All the gear for the first WorldTour race of the year
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LottoNl-Jumbo's 2017 Bianchi Oltre XR4(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Sunweb's new paint scheme for their Giant team bikes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon equipped with a Fizik Arione(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon with a Power2max power meter, Campagnolo cranks and Look pedals(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon runs with Campagnolo Super Record 11 speed gears(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon with Campagnolo wheels and Continental Competition tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasha Sütterlin's Canyon(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana's new2017 Argon 18 Gallium Pro machines(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FSA cockpit for Astana's Argon 18 Gallium Pro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana are also running FSA's SL-K brakes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana's Argon 18 Gallium Pro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana also use Power2Max power meters, but on FSA K-Force Light cranks(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana uses Vision wheels with Shwalbe rubber(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana's Argon 18 Gallium Pro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tacx bottle cages on Astana's Gallium Pro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Astana's Argon 18 Gallium Pro(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bahrain-Merida's 2017 Merida Reacto bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
One-piece Vision bar/stem combo on Bahrain-Merida's Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
One-piece Vision bar/stem combo on Bahrain-Merida's Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bahrain-Merida use SRM power meters with Shimano chainrings(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fulcrum wheels and Continental Competitions for Bahrain-Merida(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bahrain-Merida use Shimano Dura-Ace rim brakes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
This is Yukira Arashiro's Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Yukira Arashiro's 2017 Bahrain-Merida Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Blue, gold and red colour scheme for Bahrain-Merida's Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
An aero front end thanks to Bahrain-Merida's Vision bar/stem(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Matching Bontrager stems for Trek-Segafredo's Emonda(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A mysterious Bontrager saddle on the Trek-Segafredo Emonda(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Emonda is fitted with a number plate holder(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Shimano Dura-Ace cranks with SRM Power Meters for Trek-Segafredo's Laurent Didier(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dura-Ace rim braking power for Trek-Segafredo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Laurent Didier's 2017 Trek-Segafredo Emonda(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bontrager Aeolus 5 carbon wheels and Veloflux tubbies(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Orica-Scott's 2017 Scott Foil(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
This isn't the Syncros stem we've seen before on Orica's bikes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Orica-Scott run Syncros XR1.0 saddles(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Scott Foil rear triangle(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Another team running Continental Competition Pro's(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Elite bottle cages on the Scott Foil for Orica(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The BMC Racing 2017 BMC Teammachine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rohan Dennis' 2017 BMC Teammachine(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rohan Dennis uses a Fizik Arione(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC is also running SRM's wireless Dura Ace 9000 power meter crank(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC uses Dura Ace rim brakes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC's 3T cockpit with SRM power meter display(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ's Lapierre Xelius for 2017(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fizik Arione is a popular saddle, this one is Odd Christian Eiking's(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Norwegian Odd Christian Eiking's FDJ Lapierre Xelius(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ is running PRO bars and stems(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ of course uses Continental Competition Pro tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team UAE Abu Dhabi uses Selle Italia saddles on their Colnago C60(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift's UAE Abu Dhabi team Colnago(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
UAE Abu Dhabi are using Power2max meters on Campagnolo cranks(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift's UAE Abu Dhabi team Colnago C60(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Deda bars and stem for Ben Swifts Colnago C60(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
UAE Abu Dhabi are using Campagnolo Super Record 11(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift's UAE Abu Dhabi team Colnago C60(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift's2017 UAE Abu Dhabi team Colnago C60(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Ben Swift's Colnago is fitted with Bora carbon Ultra 50 wheels and Vittoria tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ are testing a prototype Shimano crank-based power meter(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ's Lapierre Xelius for 2017(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
FDJ also tested a Shimano power meter prototype in last year's Tour de France(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
BMC use the Elite custom race plus cages(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vittoria Corsa tyres for BMC(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Orica-Scott use SRM PC8 head units(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Orica-Scott running the wireless SRM 9000 Dura Ace power meter(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A fleet of Colnago C60s for UAE Abu Dhabi(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Trek-Segafredo are also using SRM PC8 heads(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Trek-Segafredo are also using SRM PC8 heads(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
On Bahrain-Merida's Reacto, the rear brake is tucked underneath the chainstay(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Yukira Arashiro is running a Prologo Nago Evo saddle(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Another Prologo Nago Evo, this time on Astana's Argon 18(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Prologo Scratch 2 on another Astana bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Movistar's Canyon rear triangle(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Movistar's 2017 Canyon Ultimate(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Bora-Hansgrohe are testing out disc brakes on some of their Specialized bikes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dimension Data's 2017 Cervelo S5(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dimension Data use Rotor Inpower meters and Q rings(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dimension Data are running Enve cockpits(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dimension Data also run with Continental Competition tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Team Dimension Data's Cervelo S5 uses an extended bottom bracket shell (BBRight)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
ENVE bars for Dimension Data(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
LottoNl-Jumbo are using the Pioneer crank-based power meter(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
LottoNl-Jumbo's 2017 Bianchi Oltre XR4(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
LottoNl-Jumbo also use Vision Metron 5D one piece stem/bar(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vittoria Corsa tyres for LottoNl-Jumbo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
LottoNl-Jumbo are using the Pioneer crank-based power meter(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A Fizik Antares for Cannondale-Drapac(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cannondale-Drapac use the Hollowgram SISL2 cranks with FSA rings and SRM power meters(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Oversized CeramicSpeed pulleys on Cannondale-Drapac's rear derailleurs(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cannondale-Drapac use Mavic carbon Special Service Course wheels and tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Internal routing for Cannondale-Drapac's cables(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
AG2R La Mondiale's Factor O2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
AG2R La Mondiale also use the wireless SRM 900 power meter on their Factor O2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jan Bakelants is running a team Fizik saddle with Black Inc carbon seatpost(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
AG2R are using Black Inc stems and seatposts(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
AG2R are using CeramicSpeed bearings in their bottom brackets(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Mavic carbon SSC wheels but with Continental Competition Pro tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A nod to Factor's British heritage on the AG2R bikes(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Another look at the Black Inc bar/stem(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lotto Soudal are on Deda SuperZero stems(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vittoria Corsa tyres on Lotto Soudal's Dura Ace wheels(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Controls for the Camagnolo EPS system under the Deda bars of Lotto Soudal's Ridley(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Selle Italia provides Lotto Soudal's saddles(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Campagnolo Super Record 11 for Lotto Soudal's Ridleys(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha Alpecin's 2017 Canyon Aeroad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
SRAM Red eTap on Katusha Alpecin's Canyon Aeroad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Quarq power meters on Katusha Alpecin's SRAM Red crankset(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Selle Italia provide Katusha Alpecin's saddles(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha Alpecin are running an unlabeled integrated bar/stem(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha Alpecin on SRAM Red eTap groups(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The rear brake on Katusha-Alpecin's Canyon Aeroad - a new SRAM Red caliper?(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jose Goncalves Canyon Aeroad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jose Goncalves Canyon Aeroad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Simon Geschke's Team Sunweb 2017 Giant TCR(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The cockpit of Simon Geschke's Giant(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vittoria Corsa tyres for Sunweb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Pioneer power meters with Shimano Dura Ace components for Team Sunweb(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Elite bottle cages on Team Sunweb's Giant(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The cockpit of Simon Geschke's Giant(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha Alpecin's Canyon Aeroad(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Thomas De Gendt's Lotto Soudal 2017 Ridley Helium SLX(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Katusha Alpecin are using Continental tyres(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lotto Soudal use Deda Superleggero seat posts(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The road knows which model of Ridley this is(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
AG2R La Mondiale's Factor O2(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
San Marco saddles for LottoNl-Jumbo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cannondale-Drapac's 2017 Cannondale SuperSix(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Dimension Data run CeramicSpeed bearings(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
A look from behind at the Cervelo S5(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The first WorldTour race of the season, the Tour Down Under, puts all of the newest bikes and tech on display together for the first time of the 2017 season, and thanks to Belgian photographer Tim De Waele, Cyclingnews has compiled a huge gallery of images and information about which teams are using which new fancy gear.
From what we see, the Continental Competition Pro is the tyre of choice for most teams, with eight of the 18 opting for this tyre. Vittoria are on five teams' bikes, while Astana use Schwalbe, Trek-Segafredo the boutique hand-made Veloflex tyres, and Cannondale-Drapac use Mavic wheels and tyres. Quick-Step and Bora-Hansgrohe are using Specialized's Turbo Cottons.
Check out our WorldTour team bikes guide for 2017 to see the list of teams, their bikes and models and components, but also click or swipe through the massive 132-image gallery above and see what kind of unique, prototype or special components you can spot.
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