All rounder Lieuꦕwe Westra (Vancansoleil) was riding the new aero Bianchi Oltre XR2, an unveiled a couple of weeks before the Tour (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The Trek’s tapered E2 headtube and for🍸k configuration is prominent in the Pro𒈔ject One generated colour scheme (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The second generation Trek Madone 7-Series in the striking new colours to celebrate🍌 tꦦhe 100th Tour de France. These are Andreas Klöden (46) and Jens Voigt’s (48) models. (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The day ahead in figures: hills, the feed zone , the intermeꦚdiate sprint and even a train crossing on O’Grady’s stem (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The new frame and fork wei🗹ghs less than 1kg in a 54cm model, Scott claimed at the launch (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Stuart O’Grady (Orica-GreenEdge) is riding the new Scott Addict SL, unveiled earlier this week in Switzerland – he was first spotted riding the frame March at the Tour o🦹f Flan🍌ders (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Jakob Fuglsang’s Specialized Tarmac SL4 stands outꩵ from the rest of the Astana squad because he’s running a fully mechanical Campagnolo Record 11 groupset. Transmission is enhanced with use of Alligator I-Link cables (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The new SR🌺M-compatible Shimano 9000 crank on Simon 💎Geschke (Argos-Shimano) Felt F1. (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Rodriguez’s ⛄cartoon custom Selle Italia 🥂SLR Monolink is a nod to his nickname (Purito) and his status as an explosive climber (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Last year Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) was the UCI’s top-ranked rider, which is commemorated in t༒his season’s Canyon Aeroad CF frame (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Joaquim Rodriquez's Canyon Aeroad CF (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Greipel’s spare bike is fitted with a limit🦩ed edition Campagnolo 80th birthday Super Record 11 groupset (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The presence of the gorilla means on💃ly⛦ one thing: this bike is top sprinter André Greipel’s (Lotto-Belisol) (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Ridley unveiled the De❀an Fast TT bike yesterday, which borrows aerodynamic patents from this, the Noah Fast, includඣing the F-brake integrated into the fork (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Theཧ Oltre XR2’s clamping mechanism is reces♛sed into the frame (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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A s💝pecial edition KMC chain in Bianchi celeste colours (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The frame’s cable rout🐻ing is internal and it is compatible with both electronic and mechanical systems (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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Th෴e Oltre XR2’s frame is moulded to smooth air around the headtube (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
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The fleet of 7-Series Treks ꦫhave brakes mounted to the underside of the bottom bracket, time trial bike style (Image credit: Sam Dansie)
Bike manufacturers have been going into overdrive this week, bringing out new models before the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2013 Tour de France. From the Look 695 Aerolight to the new 🎃Scott Addict SL, many riders taking on the grand tour are doing♛ so on new kit.
BikeRadar visited the teams at a fairly low-key grand départ in Porto Vecchio, Corsica, for the start of the long, hot stage to Bastia, 213km to the north. The profile was set to bring out the sprinters for a fast and furious attack for the first yellow jersey of the race, with Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) taking♈ the glory.
This image gallery – part one on new bikes and paint schemes on show during stage 1 – looks at Bianchi machines at Vacansoleil-DCM𝐆, Joaquim Rodriguez’s Katusha Canyon special, the Scott Addict SL at Orica-GreenEdge and the eye-wateringly bright Trek 7-Series Madone at RadioShack Leopard Trek. Stay tuned for part two.
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Sam started𒅌 as a trainee reporter on daily newspapers in the UK before moving to South Africa where he contributed to national cycling magazine Ride for three years. After moving back to the UK he joined Procycling as a staff writer in November 2010.