Jan Ullrichs TT Bike used over a relatively long time frame from 1996 till 2003 (the color scheme changed at the end to the T-Mobile magenta-black)
PS: seat highs is instead around 80cm 83.5 SORRY!
Freitag, 6. Februar 2009
Rolf Aldag - Pinarello - 2003 "Höllentour" Tour de France
Rolf last Pinarello, here with the 'classic' wheels 32 hole 3 times laced for the cobbles of the spring classics. Those wheels are in use for a couple of seasons some time only the switch to a new sponsor made them obsolete.
In the Tour they used either Bora's for the mountain stages or Nucleon's. The day Rold Aldag got the Polka Dot Jersey he used some Bora's and swapped the spacers around.
Erik Zabel - Giant- 2005 his last bike at T-Mobile
Erik has won his last race for T-Mobile in 2005, Paris Tours or the World Championship of sprinters, and received his bike as a present from Walter Goodefroot. The bike showed the 2006 mostly carbon color scheme. This bike in the 2005 color scheme was the spare on the roof rack of the service car.
Steffen Wesemann - Giant Prototypes 2006 - Paris Roubaix
As in the year before Steffen Wesemann had a special bike prepared for Paris Roubaix. Due to the good dry wether conditions this year it was spared, and Steffen used a bike with standard caliper brakes but not integrated seat post. The frame is more beefy in the front at the head tube box and the chain stay-bottom bracket joint. Remarkably is the chainring combination of 53 - 49 teeth. Cobbles of the order in Paris-Roubaix have a rolling resistance similar to a 4.5 to 5.5% inclined sloop. Pro's would use in a race on a climb like this 53-18, 19 or lesser 21 , but on cobbles it's better to use a more aligned chain line of 49 -16,17 or 18 to avoid that the chain snaps over. A interruption of power leads immediately to an gap and the resistance increases again but if the chain needs to be put back by hand ends up in a chase.
This bike, based on a road bike frame, but with cantie's and a fork with more clearance, has been used a a training bike. He used this bike very likely to get the feeling for the cantie's and the lesser responsive steering. It has the insurance batch which is required in switzerland still attached to the frame.
Magnus Backstedt -Cannondale - 2007 Team Liquigas
A standard stock 63cm frame with 150mm stem due to Cannondale typic shallow seat angle. Remarkable is the SRM Powermeter with 135mm BCD to allow to use Campy chainrings (very rare 130mm is their standard). The pedals are not original, I guess that Magnus Backstedt took all pedals with him as he left the team, I looked carefully around in the team workshop and asked the mechanic but without success.
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