Sip on cycle of Politeknika Txorierri, first winner of the Machining Meets Cycling contest by Ceratizit

The Kirolife project by Igor González de Galdeano fails in Bilbao in the contest to find a solution for the bottle cage

MADRID, 26 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The ‘Sip on cycle’ solution from the Politeknika Txorierri center in Derio has won the first Machining Meets Cycling by Ceratizit contest, promoted by the Kirolife project of former cyclist Igor González de Galdeano, to find a solution for bicycle bottle cages.

The young winners of Politeknika Txorierri have collected their prize, a course at the Ceratizit Technical Center in Boadilla del Monte (Madrid) and a voucher for Ceratizit tools, at an event in Bilbao with the presence of Igor González de Galdeano and the former champion Olympian Samuel Sanchez.

Politeknika Txorierri was the best of the eight Hetel centers, an association of professional training centers, in the Basque Country that have participated in this edition, where they had to find a mechanical solution for the bottle cages of professional cyclists.

“El I Concutso Machining meets Cycling by CERATIZIT ha sido un éxito

Boosting the talent, motivation and creativity of these boys and girls has been the objective of this contest. Congratulations to all the participants”, said González de Galdeano.

The general director of Ceratizit Ibérica, Orestes Escolano, declared himself “very grateful” for how this event has gone, the “great involvement” and the “high level” of the projects presented, which have surprised him “very much”.

Samuel Sánchez highlighted that sports such as cycling convey values ​​that, in the long run, “are valuable in the world of work and projects like these enrich all the participating parties”. “Congratulations to all the participants because you have surprised me with your designs and it has been very difficult to choose a single winner,” said Sánchez.