please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article may contain improper references to self published sources . please help improve it by removing references to unreliable sources where they are used inappropriately . october 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message cerv lo cycles inc. type private industry bicycles founded 1995 1995 founder gerard vroomen phil white headquarters toronto ontario canada products bicycles and related components revenue can 11 100 000 est. 2004 1 number of employees undisclosed website www.cervelo.com italian cyclist ivan basso of csc riding his cerv lo p3c time trial bicycle during stage 20 itt of the 2005 tour de france . 2010 cerv lo rs road bike cerv lo bicycles used by the team dimension data cycling team at the 2016 tour of britain . cerv lo cycles is a canadian manufacturer of racing and track bicycles . cerv lo uses cad computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel testing at a variety of facilities including the san diego air and space technology center in california us to aid its designs . frame materials include carbon fibre . cerv lo currently makes 5 series of bikes the c series and r series of road bikes the latter featuring multi shaped squoval frame tubes ; the s series of road bikes and p series of triathlon time trial bikes both of which feature airfoil shaped down tubes ; and the t series of track bikes . 2 contents 1 history 2 professional sport 3 international success 4 models 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit gerard vroomen one of the two founders of the company started researching bike dynamics at the eindhoven university of technology the netherlands . he took his knowledge to canada to continue the research in mcgill university . in 1995 vroomen and phil white founded cerv lo cycles . the name cerv lo is a portmanteau of cervello the italian word for brain and v lo the french word for bike . 1 in may 2011 3 vroomen sold his stake in cerv lo to pursue new projects 4 although he is nominally still involved with the company at the board level . 5 cerv lo is now owned by pon holdings a dutch company that also owns gazelle and derby cycle owners of raleigh bicycle company univega and focus bikes . 6 professional sport edit cerv lo s sponsorship of elite athletes has led to widespread recognition of the brand . in 2003 cerv lo became the bike supplier to team csc at the time the 14th team on the world ranking . cerv lo was by far the smallest and youngest bike company to ever supply a team at this level . team csc was crowned the world s 1 pro cycling team aboard cerv lo for three years . the partnership lasted for six years until the end of 2008 . in 2009 cerv lo became the first bike manufacturer in the modern era to have its own cycling team at the highest levels of racing cerv lo testteam . the team had a stated goal of not only competing successfully on the international level but also encouraging collaboration between the team members cerv lo and other product sponsorship partners in order to develop better products . 7 there was also a strong focus on fan interaction and experiences . the team s most renowned riders were 2008 tour de france winner carlos sastre and 2010 world champion and 2009 tdf green jersey winner thor hushovd . heinrich haussler also took many of the team s headlines with his impressive performances at paris nice milan san remo and his stage win in the 2009 tour de france stage 13 colmar . in 2010 emma pooley and thor hushovd won the uci women s timetrial and uci men s road race respectively . success was also achieved in a number of itu triathlon races and the ironman 70.3 and long distance events . for the 2011 season cerv lo has joined forces with slipstream sports to form the garmin cerv lo team which also includes a women s team . international success edit on 13 october 2007 triathlete chrissie wellington of the uk won the ford ironman world championship in kailua kona hi . her bike in the 180 km ride was the cerv lo p2c 8 with which she posted the quickest split time for pro women of 5 06 15 ; four minutes faster than her nearest opponent . on 27 july 2008 carlos sastre of spain won the tour de france on slc sl and r3 sl cerv lo framesets . it was cerv lo s first tour win . 9 from 2003 to 2008 cerv lo enjoyed the partnership with team csc saxobank with whom they achieved a number of wins on the professional racing circuit . wins from fabian cancellara in the uci world timetrial championships olympic road and timetrial podium finishes for both fabian cancellara and tradeteam teammate gustav erik larsson . in addition to these high profile victories cerv lo bikes were also ridden to overall success in the tour de france team classification and protour team classifications . cerv lo are one of the few manufacturers who have produced an aluminium frame that achieved success against carbon fibre road bicycles . the cervelo soloist team s1 from the 2003 2005 uci protour season was ridden to success by team csc in some of the historical cycling races held in europe such the criterium international and the paris nice stage race . cerv lo are the only manufacturer to produce an aero road frame that has won on the cobbled road race classics with wins from the s series bicycles notably in the 2009 omloop het nieuwsblad and 2010 tour de france stage 3 by thor hushovd . 10 in 2011 garmin cerv lo rode the updated bbright bottom bracket and tapered head tube r3 frame in the cobbled classics with johan van summeren winning paris roubaix . today cerv lo is the world s largest manufacturer of time trial and triathlon bikes as determined in industry counts including decisive wins for the past twelve 11 years at the prestigious kona bike count . the winner of the 2008 tour de france carlos sastre did so on a cerv lo . at the beijing olympics cerv lo bikes were ridden by over forty olympic athletes resulting in three gold five silver and two bronze medals a record . 12 in 2011 the cerv lo s3 received numerous awards from cycling publications including being selected as editors pick in velonews aero road bike test and best race bike in the bicycling magazine editors choice awards . citation needed models edit road time trial triathlon track r series s series c series p series t series r2 r3 r3d r5 rca s1 n 1 s2 s3 s3d s5 c3 c5 p1 n 2 p2 p3 p4 n 3 p5 three n 4 p5 six n 5 p5x t1 n 6 t4 t5gb no longer made no longer made no longer made uci compliant variant triathlon variant no longer made see also edit cerv lo testteam garmin cerv lo garmin cerv lo women references edit a b olijnyk zena january 9 2006 . beat china on quality cerv lo cycles bets on premium design to win canadianbusiness.com . canadianbusiness.com . retrieved july 5 2011 . cerv lo web site http gerard.cc 2011 12 07 customer service comment 1353 gerardvroomen twitter self description now working on new projects . accessed 2011 11 25 . gerard vroomen official website accessed 2011 11 25 steve frothingham february 19 2012 . cerv lo s white we can grow by delivering . bicycle retailer and industry news . retrieved february 25 2012 . interview cervelo co founder phil white cerv lo p2c info report of sastre s win cervelo first http forum.slowtwitch.com forum slowtwitch forums c1 triathlon forum f1 2016 kona bike count p6101608 cervelo history external links edit cerv lo official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cerv lo & oldid 743826007 categories cycle manufacturers of canadacompanies established in 1995manufacturing companies based in torontohidden categories articles lacking reliable references from october 2013articles needing additional references from february 2010all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschespa olfran ais italianonederlands norsk bokm lportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 11 october 2016 at 13 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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