Pro Bike: Cavendish’s Dogma 2 for stage 5 of the Tour of Oman

Graham Watson caught up with Mark Cavendish’s 2012 Dogma 2 before the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman. The 98 mile stage featured about 6,000 feet of climbing, most of it coming on the summit finish of Green Mountain. Cavendish’s bike still appeared to be outfitted as it would be for a sprint day. Though Team Sky is outfitted by wheel sponsor Shimano, Cavendish appears to be running HED Stinger 4's laced to Dura-Ace 7800 hubs. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

As reigning world champion, Cavendish was given bib number one. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

With a quiver of choices from Fi'zi:k Cavendish has been been running the Arione CX for years. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

The subtle world champion stripes in the "2" of the logo are a nice touch. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

The Dogma 2's internal routing makes for clean lines. The headset spacer is a bit of a rarity, especially for sprinters in the peloton. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Cavendish opted for a tied and soldered set of HED's on the penultimate day of Oman. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Cav has been running his signature PRO Vibe bars and stem for a couple years now and continues to do so on his new squad. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

The PRO Vibe Cavendish Signature stem makes for a very unique, sweeping cockpit. The lack of finishing tape, thanks to some Super Glue, is another special, and not as easily maintained, touch. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Cavendish rides the Shimano 7900 SRM which still uses the 7800 arms. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Cavendish prefers the 7810 Aluminum pedals over the carbon 7900 model. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Cav went with the insulated Elite Nanogelite bottles in his composite Elite Custom Race cages. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

The Di2 satellite shifters are set up for easy access in a sprint. The left button is for shifting up the cog. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com

Are they giggling at his exposed tan lines? Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com