FDJ are equipped with Lapierre Aerostorm TT bikes - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
55T outer chainrings were some of the smaller chainrings on display for the fairly flat course - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Lapierre Aerostorm features 'Drag Reduction System' and there isn't a round profiled tube in sight - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Aerostorm has removable brake covers to reduce air turbulance over the brake callipers - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The brake covers improve aerodynamics and have to be removed for setup and maintenance - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Team Cofidis rode Orbea Ordus for the time trial - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Orbea Ordu features less aero integration than some of the other TT bikes on display - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The trusty Garmin 500 still being used in WorldTour events - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Cofidis appeared to use TruRig OmegaX direct mount brakes with some of the aero covers removed - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A choice Vision Metron wheels available for the French ProContinental outfit - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A few Cofidis riders ran Vision TriMax aero brakes - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Even the brake pad holders are carbon - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Team Sunweb's Chad Haga rode to an impressive 5th place on the stage - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Giant's time trial offering is the Trinity Advanced - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
As with the Team Sunweb road bikes, Giant produce in house finishing kits and components - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Many saddles were set forward to the maximum limits - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Several riders across various teams were running 58T specially produced chainrings - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
LottoNL-Jumbo paired the chainrings with Aerozine titanium crank bolts - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Fourth place for Stef Clement on the stage - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Young American Alexey Vermeulen adds some customisation to his computer - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Thomas De Gendt and Tony Gallopin opt for HED H3 front wheels over the team's Campagnolo Bora offerings - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Scott Thwaites' Cervelo P5 with a HED Jet and ENVE wheel combination - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The oversized seat cluster on the Cervelo P5 adds both aerodynamic benefits and stiffness - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Jay Thomson still has an MTN-Qhubeka frameset as a spare bike - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Edvald Boasson Hagen's spare bike is an off the shelf frameset - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Boasson Hagen's spare bike runs a Shimano Ultegra Di2 groupset to save costs - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The bike is also equipped with a ROTOR chain catcher - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Boasson Hagen had a PRO saddle with the branding blacked out with a marker pen - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 series pedals still getting used in the WorldTour - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
AG2R La Mondiale's Factor Slick time trial bikes - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Factor Slicks are paired with Mavic Comete wheels - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The aero Mavic Comete front wheels were first seen at Scheldeprijs earlier this season - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Nicolas Roche's BMC Timemachine01 - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Nicolas Roche was another rider on the 58T custom chain rings - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Alejandro Valverde was the only Movistar rider not to run a Campagnolo front wheel and opted for a HED H3 - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Valverde went for a handlebar tape and grip tape combination on his bar extensions - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Concave downtubes and wide seat stays are common features across nearly all of the TT bikes on show - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Colnago K.Zero seat stays are nearly identical to the Factor Slick seat stays - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Nicolas Roche prepares his bike ahead of a course recce - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
All of the Specialized Shiv framesets have a flat top tube, excluding the XS frame size, which features a kick at the head of the top tube - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Bora-Hansgrohe ran a mix of Shimano and Roval wheels - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Alexander Kristoff's custom rear Zipp wheel - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A Quick-Step mechanic works on Enrico Mas' Specialied Shiv, another bike to feature the 58T chainrings - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Team Sky riders each had a Wahoo Kickr setup for their warm-ups - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Most of the Team Sky riders had no handlebar tape, opting just for grip tape - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Peter Kennaugh also ran the 58T chainrings - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Nearly all of the Team Sky riders had K-Edge computer mounts attached to their handlebar extensions - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Kennaugh's Fizik saddle had some grippy rubber glued to his saddle to stay in the optimum position during the time trial - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Each bike was inspected by the UCI ahead of the stage - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Delko Marseille Provence's KTM Team TT time trial bikes - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Gold chains on display for Delko Marseille Provence - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Thomas De Gendt has enjoyed a few days in the leader's jersey and will take home some gifts for his children - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Ignatas Konovalovas is the Lithuanian national time trial champion - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Cannondale-Drapac have had a handful of riders on the Super Slice disc at time trials throughout the season - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Davide Formolo rode the stage on the new Cannondale Super Slice - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Cannondale-Drapc's bikes prepared for the warm-up - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A few of the Cannondale-Drapac riders were equipped with CeramicSpeed rear derailleurs and chains coated with performance lubricant - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A look at the Bahrain-Merida time trial bike line-up - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Team Sunweb have a few wheels to choose from - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A look at the Campagnolo Bora Ultra 80 rear wheel - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
ProContinental team Wanty-Groupe Gobert use Cube C68 as their TT offering - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The entire Orica-Scott team ran, what appear to be, Lightweight Autobahn rear wheels - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Orica-Scott usually run Shimano wheels and paired the Lightweight Autobahn rear wheels with PRO 3-Spoke Textreme front wheels - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Trek-Segafredo riders warm-up in the shade ahead of the start in a sunny La Tour-Du-Pin - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Wanty-Groupe Gobert mechanics double check handlebar setups for their riders - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A closer look at the KTM TT offering - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Each rider has a dedicated team car following them, marked with their name ahead of the start - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Ian Stannard was all smiles ahead of the stage start but pulled out of the race following the time trial due to illness - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Chris Froome's assymetric 58/46T chainring - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Froome's marginal gains extended to his computer with the aerodynamic Wahoo Elemnt Bolt - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Froome ran 22mm tubular tyres in spite of Shimano's minimum tyre width safety restriction of 24mm and the wheel failure at Tirreno-Adriatico - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
It appeared Trek-Segafredo stickered up a Lightweight Autobahn wheel with Bontrager branding - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Both of Alberto Contador's bikes were equipped with Lightweight Autobahn rear wheels - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Contador's primary bike ran a de-stickered Shimano PRO Textreme 3-Spoke front wheel - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
Romain Bardet appeared to be running the CeramicSpeed UFO chain - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The UFO chain receives a special treatment, which offers reduced friction - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Factor Slick has a split down tube, which Factor claims allows air to flow through, as well as around the bike for reduced drag - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
A mechanic prepares Alberto Contador's bike ahead of the stage start - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The race organisation attaches the rider's name to the delegated team car on the start line - Josh Evans / Immediate Media
The Criterium du Dauphine stage 4 time trial offered one of the final opportunities for the GC protagonists to test themselves ahead of the crucial time trials in next month’s Tour de France.
The 2017 Tour de France has nearly 40km of individual time trials over two stages, and with only five summit finishes in the entire race, are likely to prove crucial for the overall victory.
Individual time trial world champion, Tony Martin, was the favourite for the stage ahead of the start, but following a sensational performance from Richie Porte he had to settle for second place on the day.
The road stages of the Criterium du Dauphine have seen no less than four new framesets on display this year. Whilst the new Cannondale Super Slice and BMC Timemachine were raced during the stage for Cannondale-Drapac and BMC Racing respectively, both framesets have been seen at various time trials throughout the 2017 season.
Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) took a surprise victory at the Tour de Romandie prologue in April. Notably, the Italian opted to run a Lightweight Autobahn rear wheel as opposed to the offerings from team partner Bontrager.
Alberto Contador continued this trend, with both his race bike and spare bike equipped with the German carbon specialists rear wheels. Atop of the Trek-Segafredo team car appeared to be another spare Lightweight Autobahn wheel, albeit featuring Bontrager stickers to perhaps conceal its true identity.
Alberto Contador also opted to run a Shimano PRO Textreme 3-Spoke front wheel, which had had its decals remove to further save Bontragers blushes.
Following the Lightweight trend, Orica-Scott had the entire team equipped with the same Lightweight Autobahn rear wheels, a recognition of the wheel’s performance.
And following the dramatic wheel failure of the PRO Textreme 3-Spoke front wheel during the opening team time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico in March, Shimano released a statement claiming Team Sky ran tyre widths less than the minimum safety restriction of 24mm. This decision likely caused the wheel failure at the Italian stage race, which thankfully did not cause any major injuries.
Shimano’s subsequent statement and safety warning does not seem to have deterred Team Sky from running narrower tyres for time trials however, with Chris Froome running a 22mm Continental tubular tyre on the wheel.
Chris Froome’s famous marginal gains didn’t stop there. The three-time Tour de France champion was also equipped with an aerodynamic Wahoo Elemnt Bolt computer, the first cycling computer to feature prominent aerodynamic properties.
A relatively flat course invited large gearing for the 23.5km time trial. Many riders appeared to be running 58 tooth non-consumer Shimano 9000 series chain rings, whilst Chris Froome ran his famous oval chainrings in a 58/46T combination.
Cannondale-Drapac have featured their new Super Slice time trial bike at nearly every TT event so far this season, notably available in both calliper and disc brake options.
Click or swipe through the extensive gallery above to see what was on show for the Criterium du Dauphine stage 4 time trial.
