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Toms Skujins’s Trek Madone

Trek-Segafredo’s Toms Skujins hit the first few stages of the Tour on the US brand’s new Madone SLR. It has been redesigned to cut weight and increase aerodynamics and comfort.

The most obvious change is the cut-out in the seat tube area. It’s called IsoFlow, and supposedly offers just as much compliance while saving 300g.

That’s not the only change on the new Madone. A redesigned cockpit system gets riders into a more ergonomic position, with flared drops and slightly sloped tops with narrower hoods.

Trek partner with Wahoo, and Skujins has an Elemnt Bolt out front.

Trek-Segrafredo riders roll on a suite of SR AM Red eTap AXS components. Skujins has opted for a 54/41 chainring combo on his SR AM crankset, along with a Quarq power meter.

Skujins told us he’s running a 10-28 cassette in combination with his 54/41 chainring set-up, which gives him an absolutely huge top gear

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