Banned Tour Technology

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R3 racing bike, which would have needed some modification to make it UCI legal.The R3 comes in below the 6.8 kg weight limit.Photo Courtesy of Cervélo
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directly from your local dealer. But racers who want to use the bike in the Tour de France have to add ballast to bring the bike up to regulation weight.

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recently campaigned a pair of its Team bikes in the 2006 Race Across America and finished a very impressive second. Recumbents like this are outlawed by the UCI.