Time trial bike, Tour de France 1997,  new condition

Unique bike of 1997 identical to the one used by Richard VIRENQUE in the Tour de France 1997 under the colors Peugeot (see photos), first monocoque time trial bike in Colombus Altec, new condition, 1st hand, champagne/ red color, resuming the architecture of monocoque time trial bike and world hour record of Miguel INDURAIN and Chris BOARDMAN.

Monocoque frame built only a few units in the years 1997 by Cyfac, a French bicycle manufacturing company, of international renowned, which has obtained for its know-how "Haute Couture" The EPV label (Entreprise Patrimoine Vivant from the French government) and which is the manufacturer of the bicycles of Bernard Hinalut, Laurent Fignon, Richard Virenque, Jeannie Longo, Marco Pantani, Claudio Chiappucci, David Millar, Franck Vandenbroucke, ..., and professional cycling teams: Système U, Castorama, Maxi-Sports, Jean Delatour, Festina, Cofidis, ..., and for several decades, national cycling teams from many countries for their participation in the Olympic Games: France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, Malaysia, Korea, Switzerland, Canada, Poland, ...

Exceptional bike built according to the ergonomic studies of the very renowned ergonomist engineer Armel ANDRÉ, ergonomist engineer many French and foreign cycling professionals. It has been built only a few units of this bike. This has the particularity of owning a small wheel of 650 at the front for even more performance.

The monocoque frame in Colombus Altec is constructed for the performance with its particular form in sword blade to improve the penetration in the air and gaining fluidity both visually and aerodynamic, frame colors champagne / red,
- 650 wheel specific carbon fork,
- bike equipped with a complete high-end and prestige Campagnolo Record Titanium Carbon Ergopower 1997, 9 speeds, composed of all the elements of the Campagnolo group: brake levers, ergopower shift levers, black covers hoods, caliper brakes, crankset double chainring 53x42, bottom bracket with titanium axis, cassette freehub body, titanium cassette sprockets 12 to 21, C9 chain, steering set, cables and housings,
- passage of cables and housings inside the frame to improve the penetration in the air,
- Corima Carbon front wheel 650C tubular tyres, 48 mm high and profiled,12 aero spokes,
- Corima carbon rear wheel full lenticular 700C tubular tyres. The lenticular wheel also allows better penetration in the air, its specific shape converts the forces exerted in thrust,
- wheels equipped with Tufo tubular tyres 180 grams,
- Corima Ellipse carbon saddle stem,
- Corima leather saddle with lumbar support,
- ITM handlebar aero time trial bike  / triathlete,
- ITM stem,
- Time Equipe Pro Magnesium pedals, Bioperformance and Bioposition.

Unique bike of 1997 identical to the one used by Richard VIRENQUE in the Tour de France 1997, bike extremely rare, for its prestigious history and for all its components used : its exceptional profiled monocoque frame built for performance as well as all its high-end components Campagnolo Record Titanium Carbon and Corima Carbon, all for the performance and all original in a new condition.