Velonews: Gallery: Tour Ttt Tech



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    The day of a team time trial is always an odd combination of relaxation — as the race starts quite late in the day — and stress. The mechanics arrive early, triple-check everything, and then ride the bikes to the start area for UCI checks. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Many mechanics view the team bikes as their own, merely lent to the riders for each stage. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Slick brake integration on LottoNL-Jumbo's Bianchi TT frames. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The Bianchi Aquila hides its brakes inside the fork and under the bottom bracket. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Exposed cables on TT bikes are a thing of the past. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Bretagne-Séché Environnement's Look TT bikes got crazy paint jobs for the Tour. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The team uses American Classic wheels. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Sunday's TTT featured three significant climbs, including a 1.5km drag to the finish. Teams ran wide-range cassettes, 11-28 in most cases, so they could stay in the big ring for most of the climbing. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Geraint Thomas' Pinarello Bolide had a massive, 58-tooth big ring. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Astana has more wheels than you can shake a stick at. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    We spotted more creative head unit mounts on the Trek TT bikes. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Trek paired 90mm Aeolus 9 wheels with VeloFlex Criterium tires. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Trek's SpeedConcept bikes were all lined up and ready to go. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Riders used big chainrings on Sunday. Most were on 55-tooth big rings with a 44- or 46-tooth small ring. Some went as high as 58 for the big ring. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Campagnolo's solid TT cranks are certainly eye-catching. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Warmup means trainer time and lots of fans. Luckily Sunday was not as hot as the opening-day TT in Utrecht. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The BMC TM01 features complete front-end integration. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The Timemachine TM01 was ridden to victory on Sunday by Team BMC. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    BMC used what appear to be HED's new GT-3 tri-spoke front wheels. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Mechanics are multi-talented. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Many teams now use wax on their chains for TT days, perhaps inspired by a VeloNews test that showed a gain of around 5 watts. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    MTN-Qhubeka's P5 cuts a sleek profile. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The P5 uses hydraulic rim brakes. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    MTN's Cervelos had plenty of grip tape on the bars. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    A Rotor power meter was found on MTN-Qhubeka's Cervelo P5. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Mechanics have to bring all the bikes to the UCI check and back. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The Focus Izalco Chrono uses a V-brake style front brake. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    TT bikes often require creative computer mounts. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Giant-Alpecin's Warren Barguil flipped his shifters over so they're accessed with his fingers rather than his thumb. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    A bit of grip tape for Barguil to hang on to. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The Elite aero bottle is popular on TT day. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Giant-Alpecin uses Pioneer power meters. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Fourniers makes the aluminum v-brakes used on Giant's TT bike. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Warren Barguil is in 14th at 2:43, an impressive ride for the young Frenchman. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Race wheels sat waiting as riders warmed up. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Mechanics triple-checked everything. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    The PRO 3S tri-spoke front wheel was launched just over a year ago and is a favorite in TTTs where speeds are high. Tri-spoke designs tend to be very good at low wind angles, and are thus suited to high speeds or low wind conditions. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Di2 allows riders to put shift buttons on both the bullhorns and extensions. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Grip tape is popular in place of bar tape on TT bars that will see little actual use during the race. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    LottoNL-Jumbo's Robert Gesink sits in 15th, and 2:52 back. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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    Most teams ran just over 7 bar, or about 100psi. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

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