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Pro bike: Mario Cipollini’s very unofficial machine

Mario Cipollini is aboard his own custom aluminum frame, but it's not a Specialized or Lelli

  • Cipo's cages are from Specialized, not Tacx.
  • Mario Cipollini is aboard his own custom aluminum frame, but it's not a Specialized or Lelli
  • Cipollini runs Shimano Dura-Ace instead of the team's officially supplied Campy gear.
  • Cipo also prefers his carbon-railed Selle Italia SLR saddle.
  • Need a reminder?
  • Super Mario also uses Specialized tubulars.
  • Even one of the other Rock Racing riders headed off on Lew Racing wheels...
  • …while the other riders were on Cole Products wheels.
  • The rest of the Rock Racing team is on DeRosa King3 bikes.
  • Rock Racing buys its own fi'zi:k saddles and then wraps them with their own covers.
  • Toyota-United is on Fuji bikes this year and most of the team uses the company's SL1c carbon model.
  • Ivan Dominguez prefers the added stiffness of Fuji's Aloha CF1 frame
  • Dominguez keeps the tri them going with his Selle Italia SLR T1 saddle.
  • Bar position varies wildly among the pro peloton from this fairly commonly seen configuration…
  • …to this one.
  • Gerolsteiner riders found a tidy place to tuck the Tour of California-mandated GPS transceivers.
  • Jelly Belly's Michael Lange has to do a bit of work to achieve his desired position…
  • …while teammate Scott Tietzelhas to go with a custom-built aluminum frame.
  • DeRosa didn't have time to build Cipollini a custom bike in time for the Tour of California

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Mario Cipollini is aboard his own custom aluminum frame, but it's not a Specialized or Lelli

© James Huang, technical editor