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Pro Bike: Carlos Sastre's Cervélo TestTeam Cervélo S3, February 6, 2009

2008 Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre has finally made the switch
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The Cervélo aero carbon post is topped with a fi'zi:k Antares saddle.
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It's not an issue now since Sastre is the only one on the team to have an S3
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The front end of the S3 closely resembles its SLC-SL predecessor
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Sastre's bike still has a Dura-Ace 7800 groupset on it
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Sastre's traditional-bend 3T Rotundo Pro bars
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Cervélo says the new internal derailleur cable routing configuration
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Like many pro riders, Sastre still prefers aluminum bars instead of carbon.
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The 3T Funda Pro crown integrates neatly
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According to Cervélo, its modified airfoil tube profiles
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Team head mechanic Alejandro Torralbo says the Elite Custom Macia cages
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The elliptical Rotor Q-Rings that Sastre successfully used
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As if making the aluminum arms hollow wasn't already enough,
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Sastre and the rest of the Cervélo TestTeam will use Quarq CinQo Saturn power meters
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There is a Dura-Ace 7800 rear derailleur on here for now
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Sastre's Zipp Team Issue training wheels
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The S3 seat stays have slimmed down considerably
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Sastre uses Zipp Team Issue aluminum clinchers for training
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The Zipp Team Issue's relatively shallow aluminum clincher rims
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Sastre would prefer to run on tubulars all the time
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