Freakride: Pro Bike (Part 2) : Milan Sanremo 2009

2.4.09

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Dario Andriotto's DeRosa King 3 Acqua & Sapone Team Issue
With the #1 plate, gregario di lusso Dario Andriotto had a special honor at Milano-Sanremo. His job was to look after team leader Stefano Garzelli and sprinter Luca Paolini on the road to Sanremo. His DeRosa King 3 has a matte finish clear coat which shows off the completely monocoque 1k weave high modulus Mizuno T-700SC carbon fibre frameset. DeRosa's innovative King 3 features an "integral" seat pillar and internal cable routing. Like all Campy sponsored pro teams, Acqua & Sapone gets Campagnolo Record 11 speed derailleurs, front changer, brake levers and crankset, while Andriotto rolls on Campagnolo Bora Ultra Two wheels equipped with Vittoria CX tubulars. Other details include the Selle San Marco Concor Light saddle,
FSA bars and stem, Look Keo pedals and Elite bottle cages.

Detail of DeRosa King 3 rear triangle with Selle San Marco Concor Light saddle.

Detail of DeRosa King 3 Campagnolo Record 11 speed rear derailleur & cool accent of red dropouts

Close-up of DeRosa King 3 headtube which shows 1k weave high modulus Mizuno T-700SC carbon fibre
and sleek internal cable routing.

Martin Velits Focus Focus Izalco Milram Team Issue
German brand Focus is new to the ProTour in 2009, as Milram changed bike sponsors from Colnago after last season. The Izalco has a semi-sloping geometry with High Modulus UD carbon fibre frameset, that uses
the Focus SSPS (Stable Stiffness Per Size) system of carbon layup and a Carbon Race UD fork. Milram is one of the teams on SRAM Red this season and is also sponsored by Lightweight wheels, here shown in a special Milram team edition with white spokes and hubs with Continental tubulars. FSA supplies the bars, stem and seatpost, while 2007 U23 World Road champ Velits chooses a Fizik Airone saddle in matching Milram colors.

Focus Izalco Team has SRAM Red group and features a smooth transition in rear seatstay to toptube zone.

Light and white with Lightweight Milram team edition Obermayer wheels

Eros Capecchi's Fuji SL-1 Fuji-Servetto Team Issue
Formerly know as Saunier-Duval-Scott, there were a lot of changes for this team during the off-season, which was resurrected as Team Fuji-Servetto for 2009. Eros Capecchi's Fuji Carbon Superlight SL-1 features a C-10 SuperLite Monocoque High Modulus 3K weave carbon fibre front triangle, mated to a C-10 SuperLite High Modulus rear triangle with carbon stays with Energy Transfer Chainstays, and a FC-330 Carbon Monocoque 1 1/8" Carbon fork. Fuji-Servetto. It's SRAM Red again for the drivetrain, with Oval Components handlebars, stem & seatpost, Time pedals, Prologo saddles and Cole Shuriken carbon fibre wheels, Challenge tubular tires and Elite water bottle cages.

Close-up of SRAM Red groupset with detail of Fuji SL-1 Fuji-Servetto Team Issue frameset with 3K carbon fibre weave and a beefy rear wishbone for extra rigidity.

Tom Veeler's Giant TCR Advanced SL Rabobank Team Issue
Giant has replaced Colnago at Rabobank in 2009 and the young, dynamic Dutch outfit is riding the TCR Advanced SL Rabobank Team Issue. The Taiwanese bike colossus has clearly invested much in making the TCR Advanced SL frameset one of the most sophisticated on the market, featuring T800 1K Advanced SL Fusion Composite Frame and Fork, with ISP integrated seatmast. Giant's Advanced SL-grade composite material used in the frameset comes from high-performance carbon raw material made in-house at Giant. This state-of-the-art T800 raw composite material is then woven in Giant's own composite factory (no other major bicycle manufacturers produce their own manufacturers composite material). Giant uses Fusion, their most advanced construction technology which allows Giant to save significant weight over traditional monocoque frame construction to produce the TCR Advanced SL. Veeler's Giant TCR Advanced SL has Shimano Dura-Ace 7900 components, Shimano Dura-Ace carbon fibre wheelset (not low profile wheel up front and C50 high-profile in rear), Shimano's PRO handlebars and stem and a Selle Italia saddle.

Some other key features of the TCR Advanced SL Rabobank Team Issue are the massive rectangular downtube and oversized toptube called Megadrive that Giant says provide breakthrough levels of front-end lateral and torsional steering precision and unprecedented stiffness. Overdrive is Giant's take on the oversized headtube / fork steerer tube / headset zone which offers maximum steering precision without adding weight. Giant uses 1 1/8" top & 1 1/4" bottom headset bearings and a tapered composite steerer tubes for optimal steering stiffness. The TCR Advanced SL has a massive oversize bottom bracket / chainstay area Giant calls Powercore, with a fully integrated, 86mm bottom bracket and asymmetrical chainstays that provide additional stiffness on the driveside and stability on the non-driveside. Topping it all is the trademark Integrated Seatmast (ISP). Giant originated the integrated seatmast design and has a lighter and more aero version on the TCR Advanced SL.

Davide Rebellin's Guerciotti Unico1 DiQuigiovanni Team Issue
Olympic silver medalist Rebellin started his 14th Milano-Sanremo on this Guerciotti Unico1 DiQuigiovanni Team Issue rig, a new model from Guerciotti that uses a custom carbon fibre tubeset from Dedaccai; monocoque with integrated seatmast that is derive from the "Scuro" frameset, made with T700 Toray carbon composite material. Tintin Rebellin is one of the rare riders in the peloton to have Campagnolo Super Record 11 speed. Steering is via DedaElementi's Zero100 Service handlebars and stem, with the sweet dark metal polish finish that goes perfectly with Rebellin's white Guerciotti Unico1.

Rebellin rolls on Ambrosio's XUL tubular wheelset, with 38.5mm rim, Ambrosio Ultralight 20/24 hubs and a claimed weight of 1220g. / pair. Tintin's tush sits atop a Selle Italia Thoorx Team issue, normally used as a mountain bike saddle and his bottles & cages are by Elite.

Yaroslav Popovych's Trek Madone 6.9 Pro Red Astana Team Issue
Introduced in June 2007, Trek Madone quickly went on to win the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana under Astana rider Alberto Contador. Popo's Madone 6.9 Pro Red frameset has Trek's ControlCore technology, which uses a size-specific seat lug / top tube section that increases diameter and stiffness as the frame does, with an ultra wide down tube/bottom bracket design and oversized asymmetric box section chain stays. The Madone 6.9 features an integrated headset, seat mast, integrated bottom bracket, and E2 fork, which make up what Trek calls "total fuselage system". Pro Red means SRAM Red, with it's light, stiff and ergonomic design, solid reliability and sweet shifting has made it a major hit in the pro peloton. Popo's Madone 6.9 Pro Red has Bontrager components throughout, with Aeolus 5.0 tubular wheels, designed by Steve Hed, with Veloflex tubulars re-labled as Hutchinson, Bontrager bars and stem. Saddle is a popular pro favorite, the Selle San Marco Concor Light, here re-branded as Bontrager.