Heaps of fresh gear — and a stuffed sheep — from stage 3 of the Tour de France
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Every day of the Tour starts with a seemingly endless procession of bike-topped team cars and tinted-glass buses(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The seat / top tube junction on the Lapierre Xelius SL(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Last-minute team tactics right before riders are called to the start(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
And here's some last-minute race radio fixing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Look! It's a whole load of Looks(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
MTN-Qhubeka may be trying to get an unfair advantage through its chrome frames dazzling other riders(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Where's BMC based, you ask? No idea, sorry(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
We'll go for the metallic paint, please(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Michal Kwiatkowski hasn't got a world champs version of the new Venge, but he does get this sticker(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Look, it's Nibali's one-off shark bike(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Hang on, here's another one(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There's something fishy going on. This is the third shark we've seen today... (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Purito Rodriguez has an explosion underneath his backside every day(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
An altogether different team rocks up at the start. No bus for these guys though(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Fun in the sun for Trek Factory Racing's mascot, Herman the Sheep (who is a plug for Bontrager wool baselayers), and Cancellara's yellow lion(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
We might well see more clever GoPro mounts like this K-Edge model appear if the company maintains its presence in the peloton(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Teams are still experimenting with different positioning set-ups for the new GPS units(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
We know a few roadies who would love a set-up like this, and the bus to put it in(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Cannondale-Garmin has a stock of Kurt Kinetic trainers ready(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Andrew Talansky's back-up bike is one of the prototype versions of the new Super Six Evo(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Here's the team leader's main bike, with full paint detailing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Rui Costa has chosen the ultra light Merida Scultura rather than the more aerodynamic Reacto(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Previously we've only seen select team members on SRAM's electronic groupset. At the Tour, the whole AG2R team is loaded up for wireless shifting(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Like Bianchi celeste? Skip this photo if not(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
British national road race champion Peter Kannaugh was on GoPro duty for stage 3. Note the custom Garmin units used by Team Sky, complete with national flags(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Andre Greipel's victory on stage 2 meant the green jersey. Ridley supplied the German with a matching Noah SL(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
SRM has a selection of colours to match Grand Tour jerseys(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Greipel can proudly ride his green machine while he holds the jersey. Will he sew up that competition this year?(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Chris Froome in yellow(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
As the racing at Tour de France gets underway in earnest, we’ve got some more team bikes to tempt you with, along with production-quality-looking SRAM electronic gearing, team bus bike storage and a stuffed sheep. Anything goes at the Tour de France!
Check out the gallery above for the latest tech pics from the Tour and don’t forget to have a look at some of our other tech coverage from this year’s race, including:
