CSC's Stuart O'Grady
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The deep-section Zipp 808 tubular rear wheel…
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…is paired with a slightly shallow Zipp 404.
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O'Grady opted for fairly standard
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However, last year's Paris-Roubaix winner did fit his bike
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O'Grady's tried-and-true FSA crank
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The Speedplay Zero pedals on O'Grady's bike
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A Prologo saddle caps O'Grady's machine.
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High Road's George Hincapie
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High Road is racing on Giant's new TCR Advanced SL frame.
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It's common practice in the pro peloton
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No carbon steerer tube for Hincapie!
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Hincapie greets a fan as he heads for the start line.
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The Colnago Extreme Power of Milram's Martin Müller
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The entire Milram team
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The side of the Caisse d'Epargne bus
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Black, white and red is a popular color combination this year
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The painted-to-match stem
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Caisse d'Epargne mostly ran relatively shallow-section wheels.
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Like many teams, though, some of the rims
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22mm tires were apparently wide enough
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Just prior to the start, the bike of Peter Wrolich
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Gerolsteiner riders were among those
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Ambrosio is the rim brand of choice
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Gerolsteiner's Thomas Fothen
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Fothen went with wider tires for the cobbles
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Gerolsteiner's Peter Wrolich
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Even with the short and steep climbs
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Gerolsteiner's S-Works Tarmac SLs
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Baden Cooke of Barloworld
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Cooke's spare bike was equipped
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The front hub was made by Miche…
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…as was the rear.
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The matching quick-release skewer
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FSA provides the Barloworld team
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…brake calipers…
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…and crankset.
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Cooke's spare had box-section rims
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Thor Hushovd of Crédit Agricole
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Hushovd preferred to run Shimano's 50mm-deep
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Team-only Continental tubulars
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The Shimano-specific spoke magnet
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Hushovd opts for an aluminum PRO stem
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Acqua e Sapone's DeRosa King 3
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The King 3 uses a pseudo-integrated seatmast design.
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Campagnolo's Red-edition Ergopower levers
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Luca Paolini went deep for Gent-Wevelgem.
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Paolini also prefers fi'zi:k's ultralight Arione k:1
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Paolini's mechanic has to shave away
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Other Acqua e Sapone riders
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Interestingly, Garmin GPS computers
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UCI Pro Continental Team Mitsubishi-Jartazi
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The Mitsubishi-Jartazi team supposedly
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Euskaltel-Euskadi riders
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The AG2R team is now riding on the BH G4.
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Skil-Shimano's tubulars tires
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Think Belgians are crazy about cycling?
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