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Understated is not a word that you can use to describe Valverde's new Pinarello however!

Tour tech: Personalisation for the big guns

Normally this name is travelling too fast to read!

Pro bike: Thor Hushovd’s Look 595 Pro Team Edition

Cadel Evans' Ridley Helium awaits the final stage of June's Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Pro Bike: Cadel Evans’ Ridley Helium

The MF-5 uses 80 per cent flax fibres in its tubes

Road Bike Frames

First ride: Museeuw MF-5 review

GBP £2299.00 RRP USD $5000.00

Grisha Niermann's new Colnago CX-1 is equipped with all sorts of Shimano prototype parts.

Pro Bike: Grischa Niermann’s Rabobank Colnago CX-1

A new control box allows on-the-fly derailleur adjustment on this latest version of Shimano's electronic Dura-Ace group.

Shimano’s three-pronged assault at the Dauphiné

Count 'em! Campagnolo's top three groupsets now go up to eleven.

Campagnolo 2009: 11-speed & lots more

The BMC SLX01 Racemaster is apparently the stiffest frame in the lineup for 2009.

BMC unveils new Racemaster road frame

Nicole Cooke has been a multiple British champion but hopes this year to take an Olympic title

Pro Bike: Nicole Cooke’s Halfords Bikehut Boardman Pro

Marta Bastianelli's Pinarello Prince

Pro bike: Marta Bastianelli’s Pinarello Prince

The Museeuw MF1 has main tubes made of 50 percent flax fibre

Museeuw flax bike launch

Paolo Bettini's Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL2 has a special paint job

Pro Bike: Bettini’s Specialized Tarmac SL2