Jürgen Roelandts' Ridley Noah SL(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Lotto Soudal's team slogan is plastered up the seatstay(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Despite the hills, that's an 11-25t cassette. Witness also the Noah SL's neat internal cabling(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Are you slow? Perhaps you need ceramic bearings in your jockey wheels(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
The red device is a K-Edge chain catcher that incorporates an SRM crank magnet. The port on the seat tube is for charging the EPS battery(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
The magnet on the end of the chain catcher, plus Campagnolo's PF30 adapter cups(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Roelandts uses KéO Blade 2 Cr pedals, in the stiffest 20Nm spring tension version for maximum security(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Like many riders, his pedals are modified with bar tape to improve cleat fit and silence creaks(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
This SRM sensor looks lonely with no head unit to talk to(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
As pro as it gets - note the mark on the post to record the correct saddle height(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Roelandts favours the Selle San Marco Concor saddle(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Unlike the Noah FAST, the SL has a conventional aero seatpost(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
The Campagnolo EPS brain sits under a 130mm Deda Zero 100 stem(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Deda's Zero 100 Shallow Drop bars offer a near-classic bend(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Ridley's signature F-Split fork design is all about the aero(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Fairly smooth roads means Continental Pro Ltd 25mm tubulars(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Only the best hubs for the pros(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
For an aero bike, tyre clearance is respectable(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
Tacx's new Deva bottle cages look very nice(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
We're still getting used to the looks of Campagnolo's four-arm cranks(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
The SRM head unit mounting bracket is there, but without the power meter there's no point in using it(Image credit: Matthew Allen / Immediate Media)
The Amstel Gold Race is the first of the three Ardennes classics, and its 251km course is an endless series of climbs – 34 in total. 29-year-old Jürgen Roelandts of Team Lotto Soudal wasn’t a contender for the win, but as a strong classics rider he had an important role to play working for his teammates. It was his efforts at the beginning of the final ascent of the Cauberg that set Tony Gallopin up for an eventual sixth place, while Roelandts himself finished 66th, 1:32 down on winner Michal Kwiatkowski. After the race, we gave Roelandts' still-dirty bike the once over outside the team's hotel in Maastricht.
It was notable that while Roelandts' bike carried the cadence sensor, crank magnet and mounting bracket for an SRM power meter, the unit itself was not actually fitted. Asked about this, a team mechanic was quite blunt: the Noah SL frame isn’t light enough to hit the UCI minimum weight of 6.8kg with the team’s standard equipment, and on a testing parcours the extra weight of a power meter simply wasn’t worth having. BikeRadar wasn’t able to weigh this particular bike, but we were told it was more than 7kg.
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Complete bike specifications Frameset: Ridley Noah SL (Large) Stem: Deda Zero 100 130mm Handlebar: Deda Zero 100 Shallow Drop 42cm (39.5cm c-c) Front brake: Campagnolo Super Record Rear brake: Campagnolo Super Record Front derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record EPS Rear derailleur: Campagnolo Super Record EPS Shift levers: Campagnolo Super Record EPS Cassette: Campagnolo Super Record 11-25t Chain: Campagnolo Record 11 Crankset: Campagnolo Super Record Ultra-Torque 53/39 w/PF30 adapter cups Pedals: Look Keo Blade 2 Cr 20 Front wheel: Campagnolo Bora Ultra 50mm Rear wheel: Campagnolo Bora Ultra 50mm Front tubular: Continental Pro Ltd 25mm Rear tubular: Continental Pro Ltd 25mm Saddle: Selle San Marco Concora Seatpost: Ridley Noah SL aero post Bottle cages: Tacx Deva (x2) Accesories: K-Edge SRM Pro Road chain catcher w/crank magnet, SRM speed sensor, SRM head unit bracket
Critical measurements Rider's height: 1.85m (6ft 1in) Rider's weight: 78 kg (172b) Saddle height from BB, c-t: 78cm Tip of saddle to midpoint of bar: 60.5cm Saddle-to-bar drop: 10cm
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