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Caley Fretz gallery: New and strange from the 2013 Tour Down Under

Caley Fretz shoots the wild and wonderful as the 2013 Santos Tour Down Under prepares for its official kickoff on Monday

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2013 — BMC has moved to Pearl Izumi from Hincapie Sports for its clothing. Gilbert’s kit is traditionally understated, as it should be. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Matching shoes for the world champ. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — We saw BMC’s TMR01 a few times in 2012, first under George Hincapie at the Dauphiné, but it wasn’t used much. For 2013, more riders will be using the aero road frame, and two riders had theirs at the Tour Down Under. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — BMC is running all 25c Continental tires, a better fit for their new Shimano wheels. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — File this one under “strange.” Andrey Kashechkin rides with this custom-made 165mm stem on his Specialized S-Works SL4, slammed all the way down to the headset cap. Must be a lanky fellow. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — 165mm. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Merida is stepping into the WorldTour with the Lampre squad this year, and its Scultura model was on-hand at the TDU. The color scheme is certainly attention-grabbing. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Edvald Boassen Hagen’s Norwegian champ kit looks similar to last year’s. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — A bit of sprinter irony: Marcel Kittel is using a Mark Cavendish-edition PRO sprinter stem. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Kittel’s cockpit. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Team Sky’s new Rapha kit. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Like most teams these days, Sky has a summer kit. The back is a fine mesh, so thin that the riders had to put sunscreen on their backs to fend off the brutal Australian sun. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Everything carefully coordinated. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Fizik’s new cockpit and seatpost lineup was on Ag2r’s new Focus bikes. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — Ag2r is now on Fizik bars, stems and posts. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — The Cyrano R3 bars and R4 stem. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — The Blanco team gets a special team-only version of the Giant Propel’s sleek new brakeset, made of aluminum instead of carbon fiber. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

2013 — The TRP-built brakes on stock Propel bikes use shims to adjust for various rim widths. The pro version have this very quick and easy adjustment — put the noodle in the left hole for to close the brakes down, and the right side to open them up. The quick adjustment is a requirement for pro riders who are likely to take neutral wheels of various sizes. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com

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