Carlos Sastre (Cervélo Test Team) is using a lighter and more comfortable Cervélo R3-SL instead of his team-mates’ more aero S2 machinesJames Huang/BikeRadar
Sastre’s bike was fitted with an Enduro ZERØ ceramic bottom bracketJames Huang/BikeRadar
More Enduro ZERØ ceramic bearings are found in the rear derailleur pulleysJames Huang/BikeRadar
Rotor supplied Sastre with a specially finished version of their new 3D cranksetJames Huang/BikeRadar
‘PDL’ stands for Piedl, Claudia and Yeday – the names of Sastre’s wife and childrenJames Huang/BikeRadar
Rotor have apparently decided on a name for their new crankarm technologyJames Huang/BikeRadar
Sastre prefers the ‘#3’ setting for his Rotor Q-RingsJames Huang/BikeRadar
Sastre also gets his own individually styled name decal complete with his trademark pacifierJames Huang/BikeRadar
Cervélo Test Team reverted to Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 not long ago and it appears the switch has stuckJames Huang/BikeRadar
Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 brake calipers aren’t particularly light but they work superblyJames Huang/BikeRadar
A bit of carefully applied heat shrink tubing keeps the derailleur cables tucked together on this Cervélo Test Team bikeJames Huang/BikeRadar
Garmin-Slipstream rider Bradley Wiggins has some special touches on his bikeJames Huang/BikeRadar
Wiggins prefers more girth to his bars than mostJames Huang/BikeRadar
Team mechanics use a combination of extra layers of tape and Fizik gel padding to get Wiggins’ bars where he likes themJames Huang/BikeRadar
Wiggins’ Dura-Ace 7800 cranks are fitted with O.symetric chainringsJames Huang/BikeRadar
The rings’ extreme shape requires some tweaking of the front derailleur plus a recently released K-Edge chain watcher for proper shiftingJames Huang/BikeRadar
Specialized have provided Garmin-Slipstream rider David Millar with a pair of custom S-Works shoesJames Huang/BikeRadar
Garmin-Slipstream time trial specialist Dave Zabriskie uses custom shoes made by Rocket 7James Huang/BikeRadar
Garmin-Slipstream rider Tom Danielson is hoping for a good race after a lengthy period of mishaps and downturnsJames Huang/BikeRadar
Hey Tom, might be time for a new saddle, eh?James Huang/BikeRadar
Danielson has to run the saddle all the way back on the rails to get it to work with the zero-offset 3T Doric post – and the clamp hardware has been polished overtime as a resultJames Huang/BikeRadar
The Garmin-Slipstream team is again running PowerTap hubs throughout the raceJames Huang/BikeRadar
Fuji-Servetto are in the Giro d’Italia for the first timeJames Huang/BikeRadar
Fuji-Servetto have opted for the standard-diameter version of Oval Concepts’ bars and stemsJames Huang/BikeRadar
Silence-Lotto’s Francis De Greef stands at a rangy 1.92m (6ft 4in) tall. Check out his saddle height!James Huang/BikeRadar
While Fuji-Servetto’s stems go one way with their 26.0mm bar diameters, the Ritchey stems on Silence-Lotto’s Canyons go the other with 31.8mm bar clamp sizes and a 1 1/4in steerer diameterJames Huang/BikeRadar