Mathieu van der Poel's custom pink Canyon Speedmax for Giro d'Italia time trial
Dutchman rides striking new colourscheme in Budapes꧟t time tr🐼ial




After winning the opening stage of the Giro d'Italia on Friday, Mathieu van der Poel will take to the stage 2 time trial in the pink jersey of overall leader, and h𒐪as been given a bike to match.
The Alpecin-Fenix rider will ♛have a striking new pink colourscheme on his Canyon Speedmax CFR TT to celebrate his stint in pink.
The frame and fork are bathed in the colour of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro d'Italia leader's jersey, with Canyon branding blen🦂ding in with an ever-so-slightly different 🦹shade rather than standing out.
The result is a striking look where the hit of pink contrasts with the black e🤡verywhere else - disc wheel on the rear, deep-section rim on the front, plus 💮the integrated time trial cockpit, seatpost, saddle, and chainset.
After his victory on the uphill finish in Visegrad on Friday, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Van der Poel will be the last rider down the ramp on the 9.2km time trial in Budapest on Saturday afternoon. He carries a lead of 14 seconds over most of the field and will be hopeful of retaining the maglia rosa for aജnother day at least.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:The Dutchman went to great lengths to defend the yellow jersey in the early time trial at last year's Tour de France, calling for the best non-sponsor equipment from miles away, and duly placed fifth in what was an extraordinary ride for someone ✤with little time trialling experience.
He appears to be using a similar set-up again, with wheels sourced away from team sponsor Shiman෴o. At the ꦑTour last year, Van der Poel used a Blur 633 rear wheel from Princeton Carbonworks, along with an Aerocoach Aeox Titan front wheel.
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The front wheel is again the Aeox Titan supplied by Aerocoach, while the rear wheel is the Vanquish RCD Pro Disc from HED. He's pairing them with 25mm Vi🀅ttoria Corsa Speed Graphene 2.0 TLR ♛tyres.
Upfront, Aerocoach has also supplied its Ascalon aero extens𓆏ions, and he's using the Watt time trial saddle from Selle Italia⛎.
Notably, Van der Poel is using Shimano's Dura-Ace groupset in a 2x set-up, ⛄with a 58-tooth outer chainring and 46-tooth inner ring which could come in handy on the short climb at the end of the time trial course.
The Canyon Speedmax CFR TT, adapted from the company's triathlon offering, was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:launched one year ago. The frame is said to w🍸eigh just 1,030 grams in a size medium, complete🌟 with a 500-gram fork.
Van der Poel's pink accessorising do𒉰esn't stop at the bike though. The Dutchman's kit has also been swappeཧd out to complement his time in the maglia rosa. His Abus Gamechanger TT helmet bears flashes of the same colour, while his Wahoo Elemnt Bolt is decked out entirely in pink. Even his the Zwift logos on his aero socks get the pink treatment, as shown below in the team's recent post to social media.
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