Bikeradar gallery

Tour tech: Personalisation for the big guns

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) is the new Spanish champion but his jersey is more understated and "elegante" than the usual flag.

  • Understated is not a word that you can use to describe Valverde's new Pinarello however!
  • Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) is the new Spanish champion but his jersey is more understated and
  • Don Alejandro, Prince of Spain is how they describe this bike's rider in Treviso these days.
  • Damiano Cunego (Lampre) has a new Wilier Cento Uno in black and white, perhaps to match his ProTour leader's jersey.
  • That's not a decal; it's part of the paint scheme.
  • Another black and white bike celebrates Garmin-Chipotle's Julian Dean as New Zealand champion.
  • David Millar (Garmin-Chipotle) may have lost the road race jersey to his former teammate Rob Hayles (Halfords-Bikehut) but he's still British time trial champion.
  • Pippo Pozzato (Liquigas) probably wins the prize for best looking bike this year with his two-tone metallic green Cannondale SuperSix.
  • Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) has a star on his seatpost because his daughter's name is Stella.
  • Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) may no longer be Belgian champion, but at least one of his Specialized Tarmac rigs still carries the driekleur.
  • Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) is the new French champion and is a vision of blue, white and red in his nation's most important race.
  • Vogondy has a nice tricoleur helmet. Luckily for Spiuk his teammate Christophe Moreau already had this design.
  • What's that Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) is doing to his new Ridley Noah?
  • Rocket Robbie is now ready to race.
  • Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank) has a special edition Prologo Scratch TR.
  • Cance's new saddle has his world time trial winning time on it to remind everyone of his power.
  • Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) has a new Prologo Choice Max TR saddle…
  • … it has his name on the Prologo logo…
  • … but most importantly it proclaims that Carlos Sastre is the best daddy!
  • Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) ups the ante in the battle for the blingiest shoes in the peloton…
  • … but no one will ever out-shoe Pippo Pozzato (Liquigas) whose new Sidi kicks match his new Cannondale.
  • David Millar (Garmin-Chipotle) is no shrinking violet with this British pair from Specialized.
  • Silvain Chavanel (Cofidis) is showing a lot of confidence with his personalised yellow Specializeds.
  • Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) has his outfit completed by two tricoleurs on his Adidas' straps.
  • Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) runs SRAM Rival cranks instead of Red…
  • …but only because the Red version isn't available in a 180mm length.
  • SRAM's mid-range Force crankset is preferred by one Saunier Duval-Scott rider…
  • … and the Mavic neutral service uses the shifters on its yellow Cannondale bikes.
  • We show this very year but the clips and straps on the neutral service bikes always raise a smile in the Cyclingnews tech office.
  • The use of non-round chainrings is spreading throughout the CSC-Saxo Bank team. Carlos Sastre apparently favors Rotor's Q-Rings.
  • There are a few pro riders out there that care about their bike's paintwork.
  • As part of the trend to use a small frame and long stem demon descender Samuel Sanchez has a 140mm FSA OS-115…
  • … but that's nothing as teammate Mikel Astarloza uses a 150mm one!

Showing 2 of 33

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) is the new Spanish champion but his jersey is more understated and

© Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com