Carlos Sastre (Cervélo Test Team) is using a lighter and more comfortable Cervélo R3-SL
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Sastre's bike was fitted with an Enduro ZERØ ceramic bottom bracket.
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More Enduro ZERØ ceramic bearings are found in the rear derailleur pulleys.
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Rotor supplied Sastre with a specially finished version
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PDL' stands for Piedl, Claudia, and Yeday -
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Rotor have apparently decided on a name
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Sastre prefers the '#3' setting for his Rotor Q-Rings.
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Sastre also gets his own individually styled name decal
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Cervélo Test Team reverted back to Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 not long ago
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Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 brake calipers
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A bit of carefully applied heat shrink tubing
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Garmin-Slipstream rider Bradley Wiggins
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Wiggins prefers more girth to his bars than most.
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Team mechanics use a combination of extra layers of tape
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Wiggins' Dura-Ace 7800 cranks are fitted with O.symetric chainrings.
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The rings' extreme shape requires some tweaking of the front derailleur
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Specialized have provided Garmin-Slipstream rider David Millar
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The rear of the shoes is graced with a British bull's eye.
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Garmin-Slipstream time trial specialist Dave Zabriskie
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Garmin-Slipstream rider Tom Danielson is hoping for a good race
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Danielson’s custom fi’zi:k saddle
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Danielson has to run the saddle all the way back on the rails
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The Garmin-Slipstream team is again running PowerTap hubs
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Fuji-Servetto is in the Giro d'Italia for the first time.
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Fuji-Servetto have opted for the standard-diameter version
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Silence-Lotto's Francis De Greef stands at a rangy 1.92m (6' 4") tall.
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While Fuji-Servetto's stems go one way with their 26.0mm bar diameters,
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Lampre's Damiano Cunego is hoping for a repeat
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Cunego's Wilier Cento 1 integrates
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Cunego prefers a traditional handlebar bend.
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It seems that nearly every team have their own way
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Cunego runs 170mm crankarms.
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The ag2r bus had a few stuffed animals in its windshield.
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Barloworld went a little simpler with just a jersey stashed up front.
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Iced tea brand Esta Thé is a partner of the Giro d'Italia
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Garmin-Slipstream's more serious bus display is a map of the Giro d'Italia course.
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Liquigas' team bus is accompanied by a cheery lizard.
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