Marcel Kittel’s success on a disc brake bike at the Dubai Tour sparked curiosity, debate and some doubts in the peloton this week. Most riders now believe disc brakes offer excellent braking, but the debate regarding if they are really needed continues unabated, with several issues still to be resolved.
Kittel won stage 1 and stage 2 at the Dubai Tour riding a custom-coloured Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc. With Friday’s queen stage to Hatta Dam cancelled due to high winds, Kittle is now favourite to win the Dubai Tour for a second year and could also win Saturday’s final sprint stage. Kittel rarely needed to touch the brakes on the flat and dry stages he won, but he is convinced disc brakes offer an improvement on rim brakes. He is the only rider using disc brakes in the Dubai Tour.
"What I can say from all the training sessions I did already in training camps now is that it's a very strong improvement," Kittel said.
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Tom Boonen also used and won a sprint in the Vuelta a San Juan on a disc brake bike, with Quick-Step Floors and Specialized keen to promote the new braking technology in the peloton.
However, other teams and riders are not as keen. Some teams are expected to use disc brakes for the spring Classics but others may avoid testing disc brakes throughout the whole test phase instigated by the UCI.
Elia Viviani told Cyclingnews that Team Sky currently have no immediate plans to switch to a disc brake equipped Pinarello.
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