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Tom Davidson

Paint-stripped frames, mammoth chainrings, and a £1,200 saddle: 10 tech finds from the Tour de France stage five time trial

A gallery of four tech products at the Tour de France.

Caen's city centre marina is used to welcoming luxury boats, but on Wednesday afternoon, it was teeming instead with Tour de France bike tech.

This edition's first time trial, flat and 33km in length, was billed as one for the most powerful and streamlined riders. True to the script, it went the way of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), the world and Olympic champion, and pre-stage shoo-in for the win.

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