Giro d'Italia tech gallery: Time trial gear from stage 2

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  Stef Clement’s (Team Blanco) Giant Trinity Advanced SL propped up after being put on the UCI commissaires’ rig
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  The new Orbea Ordu TT bike, which was four years in development and released in 2013, is Euskaltel-Euskadi’s new time trial bike
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  There’s a sharp kink two thirds of the way down the seatstays and the chainstays on the Ordu
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  Selle Italia’s Monolink SLR Friction Free saddle almost set right back
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  How close does the derailleur run in the lowest gear? It touches, if those circular marks are anything to go by
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  Shimano Di2 Dura-Ace bar end shifters looking incredibly neat
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  Vision TriMax extensions – and a Polar watch
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  Astana’s Specialized Shiv
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  Machined clamp for the Campagnolo EPS brainbox held just behind the saddle on Astana’s bikes
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  Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp) wheeling his Cervelo P5 to the commissaires for its final check
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  Garmin-Sharp preparing for the off
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  BMC Racing's TM01 Timemachine complete with SRM Shimano Dura-Ace crank
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  Androni Giocattoli was using an Elite time trial bottle and cage
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  Colombia’s Wilier Twin Blade TT frames carry mini V-brakes integrated into the back of the fork
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  Not all the kit was top of the range: Colombia made do with mechanical Shimano Ultegra
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  Blue and orange brakes sheltered behind the fork hark back to the Blanco team’s origin as Rabobank last year
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  The Trinity’s integrated steering assembly combined with electronic gearing means cabling at the front of the bike is totally eliminated
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  The seat tube has a subtle curve away from the wheel where it joins the seatstays
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  Blanco have established themselves as a team that hunt every advantage, and their riders wore ice jackets to keep them cool just before the start of the 2013 TTT
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  This is probably that last Grand Tour in which many of Lotto-Belisol’s riders will use the Ridley Dean in time trials – a new model is expected before the Tour de France
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  Bora Ultra TT rear discs are a choice for many of the Campagnolo-sponsored teams
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  It’s one year since the Canyon Speedmax CF Evo was launched at the Giro. Here, a Katusha rider inspects his rear tyre for shards just ahead of the start
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  The Speedmax CF Evo’s cockpit can be set up in more than 2,000 different ways, according to Canyon, but is only compatible with Shimano Di2 shifters
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  The tubes on the Speedmax have an aerofoil shape that tapers sharply after air has passed over the lead edge
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  Naero-Tec brakes on the Cannondale Slice RS are cable-operated integrated V-brakes
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  The Pinarello Bolide Team Sky prepared for the race was put to one side as Wiggins opted to ride his backup Graal
  Photo credit © Sam Dansie
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  An Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider giving his Specialized Shiv to commissaires
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