Phil Gaimon's move to Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies this year meant another new bicycle in the rider's stable, including the team issue Diamondback Podium Equipe frameset decked out with SRAM Red 22 components.
Gaimon got his first chance to compete on the new machine last week at the Volta ao Algarve, where he played a crucial role in setting up teammate Michael Woods' fifth-place finish on the Queen Stage and 12th-place overall finish. Sky's Geraint Thomas won the overall.
The bike is the culmination of the move into high-end road bikes for Diamondback, a Pacific Northwest company that was founded in 1977 as a BMX brand. The company expanded into mountain bikes in the early 1990s.
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In 1999, Derby Cycle Corporation, which also owned the Raleigh Bicycle Company, bought Diamondback and merged Raleigh and Diamondback together. In 2012, the Dutch group Accell, whose portfolio includes the Lapierre and Ghost bicycle brands, bought the company for for $100 million.
Phil Gaimon competes in his first race with Optum at the Volta ao Algarve last week. © Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com
The Podium “Optum” frame is a hand built sub-900 gram Advanced Monocoque Molding Process SL carbon fiber racing frame with Diamondback's signature Optimized Resin Compound.
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