The Manx Missile uses his aero bike to win Stage One o🍃f the Tour de France
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Dimension Data's Mark Cavendish used his Cervelo S5 to grand effect, winning the opening stage of the 2016 Tour de💞 France and taking the first yellow jersey of the race(Image credit: Nick Legan)
Ceramicspeed provides bearings for Dimension Data, including those for the heaꦺ﷽dset(Image credit: Nick Legan)
Tacx bottles and cages help k🍃eep the sprinter hydrated(Image credit: Nick Legan)
Perhaps the most popular tire in the pro peloton, Cavendish rolls on Continental Co🅷mpetition Pro LTD tires in a 25mm width(Image credit: Nick Legan)
🅷A small printout taped to his stem kept Cavendish abreast of key stage features(Image credit: Nick Legan)
A view of Cav's office. The Manxman uses 42cm bars and a 12cm stem from Enve. A sharp ey🦹e will pick out Di2 sprint shifters. His reach from the tip of his saddle to the center of his bar top is 53.7 centimeters(Image credit: Nick Legan)
What appear to be a set of brand new Speꦰedplay Zero pedals with stainless steel spindles are used to transmit Cav's finishing kick to the drivetrain(Image credit: Nick Legan)
In addition to the transmitter that all racers carry, Dimension Data mechanics placed his Shimano Di2 junction box/ch✱arging port under Cavendish's Fizik Arione saddle. Cavendish's seat height is 70.3 centimeters(Image credit: Nick Legan)
Cav used an 11-28 cassette on today's stage, something many riders are doing for all stages. A gold KMC chai🅷n blings up his bike(Image credit: Nick Legan)
The Manx Missile took another step closer towards Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins at Tour de France when he won the first stage of the 🌺2016 Tour de♏ France (Image credit: Nick Legan)
Cav's 170mm crankarms als꧂o turn on Ceramicspeed bearings. Cav used 54/39 chainrings to powe𒁏r his way across the finish line in the premier position(Image credit: Nick Legan)
He did it, of course, aboard his team issue Cervelo S5 aero road bike. The Manxman used a set of deep section Enve SES wheels rolling on Chris King h🍸ubs.
His ෴Dura-Ace Di2 group shifted 54/39 chainrings and an 11-28 cassette, giving him all the top gear he needed to beat Marcel Kittel and Peter Sagan to the line.
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