Tony Martin’s (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) following car carries the spare TT World Champion’s Specialized ShivSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Mechanics had made a half-hearted attempt to black out the Full Speed Ahead graphics on Martin’s 54T chain ringSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Tyres appear to be getting wider: Marco Pinotti (BMC) was running 24mm Continental ForceSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Sergey Lagutin (Vacansoleil-DCM) is using a CycleOps Joule computerSam Dansie/Future Publishing
A tight touch on Thomas Voeckler’s (Europcar’s) TT cabling on the chainstay mounted brakeSam Dansie/Future Publishing
These Campagnolo Bora 2 wheels belonged to Voeckler – it says so in Tipp-ExSam Dansie/Future Publishing
The whole Movistar team ran TRP front brake units…Sam Dansie/Future Publishing
And standard Campagnolo Super Record rear brakes on the fleet of Pinarello GraalsSam Dansie/Future Publishing
On some of the Movistar Squad’s road bikes, riders took full carbon Selle Italia SLR Tekno saddlesSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Jérôme Coppel’s (Cofidis) Look 596 basks in the sun before the offSam Dansie/Future Publishing
TriRig continues to sponsor Cofidis with their aero brakesSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Coppel’s SRM was collecting power data but was stowed away under the saddleSam Dansie/Future Publishing
There is plenty to drop into an aero position on Coppel’s TT bikeSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Katusha’s Joaquim Rodriguez’s Canyon carried a shaped Elite Kit Chrono CX bottle and cageSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Is it a fairing over the front brakes or not on the Canyon Speedmax Evo? UCI says no – fairings are allowed in the brake area under certain restrictionsSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Clean lines at the front of Rodriguez’s Evo – even the Pro computer looks organicSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Plenty of drop to an aero position for RodriguezSam Dansie/Future Publishing
On such a flat course, a 54T chain ring was order of the day for many riders, including Nikolas Maes on Omega Pharma QuickStepSam Dansie/Future Publishing
It may look old fashioned but the Tacx aluminium bottle cage worksSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Maes’ Shiv ready to goSam Dansie/Future Publishing
It was a perfect TT day and Zipp 808s were the Omega Pharma’s weapon of choice on the frontSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Maes’ Garmin mount had extra tape to help defy gravity between the extensionsSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Chris Froome (Sky) is a dedicated O-symetric user and had the ovalised rings fitted to the spare GraalSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Swan-necked drops on Froome’s TT bike look like the UK Sports Institute specialSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Andrew Talansky of Garmin-Sharp is well out of contention for the overall, but his Cervelo P5 still cut a dash, and was very neatly finishedSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Aero Rotor NoQ rings provide extra rigidity when hammering the pedals – and that one’s got 55 teethSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Neatly placed naming stickers as standard at Garmin-SharpSam Dansie/Future Publishing
Neat tubing leads from the Magura RT 8TT leading down to the hydraulic front brakeSam Dansie/Future Publishing
It doesn’t get tidier than that: gear cabling pinned to the Rotor chain catcher on the Cervelo P5Sam Dansie/Future Publishing
Arundel is a small company making high end knick-knacks – bottle cages, bar tape saddle packs and the like. Garmin-Sharp use their Chrono cages and matching bottle weighing 120gSam Dansie/Future Publishing