New shoes from Rapha, Bontrager and Mavic spotted at the Tour Down Under

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As the first WorldTour outing of the season, the Tour Down under is regularly a hotbed for new tech. 

Sometimes that comes merely in the form of fancy new colour schemes, such as the Allez Sprint Tour Down Under collection or Vivani's European-champ-themed De Rosa. Other times, it can be the first public appearance for some of cycling's more progressive tech releases, such as last year, when saw the first public outing of Campagnolo's 12-speed groupset. 

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