Astana used modified Trek Madone bikes for their run at Paris-Roubaix.
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Rear dropouts borrowed from elsewhere in the Trek family
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Astana also swapped out their usual Madone forks
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There's roughly 10mm of room between the tire and crown here.
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The non-tapered 1 1/8" alloy steerer tubes
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The matching paint job helps
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This Astana team tire was badged as a Bontrager Race XXX Lite tubular…
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…but this one clearly says 'Hutchinson'.
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A steel cage on a SRAM Red front derailleur body
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Double-wrapped bars are ready to take on the day.
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Many teams set off with Gore sealed derailleur cables and housing
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This Astana team bike crankset was fitted
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Caisse d'Epargne put half of their riders on 'cross bikes
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The aluminum frames were punctuated
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There are no cantilever brakes in Campagnolo's catalog
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Butted 7005-T6 aluminum is nice stuff
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TIG welding joins the tubes together.
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Though the frames may not be ultra-special
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Caisse d'Epargne riders set off on 25mm-wide Continental tubulars
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The other half of the Caisse d'Epargne team
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Milram's Focus bikes ready to go just before the start.
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Milram rider Niki Terpstra used a Focus Mares Team 'cross frame
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Milram's special Continental tubulars
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Sealed derailleur cables and housing from Gore
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fi'zi:k's new dual:tape already includes a layer of padding
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Lampre riders adopted a familiar formula
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A seat stay assembly borrowed from a 'cross bike
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Double-wrapped bars and supplemental brake levers
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Most of the Katusha riders used hybrid Ridley creations
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Katusha riders were prepared for nasty conditions
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We're not sure how bad conditions have to be
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A mid-level road fork with carbon blades
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Save for the team-specific logos and sponsor-appropriate parts,
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It's not often that you see this much tread for a road race
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Buried within the stack of Ridley X-Fires
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Cervélo TestTeam rider Heinrich Haussler
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TestTeam bikes were fitted with unmarked forks
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Plenty of room for mud here.
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TestTeam forks used at Paris-Roubaix
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The RS frames' longer head tube relative to the R3
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Gently curved seat stays on the RS
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Cervélo have historically fitted Paris-Roubaix bikes
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Haussler opted for a two-bolt seatpost
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Haussler was the only rider on the team
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Haussler was also the only TestTeam rider
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TestTeam riders used Vittoria Pavé EVO-CG tubulars.
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Quick Step weren't the only team
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The Zertz viscoelastic inserts
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The radical curves on the seat stays aren't just for show;
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Saxo Bank bikes used full-length rear brake cable housing.
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Gore sealed cables and housing
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Speedplay's special Paris-Roubaix pedals
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Saxo Bank bikes were fitted with Specialized S-Works carbon cranks…
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…with bigger inner chainrings.
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This set of Saxo Bank bars is just single-wrapped.
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Paris-Roubaix apparently gives Ambrosio
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Tires are critical to overall performance at Paris-Roubaix
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Team Columbia-Highroad bikes looked to be only slightly changed
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Some riders passed over the box-section aluminum tubulars
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Most of the Columbia-Highroad riders were on Dura-Ace 7800…
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…but a couple were on 7900.
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Ambrosio was a popular rim make at Paris-Roubaix.
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25mm tires as seen on this Columbia-Highroad bike
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Liquigas riders used Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod frames
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The slightly curved seat stays and modestly flattened chain stays
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Manuel Quinziato added a single top-mounted brake lever
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Quinziato decided on deeper-section carbon wheels
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Campagnolo provided their Paris-Roubaix teams
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BMC split their riders between the Racemaster SLX01
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Frames were supposedly bone stock
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BMC were among several teams
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Yup, more double wrapped bars.
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Most Campagnolo-sponsored teams
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BMC ran tight 11-23T rear cassettes.
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BMC apparently had some chainrings left over
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Continental fitted several teams
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Some BMC engineer looks to have had
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Cofidis ran Look 595 frames -
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These rear ends look slightly longer than usual to us.
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Some Cofidis riders ran supplemental brake levers
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Even though Look's HeadFit headset system
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These Mavic Reflex tubular rims look like they've never been used.
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No chain watchers for the Cofidis team.
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Garmin-Slipstream rider Bradley Wiggins
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Wiggins was also running O.symetric chainrings
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Ag2r-La Mondiale set out on BH carbon bikes.
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Though FSA has supplied sponsored teams with rebadged SL-K Light cranks in the past
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Ag2r joined Bbox Bouygues Telecom
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A rarely seen FSA chain is seen
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Hmm… Michelin doesn't make tubulars
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Euskaltel looked to be on their usual Orbea Orcas.
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FSA ceramic bearing bottom brackets
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Vittoria was clearly one of the favored tires of the day.
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Shifting on the tops certainly doesn’t get any easier
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Agritubel looked to be on their usual Kuota KOM bikes.
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