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Gallery: Pro bikes at the Tour Down Under

By David Rome / Immediate Media

published 25 January 2015

Rides and gear from Tour Down Under

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Bikes of the WorldTour - as seen at Tour Down Under 2015(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

The groupset so many are talking about - SRAM Wireless(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

A Pinarello F8 belonging to British national champion Peter Kennaugh(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Richie Porte's Team Sky Pinarello F8 (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

The bright rides of Tinkoff-Saxo (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Astana's Lars Boom is riding this new Specialized S-Works Power saddle.(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Stage four winner Steele Von Hoff is moving to NFTO for 2015. However, he was still riding his 2014 Garmin-Sharp team bike with covered graphics(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

SRAM Wireless no doubt stole the show for Ag2r-La Mondiale, however, the Focus Izalco Max is well worth a look (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Movistar getting ready to race (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

We had seen Lampre-Merida using Power2Max power meters, but we also saw them using Rotor's Power system(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Schwalbe were proud to have riders start stages on tubeless tyres.(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

New to WorldTour, IAM Cycling are on Scott. This is Heinrich Haussler's (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Not WorldTour, but Martin Kohler (formerly BMC) of Drapac rides a Swift Ultravox Ti(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Ettix Quick Step rider Gianni Meersman was riding a Specialized S-Works Venge on the flatter stages(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Rohan Dennis' BMC Team Machine(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Asatana's Specialized S-Works Tarmac. This one belongs to Lars Boom(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Another look at the Specialized S-Works Tarmac for Tinkoff-Saxo. This one belongs to Michael Rogers (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

2012 Giro d'Italia winner Ryder Hesjedal was at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Another angle of the Aircode's slippery lines (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

FDJ were mostly riding the Lapierre Aircode - pictured is Jussi Veikkanen's bike(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Lampre-Merida were still on their older bikes, but we're told the only change is a move to Matte paint(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

More Bianchi celeste for team LottoNL-Jumbo(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

A Bianchi Oltre XR2 that belongs to Bertjan Lindeman of LottoNL-Jumbo(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Team Sky are all on the Pinarello F8(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Darly Impey was in great form at the Tour Down Under(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Daryl Impey's Scott Foil in the 2015 Orica-GreenEdge colour scheme(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Both Movistar and Katusha are using Canyon's aerodynamic one-piece handlebar and stem(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Katusha's Rudiger Selig rides a Canyon Aeroad CF SLX(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Hansen uses really long 180mm cranks and so has his seat slammed forward to get over the pedal spindle (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Adam Hansen rides with one of the most aggressive positions in the peloton(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Is this your number?(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

We like how cleanly the fork integrates with the head tube on these Bianchi's(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

BMC gave Cadel Evans a farewell Team Machine(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Canyon uses direct-mount brakes on the front too(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Keeping the brake at the seat stays, the seat tube nearly shrouds the direct-mount brake(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Movistar may have the dream bike of many given the Campagnolo Super Record EPS group(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Just like Katusha, Movistar are on the Aeroad CF SLX (Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Apparently Australia's roads are rough enough to justify using the Domane frames(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Trek Factory Racing were mainly riding the Trek Domane (with H1 geometry) in Australia.(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Marcel Kittel's Giant Propel Advanced SL(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Greg Henderson of New Zealand rides a Ridley Noah SL - these are the new colours of Lotto Soudal(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

Lotto-Soudal's Adam Hansen is still on the Ridley Helium SL(Image credit: David Rome / Immediate Media)

This article originally appeared on BikeRadar.

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