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Tour de France

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Tour de France

Pro Bike: The Gorilla’s Ridley Noah SL

André Greipel rides a Ridley Noah SL for the Tour de France's fast sprint stages, maximizing aerodynamics and stiffness.

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Ridley
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
Aero
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
Slam
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
Splits
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
Solid
Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
35mm
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
Down
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
Greipel's
A Selle Italia Team Edition is Greipel’s saddle of choice. Photo: Dan Cavallari | VeloNews.com
To
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
Playing
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
Power
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
Range
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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