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Pro bike: Thomas Dekker’s Cervélo S5 (Bike Radar)

**Dutch climbing and time trial specialist Thomas Dekker has a long road ahead
of him after serving a two-year suspension for EPO use. Garmin-Barracuda
directeur sportif Jonathan Vaughters has given the fallen rider a ****second
chance****, however, and Dekker is hoping his new team-issue Cervélo S5 will
help him prove his worth this coming season.**

The Cervélo S5 strikes a distinctive profile, what with its wild array of
teardrop forms, hard edges and unusual angles. In addition to the aero cross-
sections and very Cervélo P4-like rear end, there’s also an hourglass profile
straight 1-1/8in head tube to minimize frontal area, a dropped down tube that
blends cleanly with the fork crown and just barely clears the front tire, and
a flattened section on the down tube that Cervélo claim helps direct air
around water bottles.

But that shape is exactly what gives the S5 its edge and, according to
Cervélo, lets it post drag numbers that supposedly even rival some companies’
full-blown time trial chassis. In Dekker’s case, that’s likely about all that
matters when he’s sticking his nose into the wind this year. That aerodynamic
advantage hasn’t come at a heavy cost in terms …

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