The bike on which Jaan Kirsipuu wonn stage five is a Decathlon aluminum bike, the brand of the largest sports retailer in Europe, the huge FrenchDecathlon chain.

Decathlon has its own brand of much of what it sells. For instance,the wheels are “dPr,” or “Decathlon Penta” wheels, built up onto deep-section rims and hubs with the dPr logo on it. The headsets are integrated on the road bikes and external on the time trial bikes, also with the Decathlon brand on them.

Otherwise, the bikes have Time pedals and carbon forks, CampagnoloRecord 10-speed groups, ITM stems and bars, Michelintires and Fizik saddles. What is particularly interesting, though,is that the giant decal on the side of the truck shows a bicycle from morethan a year ago, with different components from the current ones, thuspromoting old sponsors at the expense of new ones.

The team truck still shows last year's bike.

The bike pictured on the truck has Shimano Dura-Ace parts, CaneCreek headset, Deda stem and bar, and paired-spoke Rolf VectorPro wheels. This Rolf model no longer exists; it is from the time thatTrek owned Rolf. Trek replaced them with the current, similarly-spokedBontrager wheels, which AG2R used in last year’s Tour.