[MUSIC PLAYING]
SEAN MADSEN: We've been developing some time trial
positions with Vincenzo Nibali and Jakob Fuglsang.
We first worked on their positions in the lab.
JAKOB FUGLSANG: For me to come back on Specialized is--
it's a different bike from what I came from, and to get
to a good position on the Specialized again, this will
for sure help.
SEAN MADSEN: Vincenzo, obviously, is a stage racer,
and he's looking to maintain or improve
performance in time trials.
So we wanted to test his initial position, and we
wanted to test some options to see if there was an
improvement there.
VINCENZO NIBALI: [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
JAKOB FUGLSANG: Thanks to Specialized and their
technology, they have this system that actually can tell
you a lot more than just your average power output on five
minutes with 45 kilometers an hour, which was the normal way
of testing on the track.
So with their equipment, it makes it a lot easier.
And you get a lot more precise results and data to go over
and to confirm if the position is good or not.
VINCENZO NIBALI: [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
JAKOB FUGLSANG: There was some good improvements.
And some of the positions that we thought would probably be
better turned out to be more or less the same as more
comfortable positions, which will be easier to maintain in
a 50 kilometer time trial.
VINCENZO NIBALI: [SPEAKING ITALIAN]
JAKOB FUGLSANG: For sure it's also about confidence.
It gives confidence that you say, yeay, but I
actually did it.
I tested my position.
My position is as good as we get it.
Also, the confidence that you don't keep changing the saddle
height, or keep changing the height
of the bars or whatever.
Because you know, this is the fast position.
And when I'm in my position on the bike as it is,
then I will be fast.
Keep going.
VINCENZO NIBALI: [SPEAKING ITALIAN]