This article first appeared on BikeRadar.
AG2R La Mondiale’s two-year contract with Factor Bikes ended at the end of last season with the team announcing in October that it would switch to Eddy Merckx bikes for the 2019 and 2020 season.
The team will ride the rim brake version of the Eddy Merckx 525 for the next two seasons. A disc version of the bike is also available.
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We pulled aside Pierre Latour’s bike in the run up to the 2019 edition of the Tour Down Under. His bike – which was set up for a morning training ride – is notably different compared to the full race spec build we saw a few months ago. Whether or not the bike will remain in this guise once the racing starts this weekend remains to be seen.
AG2R is one of four Campagnolo-sponsored teams this season but it is the only one that is still using the previous generation of the Italian brand’s 11-speed Super Record EPS drivetrain. However, the bikes are set up with the latest generation of its Record brakes.
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