06 June 2012

2012 Time Trial Bikes

Images of time trial bikes
The Individual Time Trial of the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné is tomorrow June 7th. Currently Bradley Wiggins is in in the lead in overall GC by only 1 second over Cadel Evans. The top 10 in standings are separated by only 7 seconds. Tomorrow's time trial is very important and should determine not only the new overall standings, but the race winner. The time trial (Stage 4 of 7 stages) will take place 50 km north of Lyon on a rolling route from Villié-Morgon to Bourg-en-Bresse.
The last 10 riders to start will ride 3 Pinarello, 3 Specialized, 2 Giant, 1 BMC, and 1 Time bike:
163. Richie Porte, SKY, Pinarello bike
164. Andrev Amador, Movistar, Pinarello bike
165. Jerome Coppel, Saur-Sojasun, Time bike
166. Sylvain Chavanel, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, Specialized bike
167. Paul Martens, Rabobank, Giant bike
168. Tony Martin, Omega Pharma-Quickstep, Specialized bike
169. Carlos Barredo, Rabobank, Giant bike
170. Andriv Grivko, Astana, Specialized bike
171. Cadel Evans, BMC, BMC bike
172. Bradley Wiggins, Sky, Pinarello bike
There is something magical about an individual racing the clock, to see the concentration on their faces as they step onto the start ramp, to see the care given their bikes as they are lifted and put in place, the air thick with anticipation and unknown outcome. When the rider glides down the ramp, the atmosphere is charged with excitement. Go Go Go!  All Photos © PedalDancer.com/Karen
Peter Sagan takes off at the start of the ITT   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
To get you in the mood, I gathered some recent photos of time trial bikes from ATOC, taken last month, May 2012: click any image to enlarge
Argon E-118 time trial bike
Argon 18   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
BMC Timemachine TM01 time trial bike
BMC time machine   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
George Hincapie and his time machine  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Cannondale time trial bike (read about the Cannondale Slice)
Cannondale   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Cervelo P4 time trial bike (read about the new Cervelo P5 bike)
Cevelo P4 Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Heinrich Haussler and his P4   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Felt DA time trial bike
Felt DA   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Giant Trinity Advanced SL O time trial bike
Giant Trinity   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Orbea Ordu time trial bike
Orbea Ordu  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Pinarello Graal Carbon 60HM1K Monocoque
Pinarello   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Specialized S-Works SHIV time trial bike
S-Works SHIV   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Trek Speed Concept 9 Series time trial bike
Trek Speed Concept 9  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
The hope.
Luke Durbridge on his Scott time trial bike  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
The power.
Peter Sagan (Liquigas)  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
The heat.
George Hincapie cools off after his ITT  Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
The glory.
It was the day Jens Voigt stood on the podium (read more about that day - with photos! Jens Voigt on the Podium)
Tejay van Garderen, Dave Zabriskie, Jens Voigt   Photo ©by PedalDancer.com/Karen
Related Pedal Dancer posts: Time Trial legs and 2012 ProTeam Bikes