Pro bike: Jens Voigt's Trek Madone 7-Series H1

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Jens Voigt has been on the attack on this Madone 7-Series

Jens Vꦫoig🍎t has been on the attack on this Madone 7-Series (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The bike’s clean lines are complemented with a full Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 11-speed transmission and shifters

The bike’s clean lines are comple🔯mented wi♑th a full Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 11-speed transmission and shifters (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Brakes should only slow the bike down when appropriate, so Trek’s quest for aerodynamic gain places the brake under the bottom bracket and anchors it in the substantial BB90 shell

Brakes should only slow the bike down when appropriate, so Trek&rsq🎃uo;s quest for aerodynamic gain places the brake under the bottom bracket and anchors it in the substantial BౠB90 shell (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Where most chain catchers are an appendage fixed under the front derailleur, the 7-Series version is integrated into the frame

Where most chain catch♈ers are an appendage fixed under the front derailleur, the 7-Series version is integrated into the frame (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The Project One paintwork creates a neat finish around the seatstay cluster

The Project One paintworkܫ creates a neat finish 😼around the seatstay cluster (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Riders and mechanics alike have been complimenting the new Schwalbe One tyres released at the start of the Tour. RadioShack Leopard Trek were using 24mm-width versions

Riders and mechanics alike have been complimenting the new Schwalbe One tyres released at the start of the Tour. RadioShack Leopard Trek were using 24mm🌱-width versions (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Mechanics had done a tidy job of keeping the external Di2 cabling as neat as possible

Mechanics had done a tidꦿy job of keeping the external Di2 cabling as neat as 🐎possible (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Voigt’s bike was fitted with a standard 11-25 cassette and a Dura-Ace CN9000 chain

Vo🉐igt’s bike was fitted with a standard 11-25 cassette and a Dura-Ace CN9000 chain (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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RadioShack Leopard, as an SRM- and Shimano-sponsored squad, were using the new SRM 11-speed cranks that emerged at the 2013 Tour

RadioShack Leopard, as an SRM- and Shimano-sponsored squad, were using🔯 the new SRM 11-speed cranks that emerged at the 2013 Tour (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Two Bontrager XXX bottle cages weighing 16g apiece

Two Bontrager XXX bottle cages weighing 16🥃g apiece (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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A special detail of the RadioShack Leopard bikes is the elegant integrated number holder. This was attached before the frame was painted

A special🐈 detail of the RadioShack Leopard bikes is the elega✃nt integrated number holder. This was attached before the frame was painted (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The hub shells are a carbon/aluminum mix; spokes and hub internals are DT

The ꧂hub shells are a carbon/aluminum mix; spokes and hub internals are DT (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Even the Bontrager Team Issue saddle’s rails had been given the painted treatment, with contrasts on the saddle and seatpost clamps

Even the Bontrager Team Issue saddle&rs🌜quo;s rails had been given the painted treatment, with contrasts on the saddle and seatpost clamps (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The wheel choice is the versatile Bontrager Aeolus 5 – a 50mm carbon rim

The wheel choice is the versatile Bontrager Aeolus 5 &💦ndash; a 50mm carbon rim (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The 7-Series brakes – both front and back - depart from tradition. The fork blades are flattened just below the crown to take a Shimano Dura-Ace Dual Mount brake

The 7-Series brakes &ndash✃; both front and back - depart from tradition. The fork blades are flattened just below the crown to take a Shimano Dura-Ace Dual Moun꧂t brake (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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The Trek 7-Series Madone takes electronic shifting and brake cables into the chunky down tube

The Trek 7-Series Madone takes electronic shifting and brake c🎃ables into the chunky down tube (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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There’s some space on the steerer to move up and down

There’s some space on the steerer toꦑ move up and down (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Voigt’s handlebar is a Bontrager Race Light alloy model, 44cm centre-to-centre

Voigt’s handlebar is a Bontಞrager Race Light alloy model, 44cm centre-to-centre (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)
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Jens Voigt has been on the attack on this Trek Madone 7-Series

Jens Voigt has bee🎃n on the attack on this Trek Madone 7-Series (Image credit: Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing)

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Sam started as a🉐 trainee reporter on daily newspapers in the UK before moving to South Africa where he contributed to na꧙tional cycling magazine Ride for three years. After moving back to the UK he joined Procycling as a staff writer in November 2010.