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Published on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 06:40

Written by Luca Salvatelli

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Tirreno-Adriatico 2011 offers many interesting technical solutions and can anticipate some of the innovations, both of bike and components, which will surely go into production in 2012.

The best bike for technical solutions, design features, attention to detail, are without doubt the Trel Madone 6.9 SSL Team Trek- Leopard. Most are rough, but the Trek Team RadioShack, with clearly ruined painting and several long lived components. The graphic personalization is undoubtedly the most beautiful bike Cervélo S3 World Champion Thor Hushovd and MCipollini RB1000 the Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti. Team Vacansoleil-DMC the advantage of having three different models of bikes available to athletes, especially the Ridley Noah, Helium and Damocles, with customization, athlete to athlete truly remarkable. Team Euskaltel-Euskadi, still runs a full version of his Orbea Orca 2011, only two, in fact, equipped with the new bike seatpost Selle Italia Monolink, since the supply will probably complete in 2012 (!!). The team has rightly left the two bikes on the car and all the athletes run with a standard seat post and traditional Selle Italia Team Edition. More interesting are the beautiful technical element MMC Corima wheels fitted to the bikes Specialized Tarmac SL3 Team Astana, however, so the bikes are very light and not be burdened with a few thoughts for the mechanical weighing safety at every startup. Team Movistar continuous testing of the electromechanical Campagnolo, which we discuss in detail shortly. In Rabobanck team, however, experiments with a new tubular Vittoria, also we will discuss this in more detail shortly. Finally, the Team Katusha is developing new prototype bike Focus, also we will discuss this in detail shortly. Another interesting feature is the increasing prevalence of the chain guide, the most beautiful is the rotor, but also interesting are those adopted by the Lampre team and QuickStep, very light, very popular is the SRM power detector and the rings Oval, this diffusion due to the fact that now all the bikes easily reach 6.8kg and then instead of lead is preferable to adopt the components, maybe slightly heavier, but that can improve the reliability or quality of the bike. Here are the details the main features of the various bike:

Team Acqua & Sapone

The Bottecchia bikes are nice bike but nothing special.

Team BMC Racing Team

The athletes use the model for most SLR01, while the other model Impec, some athletes use the chain guide, but not all.

Team Farnese Vini Neri Sottoli

All athletes have the same technical material, beautiful Lightweight wheels and the bike Tricolore Giovanni Visconti.

HTC Team Highroad

Specialized all have the same chain guide and a technical equipment for all athletes, the sprinter Mark Cavendish uses a heavier and stiffer stem than the Shimano Di2 commands specific to the sprinter.

Team Lampre ISD

The bike Cunego, Scarponi and Petacchi are personalized aesthetically, but the technical equipment is the same for everyone, adopted a chain guide very light, but effective.

Team Liquigas-Cannondale

The bikes are all the same, but Ivan Baso adopts the new SRAM Red version in addition to Black and Mavic tubular with different profile front and rear.

Team Omega Pharma Lotto

In addition to CF Aeroad Canyon Canyon some athletes are using CF SLX. All adopt a chain guide.

Garmin Team Cervélo

The athletes take the bike Cervélo R3 or S3, S3 is lovely World Champion, all adopt the chain guide.

Team Leopard-Trek

The Trek Madone SSL 6.9 are more refined and finished the bike, all adopt the same technical material.

Team AGR2 La Mondiale

The bike Kuota Kom Evo no particular technical solutions, all athletes have the same technical material, using some Full Carbon saddle.

Team Euskaltel-Euskadi

The Orbea Orca 2011 came at the last moment, while still missing the seatpost and saddle Selle Italia Monolink, so the running theme with old saddles and a saddle, always full carbon, standard, all athletes have the same technical material and Orbea Orca 2011 the only two complete bikes are left as a reserve.

Team Katusha

The theme Katusha take the bike Focus Izalco, all athletes have the same technical material. Three athletes are testing a new prototype bike which will be discussed shortly in detail.

Team Movistar

Even the athletes of Team Movistar take all the technical stuff with bikes Pinarello Dogma 60.1 and the new Campagnolo electromechanical which will be discussed in detail soon.

Team Astana

All bikes Specialized S-Works SL3 are identical and differ in small details, beautiful wheels Corima MMC, many athletes use the SRM power detector.

QuickStep Team

Athletes Team QuisckStep are divided between those who adopt the model EMX-5 and the new model EMX-7, used by Tom Boonen, all adopt a very light chain guide.

Team Rabobank

Giant TCR are all equal, but an athlete is testing a prototype tubular Vittoria, also in this prototype will talk in more detail shortly.

Team Saxo Bank-Sungard

All Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3 are identical, very light, thanks to the SRAM Red group and wheels Zip, very beautiful Specialized crankset with SRM power detector.

Sky Team

The Sky Team take the bike Pinarello Dogma 60.1, but with the Shimano Di2, all bikes are identical, complete with components Deda "Blue", the anticipation of a new range of coloured components to counter the range FSA SL-K Available in different colours.

Team RadioShack

The Trek Team RadioShack are the most "experienced", note that many athletes do not use saddles Bontranger, but saddle Selle Italia and San Marco; are beautiful bikes, but very little treated.

Team Vacansoleil-DMC

The team adopts three different Ridley: Noah, Helium and Damocles. Great bike all custom, so in the absence of components tailored to the needs of athletes take components that are not sponsors of the Team, as the stem FSA, very short and at an angle, in the absence of a product within the same Deda Elementi range. Well done!