'As last year, Teutenberg is aboard a carbon fiber Giant bike, but this year the team is equipped with Giant's top-dollar TCR Advanced LE frame. The principal difference between this bike and Teutenberg's 2005 mount is the integrated seat tube. Instead of a separate seat post, the LE's seat tube extends all the way up to the saddle, which is mounted on a clamp that wraps round the tube.... The construction makes the LE one of the lightest frames around, and it's almost trivial to build up a bike that hits the UCI's 6.8kg lower weight limit...' More
