Pro bike: Jens Voigt’s Trek Madone 7-Series H1

Pro bike: Jens Voigt’s Trek Madone 7-Series H1

Turquoise bike for veteran’s possible final Tour de France

Jens Voigt has been on the attack on this Madone 7-Series

Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing

Sam Dansie

Published: July 15, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Jens Voigt has been on the attack on this Madone 7-Series - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Voigt’s handlebar is a Bontrager Race Light alloy model, 44cm centre-to-centre - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
There’s some space on the steerer to move up and down - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The Trek 7-Series Madone takes electronic shifting and brake cables into the chunky down tube - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The 7-Series brakes – both front and back - depart from tradition. The fork blades are flattened just below the crown to take a Shimano Dura-Ace Dual Mount brake - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The wheel choice is the versatile Bontrager Aeolus 5 – a 50mm carbon rim - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The hub shells are a carbon/aluminium mix; spokes and hub internals are DT - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Even the Bontrager Team Issue saddle’s rails had been given the painted treatment, with contrasts on the saddle and seatpost clamps - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
A special detail of the RadioShack Leopard bikes is the elegant integrated number holder. This was attached before the frame was painted - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Two Bontrager XXX bottle cages weighing 16g apiece - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
RadioShack Leopard Trek, as an SRM- and Shimano-sponsored squad, were using the new SRM 11-speed cranks that emerged at the 2013 Tour - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Voigt’s bike was fitted with a standard 11-25 cassette and a Dura-Ace CN9000 chain - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Mechanics had done a tidy job of keeping the external Di2 cabling as neat as possible - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Riders and mechanics alike have been complimenting the new Schwalbe One tyres released at the start of the Tour. RadioShack Leopard Trek were using 24mm-width versions - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The Project One paintwork creates a neat finish around the seatstay cluster - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Where most chain catchers are an appendage fixed under the front derailleur, the 7-Series version is integrated into the frame - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Brakes should only slow the bike down when appropriate, so Trek’s quest for aerodynamic gain places the brake under the bottom bracket and anchors it in the substantial BB90 shell - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
The bike’s clean lines are complemented with a full Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 11-speed transmission and shifters - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing
Jens Voigt has been on the attack on this Trek Madone 7-Series - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing

Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard Trek) was an animating presence in Saturday's Tour de France stage 14 to Saint-Pourçain. Alas, 15km from the end, the popular veteran – who’s taking part in his 16th Tour de France – was dropped from an 18-strong group and came in four minutes behind the winner.

“It was a good try – I just didn’t have the legs to really go ‘til the end,” said the two-time Tour individual stage winner. “Jan [Bakelants, Voigt's team-mate] looked a lot better and stronger than me so I tried to set him up for an attack so he could go for the win himself.”

For what could be his final Tour, Voigt is riding a stock Trek Madone 7-Series in H1 geometry – the bike that Radioshack are using for the 2013 Tour de France.

H1 geometry is a fit that allows flexible riders to get a lower and more aerodynamic position on the bike. In fact, aerodynamics are critical to the makeup of the 7-Series frame. It uses teardrop-shaped tubing to smooth airflow, the asymmetric fork is cut away for a Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount brake and the rear is fixed under the bottom bracket.

While the frame aims to harvest free watts wherever possible, power transmission is given ample consideration too. The bike uses a wide BB90 bottom bracket and the E2 head tube and fork configuration uses a standard taper width to keep the front rigid when pulling on the bars.

Of course, the talking point for the frame at the Tour start was the colour scheme. The standout turquoise with red accenting was a special Trek Project One paint scheme developed for the team to celebrate their participation in the 100th Tour de France.

The bike’s clean lines are complemented with a full shimano dura-ace di2 11-speed transmission and shifters: the bike’s clean lines are complemented with a full shimano dura-ace di2 11-speed transmission and shifters - Laura Fletcher/Future Publishing

The bike’s clean lines are complemented with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 11-speed

See our image gallery, above right, for more photos of Jens Voigt's Trek Madone.

Complete bike specifications

  • Frame: Trek Madone 7 Series, 60cm H1 Project One
  • Fork: Trek Madone KVF full carbon
  • Headset: Cane Creek 110 integrated, 1 1/8in to 1 1/2in tapered
  • Stem: Bontrager Race XXX Lite, 120mm x -7 degrees
  • Handlebar: Bontrager Race Lite Anatomic, 44cm (c-c)
  • Tape: Bontrager cork
  • Front brake: Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount BR-9010
  • Rear brake: Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount
  • Brake levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070
  • Front derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 FD-9070
  • Rear derailleur: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 RD-9070
  • Shift levers: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 STI Dual Control ST-9070
  • Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace CS-9000, 11-25T
  • Chain: Shimano Dura-Ace CN-9000
  • Crankset: SRM Wireless PowerMeter DuraAce 9000, 177.5mm, 53/39T
  • Bottom bracket: BB90 stainless steel cartridge bearing
  • Pedals: Speedplay Nano
  • Wheelset: Bontrager Aeolus 5 tubular
  • Front tire: Schwalbe One 24mm
  • Rear tire: Schwalbe One 24mm
  • Saddle: Bontrager Team Issue
  • Seatpost: Bontrager Ride Tuned Carbon
  • Bottle cages: Bontrager XXX bottle cage (2)
  • Computer: SRM PowerControl 7 (not mounted)

Critical measurements

  • Rider's height: 1.9m (6ft 3in)
  • Rider's weight: 77kg (170lb)
  • Saddle height, from BB (c-t): 840mm
  • Saddle setback: 100mm
  • Seat tube length, c-c: 522mm
  • Tip of saddle nose to c of bar: 631mm
  • Saddle to bar drop (vertical): 138mm
  • Head tube length: 180mm
  • Top tube length: 591mm
  • Total bicycle weight: 7.04kg (15.52lb)

Sam Dansie

Sam Dansie is a former contributor to BikeRadar. With 15 years experience working in cycling media, Sam also worked for Procycling and was a script writer for GCN.
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