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Pro bike: Timmy Duggan's Specialized S-Works Tarmac

Daniel Benson — Thu, 09 May 2013 09:08:21 GMT

US national champion Timmy Duggan will soon be defending his American road title, but first he will be racing the Amgen Tour of California beginning this weekend. The Team Saxo Tinkoff rider recently returned to racing at the Tour of Turkey following a nasty crash at the Tour Down Under that resulted in a broken tibia and collarbone. He spent two weeks at home in Nederland, Colorado, for some recharging and altitude training ahead of California. While BikeRadar often profiles pros' race machines, ...

Giro d'Italia tech: Bradley Wiggins’s Pinarello Bolide

Daniel Benson — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:18:37 GMT

This article originally appeared on Bikeradar Bradley Wiggins ’s winning margins in the Tour de France last year were built on excellent performances in the time trials. He accrued almost two minutes in the two key time trials on stages 9 and 19 over his rivals and teammate Chris Froome, who finished second. Dominating in the time trial has been a tactic Wiggins has used with huge effect as a dedicated stage racer. And last week, Team Sky’s bike sponsors, Pinarello, unveiled the brand ...

Pro bike: Manuel Fumic's Cannondale Scalpel 29er

Peter Hymas — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:44:39 GMT

German national champion Fumic, 30, doesn't usually race his Scalpel. Instead, he competes on his hardtail Cannondale F29er for all cross-country events. However, he also doesn't normally race mountain bike stage races, and he knew eight days of riding in South Africa at the Cape Epic mountain bike stage race would take its toll, the effects of which can be mitigated somewhat by full suspension. "We thought about using the F29er because we use it all year, but we talked with teams who've already ...

Pro bike: Alexander Kristoff's Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Paris-Roubaix

Peter Hymas — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:51:50 GMT

The podium of this year's Paris-Roubaix was occupied by so-called 'endurance' bikes. But Katusha 's Alexander Kristoff scored a well-earned ninth place aboard the recently redesigned Canyon Ultimate CF SLX road racer, with just a few minor equipment changes to survive the pavé. Canyon team liaison manager Andreas Walzer said the frameset was designed from the outset to accommodate the higher-volume tires required for Paris-Roubaix's notorious cobbles. Indeed, Kristoff's Mavic-badged FMB Paris-Roubaix ...

Pro bike: Edvald Boasson Hagen's Pinarello Dogma K

Daniel Benson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:05:23 GMT

This article appeared first on Bikeradar Paris-Roubaix hopeful Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Pro Cycling) set off from Compiègne on Pinarello's classics-specific Dogma K – essentially a rebadged version of the KOBH 60.1 model. Boasson Hagen didn't have the best showing with a 47th place finish but his bike looked ready for the arduous task. Pinarello took a slightly different approach with its Dogma K, building a frameset that was more narrowly suited for the spring classics than the so-called ...

Pro bike: Johan Vansummeren's Cervélo R3 Mud

Peter Hymas — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:16:36 GMT

Johan Vansummeren ( Garmin-Sharp ) had the ride of his life when he won Paris-Roubaix in 2011 . The lanky Belgian will try for his second cobblestone trophy on Sunday – and he'll again be on a Cervélo R3 that's been modified to tackle the punishing pavé. Cervélo has applied its long-running – and highly successful – Paris-Roubaix formula to the latest R3 , which now has an official name: the R3 Mud. Longer stays lend more tire clearance out back while the standard ...

Pro bike: Tom Boonen's Specialized S-Works Roubaix SL4

Daniel Benson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:21:52 GMT

This year's Paris-Roubaix was slated to be a showdown between two giants of the spring classics – 2013 Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Fabian Cancellara (Radioshack-Leopard-Trek) and 2012 Paris-Roubaix winner Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep). But sadly, Boonen is now out of the race after a nasty crash on Sunday. Even worse, team sponsor Specialized had built the Belgian rider a gorgeous custom painted S-Works Roubaix SL4 that will now never be ridden across the pavé. Boonen's Paris-Roubaix ...

Pro Bike: Taylor Phinney's BMC GranFondo GF01 Paris-Roubaix

Daniel Benson — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:20:33 GMT

Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team) had an impressive 15th-place finish at his Paris-Roubaix debut in 2012. Phinney is hoping for a podium spot this time around, though – provided team leader Thor Hushovd doesn't require his services – and he's hoping this BMC GranFondo GF01 is what will take him there. BMC launched the GF01 endurance bike almost exactly a year ago with a radical 'Tuned Compliance Concept' shape that the company said provided increased comfort over the brutal Paris-Roubaix ...

Pro bike: Fabian Cancellara's Radioshack-Leopard-Trek Trek Domane 6-Series Paris-Roubaix

Sue George — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:19:09 GMT

While many racers at Paris-Roubaix are riding bikes they only see a few times per year, 2013 Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Fabian Cancellara ( Radioshack-Leopard-Trek ) should feel right at home on his Trek Domane 6-Series for Paris-Roubaix. Not only is he using the same bike in both events, it's also the machine he rides all year round. Cancellara has made few changes from Sunday to deal with the far harsher cobbles and flatter parcours of Roubaix. His 25mm-wide FMB Paris-Roubaix tubular tires have ...

Pro bike: Fabian Cancellara's Radioshack-Leopard-Trek Trek Madone 6-Series Paris-Roubaix

Sue George — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:37:58 GMT

Pro bike: Jürgen Roelandts' Ridley Fenix Classic

Peter Hymas — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:08:16 GMT

In a world where unyielding stiffness, ultralow weights, and slippery aerodynamics are seen as requisite ingredients for performance, a frame made of mid-grade carbon fiber weighing 1,200g hardly seems noteworthy. Yet for Lotto-Belisol's Jürgen Roelandts , Ridley's new Fenix Classic was more than up to the task at the Tour of Flanders , carrying him to an impressive third-place finish. Ridley introduced the Fenix as a mid-range model earlier this year with an impressively attainable price tag ...

Pro bike: Peter Sagan's Cannondale Synapse Evo Hi-Mod

Peter Hymas — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:41:38 GMT

Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) didn’t win the 2013 Tour of Flanders but he was awfully close, finishing 1:27 down from winner Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard). It was arguably still a victory for team sponsor Cannondale, though, as Sagan gave the company's new model its best result to date. Cannondale isn't revealing any details yet but given the company's naming conventions, we're going to go ahead and christen it the Synapse Evo Hi-Mod. Visually, Sagan's new Synapse is a complete ...

Pro bike: Tom Boonen's Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL4 RVV

Peter Hymas — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:29:22 GMT

Belgian cycling superstar Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) doesn't want to mess with a good thing at this Sunday's Ronde van Vlaanderen . While some riders constantly tweak their setups always in search of something new, Boonen's Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL4 is essentially just an updated version of what he won on last year . Once again, Boonen is on the custom '60 Pro' geometry that Specialized essentially created just for him a few years ago, featuring roughly the same reach as the company's ...

Pro bike: Aaron Gwin’s Specialized S-Works Demo 8

Peter Hymas — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:09:42 GMT

BikeRadar has been profiling Aaron Gwin’s bikes since he first turned pro in 2008. The 25-year-old World Cup downhill racer first rode for Yeti aboard a 303 Factory DH , then for Trek on a Session 88 and 9.9 . Gwin has made some significant changes for the 2013 season, swapping Shimano for SRAM and leaving Trek for Specialized. We caught up with America's winningest male downhill racer in Boulder City, Nevada, following the first stop on USA Cycling Pro GRT. New year, new team, new bike Not ...

Pro bike: Anton Cooper's Cannondale F29

Peter Hymas — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:16:37 GMT

When Anton Cooper was entertaining offers from teams for the 2013 season, he was concerned about making sure he'd sign for one with a bike that would fit him. Cannondale Factory Racing promised to take care of him. They don't make the carbon F29 in a small size, but for the junior world champion they were willing to make a special bike. "Basically, I wasn't quite fitting on the medium bike – the reach was a little long," said Cooper, who is 1.64m tall (5ft 4in). "I discussed ...

Pro bike: Marco Fontana's Cannondale F29

Peter Hymas — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:34:13 GMT

Sometimes Olympic bronze medalists have to make tough decisions — like figuring out which bike to race. When Marco Fontana (Cannondale Factory Racing) shows up at races, he'll have to decide between his Cannondale F29 with the Italian national champ paint job or his stock Cannondale Factory Team F29. "I would say they both look great," said Fontana, the current Italian mountain bike and cyclo-cross national champion. "Probably the national championship colors will hit the World ...

Pro Bike: Carlos Ochoa's Androni Giocattoli Bianchi Sempre Pro

Alex Malone — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:26:09 GMT

The Androni Giocattoli - Venezuela team has enjoyed a near-perfect run at the Tour de Langkawi over the last five years with Bianchi a key partner in the most recent overall victories in 2012 and 2011 - won riding the Bianchi Oltre. The squad arrived at this year's addition without a definitive leader but that didn't mean they would pass up the chance of making it three-in-a-row. The team has made significant adjustments to its equipment for 2013 but the frame sponsor Bianchi has remained unchanged. ...

Pro bike: John Degenkolb's Felt F-Series FRD

Peter Hymas — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:08:00 GMT

Young sprinter John Degenkolb had a great 2012, especially later in the season as he took five stages at the Vuelta a España and finished just off the podium at the road world championships. This year Degenkolb, racing a new Felt for Argos-Shimano, is again aiming for success at the Vuelta. Here we take a look at the Felt F-Series FRD bike he rode at the Tour of Qatar. Degenkolb's Felt looks like the current F1, but it uses a different carbon fiber. Felt uses a blend of fiber it calls UHC ...

2013 Merida team bikes – first look

Daniel Benson — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:31:41 GMT

This week in Mallorca, the Multivan Merida pro mountain biking team announced some personnel changes, and have followed this up with news that they're working with some new equipment suppliers for 2013 and beyond. SRAM are still providing the headline groupsets, notably XX1 for all team bikes. This group will be used for everything but the occasional marathon event, where a double XX transmission is preferable. The 11-speed 10-42 XX1 cassette has a range that covers almost all eventualities for ...

Gallery: Lampre-Merida Warp time trial bike – first look

Daniel Benson — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:59:52 GMT

This article originally appeared on Bikeradar The last Italian-owned and managed WorldTour team, Lampre ’s fuschia and blue colours have been a fixture in the pro peloton for 20 years. But 2013 sees a significant change, with the lime green of new bike supplier Merida joining in to make the team one of the most visible on the road. On Friday night in Mallorca, the road team was officially launched in front of 300 employees and media staff. Team manager Giuseppe Saronni was flanked by a number ...

Pro Bike: Marianne Vos’ Giant TCX Advanced SL

Alex Malone — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:18:31 GMT

Marianne Vos proved she was a force to be reckoned with one again, securing her sixth Cyclocross World Championship in Louisville, Kentucky. The 25-year-old Dutch powerhouse road effortlessly away from her competition aboard her Giant TCX Advanced SL. The TCX Advanced SL has short seatstays that join the seat tube about a hand’s width below the top tube and is one of the few ‘cross bikes still sporting a seatmast. The Rabo Women racer rides a size small frame. It has a 535mm effective ...

Pro bike: Matthew Lloyd's Lampre-Merida Merida Scultura SL

Alex Malone — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:12:37 GMT

This article originally appeared on BikeRadar . Australian climber Matthew Lloyd and his Lampre-Merida team find themselves on a new machine for the 2013 season but carrying over is the distinct neon flair that makes them easy to spot in a crowded peloton. We caught up with Lloyd's new Merida Scultura SL at the Santos Tour Down Under . Lloyd's Scultura SL carbon frame adheres to traditional stiffness-to-weight priorities with its nominally round, oversized, and tapered tubes - there's nary an aero ...

Pro bike: Klaas Vantornout's Ridley X-Night

Peter Hymas — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 20:52:55 GMT

Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napolean Games) arrived at the world cyclo-cross championships in Louisville, Kentucky fresh off his victory at the Belgian national championships with hopes of a world title. A last-lap bobble put him off the wheel of race winner Sven Nys, but Vantornout's silver-medal performance still made for an impressive debut for Ridley's new X-Night carbon cyclo-cross flagship bike. Vantornout's new X-Night bears several key differences from the old version. For one, it's lighter ...

Pro bike: Amy Dombroski's Telenet-Fidea Ridley X-Fire

Alex Malone — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:07:20 GMT

Amy Dombroski may only be 1.55m (5' 1") but she packs a big punch and was one of the United States' hopes at a medal during Saturday's elite cyclocross world championship race . Though raised in Vermont and technically a resident of Boulder, Colorado, Dombroski bases herself in Belgium during the season and is part of the prestigious Telenet-Fidea squad. Not surprisingly, then, her machine of choice is the workhorse Ridley X-Fire. Ridley is one of just a handful of companies offering high-end ...

Pro bike: Sven Nys' Colnago Prestige

Daniel Benson — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:14:42 GMT

This article first appeared on BikeRadar . Sven Nys ( Crelen-Euphony ), long a legend in international cyclo-cross, cemented his status with his second UCI cyclo-cross world championship title Saturday in brutally cold and muddy conditions in Louisville, Kentucky. We took a look at his Colnago Prestige. The Colnago Prestige frame is several years old now but the fact that it's currently in use by Nys as well as current world champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) stands as a strong testament to ...