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Race tech: Tour de France, July 10, 2008

All new for this year's Tour de France
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The new Bell Volt takes the styling
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The Bell Volt has generously sized vents
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Warm air is directed away from your head
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Internal channeling
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As Milram team captain, Erik Zabel
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The new Colnago EPS
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Like the recently introduced CX-1,
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The chain stays are highly sculpted
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How cool are the retro graphics
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Stijn Devolder (Quick Step)
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2006 TdF winner Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto)
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The guys from Shimano arrived
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The Shimano guys inspect
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Dura-Ace 7900 had its first official victory
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The Gerolsteiner mechanic proves
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Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Bernhard Eisel (Columbia) on the other hand
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George Hincapie (Columbia) sports a prototype
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Hincapie and Hushovd
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Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Cance's new saddle
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Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank)
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… it has his name
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… but most importantly it proclaims that
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Caisse d'Epargne is sporting custom red-finished saddles
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Selle Italia even made
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No prizes for guessing which team
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Julian Dean's aero-shaped Oval carbon handlebars
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Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) has a standard Oval Concepts R900 carbon stem
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FSA bars are in abundance
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As well as electronic shifting
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The Pro Vibe carbon stem
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Ridley has updated the Silence-Lotto paint jobs for this Tour.
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Camelbak is more often associated with hydration packs
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