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Pro Bike Gallery: Alexander Kristoff’s Canyon CF SLX 9.0

Milano-Sanremo winner Alexander Kristoff will look to add to his spring palmares aboard this Canyon CF SLX 9.0

April 4, 2014 Logan VonBokel

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Pro — Alexander Kristoff of Katusha took to the roads of Dwars Door Vlaanderen just days after winning Milan-San Remo. The Dwars Door Vlaanderen course shares many of the same roads as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, so the equipment choice at DDV can often be a dry-run for Flanders. Kristoff’s bike of choice is a size medium Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 Team Kat, custom painted for the Norwegian sprinter. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Other Katusha riders, such as Alexey Tsatevich. whose bike sat next to Kristoff’s in the team paddock, opt for the aero frame of the Canyon Aeroad CF 9.0 Team. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Canyon sells replicas of its pro teams’ bikes. But none of Canyon’s consumer-direct bikes are not yet available in the United States. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — While the tires are labeled as 22mm Mavic Yksion CXR Griplink tubulars, they look much more like Vittoria Corsa SC tubulars and are likely 25mm. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — The Dura-Ace 9000 SRM has been on the market for a year, but Kristoff is still riding a 10-speed 7900 crank with his 11-speed 9070 Di2 group. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Standard gearing for Kristoff with a 53-39 chainring combination and an 11-26 cassette. This combination has become nearly every riders’ go-to gearing. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — That’s one clean drivetrain. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Kristoff rode Mavic Cosmic Carbon 40 T wheels, though the badges were subtle and mismatched. Pro teams had the 40T for more than a year before they were released to the public, and these may be holdovers from that era, hence the mismatched logos. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — A carbon-railed Selle Italia SLR Team Edition Flow saddle tops a Canyon VCLS seatpost. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Kristoff opts for the Ritchey WCS Carbon Monocurve integrated handlebar and stem and runs the Shimano Di2 sprint shifters. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — The stock Canyon Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 Team Kat comes with the Acros Ai-70 Fiber headset, which uses a unique compression cap design (which, in our testing, hasn’t proven to be particularly reliable over nasty roads). Katusha mechanics run a more traditional Acros headset, instead. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Elite bidons fill the alloy Elite cages. Elite provides upwards of 30,000 custom bottles for each of the 11 top pro teams its sponsors. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — The custom matte paint on Kristoff’s Canyon is looking battered. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Kristoff’s name badge also shows signs of overly aggressive power-washing. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

Pro — Bikes laying in wait for their pilots. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com

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