Tech news for March 30, 2001

In the pits at Milan-San Remo

Cyclingnews reporter Tim Maloney took a little time to snoop round the tech support areas at Milan-San Remo last Saturday and get the inside line on what's under the bums of the European peloton this year.

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Bartoli's Colnago CT1

Frame and Fork: Titanium front triangle with carbon fiber rear triangle; Colnago carbon fork
Group: Shimano Dura-Ace nine speed; Look Pedals
Wheels and Tires: 32 hole Ambrosio Nemesis rims; Vittoria CX tubulars
Saddle: Selle San Marco MAPEI team issue Concor Titanium
Bars and Stem: ITM Millenium Bars and Stem
Other: Note how low Bartoli has his bars stem with respect to seat height.

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Cantina Tollo's Olmo

Frame and Fork: Olmo oversize Dedacciai aluminium; 1 1/8in integrated headset; Mizuno carbon fork
Group: Shimano Dura-Ace nine-speed
Wheels and Tires: 32 hole Ambrosio Nemesis rims with Vittoria CX tubulars
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite
Bars and Stem: ITM Millenium
Other: Olmo has replaced Moser as Cantina Tollo bike sponsor for 2001.

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Elli's Pinarello

Frame and Fork: Deutsche Telekom team issue Pinarello Prince; Dedacciai custom EDP tubing; 1 1/8in integrated headset; Pinarello Carbon Fiber fork
Group: Campagnolo Record ten-speed
Wheels and Tires: Campagnolo Bora; Continental Telekom tubulars
Saddle: Selle Italia Flite
Bars and Stem: 3TTT

Tafi and Luigi

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Andrea Tafi checks to make sure his mechanic Luigi is not sabotaging his bike on the eve of Milano-San Remo.

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Mora and Merckx

Cyclingnews reader Roberto Mora, team mechanic of Domo-Farm Frites, shows off Servais Knaven's team bike to us before Milano-San Remo.

Roberto says: "This is a very nice bike; the riders are all happy with the bikes since they are very light and Eddy Merckx really knows how to get the frame angles dialed in for each racer."

Mora also likes the Campagnolo 10 speed: "Ahh... the Campy is really smooth."

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Mercury-Viatel's LeMond

Frame and Fork: LeMond Reynolds 853 steel; Reynolds carbon fiber fork
Group: Shimano Dura-Ace nine-speed; Speedplay pedals
Wheels and Tires: Spinergy; Vittoria CX All-Weather Kevlar
Saddl: Selle Italia Flite
Bars and Stem: Kore
Other: One of the few steel bikes in the peloton; titanium bikes will come on line for Viatel-Mercury later in the season.