Pro Tour Helmets

Being one of the more obvious pieces of kit the pro riders use I thought it would be interesting to see who is using what in 2011. Why do I appreciate this is largely driven by sponsorship deals, it is still interesting to see what is in use. As a summary the Specialiized S-Works Prevail seems to be the helmet of choice with 4 teams...
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UCI Pro Tour Stats

All the data for these stats came from the UCI Pro-Tour website http://www.uciprotour.com. The term “Neo” is equivalent to a rookie, I guess it is a Euro thing. The age format used below is year:days  and the age is taken as of 1 Jan of each year Year Total Riders Neo No: of teams Avg Age Avg age of Neo Biggest Team Smallest Team 2006...
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The companies behind the Pro Tour

  One thing that has always fascinated me about the Pro Tour is, who are these companies who support the sport? For most people in Europe these companies are probably all too familiar but for the rest of us, consider this Pro Tour Sponsorship 101. While some of the them are obvious, a few of them do have an interesting story behind them.    ...
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