Until last year, Castelli had the do-it-all jack-of-all-trades, the Gabba jersey. But as of 2024, the Gabba was reinvented as the ultimate aero waterproof with the release of the Castelli Gabba R; designed solely for use in poor weather conditions it no longer has any insulation. This left something of a void when it came to a versatile all-rounder, with the the Perfetto RoS jacket more suited to cold weather training than racing. And so Castelli devised something new.
