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Giro d'Italia

Giro d'Italia

Pro bike gallery: Laurent Didier’s Trek Emonda

Laurent Dider is racing his third career Giro d'Italia aboard a Trek Emonda

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While most of the team has opted to ride the more aerodynamic Domane on the rolling and flatter stages, Didier is on Trek’s featherweight Émonda. With a saddle height of 80.5 centimeters, the 6-foot-2 rider towers over many of the smaller riders in the peloton. Photo: Kristen Legan
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It’s easy to keep the bikes straight with custom name and country stickers. Didier proudly displays his Luxembourg flag sticker on his team issue Émonda. Photo: Kristen Legan
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Didier keeps the important points of the day’s race straight with a basic cheat sheet that he can reference mid-ride. Intermediate sprints, feed zones, categorized climbs, and the elusive finish line are on Saturday’s guide. Photo: Kristen Legan
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Didier chooses to go with the full climbing setup for his lightweight Trek Émonda. Using Shimano’s climbing switch allows him to shift while riding with his hands on the tops Photo: Kristen Legan
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Didier’s bars have an ergonomic bend through the drops for a more comfortable and secure grip when getting low. But the bar is rotated forward quite a bit, creating a dip near the hoods for a low and aggressive position when on the hoods. Photo: Kristen Legan
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Saturday’s wheel choice is Bontrager’s Aeolus 5 tubulars. The 50-millimeter deep carbon rims will help with aerodynamics on the flatter sections of the course. Photo: Kristen Legan
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The team is riding Veloflex Roubaix tubulars that are 25 millimeters in width. Extra points for using Italian-made tires at the Giro. Photo: Kristen Legan
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An SRM power meter is paired with Didier’s Shimano Dura-Ace cranks so he can monitor effort throughout the stage and use this data for later analysis. Photo: Kristen Legan
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Didier goes with his normal 53/39 chainrings for his Émonda. Will we see smaller rings as the mountains get steeper? Photo: Kristen Legan
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An 11-28 cassette paired with his 53/39 chainrings provides a wide range of gears to tackle the fast flats as well as the steeper climbing on the day’s stage. Photo: Kristen Legan
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Trek mechanics use white cable shrink-wrap to keep Didier’s brake cables and Di2 wires tidy. We’re not a fan of this configuration with the wire traveling vertically from the top tube to down tube, but it must work for the Trek – Segafredo riders. Photo: Kristen Legan

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