Cusano Milanino, 3 May 2016. De Rosa, the historic bike manufacturer, to celebrate his participation to the 99° Giro d’Italia with the NIPPO Vini Fantini team, have realized with the NIPPO Vini Fantini team, in collaboration with PIninfarina, a special edition of the SK Pininfarina, Inspired to the H2 Speed, the powerful hydrogen car projected for the track, builded for roads, is signed by the Italian Design Center Pininfarina
The bike, with white framework, orange and yellow fluo, as the car, will be ride by Damiano Cunego, that will ride his 11° Giro d’Italia.
“The two wheels without motor engine are the sustainability and when this theme meet the extreme performance and the highest level of agonism, is when it borns the perfect match. This consideration that generates the progject, linked us again to the Italian Designers of Pininfarina, declares Cristiano De Rosa, Administrator of De Rosa. “One day, in the headquarter of Pininfarina I’ve been strike by the H2 Speed, an incredible car with technology at service of the performance. The same concept that we apply to our bikes: Research and Development for a continue challenge. Up to Damiano Cunego now to ride this wonderful bike.
“Style, technology and sports design, with high performance are the features and skills that links perfectly the H2 Speed and the special edition of the D Rosa SK Pininfarina inspired to the car,” declared Paolo Pininfarina, President of the Group. “ We are really proud that have been chosen by Damiano Cunego to ride on Giro d’Italia roads.”
Damiano Cunego: “Giro d’Italia is the most important goal of my season. To ride it with the SK De Rosa Pininfarina H2Speed edition gives me more and more desire to join the success with this bike, with this special colors, as they are the #orangeBlue of my team. I love both bikes and sports cars, so this is the perfect match to me. SK is a performing bike, accurate and very responsive, that I had the pleasure to use in March and from when I had it I realized of how is studied for each kind of race. Will be wonderful to show this bike on Giro d’Italia roads."
The official debut, during the Giro d’Italia, for the SK De Rosa Pininfarina with H2 Speed colors is also an important recognition to the most important cycling race of Italy and a tribute to the history of De Rosa always linked to the sport. The company participate to 30 edition of the pink ride.
Sk Pininfarina is a concentrate of all values of the two Italian Companies. Sport attitude, elegant lines, aerodynamic, lightness and speed are guarantee from the analysis on heavy, stiffness and use of matierials. A bike that tell a history that contains all the passion for speed of De Rosa and Pininfarina.