Unseen aero bikes alongside the latest components and custom accessories
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Is this the new S-Works Venge from Specialized?(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
As well as the derailleur upgrades, CeramicSpeed offer bearings upgrades for headsets, bottom brackets and wheels(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Dan Martin is one of just a few riders who wear sunglasses from Roka(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
AG2R La Mondiale recently launched the Bollé Shifter sunglasses(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Cummings was the only Dimension Data rider equipped with the ENVE Aero SES stem, first spotted at the Tour Down Under earlier this year(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Australian road champion Alex Edmonson has a custom painted Scott Foil Disc(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Launched in the spring, Oakley's new Flight Jacket glasses are already one of the most popular sunglasses in the peloton(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Along with Dan Martin, Bryan Coquard is another rider to wear Roka sunglasses(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
British road and time trial champion wears his custom Gaerne shoes(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
The iconic celeste Bianchi were on show for LottoNL-Jumbo(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Team leader Ilnur Zakarin was the only Katusha-Alpecin rider on a disc-equipped Canyon Ultimate CF SLX for the race(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Vital Concept use Time Xpresso Xpro 15 pedals(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Vision have a special edition celeste version of their Metron integrated handlebars for LottoNL-Jumbo(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
French sprinter Bryan Coquard is known for his custom shoes(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Jonathan Castroviejo shows off his custom Lake shoes in Team Sky colours(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
For a few more weeks, Steve Cummings gets to race on a custom finished Cervelo S5 as British champion(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Bob Jungels pairs his computer and power meter ahead of stage one in the national chmapion colours of Luxembourg(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Quick-Step Floors have been using headphone pieces from Bang and Olufsen this season(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Vincenzo Nibali is racing on his favoured Merida Scultura while the majority of his Bahrain-Merida teammates used the Reacto for the early stages of the race(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Daryl Impey's custom Scott Foil Disc celebrates the South African's road race national title(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Astana are another team to use CeramicSpeed's OSPW system(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Several WorldTour teams use aluminium, out-front computer mounts from K-Edge(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Tao Geoghegan Hart's Pinarello Dogma F10(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Michael Valgren's Argon 18 Gallium Pro(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
For 2018, Team Sky switched their cockpit providers from PRO to Most components(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Several riders warm up ahead of the stage on turbo trainers, including Michal Kwiatkowski(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Though also having the option of Shimano power meters, Team Sky generally race on Stages power meters(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
We haven't seen Shimano's S-Phyre shoes with a white heel cup before(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Lars Boom and his LottoNL-Jumbo teammates wear clothing and eyewear from Shimano's S-Phyre range(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Vital Concept have one of the better looking team design and colours on the pro circuit, but we're not sure what this team motto means…(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
A Dimension Data mechanic cuts pre-prepared course notes ready to be stuck to riders' stems for the stage(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Several Mitchelton-Scott riders used Syncros XR1.0 SL saddles(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Another look at Alex Edmondson's Scott Foil Disc(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Dave Zabriskie's skin care products, DZ-Nuts, is a sponsor for EF Education First-Drapac(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
What integrated cockpits gain in aerodynamics, they lose in being able to use standard out-front computer mounts(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Custom decals on the top tube for the Australian national champion(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
How to pin a race number on like a pro(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Daryl Impey has custom shoes from Scott to match his bike(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Geoghegan Hart opts for a Garmin Edge 1030 computer(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Daryl Impey and Alex Edmonson were recently presented with their custom Scott Foil Discs(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
UAE Team Emirates have an air compressor and digital gauge on the team bus for easy tyre pressure setting(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Several teams and riders were having to make multiple adjustments to their time trial setups ahead of the stage 3 team time trial(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
More CeramicSpeed components, this time on Romain Bardet's Factor Slick time trial bike(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
A look at the large cut-out on the Selle Italia SLR Teknoflow saddle(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Only a couple of riders on the Katusha-Alpecin team used the biomimicry-inspired Zipp 454 NSW wheels(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Hydraulic disc brakes result in visibly larger hoods on the usually svelte eTap levers(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
BMC Racing wore lightweight, orange rain jackets ahead of stage 1 from kit providers Assos(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Danilo Wyss was the sole BMC Racing rider using a disc brake-equipped BMC Teammachine SLR01 for the race(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
The aero Factor ONE has a hinged steerer at the front end of the bike(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
A look at Belgian champion Oliver Naesen's custom Fizik Antares saddle(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
AG2R La Mondiale's rear derailleurs are equipped with CeramicSpeed's OSPW system with custom coloured jockey wheels for the French team(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Oliver Naesen's custom Factor O2 and Romain Bardet's Factor ONE (Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Alexis Gougeard opts for Osymetric chainrings on his Factor O2(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
The Factor ONE also has a split down tube design to improve aerodynamics(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
Shimano Dura-Ace R9150 levers are the most widely used in the WorldTour peloton(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
The Trek Madone Disc was spotted for the first time in the wild(Image credit: Josh Evans/Immediate Media)
The Criterium du Dauphine continues to be a final opportunity for GC specialists to hone their form before heading to the Tour de France a few weeks later, with most editions sharing or even replicating some of the Grand Tour's Alpine stages.
As well as testing the legs, riders and teams also have a final race opportunity to test the latest and frequently unreleased components and bikes before taking them to the biggest stage in cycling.
Alongside the showcase new bikes, Scott also unveiled custom finished Foil Disc framesets for Daryl Impey and Alex Edmondson, who are the national road race champions for South Africa and Australia respectively.
The two southern hemisphere countries compete their national championships at the start of the calendar year during their summer, so the Mitchelton-Scott duo will be enjoying their custom framesets for another seven months.
European and North American nations on the other hand generally compete their national championships during the final weekend in June and so the Dauphine also offers the last chance for riders to wear their national jerseys alongside custom shoes, helmets and accessories before the titles are up for grabs in a few weeks' time.
The Criterium du Dauphine 2018 began with a short time trial prologue in Valence and also featured a team time trial on stage 3 of the race. The Tour de France next month also has a team time trial and some of the main contenders, including Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale), used it as an opportunity to dial his position aboard the time trial-specific Factor Slick race bike. You can see all of the time trial tech on display here.
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Click or swipe through the gallery above for a look at all that was on display at the 2018 Criterium du Dauphine.
