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Cyclingnews 2004 Reader Poll Results

Best team bike

Viatcheslav Ekimov's Trek Madone.
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Who'd turn down the bike that carried the best Tour rider of his generation to six consecutive victories? There's no doubt that the power of Lance Armstrong's US Postal team has helped out the squad's Trek bikes at the top of the poll for two years running. And the second spot on the poll is again taken by CSC's Cervelo bikes, followed by Swiss manufacturer BMC.

Bike fans traditionally hankered for hand-crafted esoterica lovingly assembled by Italian artisans. Does the ascendancy of the twp North American-designed bikes, one made in the US, the other in the far East, mean anything? It shows the truth of the old adage "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" but it might also be that the day of the romantic craftsman framebuilder is over.

Results

                                         Votes    %ge
 
1 US Postal Trek                           184   17.9
2 CSC Cervelo                              129   12.5
3 Phonak BMC                                70    6.8
4 Fassa Bortolo Pinarello                   68    6.6
5 T-Mobile Giant                            60    5.8
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi Orbea                   53    5.2
7 Rabobank Colnago                          51    5.0
8 Quick Step Time                           43    4.2
9 Saunier Duval Scott                       42    4.1
10 Colnago                                  40    3.9
11 Saeco Cannondale                         39    3.8
12 Pinarello Dogma                          30    2.9
13 Lotto Domo Eddy Merckx                   29    2.8
14 Gerolsteiner Wilier Triestina            20    1.9
15 Navigators Colnago                       19    1.8
15 Alessio Bianchi                          19    1.8
17 Domina Vacanze Specialized               16    1.6
18 Vini Caldirola DeRosa                     7    0.7
18 Velo Bella Rock Lobster                   7    0.7
18 Sierra Nevada Serotta                     7    0.7
18 Liberty Seguros BH                        7    0.7
18 FdJeux.com lapierre                       7    0.7
 
Total                                     1029