Tour de France gallery: Time trial tech

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  Who else’s but Chris Froome’s (Sky) Pinarello Bolide
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  Tony Martin’s (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) Specialized Shiv is a thoroughbred race winner – and it carried him to his second Tour de France TT win near Mont-Saint-Michel today
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  Vittoria ‘Team Prototype’ tyres on the Felt DA
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  The yellow jersey accents – they were still drying when we visited
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  A hastily modified rubberised Park Tools allen key holder is used as a catcher should the chain unship from his Osymetric rings
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  Yesterday Focus launched its new Izalco Chrono frame and today it was in use by the AG2R-La Mondiale team
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  Straight pull brakes are recessed into the front fork
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  Jean-Christophe Peraud’s (AG2R-La Mondiale) saddle is slammed right back
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  A specially-decaled Zipp disc - pink, yellow and red – mean it’s grand tour specialist Alberto Contador’s
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  A specially-decaled Zipp disc - pink, yellow and red – mean it’s grand tour specialist Alberto Contador’s
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  Jérôme Coppel’s (Cofidis) Look 596, fitted with off-spec Rotor QXL rings
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  Jérôme Coppel’s (Cofidis) Look 596, fitted with off-spec Rotor QXL rings
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  Roman Kreuziger’s SRM PowerControl7 is fitted with a machined aluminium mount
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  The characteristic tread on the Mavic’s CX01 tyres
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  Hesjedal’s jockey wheels have ceramic bearings – every little helps
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  Hesjedal’s jockey wheels have ceramic bearings – every little helps
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  Ryder Hesjedal’s P5 in all its glory
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  The Arundel Chrono bottle cages on Garmin-Sharp’s bikes get a little extra gripper help with self-adhesive foam padding
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  Shimano gave selected riders – including Dumoulin – special edition electric blue R320 road shoes
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  The Felt DA’s integrated steering assembly is similar to the Look 596, used by Cofidis
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  The Felt DA’s integrated steering assembly is similar to the Look 596, used by Cofidis
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  Martin pushed a massive 58T chainring on the flat Brittany course
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  A customised Specialized saddle gives Martin the grip he needs to keep putting the power down
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  Martin’s mechanical SRAM Red shifters provide predictable shifting
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  The Specialized Shiv frame tapers over the back wheel
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  Katusha get around the UCI rule barring use of Mavic’s detachable fairings on CX01 wheel technology by filling the channel with a mastic paste bought from DIY shops
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  Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) wins the prize for lowest-slung extensions in the peloton – they’re fitted below the bars
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  Rodriguez uses Selle Italia’s only current production triathlon-specific saddle – the SLR Tri
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  The Canyon Speedmax CF Evo uses flattened seatstays to push air around the back wheel
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  Cadel Evans was using this un-branded monocoque disc. A Shimano rep told us it was an unbranded Pro Disc they gave some riders for the 2012 Olympics
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  The Shimano DI2 battery is fixed to specially moulded mounts beneath the bottom bracket on Leopard Trek’s Trek Speed Concept bikes
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  It’s a tight fit for Markel Irizar’s (RadioShack) PowerControl7 between the extensions
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  Irizar’s new Prologo TT Zero saddle uses gripping material to keep the rider planted when riding on the nose
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  A fleet of new Lapierre Aerostorm has a number of innovations on the previous model…
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  Including the front brake integrated into the chunky front fork
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  The fork and frame shape are continuous to smooth airflow
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  Holes in the stem are covered to reduce minute turbulence
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  The Felt DA’s integrated steering assembly is similar to the Look 596, used by Cofidis
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  Phil Gilbert (BMC) was using this plain white saddle. The Selle Italia shell looks modified and re-covered – probably an old Flite
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