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Giro Pro Bike: Bart de Clercq’s stage winning Canyon

Bart de Clercq's stage-7-winning Canyon Ultimate CF SLX

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AVELLINO, Italy (VN) – Bart de Clercq won the hearts of cycling fans around the world Friday — and almost gave a few a heart attack — when he attacked 8km for the finish of stage 7 at the Giro and held off a chasing pack to win by just a few feet.

Here’s a look at de Clercq’s stage-winning Canyon Ultimate CF SLX.

Giro — Bart De Clercq’s Canyon Ultimate CF SLX. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — A Ritchey cockpit mounts up to a tapered 1 1/4 to 1 1/8″ steerer. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — Campagnolo provides the drivetrain, except for an FSA SRM unit. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — Canyon is notorious for building ultra-stiff frames, and one look at that downtube/headtube junction shows precisely how they do it. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — De Clercq’s race winning Campy drivetrain. Mechanics didn’t have a chance to clean the bike before the post-race press conference, hence the chainstay grease marks. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — De Clercq showed today that he’s worth keeping an eye on, if for nothing else than his bold tactics. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — Anatomic Ritchey aluminum bar and stem, and Mavic’s Cosmic Carbone Ultimate wheels with the reflective logos. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — Mavic’s Cosmic Carbone Ultimate wheels with Continental Competition tires. Photo: Caley Fretz

Giro — How many first year pros can say they held off the likes of Scarponi to win a grand tour stage? Photo: Caley Fretz

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