2013 Tour de France: the Time Trial Specialists

Tomorrow is the 33km time trial from Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel. Before the stage be sure to read a special in L'Equipe in English, Clock Hunters, the story about time trial specialists and the special bicycles used in this discipline. The story begins with reference to the Pinarello Espada, pictured below (right) at the Pinarello shop in Treviso.

Despite Tony Martin's crash on the first day, he has been recuperating (on the bike) and is the favorite.

The best Italian time trialist, Adriano Malori, didn't make it to tomorrow's stage having withdrawn on stage 7.

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Italian Time Trial Bikes Gone Wild

I am going to start a photo collection here, in this blog entry, of the many interesting TT bike designs that the various builders have conjured. Have a good photo? Send to veronaman@gmail.com.

First up: a Faggin:


Colnago in 1988 Colnago catalog:


Reader Giuseppe's Mario Rossin-built 1987/1988 Pogliaghi TT:


A Boschetti:


Colnago:


Miguel Indurain's Pinarello:

A Rossin, handlebar stem shaped over front wheel (shown with incorrect handlebar):

F. Moser TT, Chateau de Ax-Gatorade Team 1991

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