Alberto Contador's riding the brand new Trek Emonda at this year's Tour de France At just 640grams for a size 56, Trek has both shed weight from the previous model, and beefed up areas such as the front end and bottom bracket. As a 7x Grand Tour winner, Alberto is riding the H1 race geometry.
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Frame and forks: Trek Emonda SLR 9
Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus 3 Tubular Wheelset
Tyres: Vittoria Corsa 25mms
Handlebars/Stem: Bontrager XXX 1 piece bar/stem
Saddle: Bontrager Sarano RXL
Shifters: Shimano Dura-Ace 9150
Brakes: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000
Front Mech: Shimano Dura-Ace 9150
Rear Mech: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 9150
Chainset: Shimano Dura-Ace w/ SRM Powermeter
Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000
Chainring size: Shimano Dura-Ace 9000 53-39t
Powermeter: SRM Power Control v8
Cassette: Shimano Dura-Ace 9100 11-30t
Cages: Bontrager XXX Lite bottle cages
Bartape: Bontrager - double wrapped - immaculately.
Bike weight: 6.5kgs
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