Several of the riders for Team CSC riders (Basso (I think), Julich, and Zabriske) have been using those proto-aero bars with straight aero extensions for more than a year. Not sure why FSA/Vision Tech does not mass-produce them so that they can be marketed the masses.

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Any word on why Lars wasn't on at least an aero frame, if not his TT bike? I could understand prefering a Soloist or SC, but to be on the R3 when he had his choice of all the bikes? That sort of baffles me. I'd think that he could have a Soloist Carbon at the 6.8kg limit with clip-ons as well, if he didn't want the P3C.

Interesting to see that even with the non-aero bike, he went with a disk!

No shoe covers or aero helmet either...weird. There must be an explanation.

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You should see the Vision "Z" bend - think of an R bend, upside down. Saw one of those on one of the euro's bikes at TOC.

Maybe he slept in late. Looks like a very odd setup indeed.

Anyone notice the interview with DZ's mech who referred to his bike as "custom" and he has another "custom" one at home. What up with that?

Maybe he's having slight physical problems and there's less variance to adjust to between that and his normal road setup.

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Oh. I thought you were going to talking about HAIR extensions. :(

Those look uncomfortable.

[reply]You should see the Vision "Z" bend - think of an R bend, upside down. Saw one of those on one of the euro's bikes at TOC.[/reply]

Fred rodriguez (who lives by me, and won todays stage) has the upside down r-bends... it looks like they have the extensions bolted on, upside down (GO FREDDY!)

Lars Michaelsen is about as old school as they get. He was one last in the peloton to wear a helmet. When they got mandatory by the UCI he wore one of the "leather-ones" from the 70's in races until someone forced him to use a normal (plastic with insulation) one. I reckon he is the type that doesn't really belive in carbon, s-bends, aero positions and other fancy means of getting fast. He is at his best on a steel bike on cobblestones in the rain/sleet... without helmet.

I don't think Lars Michaelsen even has a Soloist Carbon to his disposal and his Solist Team was probaly too heavy on the hilly course compared to R3.
He is one of CSC's biggest cobbelstone experts and hence rides a R3 like all CSC's other cobbelstone riders. And honestly I don't think Michaelsen gives a shit if he finishes 2 miunte down or 7 minute down in a TT as long as he makes it within the time limit. He probably never practices on a TT bike at all, I'm not sure if he even has one or a TT helmet for that matter and why should he? TT's are not one of his objectives unlike many other CSC riders and he's not going to participate in any of the grand tours or TTT's.
He is the oldest rider at CSC with 36 years so it's not like he should waste time practicing on a TT bike to potentially become a good TT'er sometime in the future.
Even if he has a TT bike and helmet CSC would probably not bring it to USA anyway for logistic reason.

CSC's neopro Kasper Klostergaad Larsen even rode an R2.5 in the TdG ITT, he probably just got a leftover bike from last season.

If you watched Amtsel Gold Race and Feleche Wallone you could see Karsten Kroon was on a R3 while all the other CSC riders was on a Soloist Carbon.
This is probably becasue Karsten Krron rode some of the cobblestone races like RVV. None of the other CSC riders at Amstel and Fleche Wallone has been racing the cobbelstone races like P-R and RVV.


http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...?post=793792;#793792

This is Lars Michaelsen's winter training bike. The picture is from CSC's boot camp this winter.
http://www.speedplay.com/...gebig&imageid=25

Neopro Kasper Klostergaard Larsen was on this R2.5 with Visiontech minis at the TdG TT:

SuperProdigy!!!! That's a damn fine bike, probably my favorite Cervelo made.

Mark