perfectly and is comfortable. If I have to recommend a garment, the Absolute culotte, it is very good."said Rui Oliveira of Gobik garments. His brother Ivo added: "They have great quality fabrics for rain and cold. For hot days the garments are comfortable and light".
After a delicate period of ill health, Diego Ulissi rode among the best in the Giro and got to know the brand: "We're talking about very comfortable garments that respond very well on days with several hours in the saddle. I really appreciate that.
Brandon McNulty adds: "I like it. It's comfortable, versatile and lightweight. You have to think that we spend a lot of hours in these clothes, that it's good is a plus”.
I've seen at Gobik," admits David de la Cruz. a relatively young group of entrepreneurs in this world that competes with the best brands in the market.. Everything that is happening in theUAE Team Emirates can only catapult it further. You have a product development top. It's a win-win for everyone.
And Juan Ayuso concludes by saying that "I knew the brand but I had never tried it, since all the teams in which I had raced wore other brands. The truth is that I am very happy, the leap in quality from the clothes I wore these last years to the one I have now is incomparable. You feel that it is of very good quality and comfortable, even after several hours on the bike".
About Gobik garments
Getting into the details of some of the key pieces in the collection of UAE Team Emirates collection, the stars of the team also left us their impressions.
Above the jersey Infinity a piece that "fits well and its benefits are noticeable in training and also in competition.. I really appreciate the sleeves that are perfectly sealed to my arm, up to near the elbow. This fit provides great aerodynamics".
Says Matteo Tretin, who speaks of the black and red finish that "gives it an aggressive, but also modern lookwith the times".
When Tadej Pogačar won at the top of the Col de Portet, Tour de France, under his yellow jersey emerged the "second skin" of Gobik, a tight-fitting piece that gives "the extra protection you need on fast descents or on cool mornings. summer mornings. It's so comfortable that you often forget you're wearing it, something that's always asked of this type of garment."
On the key day in Tirreno, the Slovenian relied on a vest in the rain and cold that came down on the peloton. Without being a piece for extreme climates, at that moment of high competition, the big star of the UAE Team Emirates found the warmth that others missed, however, he admitted that "in not so extreme circumstances, the vest works perfectly, as it adjusts to the body. and can be worn perfectly in the jersey pocket while training or racing.
About the Absolute WT bib shorts, Davide Formolo praised their chamois as "an extra in competitions as hard as ours".
Gobik has passed the test of the first year with one of the reference squads in world cycling, a first year that has convinced the most demanding and demanding cyclists in the peloton, showing them, as Rui Costa said, how much the cycling textile has evolved in more than a decade of profession.
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