There are few tech days extra frenetic than the primary day of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Last 12 months we noticed two new bikes, which made for fairly a busy day. This time round we have seen 4 – a brand new Canyon Aeroad, a brand new Pinarello Dogma F, a brand new Wilier all-rounder, and a brand new Trek Madone/Emonda.
The final on this record did not take lengthy to rack up its first victory of the season underneath former world champion Mads Pedersen. In his put up race press convention he remained tight lipped, with a agency “No remark” to my inquisitions, however I used to be lucky sufficient to spend 5 minutes with the bike on the end line whereas Pedersen fulfilled his put up race duties and went as much as the rostrum to gather a technicolour array of jerseys.
We can glean quite a bit from the images, although the intentionally obfuscative label on the highest tube, which is each ‘Madone’ and ‘Emonda’ overlaid atop one different, offers us no additional clue as to what this bike is.
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