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Riders and Rituals of the Tour de France’s “Race of Truth”
The individual time trial (ITT) is always a unique challenge for riders. Often referred to “the race of the truth”, the ITT is a nervous stage as riders are completely self-reliant in the race against the clock. Before each start, teams and riders go through very particular rituals unique to the time trial, many of [...]
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Up Close and Personal with RED-2012
SRAM RED-2012 is SRAM’s latest, lightest and fastest group set ever. Introduced in February, five teams - AG2R-La Mondiale, Astana, Liquigas-Cannondale, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, and Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank - have proven once again that elegant design and meaningful innovation can provide the ultimate performance advantage. We’re talking about the countless features and benefits inherent in RED-2012 [...]
The “Musette”, the must have bag on the Tour de France Road
On average, during the Tour de France, Pro riders burn 3.000 to 5.000 calories every day. To that you need to add the calories that the body need to accomplish its basic functions, about 2.000 calories. So in total Pro riders eat 5.000 to 7.000 calories a day. Food quantity and quality are very important [...]
Winning with Sagan, the Incredible Hulk, the Chicken and Forrest Gump
The Chicken Dance, the Forrest Gump run, and the Incredible Hulk flex were all great characters, but Peter Sagan’s best role is stage winner and Green points jersey wearer. The 22 year-old from Slovakia has his eyes on the Green prize, and so far has won three of the six stages with great style. Moreover, [...]
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Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Team’s Specialized SL4
During the Tour de France, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team rides the Specialized SL4 SRAM RED-2012 for the mountain stages. Whereas for flat stages they ride the Specialized Venge SRAM RED-2012. Let’s have a closer look at the SL4:
Tony Martin’s Hand injury and (slightly) Modified Shift Lever - UPDATE
An update to the preceding post (below) post, more padding, bar tape for Tony Martin’s (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step) bars and shift levers after his hand fracture. After sustaining a fractured scaphoid, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step’s Tony Martin will wear a plastic cast on his left hand for the second stage of the Tour into Tournai. The German was [...]
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First Tour de France, First Victory: Bike review
As a child Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale Team) probably dreamt about winning a stage at the Tour de France. That dream came true today in Seraing (Belgium), in his very first sprint to the line. Sagan accelerated past Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Nissan) and claimed his first Tour de France stage victory. And that’s just the beginning of the [...]
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