Andre Greipel's victory on stage 2 meant the green jersey. Ridley supplied the German with a matching Noah SL - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
SRM has a selection of colours to match Grand Tour jerseys - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Greipel can proudly ride his green machine while he holds the jersey. Will he sew up that competition this year? - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Every day of the Tour starts with a seemingly endless procession of bike-topped team cars and tinted-glass buses - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Teams are still experimenting with different positioning set-ups for the new GPS units - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
We know a few roadies who would love a set-up like this, and the bus to put it in - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Cannondale-Garmin has a stock of Kurt Kinetic trainers ready - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Andrew Talansky's back-up bike is one of the prototype versions of the new Super Six Evo - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Here's the team leader's main bike, with full paint detailing - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Rui Costa has chosen the ultra light Merida Scultura rather than the more aerodynamic Reacto - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Previously we've only seen select team members on SRAM's electronic groupset. At the Tour, the whole AG2R team is loaded up for wireless shifting - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Like Bianchi celeste? Skip this photo if not - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
British national road race champion Peter Kannaugh was on GoPro duty for stage 3. Note the custom Garmin units used by Team Sky, complete with national flags - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
We might well see more clever GoPro mounts like this K-Edge model appear if the company maintains its presence in the peloton - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Fun in the sun for Trek Factory Racing's mascot, Herman the Sheep (who is a plug for Bontrager wool baselayers), and Cancellara's yellow lion - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
An altogether different team rocks up at the start. No bus for these guys though - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
The seat / top tube junction on the Lapierre Xelius SL - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Last-minute team tactics right before riders are called to the start - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
And here's some last-minute race radio fixing - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Look! It's a whole load of Looks - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
MTN-Qhubeka may be trying to get an unfair advantage through its chrome frames dazzling other riders - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Where's BMC based, you ask? No idea, sorry - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
We'll go for the metallic paint, please - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Michal Kwiatkowski hasn't got a world champs version of the new Venge, but he does get this sticker - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Look, it's Nibali's one-off shark bike - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Hang on, here's another one - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
There's something fishy going on. This is the third shark we've seen today... - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
Purito Rodriguez has an explosion underneath his backside every day - Tom Ballard / Immediate Media
As the racing at Le Tour gets underway in earnest, we’ve got some more team bikes to tempt you with, along with production-quality-looking SRAM electronic gearing, team bus bike storage and a stuffed sheep. Anything goes at the Tour de France!
Check out the gallery above for the latest tech pics from the Tour and don’t forget to have a look at some of our other tech coverage from this year’s race, including:
Fun in the sun for trek factory racing's mascott, herman sheep, and cancellara's yellow lion: fun in the sun for trek factory racing's mascott, herman sheep, and cancellara's yellow lion
The significance of this? Read through our photo gallery to find out
