July 21, 2005 10:51 AM PDT
Lance Armstrong knew he couldn't win his seventh Tour de France by just pedaling, he needed the best bicycle technology, too. Instead of playing it safe, Lance asked Trek Bicycles for "lighter and stiffer" models for this year's tour. Trek engineers designed two specialty bikes, one for mountains and one for time trials, which have helped earn him the yellow jersey as the overall leader.
Here, he rides the Trek SSLx in the July 20 stage.
Photo by Credit: Franck Faugere/DPPI/Icon SMI
