André Greipel's Ridley Noah SL got glazed with rain during the early days of the 2016 Tour de France. The sprinter has been quiet at the Tour after a busy Giro d'Italia. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
André Greipel’s Ridley Noah SL got glazed with rain during the early days of the 2016 Tour de France. The sprinter has been quiet at the Tour after a busy Giro d’Italia. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
The Noah’s seat tube is perhaps the most obvious example of aerodynamic design. The seatpost, too, is aerodynamically shaped to avoid the dreaded cylinder shape that causes drag. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
Not surprisingly, Greipel slams his stem all the way down against the head tube to get into the most aggressive position possible. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
the F-Splitfork, Ridley’s proprietary fork legs with a split down the middle of each, supposedly draws air away from the spokes to help reduce drag, according to Ridley. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
The Deda Trentacinque stem is long, perhaps a 130mm. It’s designed to work specifically with Deda’s 35mm handlebars, and Deda claims the combo provides greater stiffness. That rubber piece you see running down from the stem is a sleeve that keeps the Campy EPS wire and the front brake cable bundled together. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
At first it looked like Greipel’s bars were double-taped, but it turns out he just runs a very thick bar, presumably for added stiffness when he’s wrenching on them during sprints. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
A Selle Italia Team Edition is Greipel’s saddle of choice. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
the Elite Cannibal water bottle cage allows for easy bottle insertion and removal from the side rather than simply from the top. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
With chaotic shifts inevitable in rubber-banding pelotons, Greipel relies on a K-Edge Pro Road Braze-on Chain Catcher to prevent dropped chains. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
SRM records Greipel’s power numbers. He was running a 53/39T gear combo up front during early Tour stages. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
An 11-28T cassette provides a wide gear range to get a sprinter through the climbs and into the bunch sprint at the stage finish. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
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