Simone Velasco's Willier Filante SLR

Just like the racing in Glasgow, the bikes were awesome too

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There was no second-guessing who Simone Velasco was riding for during the men’s World Championship road race on Saturday. The one-day specialist’s Wilier Filante SLR was resplendent in Il Tricolore – signifying his status as the current Italian national champion, but entirely fitting for his participation in Glasgow as well, where he finished 27th in the men’s road race.

Velasco’s bike has a pearlescent paintjob with green and red bands representing the colours of the Italian flag, prominent on both frame and fork. The Filante SLR is Wilier’s flagship aero race model and is used by Velasco and his Astana-Qazaqstan team-mates for all but the hilliest of races, where they tend to swap to the lighter 0 SLR.