Sartoria Ciclistica Gravel Team
SARTORIA CICLISTICA-TITICI GRAVEL TEAM: ITALIAN ADVENTURE
The Italian craftsmanship excellence in frame making and the first Cycling Café on Lake
Como, which has become an institution in the cycling world. TITICI and SARTORIA CICLISTICA
come together to give life to an exclusive project: Sartoria-Titici gravel team.
THREE RIDERS, ONE PASSION
Sartoria-Titici was officially presented on Saturday, 18 February in Como. The team is composed of three riders: former road pro Luca Chirico (he raced with the Bardiani, Androni giocattoli, and Drone Hopper teams), Daniele Valiante, and Alessandro Tino. Sartoria-Titici will take part in the most important gravel events in Italy and Europe, including ‘The Traka’ in Girona (Spain) and the World Championships to be held on 30 September in Veneto region (Italy)
THE TEAM BIKES
LIMITED EDITION, ART AND PERFORMANCE
Passion for gravel and love of the land are imprinted on the carbon sheet. TITICI Relli x Sartoria Ciclistica is not just a bicycle, but a convergence of values and emotions. The design was developed from our RELLI high-performance gravel model. The special colour scheme is a combination of Sartoria Ciclistica’s iconic colours. Throughout the frame, the iso-hyphen of the Larian triangle can be seen with the coordinates of some of the most magical climbs. The top tube features stylised graphics of the mountains of Lake Como. The motto ‘We ride for coffee’ close to the headset cannot be missed.
Sam William Andrews
BIO
BMXing was his childhood pastime, skateboarding was his middle school sport, aggressive fixie competitions, like the Red Hook Crit, were his teen years.
Now our British rider Sam William Andrews is racing professionally off-road with TITICI at the biggest gravel events around the world.
Sam’s races around the world. If you want to meet Sam and his RELLI custom bike, this is his race calendar for 2023.
- 5/3 Belgian Waffle Ride – Cave Creek, Arizona, USA
- 26/03 Battle on the Beach – Pembrey Country Park, South Wales, UK
- 22/04 Sea Otter XC Fuego XL – Monterey, California, USA
- 29/04 The Traka 360k – Girona, Spain
- 20/05 The Gralloch – UCI Gravel World Series – Galloway, Scotland
- 03/06 Unbound Gravel – Emporia, Kansas, USA
- 02/07 Pan Celtic Race – Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Cornwall, the Isle of Man, Brittany
- 08/07 Grinduro – Machynlleth, Wales
- 19/08 Gravel Grit’ n Grind – UCI Gravel World Series – Halmstad, Sweden
- 03/09 Badlands – Granada, Spain
- 15/09 King’s Cup Gravel – King’s Forest Suffolk, UK
- 07/10 UCI Gravel World Championships – Veneto, Italy
Luca Di Maggio
BIO
I think spontaneity is the solid foundation of my work.
The need for an outlet leads me to paint and the need for movement leads me to often work in large dimensions.
My work depicts my emotions and my life.
I often use the paper to symbolize the fragility of man.
I am determined with different types of walls and materials, even old, tired and crumbling.
I draw bicycles and cyclists because they represent life: movement, fatigue, arrival and departure.
I paint landscapes and views that excite me.
I work to evolve and often return to where I began.
I’m precise, sometimes abstract, sometimes naive or nervous.
I use oil pastels, vinyls, acrylics, sprays. I like to mix and improvise.
Born in Milan, 05/08 /1977.
Graduated form The Vienna International School in 1996.
Studied Law at the Milan state University where I dropped out in 2001.
Graduated with a degree in Graphic Design from the Istituto di Arti Grafiche Rizzoli Milan in 2003.
Received a fine art scholarship in 2011/2012 at the SMFA – School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston (Ma, USA).
I am based in Milan but I like to travel a lot and to spend some months abroad painting.
I have experienced painting in places like Tel Aviv; Halle (Saale, D), Leipzig; Chemnitz and Berlin; Boston and New York.
I hope there will be still many other places to experience.
