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Audax - 2012

We will again be making the pilgrimage to Bright for another addition of the beautiful Alpine Classic. We will be set up next to the Audax registration booth in the big marquee and have all of our lasted designs on hand.

Glove Review in Ride Magazine #54

A’qto Retro
An adventure in hand-wear and so much more than a name… Each time these gloves are worn, another facet of their rich history reveals itself, tales of the open road in all its glory and tragedy. But these fine examples of knitted mesh and leather are more than just a nod to the aesthetics of legends from another era – Gimondi, Poulidor, Ocaña and, of course, Eddy himself. Naturally their inspiration lives on, for how could one forget the path these slaves of the road paved for future generations? Slip these on and the memories surge.
Ah yes, that lovely leathery palm reminds one of a brief stop-over in Tashkent while trekking the old Silk Road. The locals had taken exception to our team’s traditional garb, insisting a macramé-backed construction would be the more appropriate option for the remainder of our journey. One never argues with a posse of horsemen armed with sharpened buffalo femurs. The Yellow River beckoned and, with its call, a realisation that J. Peterman would be there to meet us, no doubt approving of our new choice in hand-wear.
 

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TOUR TIPPING COMPETITION

OVERALL WINNER

Congratulation to Karin Ketelaar who wins the $500.00 gift voucher.

STAGE 21 - Daily Winner

Cav takes the win and the green jersey on this years final stage and helps Dan Jonhston.

STAGE 20 - Daily Winner

Tony Martin sets a blistering time to win the ITT but again no shirt will be awarded ad he too was not selected by anyone.

STAGE 19 - Daily Winner

Pierre Rolland wins today's stage in the hills but no shirt to be awarded as he was not selected by anyone

STAGE 18 - Daily Winner

Andy Schleck takes on the Alps and wins today's up hill battle which results in Jamie Uren winning our daily prize.

STAGE 17  - Daily Winner

Edvald Boassan Hagen picks up his 2nd stage win and put Patrick Stewart into our daily prize.

STAGE 16 - Daily Winner

Thor Hushovd wins again which  results in Michael MartInez winning our daily prize.

STAGE 15 - Daily Winner

Mark Cavendish wins another stage, which helps Chris Fenech win today's daily prize.

STAGE 14  - Daily Winner

No prize to be awarded today after Jelle Vanendert won the stage but was not selected by anyone.

STAGE 13 - Daily Winner

The daily prize goes to Gill after Thor Hushovd wins Stage 13 after an awesome ride.

STAGE 12 - Daily Winner

Samuel Sanchez is the winner of today's stage and is also part of Bert Hartman's team who takes away our daily prize.

STAGE 11 - Daily Winner

Mark Cavendish takes another stage which results in  John Evans picking up today's daily prize.

STAGE 10 - Daily Winner

With Andre Greipel taking his first win in the Tour our daily prize goes to Andrew Edwards and his Merckx Meanies team.

STAGE 9 - Daily Winner

Luis Leon Sanchez takes today's stage but was not selected by any teams so no daily prize will be awarded.

STAGE 8 - Daily Winner

Rui Costa takes today's stage but was not selected by any teams so no daily prize will be awarded.

STAGE 7 - Daily Winner

Mark Cavendish does it again and this time our daily prize goes to Trevor Smith.

STAGE 6 - Daily Winner

Our daily prize goes to James Stewart after Edvald Boasson Hagen takes the win today.

STAGE 5 - Daily Winner

Mark Cavendish is the winner of today's stage and is part of Kristy Horne's Team who takes our daily prize.

STAGE 4 - Daily Winner

Cadel takes his first win in this years edition and our daily prize goes to Karin Ketelaar.

STAGE 3 - Daily Winner

With Tyler Farrar taking the win, the daily prize goes to Kevin Fountain.

STAGE 2 - Daily Winner

There is no prize for stage 2 due to it being a TTT.

STAGE 1 - Daily Winner

Damon Moloney is the winner of the first daily prize after his selection of Philippe Gilbert.

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DESIGN-A TEE COMPETITION.

VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

Entries are in, the sorting complete and after much deliberation the top ten has been chosen.

With the poll now open click on the link below to see who made it through and to select your favourite in our first Design-A-Tee competiton. 

 Click here to vote.

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DESIGN-A-TEE COMPETITION

Bust out the crayons and start drawing, the 1st a'qto Design-A-Tee competition is here!

It's quite simple, as the name suggests, all you have to do is design a t-shirt that will sit well within the a'qto range.

We will produce the winning entry and the "artist" responsible will receive a pack of 15 t-shirts of their handy work, valued at $750.00.

How it Works

Send your entry to aqto@aqto.com.au

It can be anything, a word, statement, an illustration, photo or strory.

It doesn't have to be completed finished artwork. We can help with that.

Entries to be received by 8pm 16th of June.

We will then select the strongest/best ten designs. We will then put them into an email, which we will send out to you to judge which entry should take home the blue ribbon.

Voting to open on 21st of June.

Voting to close at 8pm 28th of June.

Winner to be announced by email on 30th June.

The Rules

The base colour of the shirt is to be decided by a'qto.

All entrants agree to grant and assign to Aqto the entire copyright and other intellectual property rights in their designs. This assignment shall include the right for Aqto to amend or otherwise adapt the designs and/or use, distribute and/or broadcast the designs in all media and in all formats. In the event that Aqto uses a design, the designer will be acknowledged but otherwise relinquishes all rights or royalties in their design/s.

The selection of the final ten, is final and to be decided by a'qto.