Pirelli launches race focused Cinturato Gravel RC tyre

Pirelli has announced the launch of their all-new Cinturato Gravel RC tyres, the racing version of its Cinturato Gravel tyres.

The Cinturato Gravel RC, which will be shown to the public for the first time at EuroBike 2022 in Frankfurt, features a tread pattern with tall, widely spaced, knobs on the sidewalls and low profile and compact tread spacing in the central area. This is borrowed from a best-selling competition tyre in Pirelli’s MTB product range, the Scorpion XC RC, a tyre developed for and raced in XC and Marathon World Cup races.

As with the other Cinturato Gravel tyres in the range, the new Cinturato Gravel RC is made with the Pirelli’s own high-performance SpeedGRIP compound. Its casing, this time in 60TPI nylon, is protected by a ‘belt’, which goes from bead to bead. Named TechWALL Gravel, it adds a layer of reinforcement and protection against cuts, without compromising the tyre’s rolling resistance and rideability.

Pirelli’s new Cinturato Gravel RC tyre is already available for purchase, in both traditional black colour version and a Classic version, with para sidewalls.

The brand has recently announced a return to Italy based manufacturing for all of its top-of-the-range cycling tyre lines. Stemming from the Bollate plant, the first P Zero Race tyres made in Italy roll off a production line just a few kilometres from the historic facility where the company set out in 1962.

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