The bottles are marked to differentiate between water and sports drink(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Tacx Deva bottle cages with matching bottles(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A closer look at the seat tube(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
SRAM Red eTap front derailleur(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The seat tube is shaped around the rear wheel(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The bottom bracket butts out of the frame slightly(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A look at the non-driveside crank(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The integrated handlebars/stem(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Selle Italia Smootape Gran Fondo handlebar tape(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
SRAM don't yet make direct mount brakes(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A neat paint design from Canyon(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Carbon seat rails and a slight setback on the seat post(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Internal cable routing for the brakes(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The hour glass shaped headtube(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The seat clamp bolt is neatly in the top tube(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The handlebar and stem dimensions(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Another look at the crankset(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Tacx bidon and bidon holder combo(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Machado rides 172.5mm cranks(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A look at the rear cluster(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A look at the brake track(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels and Continental Competition 25mm tubular tyres(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
53-39 chainrings for Machado(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The crankset is equipped with a Quarq power meter(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount brakes(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A simple rubber bung to cover the Di2 cable holes(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The wireless groupset looks incredibly tidy(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The batteries are interchangeable between front and rear derailleurs(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
A closer look at the rear derailleur(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The bike is equipped with SRAM Red eTap(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Integrated aerodynamic bars(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Only the brake cables come away from the bars(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
An outfront Garmin mount keeps the cockpit even tidier(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
The Aeroad has a bladed seatpost(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Selle Italia SLR Team Edition(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Machado's race number was held on with an old bidon(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Each rider's bike is labelled up(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Machado's race transponder, with colour coordinated electrical tape(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Look Keo 2 Max carbon(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Some electrical tape to save any valve rattle(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
SRAM Red eTap shifters(Image credit: Colin Levitch / Immediate Media)
Team Katusha has certainly changed its make up for the upcoming season. A Swiss registration, a new joint-title sponsor in Alpecin and the arrival of individual time trial World Champion Tony Martin gives the team a fresh new look. Whilst these aspects of the team have changed, the bikes remain much the same from last year's season.
Tiago Machado rides the Canyon Aeroad CF SLX with a combination of Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels, a SRAM Red eTap groupset and Selle Italia provide the saddle and handlebar tape. The finishing kit is Canyon's in-house design made up of a S27 Aero VCLS carbon seatpost and an integrated handlebar and stem combination, the H11 Aerocockpit.
The Zipp wheels are paired with Continental Competition 25mm tubular tyres, with the professional peloton issue electrical tape to prevent any unwanted valve rattle.
Although the SRAM groupset provides wireless shifting, Team Katusha-Alpecin are riding a Di2 focussed frameset with the internal cable routing holes bunged up at the rear dropout. With SRAM not manufacturing any direct-mount brakes, the bike is equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount brakes.
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