The bikes of the Tour de France – VeloNews.com

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There are 19 bike manufacturers sponsoring the 22 groups of the 2020 Tour de France. Canyon, Willier, and Specialised have two groups apiece, whereas the opposite manufacturers have all their eggs in a single crew’s basket.

Right here, we current one bike as raced by every crew. Please observe that almost all manufacturers have just a few fashions for the crew riders to select from. So Movistar riders, for example, can decide between the Canyon Aeroad aero bike and the Final all-around race bike. Plus, after all, there are time trial machines within the combine as nicely.

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For elements, Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, and Rotor are all within the combine, with Shimano having the lion’s share of the groups.

A lot of the groups are commonly on disc brakes, with notable exceptions like Jumbo-Visma, whose riders like Wout van Aert have been having nice success racing on ‘quaint’ rim brakes. Or UAE, for example, has each rim- and disc-brake bikes that riders can select from on any given day.

Learn on for a have a look at each crew bike of the 2020 Tour de France.

AG2R-La Mondiale’s Eddy Merckx

Bicycle: Eddy Merckx
Mannequin proven right here: Stockeu69
Parts: Shimano / Rotor
Wheels: Mavic
Notes: Whereas the Stockeu69 is the climber’s alternative with rim brakes, the crew additionally has the 525 Disc ought to they like hydraulic brakes.

Astana’s Wilier Triestina

Bicycle: Wilier Triestina
Mannequin proven right here: Wilier 0 SLR
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Corima
Notes: Take a look at the clear traces on the entrance of the bike with its inner routing via the bar/stem and head tube, plus the massive pulley on the CeramicSpeed derailleur hanger for minimal friction.

Bahrain-McLaren’s Merida

Bicycle: Merida
Mannequin proven right here: Scultura Disc
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Imaginative and prescient
Notes: The crew previously often known as Bahrain-Merida has the Reacto Disc and the Scultura Disc to select from. The crew is racing solely on disc brakes this yr for highway levels, however the Merida Warp TT Workforce bike is a rim-brake mannequin.

Bora-Hansgrohe’s Specialised

Bicycle: Specialised
Mannequin proven right here: Venge
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Roval
Notes: Till the latest launch of the S-Works Tarmac SL7, Bora-Hansgrohe had been racing the SL6 and this Venge aero bike. Some riders could proceed to race on the Venge.

CCC Workforce’s Big

Bicycle: Big
Mannequin proven right here: TCR Superior SL
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Cadex
Notes: Riders have the TCR Advanced SL in each rim and disc to select from, in addition to the Propel Superior SL Disc aero bike.

Cofidis’ De Rosa

Bicycle: De Rosa
Mannequin proven right here: SK Bianca Elia Viviani
Parts: Campagnolo
Wheels: Fulcrum
Notes: Cofidis additionally has the Merak Rossa Workforce disc-brake bike as an choice.

Deceuninck-Fast-Step’s Specialised

Bicycle: Specialised
Mannequin proven right here: Tarmac SL7
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Roval
Notes: Specialised’s new Tarmac S-Works SL7 blends the low-drag shaping of the corporate’s Venge aero bike with the dealing with and ride-feel traits of the straight-ahead race bike, the Tarmac. No rim brakes to see right here.

EF Professional Biking’s Cannondale

Bicycle: Cannondale
Mannequin proven right here: SystemSix
Parts: FSA/Shimano
Wheels: Imaginative and prescient
Notes: The American-based crew has been racing on the American Cannondale model for six seasons now. Additionally they have the Tremendous Six all-around race bike of their arsenal.

Groupama/FDJ’s Lapierre

Bicycle: Lapierre
Mannequin proven right here: Xelius
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: Lapierre has been the solitary bike sponsor of this stalwart French squad for greater than 20 years.

Israel Begin-Up Nation’s Issue

Bicycle: Issue
Mannequin proven right here: One
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Black, Inc.
Notes: Issue makes quite a few eye-catching bikes, together with this One with the bayonet fork design that comes up in entrance of the top tube.

Lotto-Soudal’s Ridley

Bicycle: Ridley
Mannequin proven right here: Helium SLX
Parts: Campagnolo
Wheels: Campagnolo
Notes: This quintessentially Belgian squad races quintessentially Belgian bikes, with a alternative between the Noah Quick aero bike, the Helium SLX climbing bike, and the Fenix SL all-around race bike.

Mitchelton-Scott’s Scott

Bicycle: Scott
Mannequin proven right here: Addict RC
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: This Australian crew additionally has the Foil aero bike.

Movistar’s Canyon

Bicycle: Canyon
Mannequin proven right here: Aeroad Disc
Parts: SRAM
Wheels: Zipp
Notes: Though constructed and billed as an aero bike, the Aeroad has usually been raced on the tough roads of Paris-Roubaix, and has gained on the cobbled Tour of Flanders.

NTT Professional Biking’s BMC

Bicycle: BMC
Mannequin proven right here: Teammachine SLR
Parts: Shimano/Rotor
Wheels: ENVE
Notes: That is the one WorldTour crew with wheels made in Utah by ENVE.

Workforce Ineos Grenadiers’ Pinarello

Bicycle: Pinarello
Mannequin proven right here: Dogma
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: Pinarello gave the crew a particular paint job for the Tour de France.

Jumbo-Visma’s Bianchi

Bicycle: Bianchi
Mannequin proven right here: Oltre XR4
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: Look, ma – no disc brakes right here. (Jumbo-Visma actually has the choice of disc bikes, too.)

Sunweb’s Cervélo

Bicycle: Cervélo
Mannequin proven right here: S5
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: Probably the most distinctive bikes of the Tour de France, the S5 incorporates a distinctive, triangular stem that reaches as much as the handlebars.

Trek-Segafredo’s Trek

Bicycle: Trek
Mannequin proven right here: Madone
Parts: SRAM
Wheels: Bontrager
Notes: The Wisconsin model’s aero bike, the Madone, incorporates a pivot level on the junction of the highest tube and the seat tube, which permits the again of the bike to flex slightly for rider consolation. The new Emonda is an ultralight race bike with some extra refined aero shaping.

UAE Workforce Emirates’ Colnago

Bicycle: Colnago
Mannequin proven right here: Idea
Parts: Campagnolo
Wheels: Campagnolo
Notes: UAE riders have been racing to wins and podium spots this yr on rim brakes, although riders on the Tour can select between rim brakes and disc brakes relying on the stage. Riders will doubtless spend most of their time on the Colnago V3R, reasonably than the aero Idea, pictured above.

Whole Direct Energie’s Wilier Triestina

Bicycle: Wilier Triestina
Mannequin proven right here: 0 SLR
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Ursus
Notes: Ursus is an Italian model, and Direct Energie is its one crew within the Tour.

Akréa-Samsic’s Canyon

Bicycle: Canyon
Mannequin proven right here: Final
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: Shimano
Notes: Nairo Quintana, this crew’s hope for the general, races on a dimension XS — one of many smallest bikes of the Tour de France.

B&B Motels-Very important Idea-KTM’s KTM

Bicycle: KTM
Mannequin proven right here: Revelator Alto Sonic
Parts: Shimano
Wheels: DT Swiss
Notes: Higher identified for its bikes, KTM additionally makes bikes.