Tour de France winning bikes: Pinarello is the top dog
We look back at the last 15 bikes to be ridden to victory and Italian brands dominate
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It goes without saying that the Tour de France is the biggest race in cycling, which means it's the perfect proving ground for brands to test their range-topping superbikes, with many companies timing new releases with the Tour each year.
The bike brands are fighting nearly as hard for the top step of the podium as the riders and teams themselves - so which brands have come out on top over the years?
Well, the last decade has been an almost totally Italian affair. Eight of the last ten editions have been shared between Pinarello (Team Ineos) and Colnago (UAE Emirates), with the only upsets coming from Specialized (Astana in 2014) and Cervélo (Jumbo-Visma in 2022).
Looking back a little further and 2011 saw the first ever Australian victor of the Tour de France in Cadel Evans (Team BMC), who rode a BMC Team Machine. Before that Specialized also secured a bike win in 2010 with Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank).
Schleck was awarded the title after though only after Alberto Contador's disqualification. That didn't actually change the winning bike brand as Contador's Team Astana were also on Specialized.
El Pistolero did win the year before, though, but in 2009 he was on board a Trek Madone. The year before that, and rather neatly topping and tailing our ever-so-slightly arbitrary 15 year timeline, Carlos Sastre won the 2008 race on a Cervélo!
Here's a look at the machines that took their riders to victory from 2008 to 2022 - but first, a few commonly asked questions...
What kind of bikes do Tour de France riders use?
The vast majority of stages are road stages, requiring road bikes. In 2022, there are two time trial stages (stage one and stage 20), where riders will be aboard time trial bikes. But you wanted more detail than that, right?! Most brands supply teams with two road models: a lightweight climbing bike, and an aero bike - the latter being more suited to fast, flat stages. Exceptions include Pinarello, where the Italian marquee says its Dogma F can do both.
How much do Tour de France bikes cost?
The Pinarello Dogma is perhaps the best example to give. Relaunched in August 2021 as the ' Pinarello Dogma F ', the top-end SRAM Red eTap model will set you back £12,000 / $14,500.
Can you buy a Tour de France bike?
WorldTour bikes ridden by the pros are commercially available. Brands across the board will tell you that the bike you can buy in the shops is exactly the same as that ridden by the pros. However, some skepticism surrounds this assertion. If pro bikes are treated with a slightly different carbon layup and geometry, as is often suggested, the changes will be minimal and likely take into account the lesser requirement of longevity and greater strength/flexibility of professional riders.
Which bike brand has had the most Tour de France wins?
Pinarello hasn't just dominated the past decade or so - bikes bearing the Italian brand's name are the most successful in Tour de France history. The first of its 16 wins came in 1988 with Pedro Delgado and Team Reynolds, with further successes coming with Miguel Induráin, Bjarne Riis and Jan Ulrich and then Team Sky/Ineos Grenadiers. The next most successful brand is Peugeot. Now better know for cars, the French brand first won in 1905, with its last victory in 1977. Trek can only claim two official Tour de France wins, with Alberto Contador in 2007 and 2009. The US brand would be equal with Gitane on nine wins but, of course, Lance Armstrong's seven 'wins' aboard a Trek have been struck from the record books.
Tour de France bikes
2022: Jonas Vingegaard's (Jumbo-Visma) Cervélo R5 and S5
The 2022 Tour de France was a display of dominance from the squad we have seen at the forefront of racing for so long now, Jumbo-Visma. Last year, the team swept up the overall victory and KOM jersey with Jonas Vingegaard , as well as the points classification with Wout Van Aert . Six stage victories to top things off made this a pretty memorable run for the Dutch cycling team.
Vingegaard used a combination of Cervélo's S5 aero bike, and R5 climbing bike throughout the Tour, but he ultimately rolled into Paris aboard his custom-painted S5.
Both bikes were fully clad in the latest 12-speed Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 and featured matching wheels. The Dura-Ace wheelsets varied from the C35 offering for mountain days, while the C60s saw use on the flatter stages.
Interestingly too, 2022 is the first year in history to be won strictly on disc brakes . Though Tadej Pogacar did roll into Paris one year earlier on discs, he also used rim brakes in time trials and for a select few mountain stages - Jumbo-Visma on the other hand, ran exclusively disc setups during the 2022 Tour. If ever there was a sign that rim brakes are on their way to extinction, surely this is it.
2020 & 2021: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) Colnago V3Rs
Pogačar's winning machine from stage nine of 2021
Pogačar's 2020 win made him the first ever Slovenian rider to win the Tour de France, the youngest ever rider at 21-years-old, and he achieved that feat riding a Colnago V3Rs , with Colnago having never won cycling's most prestigious race before either.
Though he rode the same bike model each year, his setups differed. In 2020 he opted for a more 'traditional' feel, with a Campagnolo Super Record EPS 12-speed groupset, Bora One tubular wheels and a set of Campagnolo’s Super Record rim brakes.
In 2021, though, he used Campagnolo’s Super Record EPS groupset and Bora Ultra WTO 45 wheels with Vittoria Graphene 2.0 tubeless tyres. He switched to disc brakes too for most stages, helping his stability in the often tumultuous French weather.
For two stages he did revert to rim brakes though, one of which came during his stage five time-trial win while using his Colnago K.one time trial bike. He used the same setup that helped during 2020's decisive La Planche des Belle Filles time trial, before he ditched the TT bike in favour of a road bike .
Pogačar's 'traditional' bike without a power meter or computer on stage 19 of the 2020 Tour de France
Pogačar proceeded on a bike without a power meter or computer, riding on feel alone in one of cycling's most pure rides.
In 2021, his bike featured yellow accents as early as stage nine, when he first wore the maillot jaune, so dominant was his performance.
2019: Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) Pinarello Dogma F12
While the team may have undergone a name change and re-brand, there was no shock at the top of the Tour de France standings as Team Sky, now Team Ineos, took another title.
The 2019 Tour was a historic moment, however, as Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to ever win the yellow jersey and the youngest rider - at the time - in the modern era, at 22-years-old.
It took Pinarello another two years to bring out the Dogma F12 after the launch of the Dogma F10, on which Thomas won last year’s Tour de France. In that time, Pinarello said it had improved the aerodynamics, saving eight watts at 40kp/h, and made the frameset stiffer and lighter too.
Bernal stuck with rim brakes in 2019, twinned with Lightweight wheels for the climbing days and Shimano Dura-Ace wheels on the fast and flat days.
The Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 made up the rest of the components.
2018: Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) Pinarello Dogma F10 X-Light
Thomas won the 2018 Tour d France aboard a Pinarello F10 X-Light - which uses a slightly different carbon fibre compared to previous iterations, resulting in a weight drop of around a kilogram.
The geometry remains fixed, as does the use of an asymmetric bottom bracket, plus the wind cheating concave down tube is designed to incorporate bottles in optimal position.
The Tour's first Welsh winner opted for an integrated 40mm Talon handlebar and 130mm stem, with a Fizik Arione saddle that carries his optimum position marked in pen. The saddle height was around 78.5cm and Thomas rode with 175mm cranks - which are longer than most opt for.
The groupset is Shimano Dura-Ace, with a 53/39 crankset and 11-30 at the back, alongside a Stages power meter. The wheels fitted when we saw the bike were carbon tubular Dura-Ace hoops, wearing Continental Competition tyres and the paint job carries a speed line for every Team Sky victory.
Read more and see the bike via video
2017: Chris Froome (Team Sky), Pinarello Dogma F10
Froome's third consecutive Dogma win. By this point, the employees at Pinarello 's painting factory in Treviso were probably quite used to applying (apparently) last minute yellow paint jobs before the roll into Paris.
The F10 had some minor tweaks from the F8 , but no major overhauls - quite simply, Pinarello and Team Sky felt it was a pretty good bike. Pinarello made the F10 a little bit more aero, a little bit stiffer, and very slightly lighter.
The diet the frame had been on meant that Froome didn't need the X-light model he used when the F8 was in production, so his frame is as per an off-the-peg creation in terms of weight.
When we saw it, Froome had opted for a 53/39 standard set up with an 11-28 cassette, though the chainrings themselves are osymetric - a preference which can help improve pedalling efficiency.
On flatter stages, Froome used deeper wheels, but when we had the chance to video it , the bike was shod with shallow Shimano Dura-Ace C40 wheels and pro-only Continental Competition Pro Ltd tubular tyres.
The bars, stem, and bar tape are all Shimano's own brand, Pro, fitted with a K-Edge out from computer mount and Fizik saddle.
See more: Chris Froome's 2017 Tour de France winning Pinarello Dogma
Like Bradley Wiggins before him, Froome rode the Bolide time trial bike during the ITT stages of the race.
Froome opted for 175mm cranks, used a chain catcher to guard against necessary trauma. The saddle height was 79.6cm - 1mm lower than that 79.7cm on his road bike. There was grip tape on his saddle, which helped him maintain the ideal position and he opted for a 58/48T chainring set up with 11-28 cassette.
In a touch of perfectionism, the 3D printed handlebar was made from titanium and moulded perfectly to fit its rider.
Read more: Chris Froome's Tour de France Pinarello Bolide
2016 & 2015 : Chris Froome (Team Sky) Pinarello Dogma F8
To represent his Kenyan upbringing and passion for wildlife as an ambassador for the charity United for Wildlife, Froome's 2015 and 2016 winning bikes featured unique rhino decals.
The osymetric chainrings are present, with a chainguard to guard against unfortunate chain-drop moments. The rest of the drivetrain was Shimano Dura Ace, with an 11-28 cassette and Stages power meter.
Froome's preference for having two shifting buttons close together meant the satellite shifters were stripped down, also saving him weight in the meantime too.
The wheels we shot the bike with were Shimano's Dura-Ace C50s, bottle cages were 15g Leggero's from Elite and the bars were Pro.
The winning machine was polished off with a 121mm stem, Fizik Antares 00 saddle with carbon rails and Continental Competition Pro Ltd tubular tyres.
See more: Chris Froome's 2016 Tour de France winning Pinarello Dogma F8
2014: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Specialized S-Works Tarmac
Vincenzo Nibali managed to break up the Pinarello domination in the Tour in the early 2010s, as he rode to victory in 2014 aboard an S-Works Tarmac painted with decals that hark to his nickname - Lo Squalo - or 'the Shark'.
This Tarmac became the first edition to feature a size specific carbon-layup, improving ride quality by better catering for the individual's needs and desires. Nibali added an FSA stem to his machine too, with Corima Viva wheels and a Campagnolo Super Record groupset also included.
Specialized even customised the Italian's bike for the final day, adding yellow stickered wheels from Corima and a custom FSA stem with yellow decals to the already painted yellow frame.
During time trial stages, Nibali rode the brand's slippery Shiv TT bike. He finished fourth on the 54 kilometre stage 20 solo event to comfortably maintain his place on the top step of the podium, finishing seven minutes 52 seconds ahead of second-placed Christophe Peraud overall.
Read more: Vincenzo Nibali’s 2014 Specialized S-Works Tarmac
2013: Chris Froome (Team Sky), Pinarello Dogma
The Dogma model before the F8 was the Dogma 65.1 Think 2 , and it's that iteration which Froome rode to his first Tour de France victory in 2013.
Its standout features were the asymmetric design and wavy forks, seatstays and chainstays. The 65.1 gained its name from the use of a new carbon fibre material: Torayca high-modulus 65 as opposed to the 60 ton carbon of previous years’ models. According to Pinarello, this helped the bike become lighter, and therefore more reactive, which Froome managed to showcase expertly throughout his stellar ride.
Froome's model was of course fitted with osymetric chainrings, Fizik saddle, and the old-faithful looking SRM data-box of days gone by.
2012: Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), Pinarello Dogma
Wiggins rode onto the Champs-Élysées in 2012 on Pinarello's Dogma 65.1, the brand's newest machine, as he secured his maiden Tour de France title. Despite flaunting the sleek bike in Paris that day, Team Sky actually opted for their main rider to stick to the Pinarello Dogma 2 for the rest of the race.
Similarly, Sky ensured Wiggins felt comfortable throughout the three weeks, keeping him on a Shimano Dura-Ace mechanical 10-speed groupset (q for the majority of the time.
Across both the bike he used in Paris and what he used throughout the rest of the Tour, Wiggins also added a Fizik Arione saddle and yet more osymetric chainrings to complete his machine.
2011: Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team), BMC Team Machine
Cadel Evans Tour winning machine
Cadel Evans was the first ever Australian to take the Tour victory 'down under', and he did so aboard his BMC Team Machine. The 2011 Tour de France winning machine was the first bike in history to win the biggest bike race in the world with electronic shifting.
Evans' Team Machine featured a relatively chunky carbon lugged design, that even featured an aero seatpost - something more rarely seen back in the early 2010s. The bike was clad with Shimano's first iteration of Dura-Ace Di2, 7970, and featured an SRM power meter too.
Evans also rode 50mm deep Easton carbon tubular wheels which put together an aero package, that we think, wouldn't look overly out of place today - bar the rim brakes of course!
2010: Andy Schleck (Team Saxo Bank) Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3
Andy Schleck battling the alpine gradients
Andy Schleck was only officially crowned the 2010 Tour de France champion in early 2012, after the original winner, Alberto Contador, received a doping ban that led to the revoking of his title.
Schleck rode a Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL3, which can be seen above in a dazzling chrome colourway. The eventual winning bike featured mechanical shifting in the form of SRAM Red 10-speed, along with rim brakes.
Carbon wheels were still the order of the day in the form of Zipp's 202 lightweight wheels. Interestingly too, there was no power meter to be seen on the 2010 Tour winner's bike, making Schleck the last winner before power data became more mainstream.
2009: Alberto Contador (Astana) Trek Madone 6.9 Pro
The Spanish climbing legend did retain his 2009 title, this time with a dominant 4m11s winning margin over Andy Schleck. Alberto Contador rolled down the Champs-Élysées on his Trek Madone 6.9 Pro, fully equipped with yellow flashes.
The Madone of 2009 sits in a different postcode to the aero-optimized Trek Madone we know today. The Madone sat as Trek's all-round race bike, with oversized OCLV carbon construction that was influenced by a design ethos based on stiffness and light weight.
'El Pistolero' didn't use a power meter, and used SRAM's 10 speed Red mechanical shifting. Bontrager, Trek's in-house component manufacturer, provided the deep-section carbon wheels and finishing kit to the Spaniard's bike.
2008: Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) Cervelo R5
Carlos Sastre post stage 21
We end our dive into the history books with a nice Cervelo-bookend here, with Carlos Sastre winning the Tour 14 years ago aboard the same line of bikes that Jonas Vingegaard used in last year's race.
The two iterations bare more slightly resemblance than the previously discussed Trek Madones, but 14 years of research and development has certainly seen some changes.
Sastro's 2008 winning machine featured Zipp 202 lightweight carbon wheels and Shimano Dura-Ace 7800 ten-speed shifting. 3T, who worked closely with Cervelo through this time provided the finishing kit.
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Every bike that won the 2021 Tour de France | Stage-by-stage breakdown
Every stage winning bike from the 2021 Tour de France, from lightweight speed stallions to as-yet-unreleased climbing machines
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Colin Henrys
After 21 frantic stages that produced 13 stage winners in total, Tadej Pogačar stood atop the Paris podium as the 2021 Tour de France champion.
Pogačar rode into Paris on a custom Colnago V3Rs . In fact, so dominant was his victory, the Slovenian’s bike was handed a yellow-accented makeover as soon as he rolled out in the maillot jaune for the first time on stage nine.
The lightweight aero all-rounder was officially launched two years ago, and as far as credentials go, consecutive Tour de France victories are as good as it gets.
But which other pro bikes were powered to victory during this year’s Tour de France? Beneath every great rider is a top-specced bike, dressed to impress and fine-tuned to very specific needs.
Let’s take a closer look…
Which bike brand won the most 2021 Tour de France stages?
- Specialized: 7
Stage one: Julian Alaphillipe – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
Julian Alaphilippe swapped the rainbow jersey for the yellow jersey when he stormed to victory on stage one of this year’s Tour de France into Landerneau.
Being world champion has its perks, not least a custom paint job for his Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 .
Alaphilippe broke ground winning on clincher tyres last year, and his teammates all followed the trend this year – with Specialized’s Turbo Cotton tyres fitted to Roval Rapide CLX hoops.
At the heart of the bike is a super-lightweight and aero optimised frame. Dressed in Shimano’s Dura-Ace R9170 Di2 road bike groupset , Specialized proclaims the Tarmac SL7 to be the fastest race bike, ever. A bike befitting of the world champion – with the rainbow-themed paintjob to match.
Stage two: Mathieu van der Poel – Canyon Aeroad CFR
Alpecin-Fenix’s Mathieu van der Poel was the next man into the yellow jersey, achieving something his grandfather, Raymond Poulidor, so unluckily never managed in his own illustrious career.
Canyon ensured it marked the occasion fittingly by gifting van der Poel a custom yellow Canyon Aeroad CFR for the following stage, with a touching tribute to Pou Pou on the top tube.
The actual stage-winning bike, minus the yellow makeover, had already caught the eye thanks to the return of the CP0018 Aerocockpit.
Van der Poel – and indeed every Canyon Aeroad CFR owner – was unable to use the original cockpit, in which the cables are internally routed down the head tube after his bar broke at Le Samyn earlier this year .
But Canyon’s flagship aero bike, complete with Shimano Dura-Ace C65 wheels, Vittoria tyres and a Dura-Ace R9150 groupset, was back to its original design for the 2021 Tour.
And the extra watts saved clearly paid dividends, as van der Poel marked his debut at the race with a memorable victory and stint in the leader’s jersey.
Stage three: Tim Merlier – Canyon Aeroad CFR
In fact, those extra watts were helping more than just van der Poel as Tim Merlier continued a successful start to the race for Alpecin-Fenix.
In fact, so dominant was the team’s sprint train that team-mate Jasper Philipsen followed him over the line in second place.
As team-mate van der Poel – seventh on the stage – rode into Pontivy on his custom yellow steed, his team-mates were further boosting Canyon’s reputation for speed in a dominant victory.
Canyon also supplies Movistar and Arkea-Samsic, but it was the Alpecin-Fenix fastmen putting the Aeroad to best use in the opening stages.
Stage four: Mark Cavendish – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
Canyon wasn’t the only bike brand celebrating multiple successes for their riders in the first week, as Deceuninck–Quick-Step very quickly set about justifying the new six-year extension to its deal with Specialized.
After Alaphilippe won on his custom-painted version on the opening stage, Mark Cavendish was aboard his own Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 for the first of his four stage wins.
There are some differences between the Frenchman’s bike and Cavendish’s setup – and not just the fact the Manx Missile rides a more understated, sleek black model.
Cavendish, as with his other Deceuninck–Quick-Step team-mates, rides Turbo Cotton clincher tyres wrapped around Roval Rapide aero wheels.
Up front, meanwhile, where Alaphilippe uses a round PRO bar, Cavendish sticks with Roval’s Rapide handlebar for its increased aero advantage.
Stage five: Tadej Pogačar – Colnago K.one (time-trial bike)
The first of Tadej Pogačar's three stage wins was not aboard his Colnago V3Rs, but the K.one time-trial bike , which served him so well in 2020.
Slovenia’s first-ever Tour de France winner makes use of a healthy dose of Italian craftsmanship when it comes to his bike setups: UAE Team Emirates uses Campagnolo groupsets and wheelsets, and Vittoria tyres.
Pogačar's stage five time-trial setup is a little unusual, in that he still uses 11-speed Campagnolo Super Record EPS as opposed to the current range-topping 12-speed iteration.
He also trades disc brakes for rim brakes, of course, and his rear disc wheel is a Campag Bora Ultra TT. At the front, as it was a year ago, is a tubeless Campagnolo Bora WTO 77 hoop.
The setup was a success in 2020 when he snatched the yellow jersey on the penultimate day, and the same, trusty setup saw him lay down a marker this time around too.
Stage six: Mark Cavendish – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
Once he got his taste for victory back, it seemed nothing would stop Mark Cavendish as he stormed to Tour de France stage win number 32.
Now in the green jersey , his Wahoo Elemnt Bolt had a small makeover in the form of a green sticker to celebrate, and Cav’s Supacaz Super Sticky Kush Star Fade bar tape boasted some green detail, too.
Cavendish’s super-stiff, super-aero, super-aggressive setup features Specialized’s own S-Works Power Mirror saddle to keep things comfortable when he’s not blasting his way through a bunch sprint.
Stage seven: Matej Mohorič – Merida Reacto Disc Team
Merida may not be a title sponsor of the Bahrain-Victorious team anymore, but it still supplies the team’s bikes.
As such, it was on board the aero Merida Reacto that Matej Mohorič won stage seven of the 2021 Tour de France.
New for this year’s race were wider rims on the Vision Metron SL Disc wheelset, with Mohorič sporting the 60mm iteration on stage seven.
Vision and FSA also supply componentry on the Merida Reacto Disc Team, and the Vision Metron SL Disc hoops are wrapped in Continental Competition Pro ALX Ltd tubular tyres.
Stage eight: Dylan Teuns – Merida Scultura 5
The other weapon in Bahrain-Victorious’s road armoury is the Merida Scultura, and Dylan Teuns promptly won stage eight on the as-yet-unreleased latest model in the line.
Dubbed the Merida Scultura 5 on the UCI list of approved frames, the bike is closer to the Reacto than previous iterations.
With the current move for lightweight bikes becoming more aero – and the Scultura frame is really light, right at the lowest end of the UCI weight limit – the Scultura 5 is bang on-trend.
Dropped seatstays and fully internally-routed cables add aero credentials over previous versions.
As with Mohorič's Reacto, Teuns’s Scultura also featured new, slightly wider Vision Metron wheels. For the mountain stages, the Metron 45 SL Disc is the hoop of choice.
Stage nine: Ben O’Connor – BMC TeamMachine SLR01
Ben O’Connor is not the first Australian rider to win a Tour de France stage on a BMC TeamMachine SLR01 bike.
But ten years on from Cadel Evans’s Tour de France victory, the top lightweight racing bike in the BMC armoury has undergone a lot of changes.
The latest version, updated for 2021, is lighter than ever – 820g to quote BMC – and is only available with disc brakes in the modern-day peloton.
BMC also claims aero improvements – again in keeping with the trend for lightweight-but-aero racing bikes.
O’Connor’s bike was dressed in Campagnolo Super Record EPS, but the Australian ace rode narrower Campag Bora One wheels for his mountain stage win – the off-the-peg AG2R Citroën Team edition features the Bora Ultra WTOs instead.
Stage ten: Mark Cavendish – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
You wait four years for your next Tour de France win, and then…
Mark Cavendish was back on top of the podium as Specialized celebrated another victory for the S-Works Tarmac SL7 bike.
When Cav last won the green jersey at the Tour de France back in 2011, Specialized was only onto the third iteration of the Tarmac.
It was the first year the Manxman rode a Specialized bike, but during that year’s Tour it was the Specialized McLaren Venge and its aggressive aero profiles on which he was successful.
Aerodynamically, the Venge was actually more aerodynamic than the Tarmac SL7, but Specialized has thrown all its eggs in one basket with its lightweight, aerodynamic offering.
Stage 11: Wout van Aert – Cervélo R-Series
Belgian champion Wout van Aert proved himself to be a man for all seasons at the 2021 Tour de France with a variety of stunning stage wins.
First up, was double Ventoux day and van Aert conquered the two ascents of the Giant of Provence on a Cervélo R6… possibly.
Team Jumbo-Visma’s new, flagship, lightweight racing bike is as yet unreleased despite having first been spotted back in April .
The name is not yet confirmed – it may retain the R5 Disc moniker, which would make sense given the changes are subtle. The most obvious is integrated cables.
Whatever the name, however, Wout van Aert clearly gets on with his new steed.
Stage 12: Nils Politt – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
It wasn’t just Mark Cavendish and Julian Alaphilippe riding to victory on the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7, with Bora –hansgrohe, another Specialized-sponsored team, also taking a win.
As such, Nils Politt was on board the same machine when he soloed to victory from the breakaway on stage 12.
Like the Deceuninck–Quick-Step riders, Bora – hansgrohe also pairs the lightweight and aero frame with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and Roval Rapide hoops.
Stage 13: Mark Cavendish – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
The record-equalling stage win – number 34 of Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France career – continued a dominant Tour when it came to the bunch sprints.
If Specialized had any doubts about ditching the Venge in favour of a more aerodynamic Tarmac, they have been allayed in style (though some on the BikeRadar team may still mourn its loss) by the greatest sprinter of them all.
Among Cavendish’s setup, one quirk included his satellite shifters. Cav prefers a button on the front of the bar, which he operates with his trigger finger, whereas the norm is a thumb-controlled shifter on the inside. It goes against the grain, but who are we to argue with a 34-time Tour de France stage winner?
Stage 14: Bauke Mollema – Trek Emonda SLR
The Trek Emonda SLR is another super light-weight bike that has been given an aero makeover in recent years.
Trek called the 2020 iteration its "fastest climbing bike ever", and Bauke Mollema did nothing to dispel those claims with a long-range solo victory on stage 14.
The Emonda is a long-serving mainstay of Trek’s road range, but the lightweight frame – tipping the scales at a claimed 698g – is visually very different from previous versions.
The frame features an enhanced aerodynamic profile, with tech borrowed from the Madone.
And a stylish bike beneath the surface deserves something special on the surface too – and Mollema’s stage-winning bike boasts a beautiful shiny red finish.
Stage 15: Sepp Kuss – Cervélo R-Series
An improved R5 or the new R6; whichever it is, Team Jumbo-Visma’s new Cervélos are Tour de France stage-winning bikes.
Wout van Aert was not the team’s only successful rider. Sepp Kuss was victorious in Andorra on stage 15 too.
As well as fully integrated cables, the bike also boasts a revamped fork and a reshaped head tube – larger at the top to accommodate those cables.
Team Jumbo-Visma’s bikes all come in a team finish – matte black frame and yellow fork.
Stage 16: Patrick Konrad – Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
As with Julian Alaphilippe, Mark Cavendish and Nils Politt, Patrick Konrad also won a 2021 Tour de France stage on board a Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7.
When a brand comes out with claims such as "fastest race bike", it is usually dismissed as the typical marketing hyperbole that accompanies any bike launch. But seven Tour de France stage wins is hard to argue with.
Stage 17: Tadej Pogačar – Colnago V3Rs
As mentioned above, so dominant was Tadej Pogačar at the 2021 Tour de France, Colnago had already rolled out a yellow bike for the Slovenian long before victory was officially confirmed.
When he won on the Col du Portet, however, there were some notable changes to Pogačar's setup.
Most obvious was him swapping out the disc brakes he has generally favoured this year with rim brakes – the rim-brake version was not as boldly yellow as the disc equivalent, incidentally.
Stage 18: Tadej Pogačar – Colnago V3Rs
The Slovenian superstar did the same the following day and won again.
Pogačar's V3Rs wears Campagnolo’s Super Record EPS groupset and rolls on Campag’s Bora Ultra WTO 45 wheels with Vittoria Graphene 2.0 tubeless tyres.
Low weight is the name of the game (and the likely reason for swapping to rim brakes too), and Colnago gives very little away on the weight front with a claimed 790g frame.
Stage 19: Matej Mohorič – Merida Reacto
Ahead of the final week, Merida gifted Matej Mohorič a brand-new Merida Reacto, paying tribute to his Slovenian national title.
And Mohorič repaid Merida by riding the new bike to victory on stage 19.
Naturally, in the middle of a three-week Grand Tour, the changes were purely cosmetic but it did result in an eye-catching blue, white and red colourway.
The Slovenian flag features on the seat tube, while the head tube is white, red and blue and the stem and bar are white.
Vision got in on the act too, with white, red and blue decals on the new Metron 60 Disc SL aero wheels.
Stage 20: Wout van Aert – Cervélo P5 (time-trial bike)
As we stated, Wout van Aert is the man for all seasons, and after his first victory of the 2021 race came on board the new Cervélo R-Series bike, his second was on the P5 time-trial bike.
Favoured by time triallists and triathletes alike, the P5 is the product of Cervélo's years of experience and wind-tunnel testing.
Stage 21: Wout van Aert – Cervélo S5
Three stage wins, three different bikes… Wout van Aert completed the set on stage 21 when he sprinted to victory on the Champs-Élysées.
Cervélo claims the S5 is its fastest ever road bike – of course. It’s light, it’s aerodynamic, it’s built for improved power transfer and, as van Aert proved, it’s certainly fast.
Cervélo makes use of the SP20 Carbon Aero seatpost, AB08 handlebar and CX028 V-Stem – a two-piece cockpit, despite how it looks.
The bike is dressed in a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset with matching Dura-Ace C60 wheels.
Team Jumbo-Visma is clearly happy with what it has seen so far, having switched to Cervélo for this season, extending its partnership indefinitely.
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Tour de France pro bikes you can buy yourself — from Trek, Giant, Canyon, Merida, Bianchi, Pinarello, Colnago + Wilier
First Published Jul 2, 2023
The Tour de France is underway and here are some of the team bikes that you can buy yourself – as long as you’re willing and able to drop a whole lot of money on it.
Bike brands often sell more affordable versions of models that sponsored teams ride, with spec downgrades to make price points, but that's not what we're covering here. No, these bikes are either virtually identical to those ridden in the Tour or have just a few differences. Essentially, they're of a similar level.
Sometimes there will be differences in components. A race team might have a deal with a certain manufacturer, for example, while the bike brand has commercial reasons for speccing product from a different company. Mainly, though, the components shown here are the same as you'll see used in the Tour
To keep things manageable, we’ve stuck with bikes that are finished in team livery or at least the same colours as the relevant team. If team colours don’t interest you, all of the framesets shown here come in other finishes too.
Check out all of the bikes being raced in the 2023 Tour de France
Every frameset that you see in the Tour de France is commercially available, or it will be soon – that's one of the UCI's rules. Even if a bike brand doesn't offer a complete bike built up with the same components used by a particular team, you could put together a copy of anything ridden by the pros... as long as you're prepared to throw enough money at it.
Here are bikes you can get your hands on that are the closest to those ridden by the pros at the Tour de France.
Alpecin-Deceuninck: Canyon Aeroad CFR Disc Di2 £8,799
Canyon offers its Aeroad CFR Disc Di2 in an Alpecin-Deceuninck finish. As the name suggests, it’s built up with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, which is what the team riders use.
The bike you can buy is specced with DT Swiss wheels and a Rotor ALDHU24 crankset and INspider power meter, whereas the pros are on Shimano all the way.
Canyon-SRAM: Canyon Aeroad CFR eTap £9,999
Canyon also offers its Aeroad CFR in a Canyon-SRAM replica. As a UCI Women’s World Tour team, Canyon-SRAM will be racing the Tour de France Femmes which starts on 23rd July 2023.
Canyon-SRAM riders use SRAM Red eTap AXS groupset components, including power meters, and Zipp wheels, all of which are found on this bike. The team uses Schwalbe tyres while you get Continental GP 5000s here, but the build is extremely close to what you’ll see the pros using.
Astana Qazaqstan Team: Wilier Filante SLR €11,300 and Wilier 0 SLR €11,300
The Wilier Filante SLR aero road bike (above) and the lightweight Wilier 0 SLR (below) are each available in gorgeous Astana Qazaqstan Team finishes, as well as various other paint jobs. They’re both available in several different component specs with prices starting at €8,400.
Check out our Wilier Filante SLR review
A build including Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 – the groupset used by Astana Qazaqstan – will set you back €11,300.
> Check out Mark Cavendish’s Wilier Filante SLR
The spec also includes a Prologo saddle and Vittoria tyres, which is what the Astana boys use, although you’ll get Wilier’s own wheels, made with Miche, whereas the team bikes are fitted with Corima (or in some cases HED). That aside, this setup is close to the one you’ll see ridden in the Tour de France.
Bahrain Victorious: Merida Reacto Team £8,500 and Merida Scultura Team £8,000
Although Bahrain Victorious riders are using Pearl White bikes for the Tour de France, you can buy both Merida Reacto aero road bike (above) and Scultura lightweight road bike (below) in standard team finishes.
Read our review of the Merida Reacto Team-E 2021
The Reacto and the Scultura frames are each available in a top-level CF5 version, as used by the pros, and in a cheaper and slightly heavier CF3 build. Both of the bikes above are CF5.
The component specs are extremely close to those used by the pros too, with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets, Vision wheels, Continental tyres, and Prologo saddles.
Check out our Merida Reacto 6000 review
The Scultura Team comes with a Merida handlebar and stem whereas Bahrain Victorious use FSA/Vision products, but that’s about the only significant deviation.
Lidl-Trek: Trek Madone SLR 9 eTap Project One Icon £16,150 and Trek Emonda SLR 9 eTap Project One Icon £14,600
Trek-Segafredo has just changed its name to Lidl-Trek and riders will race the Tour de France on bikes that feature Trek’s eight new Project One Icon paint schemes – Project One being Trek’s custom programme.
Former world champion Mads Pedersen, for instance, has a bike with a Chroma Ultra-iridescent finish, for example. That paint job is priced at £3,850… and then you have to factor in the price of the bike that goes underneath it. Even the least expensive Project One Icon finish is £1,650.
Trek’s Madone (above), which the US brand bills as its “fastest road race bike ever”, features IsoFlow technology – a huge hole in the seat tube, essentially – that’s said to provide an aerodynamic benefit and save weight.
Trek releases radical Madone SLR, its “fastest road race bike ever”
Lidl-Trek uses SRAM Red eTap AXS groupsets and Bontrager wheels which you can choose through Project One, although you have to spec Bontrager tyres rather than the team’s Pirellis.
The Trek Emonda SLR AXS (above) – the lightweight road bike in the range – is also available in the new Project One Icon finishes.
If you’re happy to go without the super-posh finish, Trek Madone SLR 9 eTaps start at £14,500 through Project One and Trek Emonda SLR 9 eTaps cost from £12,950.
Ineos Grenadiers: Pinarello Dogma F Dura Ace Di2 Team Replica £12,400
If you’re a fan of Ineos Grenadiers, you can buy a Pinarello Dogma F in team colours… as long as you have a big stack of cash to throw at it.
Read our review of the Pinarello Dogma F Super Record EPS 2023
The bike is specced with a sponsor-correct Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset. Although Ineos Grenadiers occasionally stray from Shimano for race wheels, this build comes with frequently used Dura-Ace C50s.
The saddle is a departure, though. Although that looks like a £400 Fizik Antares Versus Evo Adaptive 00 pictured, you’ll actually get one from Pinarello’s Most brand. The official spec shows Pirelli P Zero Race rather than Conti tyres too.
Arkea Samsic: Bianchi Oltre RC €13,849
This one is a bit of a cheat because it’s not a team edition, it’s just that Arkea Samsic happens to use the Oltre RC in this colour scheme and with almost the same build: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets and wheels.
Okay, the pros use Continental tyres and Selle Italia saddles rather than the Pirelli and Bianchi options fitted here, but aside from the team logos, those are the only real differences.
Arkea Samsic will be riding the final stage of this year's race on the Bianchi Oltre RC Tour de France Limited Edition (above).
> Bianchi introduces Tour de France Oltre RC road bike
Just 176 of these are available, that figure chosen because it's the number of riders starting this year's Tour. The price of these is €15,500 (around £13,280) + VAT.
Team DSM: Scott Foil RC Pro £10,499
Again, we’re bending the rules with this one. Rather than being a true team edition bike in a special finish, Team DSM just happens to go with standard Scott paintwork and a similar component spec.
With a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset and wheels, Vittoria Corsa tyres, and pretty much everything else from the Scott-owned Syncros brand, the build on this stock model is almost exactly the same as the pros use. The only real difference is the lack of a Shimano Dura-Ace power meter, but you could always get that upgraded.
UAE Team Emirates: Colnago V4Rs frameset £4,999.95
Colnago offers its top-level V4Rs in a UAE Team Emirates finish. It’s not the most eye-catching finish ever – it’s pretty low key, to be honest – but you get a UAE flag on the seat tube, and red fork lowers with UAE Emirates logos.
Check out our review of the Colnago V4Rs
Team Jayco Alula: Giant TCR Advanced SL Disc Team Frameset £2,999
You can’t buy a complete bike in a Team Jayco Alula finish in the UK, but you get the TCR Advanced SL Disc frameset – which is exactly the same as the pros use.
Getting it built up with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, Cadex wheels and Vittoria tyres would be easy enough with the usual proviso: you'll need a hefty wodge of cash to cover it.
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Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. We send him off around the world to get all the news from launches and shows too. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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Unfortunately with almost all of these you'll be obliged to buy them with handlebars about 10cm wider than the pros are running and no option to swap them for something narrower!
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Right, then you buy the bike and the team changes sponsor, colors or folds.. Then it's either dated or collectable just how you look at it..
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Tour de France Winning Bikes by Year (1903 to 2023)
36 different bike brands won the Tour de France in 110 editions. In this article, cycling fan Alex Lee breaks down the top 12 bike brands that have won at least 3 times.
Jonas Vingegaard rode a Cervélo bike to his second Tour de France overall win in 2023 with SRAM Red eTap AXS electronic groupset and Reserve Wheels.
Depending on the stage profile, Jonas Vingegaard’s bike can be a Cervelo R5, S5, or P3.
- Cervélo R5 is an all-rounder, lightweight road race bike for the mountains.
- Cervélo S5 is an aero bike for the flat stages.
- Cervélo P5 is a time trial bike that Jonas rode to win the Stage 16 ITT.
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Pinarello – 15 wins
L’auto – 10 wins, peugeot – 10 wins, gitane – 9 wins, trek – 10 wins, alcyon – 7 wins, eddy merckx – 5 wins, automoto – 4 wins, bianchi – 3 wins, colnago – 3 wins, helyett – 3 wins, la sportive – 3 wins, tour de france winning bikes by year.
Throughout 110 editions (up to 2023), the Tour de France has been won by 36 different bike brands . Many of these brands are unknown to cycling fans today. Few bike brands, such as Colnago, Pinarello , Specialized , and Trek , are synonymous with cycling fans today.
The road bike industry has undergone massive change and innovation in the past 20 years by introducing new technologies such as electronic shifting , carbon fiber frames, disc brakes, and tubeless tires .
This article will go back in history and explore all the Tour de France winning bikes .
Pinarello has a long history in cycling, dating back to 19534, when it was founded by Giovanni Pinarello in Treviso, Italy. With 15 Tour de France wins, Pinarello is the most successful bike brand at the Tour de France.
Pinarello’s dominance at the Tour de France can be summed up in two eras.
- Mid-1990s. Miguel Indurain won four consecutive Tour de France from 1992 to 1995, followed by Bjarne Riis (1996) and Jan Ullrich (1997).
- Mid-2010s. Team Sky (Ineos-Grenadiers) won seven Tour de France with Bradley Wiggins (2012), Chris Froome (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), Geraint Thomas (2018), and Egan Bernal (2019).
Today, Pinarello’s top-of-the-line bike is the Pinarello Dogma F .
L’Auto (now L’Equipe) is not a bike brand but the French newspaper that started the Tour de France in 1903.
From 1930 to 1939, Henri Desgrange, the newspaper’s owner, required all riders to paint their bikes’ downtube with L’Auto as part of the marketing campaign and publicity stunt to increase the race profile.
During that period, riders competed based on national teams, so there wasn’t any commercial conflict of interest.
Today, most of us know Peugeot as the French automotive brand. Peugeot started making bicycles way back in 1882 and won their first Tour de France with Louis Trousselier in 1905 and their last win came in 1977 with Bernard Thévenet.
In the past 50 years, the bicycle arm of Peugeot has gone through various ownership. Today it’s part of Cycleuope, which owns bike brands such as Bianchi and Gitane.
Here’s an interesting fact; Peugeot has a complete bike lineup from road to mountain, city, kids, and electric bikes.
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Gitane is a French bike brand synonymous with racing from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. All nine of Gitane’s Tour de France wins occurred during this period with legendary French riders such as Bernard Hinault (4), Jacques Anquetil (2), Laurent Fignon (2), and Belgian Lucien Van Impe (1).
Today, Gitane is part of Cycleuope, which owns the Bianchi and Peugeot bike brands. Gitane produces mostly city and mountain bikes today. They don’t have much presence outside of France.
Founded in 1976, Trek is one of the leading bike brands today with its men’s and women’s World Tour teams.
Trek’s first Tour de France win was in 1999 by Lance Armstrong. For the next seven years until 2005, Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France, helping to raise Trek’s profile in the United States and worldwide. In 2012, all seven of Lance’s Tour de France wins were nulled.
Trek’s other three Tour de France wins were with Alberto Contador in 2007, 2009, and 2010 although the 2010 win was later nulled.
Trek offers the riders three types of road bikes; Trek Emonda (lightweight), Trek Madone (aero) and Trek Domane (endurance), and the Trek Speed Concept (TT).
Alcyon was a French bicycle, motorcycle, and automotive brand active from 1903 to 1954. They sponsored their own cycling team from 1905 to 1959 under different names such as Alcyon-Dunlop, Alcyon-Soly, Alcyon-Armor, and Alcyon-Leroux
Their first Tour de France win was in 1909 with François Faber, a Luxembourgian rider. Their last win was in 1929 with Belgian Maurice De Waele. From 1930 onwards, the Tour de France organizers required the teams to paint their bikes’ downtube with L’Auto, the newspaper that started the Tour de France.
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Eddy Merckx is no stranger to cycling fans. He’s widely known as the most successful cyclist of all time , winning the Tour de France (5 times), Giro d’ Italia (5 times), and 34 Tour de France stages .
The Eddy Merckx bike brand was only started in 1980 after he retired. Eddy Merckx was riding bikes built by Masi and Kessels with his name painted on the downtube for his five Tour de France wins.
In 2008, Eddy Merckx sold all his shares in the company to Sobradis, a Belgian holding company. In 2017, another Belgian company, Race Productions, which owns Ridley Bikes, took over Eddy Merckx after struggling with sales for the past decade.
Automoto was a French bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer that started in 1902. It was the dominant bike brand in the mid-1920s, with four consecutive Tour de France wins from 1923 to 1923 with three different riders.
In 1930, it was bought by Peugeot and sadly discontinued in 1962.
Bianchi is the oldest bicycle manufacturing company today. It was founded in Italy back in 1885 by Edoardo Bianchi who was a 21-year-old medical instrument maker.
All of Bianchi’s three Tour de France wins were achieved by Italian riders. Fausto Coppi won in 1949 and 1952 and Marco Pantini won in 1998. Bianchi was present at the World Tour with Team Jumbo-Visma (2014 to 2020) and Team BikeExchange (2021.
Team Arkea-Samsic will ride the Bianchi Oltre (aero) and Bianchi Specialissima (lightweight) at the 2023 Tour de France.
Today, Bianchi bikes are known for their Celeste color, also known as Bianchi Green.
Colnago has a long history, dating back to 1952. It was founded by Ernesto Colnago near Milan, Italy. In May 2020, Chimera Investments LLC, based in the UAE, acquired a majority stake in Colnago.
Colnago’s first Tour de France win was in 1960 by Italian rider, Gastone Nencini. It was a long 60-year wait for their second win until Tadej Pogačar won two consecutive Tour de France in 2020 and 2021. He also won the Best Young Rider and Climber Classification in these two years riding the Colnago V3Rs .
In 2023, Tadej Pogačar will be riding the Colnago V4Rs in an attempt to win his third Tour de France General Classification .
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Helyett is a little-known French bicycle manufacturer started by the Picard brothers in 1926. It took its name from a lead character from a late 19th-century play, Miss Helyett, which is why the Helyett logo has a young women’s face on it.
Frenchman, Jacques Anquetil won three of his five Tour de France onboard a Helyett bike in 1957, 1961, and 1962.
La Sportive’s three Tour de France wins occurred right after World War 1, from 1919 to 1921. Right after the war, Europe was in bad shape and many bicycle manufacturers were either out of business or didn’t have the manufacturing capabilities.
The remaining brands include Alcyon, Armor, Automoto, Clément, La Française, Gladiator, Griffon, Hurtu, Labor, Liberator, Peugeot, and Thomann came together. They provided more than half the peloton with various bicycles and components so that the Tour de France can take place.
Once each brand recovered from the aftermath of World War 1, La Sportive disbanded in 1922.
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Results have arrived, tour de france bikes 2023: 7 used tour de france road bikes for sale you can buy.
If you have the money and desire, you can ride the same bikes that the pros ride. To celebrate this year’s Tour de France, we take a look at some of the best grand tour-worthy road bikes in our inventory.
Written by: Bruce Lin
Published on: Jun 30, 2022
Posted in: Road
Regular fans have no hope of ever piloting, let alone buying an F1 car or MotoGP bike. But among racing sports, cycling is unique. Just about anyone can walk into a bike shop and buy a road bike with the exact same specs as what the pros ride.
To celebrate this year’s Tour de France , let’s take a look at some of the finest bikes in our inventory being ridden by current Tour teams. Here are seven Tour-worthy bikes that you can buy right now.
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
Teams: Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, Bora-Hansgrohe, TotalEnergies
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Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl, Bora-Hansgrohe, and TotalEnergies are bringing some of cycling’s biggest stars to the Tour. TotalEnergies will have three-time world champion and seven-time green jersey winner, Peter Sagan. The hot pick to win the green jersey this year though is Quick-Step’s sprinter Fabio Jakobsen. They will all ride the S-Works version of the Tarmac SL7, Specialized’s latest all-rounder race bike, which combines the aerodynamic efficiency of the outgoing Venge with the Tarmac’s legendary light weight and stiffness.
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Team: Jumbo-Visma
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Jumbo-Visma is led by Primož Roglič, one of the top contenders for the yellow jersey, and Jonas Vingegaard, who was last year’s runner-up. In the high mountains, Roglič and Vingegaard will likely ride Cervélo’s lightweight R5. But on flat and fast stages where aerodynamics matter more, the wind-cheating S5 will be the choice. It has a sculpted aero frame, integrated aero cockpit, and an aggressive, low riding position. Expect Jumbo’s star all-rounder, Wout van Aert, to use the S5 in his hunt for sprint stage wins.
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Colnago V3Rs
Team: UAE-Team Emirates
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Visma-Lease a Bike 2024 Season Preview—Can the Superteam Continue to Reign Supreme?
The team is full of super stars— Tour de France Winner Jonas Vingegaard, Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss, and the incomparable Wout van Aert. But can Visma-Lease a Bike continue to dominate in 2024?
Launched to the finish line with a fabulous lead-out from Belgium’s Wout van Aert, Kooij started his celebration a bit too early perhaps—but the 22-year-old had done enough to secure the first win of the season for himself and his team.
Van Aert added to the team’s early tally five days later, winning Stage 3 of five stages in Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, the only stage race he’ll complete during the first racing phase of his season.
These were victories that will be forgotten after van Aert and the rest of the team’s talented Classics squad head to Belgium for the Classics in mid-February, starting with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opening race of the Belgian calendar and the event considered by most pundits and aficionados to mark the “real” start to the season.
So before the rubber meets the cobbles, it’s a good time to take a look at the Dutch super team’s prospects heading into the 2024 season (on the men’s side at least) and the riders expected to create (or play a hand in creating) most of the headlines for the team this year.
But first, a look back at 2023
The 2023 season was a record-breaking one for Jumbo-Visma’s men’s team. The Dutch squad became the first in the sport’s history to win all three grand tours in a single season with Slovenia's Primož Roglič winning his first Giro d’Italia , Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard defending his title at the Tour de France , and American Sepp Kuss taking a surprise victory at the Vuelta a España, with Vingegaard and Roglič joining him on the final podium. It was the first time one team had swept all three podium spots in a single grand tour. It sounds like a dream season—and in many ways it was.
But there were some hiccups as well. First, van Aert failed to win either the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix—again—continuing a losing streak in the cobbled Monuments that just adds to the already immense amounts of pressure on the Belgian superstar.
Then, the team’s previous title sponsor, Jumbo, announced in the middle of the season it was pulling out of the sport, leaving one of pro cycling’s biggest (and most expensive) teams looking for a new backer.
Making things even more awkward, after the Tour de France there were talks of possible merger with Belgium’s Soudal-Quick Step, a move that would have left several riders and staff looking for new jobs while creating a super-team unlike any the sport has ever seen. Everyone was concerned about what such a merger would have meant for the sport, but luckily it never came to pass after Visma stepped-up to fill Jumbo’s place and Lease a Bike came in to cover Visma’s. (Cycling sponsorship often works a lot like a big game of financial Tetris. )
Then there was the Vuelta, which on paper looked like a resounding success, but almost didn’t turn out that way after Vingegaard and Roglič (seemingly in conflict with each other) couldn’t get their acts together to help Kuss defend his lead in the Spanish grand tour. A few weeks after the race was over, we learned that Roglič was leaving the team for BORA-hansgrohe. A coincidence? We don’t think so.
And the drama continued well into the off-season. In December Richard Plugge, the team’s managing director, dropped a bombshell by announcing that Belgium’s Cian Uijtdebroeks–considered by many to be a future grand tour contender—was joining the team from BORA-hansgrohe. BORA promptly denied the rumors –which Uijtdebroeks’s agent disputed—and after a few more days of negotiations (which drew the ire of some of the sport’s other team managers) and a lot more money (we assume), the transfer was completed.
What about 2024?
Well, the team’s wish list likely goes something like this:
- Win a third Tour de France (preferably with Vingegaard)
- Win the Tour of Flanders and/or Paris-Roubaix (preferably with van Aert)
- Win as much as possible along the way.
Simple, right?
Well, if you’re Visma–Lease a Bike, the answer is a resounding, “Sorta?” Winning races such as the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix is never easy, but when you’ve assembled a roster like Visma–Lease a Bike has, it’s easy to see why they fancy their chances in just about any race on the calendar.
Who’s the Man of the Hour?
When you’ve won the last two Tours de France—and both times done so by defeating a legendary talent like Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)—you’re clearly your team’s marquee rider. That’s the case with Vingegaard, who crushed Pog at the beginning of the third week to win his second consecutive Tour and then almost won the Vuelta a Espana (albeit at the expense of Kuss, his teammate).
Heading into 2024, Visma’s taking the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” approach to the 27-year-old’s program, starting with the Gran Camino at the end of February, which he won last year. Then he’ll race Tirreno-Adriatico in March, the Tour of the Basque Country in April, and the Critérium du Dauphiné in early June. In between he’ll spend lots and lots of time at high-altitude training camps.
And the biggest test of Vingegaard’s career will come at this year’s Tour de France, where he’ll face a familiar foe in Pogačar, a new foe (Tour-wise) in Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick Step), and a formerly-unofficial-but-now-official foe in Roglič, who was essentially forced to leave the team to have any chance of winning a Tour de France of his own. If he’s able to win a third Tour against this level of competition, we might have to call the Dane the best pure grand tour rider of his generation.
Is anyone on the Hot Seat?
Let’s be clear: Wout van Aert is not on the hot seat at Visma-Lease a Bike. He’s without a doubt one of the five most talented riders in the sport and just about every single team in the peloton would be doing backflips to sign him away if they had the money and the chance.
But van Aert has failed to deliver in the races he [[EMDASH]] and Visma [[EMDASH]] covet the most: the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix. It’s not entirely his fault: in 2022 he was in the form of his life but tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before Flanders. He returned in time for Roubaix, but was clearly a bit undertrained. Yet still finished second.
Last year he was again among the top pre [[no hyphen-]] race favorites heading into Flanders, but he banged his knee in an early crash and just didn’t have the legs to follow attacks in the finale. He was better at Roubaix, but flatted while attacking on the Carrefour de l’Arbe with about 17K left to race. He had a decent gap at the time, and we can’t help but wonder if anyone would have caught him had he not punctured.
But while it’s not entirely his fault, great riders find a way to either overcome bad luck or manufacture good luck of their own. And that’s where van Aert seems to come up short [[EMDASH]] especially against guys like the Netherland’s Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Pogačar.
Van der Poel is without a doubt van Aert’s biggest nemesis: the Dutchman already lives in Belgium to avoid paying Dutch income tax and it appears he lives rent-free in van Aert’s head as well. A win for van Aert in either cobbled Monument would flip the script for the Belgian. But until that happens, he will always face immense pressure from the Belgian press, the Belgian fanbase, and himself.
That’s a lot of star power. Does the team have any unsung heroes?
Like van Aert, Tiesj Benoot knows a thing or two about pressure from the Belgian press. The 29-year-old finished fifth at his first Tour of Flanders in 2015 [[EMDASH]] at just 21 years of age [[EMDASH]] and was immediately anointed as the nation’s next Tom Boonen . (Belgians love crushing the careers of young riders by calling them the “next fill-in-the-blank-with-a-Belgian-legend.”)
Aside from winning Strade Bianche in 2018, wins were few and far between for Benoot, who spent a couple lackluster seasons at Team Sunweb/DSM before being wisely scooped up by Jumbo-Visma [[EMDASH]] who turned him into an elite jack-of-all trades, a “domestique deluxe” who can handle himself on the cobbles, in the Ardennes, and in the Tour de France.
Strong and selfless, the Belgian has finally tapped into a steady stream of the talent that peaked through earlier in his career, and he’s happy to use it for the sake of Vingegaard and van Aert.
Who’s the team’s best new rider heading into 2024?
Always on the look-out for the next big thing (cough–Uijtdebroeks—cough), Visma has already found its next Benoot in American Matteo Jorgenson . Like Benoot, the 24-year-old seems at home on all sorts of terrain, having already excelled on the cobbles and at the Tour de France while riding for Movistar the past four seasons.
Big and strong, he’s the perfect type of rider for a team like Visma, and he should slot in right away alongside van Aert in the cobbled Classics and Vingegaard at the Tour.
And we suspect Visma views him as more than just a future super-domestique. Like most riders do after joining the team, he’ll improve drastically with the support of the team’s coaches and physiologists. So there’s no telling where his ceiling really is.
Who’s the team’s biggest departure?
It must have been hard for the team to say goodbye to Roglič —who won three Vueltas, a Giro d’Italia, and scores of other races for the team since joining it in 2016. The Slovenian was largely responsible for ushering in the team’s transformation from being a really good team to being a true super-team and almost won the squad its first Tour de France in 2020. So it’s easy to understand why the team graciously cooperated in facilitating his departure from the team in exchange for another chance to try and win the Tour de France.
But it was also a selfish move, a true case of addition by subtraction. Just ask Kuss , who almost watched his chance to win last year’s Vuelta go up the road while Roglič refused to accept the fact that his chance of winning a fourth Tour of Spain disappeared when the team sent Kuss up the road in a breakaway during the first week.
So while the team will miss the WorldTour points that Roglič earned each season (sorta), they won’t miss having to reconcile the ambitions of two (or more) riders who can justifiably lay claim to the team’s captaincy in grand tours.
Who’s the team’s best up-and-comer or rookie?
Norway’s Johannes Staune-Mittet is one of the hottest young talents in the sport, a rider who’s already won two of the world’s three most prestigious stage races for Under-23 riders—the Ronde de l'Isard and the Giro Next Gen—and finished second in the third—Tour de l’Avenir, which is like a mini-Tour de France for riders under 23-years-old.
There should be no pressure on Staune-Mittet during his first full season with Visma-Lease a Bike’s WorldTour squad (he raced with their development team from 2021 through 2023). But if all goes as planned, he’ll be ready (alongside guys like Uijtdebroeks and possibly Jorgenson) to lead the team himself in the future. In the meantime, we expect him to win a race or three when given the chance—especially in minor stage races that the team has to send a team to while the squad’s heavy hitters are at training camps.
What about Sepp Kuss?
Well, his Vuelta a España win last fall was certainly no fluke, but it does complicate things for the American and his team. We were hoping he’d get a chance to race the Giro d’Italia, where he could have had the team all to himself. But the team clearly wants him at his best for the Tour de France, where he’ll be a valuable lieutenant (and Plan B) alongside Vingegaard.
But while Kuss has refused to downplay his chances of possibly winning another grand tour—as he shouldn’t—we just don’t see it happening. Last year’s victory—while not a fluke—was indeed a surprise. And we doubt that other teams would have let him gain so much time during the Vuelta’s first week had they known he would still be in contention by the third. In other words, it’s one thing to win a race when no one’s expecting you to, it’s another thing entirely to win one when everyone is.
Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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The field includes 2022 champion Primoz Roglic of Slovenia, who changed teams from Jumbo-Visma to Bora-Hansgrohe after last season.
The 34-year-old Roglic is a three-time Vuelta a Espana winner, the reigning Giro d’Italia champion and the 2020 Tour de France runner-up. Watch for him to be a factor in the Grand Tours later this year.
The other headliner is 24-year-old Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who owns a Grand Tour title (2022 Vuelta), plus world titles in the time trial (2023) and road race (2022).
He is the youngest man to win a world title in the time trial and the second to win both the road race and time trial in a career.
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Wildest Time Trial Helmet Yet? Visma-Lease a Bike Unleashes Insane New Lid at Tirreno-Adriatico
Jonas vingegaard and teammates test radical new design from giro in advance of team's tour de france defense..
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If the WorldTour is the Formula 1 of cycling tech, then Visma-Lease a Bike ‘s wild new time trial helmets are the Star Wars of aerodynamics.
Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard and his teammates will race in a bonkers-looking helmet from U.S.-based brand Giro for the 10km individual time trial of Tirreno-Adriatico on Monday.
The Darth-Vader-esque helmet’s huge triangular shape and long top-section will provide a rider with a totally smooth, flattened surface across their heads and backs while in the time trial position.
Visma-Lease a Bike’s innovative new Giro lid should minimize huge amounts of the “dead air” that can accumulate in sheltered patches of a time trialing rider.
These pockets create drag and essentially put a parachute on a body that’s traveling up to 60kph.
#TirrenoAdriatico Recon time. Excited to use our brand new innovative Giro helmets for the first time. pic.twitter.com/B7uj77Iwq9 — Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) March 4, 2024
The helmet’s debut Monday is no doubt a test ahead of Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike’s Tour de France title defense this summer, where two ITTs provide a total of 60km against the clock.
Time trials are becoming more decisive than mountain stages on GC placings, and so even the most marginal gains provided by – in this case – the most maximal helmets are crucial for any yellow jersey contender.
Helmets have been at the center of aerodynamicists’ attention for years as they hunt after time trial gains.
The head is seen as one of the major contributors of drag to the “system” of a rider and their bike, and so both road and time trial helmet designs have become ever more awe-inspiring by the season.
Giro’s new offering takes things several steps further.
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Pinarello, Look, Orbea and Fuji
Caisse d'Epargne's asymmetrical Pinarello Dogma
The Pinarello machines of Caisse d'Epargne are consistently among the easiest to spot in the Tour de France peloton what with their distinctive red, white and black paint jobs, color-matched componentry, and unmistakably curvaceous front and rear ends that are said to improve rider comfort and road feel. Yet while many frame manufacturers are content to include asymmetrical chain stays – and sometimes seat tubes – Caisse d'Epargne's latest Dogma frames are asymmetrical almost throughout the entire structure.
Pinarello claims this better accounts for the uneven forces applied while pedaling with features that include a bigger driveside seat stay, a driveside chain stay that's narrower up at the bottom bracket but wider at the dropout, a non-driveside chain stay that adopts an opposite profile, and even a bigger and stronger driveside fork leg.
Whether or not you buy into the theory, adding in the color-matched brakes from Campagnolo and the MOst integrated carbon bar and seatpost adds up to quite the eye-catching package.
Campagnolo supplies most of the rest of the componentry, too, including Super Record Ergopower levers and derailleurs, Record cranks, chain, and cassette, and even carbon tubulars in various rim depths depending on the conditions and course profile.
Finishing up the build kit are Continental tubulars, Selle Italia saddles, Look KéO pedals, and Elite carbon bottle cages.
New Look 695 road racers for Cofidis
Some Cofidis riders at the Tour de France are still using Look's current 595 but the rest – including team leader Rein Taaramae – are on the company's latest 695. Unlike the tube-and-lug 595, the 695 uses a more conventional modular monocoque setup like on the 586 but the real story is the higher level of integration.
A key feature of the 695 is the new Zed 2 crank, similar to the 596's original Zed crank with its enormous 50mm-diameter spindle (roughly 66 percent bigger than BB30) and one-piece carbon fiber construction that yields an ultralight 320g claimed weight for the arms and spindle. A unique three-sided pedal insert allows for adjustable effective crankarm lengths of 170, 172.5, and 175mm, but unlike the original Zed, Zed 2 will work with any threaded pedal spindle.
Securing the new 295g HSC 7 full-carbon tapered fork is Look's latest Head Fit 3 headset system, all topped with a clever new carbon fiber 'C-Stem'. Angle is adjustable between -9 and +13° and each of the five sizes is adjustable in length by 10mm (80-90, 90-100, 100-110, 110-120, 120-130mm).
Cofidis team bikes are outfitted with Shimano Dura-Ace mechanical groups aside from the FSA chainrings mounted on the Zed 2 crankarms. FSA also provides handlebars and a wide variety of wheels from alloy shallow-section to carbon deep-section tubulars, and naturally, the team is using Look KéO pedals as well.
Rounding things out are Vittoria tires, fi'zi:k saddles and bar tape, Zéfal bottle cages, and BBB computers.
Cushier Orbeas for Euskaltel-Euskadi and a special gold-accented rig for Samuel Sanchez
Euskaltel-Euskadi is using Orbea's latest Orca flagship, which the company says is lighter at just 900g but also adds more comfort relative to the previous edition to help team riders feel a little fresher towards the end of a stage. Rather than rely on tuned flex patterns, though, the 'Attraction' system's kinks and twists in both the seat stays and fork blades are said to attenuate road vibration.
Other key features on the new model include a tapered 1 1/8"-to-1 1/2" steerer, a BB30 bottom bracket (though Euskaltel-Euskadi runs both threaded frames and press-fit adapters to more readily accommodate its Shimano Dura-Ace cranks), and a continuation of Orbea's size-specific frame design, which aims to provide the same ride quality throughout the more generous ten-bike size range for 2011.
Orbea has also adapted the slick DCR cable routing setup from its off-road line on the updated Orca for reduced shift line friction though Euskaltel-Euskadi team bikes are all built around the optional Shimano Dura-Ace Di2-specific version with internal routing and a dedicated battery mount beneath the non-driveside chain stay.
Shimano also provides its range of carbon fiber tubular wheels and Dura-Ace SPD-SL pedals, FSA supplies stems and bars (and ceramic bottom brackets on some team bikes), and all of the team's proprietary Orca carbon seatposts are fitted with the Selle Italia Monolink-compatible heads to fit the saddle makers newest range. Completing the package are Elite bottle cages and Vittoria tires.
Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) also gets a special gold seatpost collar.
Footon-Servetto bikes awash in gold
Hidden beneath the gleaming metallic gold paint jobs of Footon-Servetto's team bikes are Fuji's latest 985g SST carbon frames, which the company says add stiffness relative to the former SL-1 flagship thanks to features such as the tapered head tube, internally ribbed down tube, BB86 press-fit bottom bracket shell and correspondingly wider seat and down tubes, and the deep-section integrated seatmast.
Bolted on to the frame is a conglomerate of parts from a broad collection of companies with the SRAM Red label only adorning the DoubleTap levers, front and rear derailleurs, and cassette, and the rest of the drivetrain filled in with Rotor's Agilis crank elliptical Q-Rings, a gold Wippermann Connex chain, and Time's new iClic Carbon pedals. Rolling stock comes courtesy of Reynolds carbon tubular wheels of various depths wrapped with Challenge tires.
Fuji's parent company recently purchased Oval Concepts so it's no shock to see its bars and stems mounted up here – in gleaming white – but Selle SMP's radical-looking Evolution saddles are more of a surprise. Completing the package are a set of TRP R970 magnesium dual-pivot brake calipers, Elite bottle cages, Rotor chain watchers, and Polar computers.
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Mark Cavendish makes first visit to Colombia on unusual route to Tour de France success
Mark Cavendish ’s career has taken him all over the world, from Rio de Janeiro to Melbourne, from the Arctic circle to South Africa. But not, it turns out, to one of the great breeding grounds for cycling’s mountain goats, Colombia.
That changed recently when he arrived in South America for the Tour Colombia, which begins on Tuesday, a six-day race returning to the calendar after a four-year hiatus. It is the start of Cavendish’s more unusual route towards his ultimate goal this summer, like every year, winning at the Tour de France .
“I can’t believe it after so many years, but it’s my first time in Colombia,” Cavendish said ahead of the race, speaking by Lake Sochagota three hours north of the capital, Bogota. “We spent a week in Medellin which was incredible, and then we came up here to Paipa [where the race starts]. The only problem was I couldn’t breathe for two weeks. But now I understand why riders from Colombia just play with us when they come down to sea level.”
Cavendish has been undergoing an intense three weeks of altitude training in Colombia. He will be judged on the sprints at the Tour de France as he tries to clinch one more stage win – his 35th – and break clear of the Tour record he shares with the great Eddy Merckx. But to be on the startline for the sprint-friendly days in the Tour, he will first have to scale some gruelling climbs inside the time cut.
The Tour is always dubbed brutal and unforgiving when the route is released, but this year’s race will be particularly challenging for a power rider like Cavendish, with four summit finishes as well as a day riding over treacherous gravel. “I’m a little bit in shock after seeing the presentation,” Cavendish said of the route when it was unveiled back in October . “I really thought last year was hard. This is – I can’t even – it’s a very, very, very hard Tour de France.”
And so with a gruelling Tour comes gruelling preparation. It is not all about readying himself for what might be his final Tour, though: Cavendish has come to Colombia to win.
“Of course, I always think about the Tour de France,” he said on Monday. “I’ve always thought about the Tour de France in my whole career. But that doesn’t mean you take the rest of the races easy. As a sprinter especially, you’re marked on your wins. Second, third, fourth or fifth doesn’t matter, you’re rated by your wins, so it’s always important to win throughout. And both on a physical and mental point, the motivation you get from victories early in the year can carry you through to July.”
He is armed with a strong Astana Qazaqstan team which includes his long-time sidekick Michael Morkov and fellow leadout man Cees Bol. Their main rival for the sprints is Colombia’s very own Fernando Gaviria, a former teammate of Cavendish at QuickStep now riding for Movistar.
Colombia is one of the most passionate corners of the cycling world, and yellow flashes of the country’s football shirt can always be seen along the Champs-Elysees in great numbers on the final day of the Tour de France. It is a productive county too with a long tradition stretching back to Luis Herrera, Colombia’s first Tour de France stage winner, achieved upon Alpe d’Huez in 1984. A raft of talented climbers have come through over the past decade, including grand tour winners Nairo Quintana, Richard Carapaz and Egan Bernal, and they are all racing this week, with Bernal representing a Colombian national team rather than the absent Ineos Grenadiers.
The return of the Tour Colombia is an important milestone: since Bernal’s Tour de France glory in 2019 , things have gone downhill for the country’s cycling stock. Bernal suffered a career-threatening training crash; Quintana tested positive for tramadol at the 2022 Tour de France, twice; another star, Miguel Angel Lopez, is currently suspended while he is investigated over an anti-doping violation.
The Tour Colombia was cancelled during the pandemic and then collapsed due to a lack of funding, but it finally returns and will provide a stage to showcase Colombian talent, as well as the country itself. Only three WorldTour teams have entered this hastily arranged edition – Movistar, EF Education and Astana – but there is hope that it will be the start of a flourishing race in years to come.
For Cavendish, it is the start of what he hopes will be a memorable year. Last year was supposed to be his last, but such was the agonising way his Tour de France ended – literally in the case of his broken collarbone , psychologically with his near miss in Bordeaux the day before – that he had to come back for one more tilt at writing new history.
He will be 39 and an underdog at the Tour among the best sprinters on the planet, but he is still fiercely competitive with ferocious acceleration in his thighs, and the Tour Colombia offers a chance to hone his racing instincts up against Gaviria, a man with legs a decade younger.
“We’ve got a very strong team, and I know Fernando has a strong team with Movistar too,” Cavendish said. “But like we’ve seen with the road championships in Colombia, there are a lot of domestically based riders who can spring a surprise. We’ll just enjoy it and see how it goes.”
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