The bike is equipped with SRAM Red eTap - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A closer look at the rear derailleur - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The batteries are interchangeable between front and rear derailleurs - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The wireless groupset looks incredibly tidy - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A simple rubber bung to cover the Di2 cable holes - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount brakes - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The crankset is equipped with a Quarq power meter - Colin Levitch / Immediate
53-39 chainrings for Machado - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Integrated aerodynamic bars - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Only the brake cables come away from the bars - Colin Levitch / Immediate
An outfront Garmin mount keeps the cockpit even tidier - Colin Levitch / Immediate
SRAM Red eTap shifters - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Some electrical tape to save any valve rattle - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Look Keo 2 Max carbon - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Machado's race transponder, with colour coordinated electrical tape - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Each rider's bike is labelled up - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Machado's race number was held on with an old bidon - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Selle Italia SLR Team Edition - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The Aeroad has a bladed seatpost - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels and Continental Competition 25mm tubular tyres - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A look at the brake track - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Selle Italia Smootape Gran Fondo handlebar tape - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The integrated handlebars/stem - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A look at the non-driveside crank - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The bottom bracket butts out of the frame slightly - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The seat tube is shaped around the rear wheel - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Electronic front mechs have a more aggressive motor in them than their mechanical counterparts. - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A closer look at the seat tube - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Tacx Deva bottle cages with matching bottles - Colin Levitch / Immediate
SRAM don't yet make direct mount brakes - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A neat paint design from Canyon - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Carbon seat rails and a slight setback on the seat post - Colin Levitch / Immediate
A look at the rear cluster - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Machado rides 172.5mm cranks - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The handlebar and stem dimensions - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The seat clamp bolt is neatly in the top tube - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The hour glass shaped headtube - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Internal cable routing for the brakes - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The bottles are marked to differentiate between water and sports drink - Colin Levitch / Immediate
Team Katusha has certainly changed its make up for the upcoming season. A Swiss registration, a new joint-title sponsor in Alpecin and the arrival of individual time trial World Champion Tony Martin gives the team a fresh new look.
While these aspects of the team have changed, the bikes remain much the same from last year’s season.
Tiago Machado rides the Canyon Aeroad CF SLX with a combination of Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels, a SRAM Red eTap groupset and Selle Italia saddle and handlebar tape.
The finishing kit is Canyon’s in-house design made up of a S27 Aero VCLS carbon seatpost and an integrated handlebar and stem combination, the H11 Aerocockpit.
Zipp Firecrest 303 wheels and Continental Competition 25mm tubular tyres - Colin Levitch / Immediate
The Zipp wheels are paired with Continental Competition 25mm tubular tyres, with the professional peloton issue electrical tape to prevent any unwanted valve rattle.
Although the SRAM groupset provides wireless shifting, Team Katusha-Alpecin is riding a Di2 focussed frameset with the internal cable routing holes bunged up at the rear dropout.
With SRAM not manufacturing any direct-mount brakes, the bike is equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace direct mount brakes.
