Alessandro petacchi bike setup

With Specialized sponsoring the team nearly head-to-toe, Petacchi has his pick of S-Works saddles. Petacchi rides low on stage 3 of the Tour de France Tim de Waele. Petacchi rides low on stage 3 of the tour de france: petacchi rides low on stage 3 of the tour de france Tim de Waele. The new specialized s-works tarmac has a svelte seatpost clamp. The tall Italian's seat height is Petacchi is a tall guy. Interestingly he rides Maybe the sprinter likes the shorter cranks for the high cadence of WorldTour sprinting.

AleJet rides Fausto Pinarello told Cyclingnews , "Our philosphy at Cicli Pinarello is that we constantly try to improve our products and this more rigid Dogma is also a running change to all Pinarello Dogma frames that began with January production.

It doesn't take a very close examination to see that configuration of Petacchi's bike is designed to deliver him to the line as quickly as possible over that final few hundred metres. Petacchi is relatively tall for a pro cyclist at cm just over six feet but with a mm stem, a It obviously works for him, though. Cyclingnews correspondent Martin Hardie snuck into a back room at Orbea when nobody was looking and grabbed this spy-camera shot of the bike Iban Mayo will ride in time trials later this year.

It's been frequently pointed out that Mayo would be a serious Tour de France threat if he could time trial to the standard of, oh, say, Lance Armstrong, and Euskaltel's bike sponsor is working on providing the tools for that job.

The as-yet-un-named TT frame features a very compact design with a 38cm BB to top tube measurement centre to centre, along the seat tube. Orbea is also working on a special bike for Mayo for the stage of this year's Tour that's expected to be most crucial to the final outcome: the time trial up l'Alpe d'Huez.

Look out, Postal! Click through the photo gallery for a closer look, and read the particulars of his component selection below. The new Specialized S-Works Tarmac features a svelte seatpost collar design. Critical measurements Rider's height: 1. Sign up to the Cyclingnews Newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time. For more information about how to do this, and how we hold your data, please see our privacy policy.

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