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Race Tech: Tour de France - Bikes of the prologue, part 2, July 8, 2007

Cancellara's Cervélo P3 Carbon
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FSA's new Neo Pro TT crankset
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The non-driveside crank fully envelopes
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The driveside of the Neo Pro TT is equally striking
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The driveside bottom bracket cup
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Ceramic bearing-equipped pulleys
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Like many riders in the peloton
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Cancellara is the current time trial world champion
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Discovery Channel's George Hincapie
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Bontrager supplies Hincapie and rest of the team
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Hincapie mounts a third brake lever
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HED's tri-spoke aero wheel
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Smoothly contoured carbon fiber brake levers
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Time trial helmets
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This helmet isn't going anywhere
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Astana mechanics carefully set up the bike
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FSA isn't the only company to manufacture
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Even the backside of the rings are cleanly profiled
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The non-driveside arm is nearly as tall
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Time trial bikes are visually striking
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Saddle height adjustments
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A unique jig helps Astana mechanics
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T-Mobile was spotted running a new HED three-spoke wheel
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Not all of the T-Mobile riders were using the new wheel
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T-Mobile mechanics hand-applied
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The Time RXR of Bouygues Telecom.
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This handlebar position was rarely seen
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Vision makes its headset spacers
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The Pinarello Montello of Alejandro Valverde.
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Valverde's custom Selle Italia 'Bala Verde' ('the green bullet')
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Integrated time trial handlebars
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Specialized even developed a proprietary bottle
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The proprietary cage fits just so.
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A Wilier Cento time trial machine
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ITM's carbon fiber base bar
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Specialized only supplies two teams with bikes
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The matching case for the Specialized TT helmet
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The Colnago C50 Chrono of Team Milram.
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The riders of Euskaltel-Euskadi
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The new Ordu almost looks more stealth fighter
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Trainers were a must-have item on the morning of the prologue
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A fleet of trainers await the riders of Astana.
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Rabobank heads out on a 'team training ride'
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A timing chip mounted on each bike
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