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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Chad Haga (Giant-Alpecin) jumped into his third Giro d'Italia breakaway on Thursday aboard this Giant TCR Advanced SL. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga is tall at six-foot-three and even with a 58cm frame he needs a long, 130mm stem to achieve the desired reach. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga has a deep drop on his PRO Vibe aluminum bars. He doesn't use any of the optional Di2 buttons. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Chad Haga is in his second grand tour. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
A Pioneer power meter is mounted to Haga's Dura-Ace crankset. Haga runs a 53-tooth big ring and is using a 36-tooth inner ring for most mountain stages. He uses 175mm crank arms. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Dura-Ace brakes and tan sidewalls on Haga's Vittoria Corsa SC tires. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The number holder is epoxied on, then mechanics add a zip tie for a bit of extra security. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga runs very little setback. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Sometimes a simple zip tie is the best insurance. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga used a 11-28 cassette on Thursday, paired with a 36-tooth little ring up front. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Elite Custom Race cages are just simple plastic, but they work. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The scultped front end of the Giant TCR makes it one of the stiffest bikes we've ever tested. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The team slogan. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The TCR has a built-in ANT+ sensor, right, and Haga has his timing chip zip-tied on, left. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The relatively shallow Dura-Ace C35 wheels are Giant-Alpecin's choice for hilly stages. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga's Dura-Ace Di2 levers look brand new. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The Pioneer head unit is quite low-profile, but provides an incredible amount of data on the road. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The kink in the TCR Advanced's seat mast is supposed to add a bit of vertical flex. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Haga rides a PRO Griffon saddle. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The TCR has clean Di2 routing. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The Pioneer meter measures flex in the crank arms and translates that into power. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
The entire team, and indeed most of the peloton, is on 25mm tubulars. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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Pro Bike Gallery Chad Haga's Giant TCR Advanced SL
Giant and Shimano have a close relationship, so it's no surprise that the team is on Shimano gear throughout. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com
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