Team Garmin to use Edge 705 GPS in Tour De France

There can be no greater testament to the true value of the Garmin Edge 705 GPS than to see it on the handlebars of the members of Team Garmin in the 2008 Tour de France. Although professional cyclists are of course under pressure to use their sponsors' products they are too obsessive about weight and function to allow something on their bikes that they consider superfluous.

According to Garmin's official blog, the Team Garmin riders will be using Edge 705 units with custom maps of the race's daily stage routes, with Saris power meter wheel hubs providing power data. The Edge 705 GPS is compatible with a range of power measurement hubs and crank sets that use the open ANT+Sport wireless standard to transmit data.

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