The 2017 season saw a raft of changes in the WorldTour bikes line-up. With two teams having folded, a new one born, and a Pro Continental team having stepped to the WorldTour, change was inevitable.
New tech and paint jobs graced the peloton, with Argon 18 moving to Astana, Colnago partnering with UAE Abu Dhabi (formerly Lampre-Merida), and Factor Bikes making their WorldTour debut with AG2R La Mondiale.
Peter Sagan's move to Bora-Hansgrohe gave the team enough WorldTour points on his own to promote the team to WorldTour status, although Sagan was not the only headline signing for the team. Specialized partnered with Bora-Hansgrohe for the 2017 season and beyond, and we saw custom painted, glittering-rainbow frames underneath the world champion.
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- Specialized confirmed as Bora-Hansgrohe bicycle sponsor with three-year deal
- Bahrain-Merida unveil three bikes for debut season
- Astana to ride Argon 18 bikes in 2017
- Colnago confirmed as bike sponsor of Chinese TJ Sport team
- AG2R La Mondiale switch from Focus to Factor bikes from 2017
The end of Argon18's partnership with the Bora team did not result in a WorldTour omission for the Canadian brand. Announcing a partnership with WorldTour team Astana for three seasons, the Kazakh outfit rode aboard the Gallium Pro, Nitrogen Pro and E-118 Next time trial bike.
2017 was also the first foray in the WorldTour ranks for Factor Bikes after a season with Pro Continental team, ONE Pro Cycling. Colnago also re-joined the WorldTour ranks with UAE Abu Dhabi after a one-year hiatus following the demotion of Europcar at the end of 2016.
2017 pro bike galleries and specs
- Tom Boonen's Specialized Venge ViAS Disc
- Esteban Chaves' Scott Foil RC
- Richie Porte's BMC Teammachine SLR01
- Vincenzo Nibali's Merida Scultura
- Marcel Kittel's custom Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc
- Alex Howes' Cannondale SuperSix EVO
- Robert Gesink's Bianchi Oltre XR4
- Geraint Thomas' Pinarello Dogma F10
- Domenico Pozzovivo's Factor O2
- Mark Renshaw's Cervelo S5
- Ben Swift's Colnago C60
More pro bikes
- Peter Sagan's custom Specialized S-Works Venge ViAS disc
- Simon Geschke's Giant TCR
- Michael Valgren's Argon 18 Gallium Pro
- Thomas De Gendt's Ridley Helium SLX
- Gianluca Brambilla's Specialized S-Works Tarmac
- Caleb Ewan's Scott Foil RC
- Lachlan Morton's Cervelo S5
- Ian Stannard's Pinarello Dogma F10
- Giovanni Visconti’s Merida Scultura
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