Foldable Bikes Party: July 2019

Wednesday 31 July 2019

Cycling's official transfer window opens August 1

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Professional Cycling's official transfer window opens on Thursday with a number of big-name riders and teams expected to reveal their plans for the 2020 season and beyond. With most rider contracts only two years, hundreds of riders are on the market and so are expected to spark a game of musical chairs in the coming weeks as they fight with a number of talented neo-pros for a place in the 2020 peloton.

Under UCI rules, riders can change teams mid-season between August 1-15, while a change of teams between two calendar seasons can be announced between August 1 and December 31. We can expect a number of announcement as soon as Thursday morning.

Next year marks the start of a three-year cycle for the UCI WorldTour, with some leading teams making a extra effort to rebuild their rosters for the future.

After the threat of a legal challenge, the UCI changed the qualification rules, ensuring all the current 18 WorldTour teams will have a place in the sport's highest division going forward. New rules for 2020-2022 allow up to two additional teams to step up to WorldTour level, and Cofidis is certain to join the WorldTour, with Total Direct Energie well placed to also step up from the Pro Continental ranks.

Katusha-Alpecin have admitted they are struggling to secure funding for 2020 and have been in talks with several Pro Continental teams about a merger, but so far no deal has been confirmed. Other teams are also concerned about their budgets and long-term futures, with several Pro Continental teams set to close. Apart from the big-name team leaders, it is generally a buyers' market, with rider contract values falling because too many riders are fighting for places in the WorldTour teams.

The GC contenders

Nibali to Trek-Segafredo, Quintana to Arkéa-Samsic, Landa to Bahrain-Merida and Dumoulin to Jumbo-Visma?

Sprinters

Classics riders and baroudeurs attackers

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2019 Tour of Utah start list

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The 8 stages that shook up the 2019 Tour de France

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This year's Tour de France was arguably the most thrilling Grande Boucle since Greg LeMond snatched victory from Laurent Fignon by just eight seconds in 1989, with a series of twists and turns creating three weeks of ever changing and entertaining racing.

In the absence of Chris Froome, and with his Team Ineos squad no longer able to dominate the peloton and steamroll up the climbs, there was often anarchy in the peloton, with Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) leading a French renaissance that captured the hearts of the nation as they dreamed a French rider could finally end their 34-year wait for a home winner.

Mother Nature would eventually step in, with hailstorms and landslides shortening stage 19 to Tignes and stage 20 to Val Thorens, but still allowerd Egan Bernal to use his innate high-altitude climbing ability to conquer the 2,770-metre-high Col de l'Iseran and, in doing so, become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France.

Along the way, Bernal's Ineos teammate – and the defending Tour champion – Geraint Thomas crashed and faltered, but ultimately came good, lending his support to Bernal taking the second step on the final podium, while Jumbo-Visma performed time and again, with Steven Kruijswijk's eventual third place in Paris their crowning glory.

Here are eight flash-points – in stage form – where this year's vintage edition of the Tour de France was made.

Stage 2, Brussels TTT: Jumbo-Visma storm to victory as Porte, Bardet, Landa and Quintana lose a minute

With just 54.8km of time trials on this year's Tour de France route, the 27.6km team time trial around Brussels on stage 2 was always going to create some significant time gaps and indicate who would, and who wouldn't, have a chance of overall victory.

Stage 3, Binche – Epernay: Alaphilippe's champagne supernova attack changes everything

Stage 6, Mulhouse – La Planche des Belles Filles: Thomas fights back

Stage 10, Saint-Flour – Albi: Pinot rages after losing time in the echelons

Stage 13, Pau individual TT: Alaphilippe wins in yellow on the 100th anniversary of the maillot jaune

Stage 14, Tarbes – Col du Tourmalet: Pinot fights back into overall contention

Stage 19, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Tignes: Bernal storms into the yellow jersey

Stage 21, Rambouillet – Paris: The start of the Bernal era as Ewan wins again

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Tuesday 30 July 2019

Analysing the 2019 Tour de France teams – Part 2

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The Tour de France has reached Paris and the final report cards are in. For some teams, July was a month of accomplishment. For others, success was rather thinner on the ground. Every prize counts at the Tour, but with 22 teams vying for 21 stages, there is never quite enough to go around. In this two-part feature, Cyclingnews runs the rule over the competing teams.

You can read Analysing the 2019 Tour de France teams – Part 1 here.

Jumbo-Visma

Jerseys: 0
GC: Steven Kruijswijk - 3rd
Stage wins: 4 (TTT, Teunissen, Groenewegen, Van Aert)

Highlights
The Dutch team continue to go from strength to strength and hit all the right notes at this Tour. The number one objective – to put Steven Kruijswijk on the podium in Paris – was fulfilled, with the Dutchman placing third behind Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas. It was his first Grand Tour podium and the team's first in 10 years. What's more, George Bennett and Laurens De Plus shone in support roles and, with Team Ineos well below their usual level of dominance, Jumbo were arguably the strongest team in the race.

As if that wasn't enough, Jumbo showed you can balance a GC bid with sprint ambitions. Mike Teunissen surprised everyone to beat Peter Sagan and win the opening stage, while Dylan Groenewegen won on stage 7 and the Wout Van Aert fairytale continued when he dispatched Elia Viviani and Caleb Ewan on stage 10.

Oh, and they won the team time trial. Extraordinary.

Lotto Soudal

Mitchelton-Scott

Katusha-Alpecin

Movistar Team

Team Ineos

Team Sunweb

Total Direct Energie

Trek-Segafredo

UAE Team Emirates

Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team

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Best rear lights for cycling 2019

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There are a plethora of rear cycling lights available which can be used 24/7 to improve visibility in conditions such as fog, low light and rain. In fact, many brands recommend using rear lights to promote safer cycling as well as improve awareness among motorists.

Considering the fact the most cycling collisions occur during the day it’s probably worth investing in a daytime running light (DRL) with multiple modes that can also double up as a night light. Most contemporary cycling lights offer varying degrees of brightness, battery life and flash patterns, and have a built-in DRL function — the output of which is measured in lumens.

Scroll down to see Cyclingnews’ roundup of the best rear lights available to buy for 2019.

What to look for in a rear cycling light

As a rule, the brighter the light the better your chances are of being seen by other road users. It’s also worth looking for rear cycling lights that are durable, waterproof and capable of emitting a strong beam regardless of the time of day. Before making a decision, it's worth considering the following five factors as each one has a direct bearing on quality and price.

1. Lumens

Lumens have become the gold standard to measure light output — the more lumens produced by a light bulb, the brighter the light. 20 to 30 lumens is considered a reasonable rating but many rear lights have outputs upwards of 300. Another fact to bear in mind is that the advertised maximum lumen output is calculated in flashing mode, steady or constant mode tends to be slightly lower.

2. Fit/attachment

Most rear cycling lights feature universal silicon or rubber straps that wrap around and fasten onto your seat post. Some also come with special mounting brackets to attach to the back of your helmet, clothing or backpacks. Where you place it is up to you but the seat post has become the standard mounting position for rear lights.

3. Lighting modes

4. Battery

5. Price versus quality

Best rear cycling lights you can buy today

See.Sense Icon2 Smart

Price: Starting at $98 / £79 / AU$138
Weight: 50g
Lumens: 300
Battery: Li-Ion USB, 16 hours
Flash modes: 2 (flash and constant)

Bontrager Flare RT

Price: Starting at US$59 / £44 / AU$79
Weight: 40g
Lumens: 90
Battery: 420Li-Poly USB, 15 hours
Flash modes: 5 (three flashing, two constant)

Garmin Varia RTL510 Radar

Price: Starting at $199 / £169 / AU$299
Weight: 71g
Lumens: 65
Battery: Li-ion USB, 15 hours
Flash modes: 3 (two flashing, one constant)

Moon Nebula

Price: Starting at $46 / £35 / AU$81
Weight: 44g
Lumens: 180
Battery: 800Li-Poly USB, 20 hours
Flash modes: 8 (four flashing, four constant)

Lezyne Strip Drive Pro

Price: Starting at $49 / £39 / AU$67
Weight: 53g
Lumens: 300
Battery: Li-Ion USB, 53 hours
Flash modes: 11 (eight flashing, three constant)

Blackburn Dayblazer 65

Price: Starting at $30 / £28 / AU$42
Weight: 48g
Lumens: 65
Battery: Li-Poly USB, 6 hours
Flash modes: 3 (two flashing, one constant)

Lezyne Zecto Drive Max

Price: Starting at $49 / £47/ AU$50
Weight: 69g
Lumens: 250
Battery: Li-Ion USB, 24 hours
Flash modes: 8 (five flashing, three constant)

Cateye Rapid X3

Price: Starting at $60 / £49 / AU$90
Weight: 46g
Lumens: 150
Battery: Li-Ion USB, 30 hours
Flash modes: 6 (two flashing, four constant)

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Best road cycling pedals 2019

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Making up one of the three contact points you have with the bike, clipless pedals are a necessity for any road rider. Clipping into your pedals not only makes for a stable connection for laying down watts, they also hold your feet in the correct position and help you maintain efficiency as your cadence increases.

What are clipless pedals?

Clipless pedals have a nonsensical name, referring to the lack of a 'toe clip’, like those used exclusively before the mid-1980s.

These pedals allow you to 'clip' directly into the pedal for a mechanical connection to a cleat, which is bolted to the underside of a purpose-built shoe. Most shoes designed for road cycling feature three bolt holes in the sole, while mountain bike shoes rely on two — there are also four-bolt shoes explicitly designed for a specific pedal system, more on that later.

While each pedal system varies slightly, the mechanics are more or less the same; step down on the pedal platform to clip in, and twist at the ankle to unclip. Where they do vary is the release tension, float, platform size, stack height and reliability.

Depending on your confidence and experience as a rider, what you're looking for in a pedal will vary slightly.

What to look for in road cycling pedals

Cleat adjustability

Each brand uses a slightly different cleat system, and some offer more refined adjustment than others. For example, with Shimano and Look style cleats; fore and aft, side to side and cleat angle are all adjusted at the same time, while Speedplay uses a separate set of bolts to modify each axis.

Float

Platform size

Release tension

Stack height

Reliability

Best road cycling pedals you can buy today

Shimano 105 R7000 SPD SL

Weight: 265g
Price: £95 / $150 / AU$150

Shimano Ultegra R8000 SPD SL

Weight: 248g
Price: £150 / $200 / AU$275

Shimano Dura-Ace SPD SL

Weight: 228g
Price: £225 / $280 / AU$370

Time Xpresso 10

Weight: 195g
Price: £140 / $195 / AU$300

Look Keo Blade

Weight: 220g
Price: £155 / $160 / AU$200

Speedplay Zero Chromoly

Weight: 216g
Price: £150 / $145 / AU$210

Look Keo 2 Max

Weight: 260g
Price: £80 / $115 / AU$150

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Tour de France bikes: Oliver Naesen’s steel Eddy Merckx Corsa

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Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale) raced the final stage of the 2019 Tour de France aboard a steel Eddy Merckx Corsa frame, a new model launched by the Belgian bike brand.

Unlike steel frames from the era of the brand’s namesake, the Columbus Xcr and Spirit HSS steel tubing offers good levels of stiffness and weight, with the brand saying the material has come a long way since the bikes ridden by Eddy Merckx.

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Merckx's first victory, Naeesen's frame features references to the bike with which Merckx won the Tour de France in 1969.

Naesen’s frame was paired with a mechanical Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 groupset and like the Belgian’s usual race bike, features a crankset from Rotor, wheels from Mavic and finishing kit from Deda.

A race number mount looks to have been welded to the underside of the top tube, another nod to steel race bikes from a bygone era.

Eddy Merckx offer the Corsa framesets in a rim brake, disc brake or gravel-specific builds, while the MyCorsa project allows for customisable geometry and paint finishes.

Oliver Naesen’s Eddy Merckx Corsa full bike specifications

You can read more at Cyclingnews.com

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Monday 29 July 2019

Book Excerpt: The Yellow Jersey by Peter Cossins

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Exclusiveness is one of the primary characteristics of the yellow jersey. Among the millions of spectators that line the roadsides at the Tour de France each year, only a handful will be seen in yellow. At the same time, you usually don’t have to travel too far along the Tour route to observe fans and cyclists decked out in polka dots or Peter Sagan green. According to Libération’s Pierre Carrey, ‘It is forbidden to wear the yellow jersey in France, for anyone to ride in it. It belongs to the Tour leader, and him alone. He’s like the Louis XIV, the Sun King, reincarnated in a cycling jersey.’

That might be the case in the modern era, but certainly wasn’t when Eugène Christophe first modelled the yellow jersey in Grenoble in July 1919. Rather than feeling regal, the Frenchman was embarrassed, a figure of fun. Mocked by his fellow racers and spectators as 'the canary', he also had to endure taunts about his wife's fidelity, as cuckolds were often caricatured wearing yellow cloaks or scarves. Funny perhaps, offensive definitely, these barbs highlighted the general antipathy towards the colour yellow that can be traced back more than a thousand years and persisted well into the twentieth century, when it was transformed by its significance within sport and by the Tour in particular.

'The yellow jersey has contributed to a re-evaluation of a colour that did have a bad reputation for a long time,' says Michel Pastoureau, a professor of medieval history at the Sorbonne in Paris, who is an expert in Western symbology and renowned within France for his books on the history of the colours red, blue, black and green – he has his own feelings of reticence about yellow, and has yet to dedicate himself to publication of an extended work on this colour.

Interviewed by Ouest France, Pastoureau explains there isn’t a definitive answer to the question of why yellow attracted such disfavour, but he and other experts suggest that it may stem from the unreliability of yellow dyes and paint in the Middle Ages. Produced using the bright yellow flowers taken from broom as the base, these yellows didn’t penetrate fabric, canvas and other materials very well and, as a consequence, tended to fade comparatively quickly. More resistant yellows could be made using saffron, but the spice imported from Asia was expensive and only available to richer members of society, reinforcing the exclusiveness of the colour. The yellowness of sulphur and the chemical’s association with the devil and all things diabolical is another reason for this distaste.

While other colours maintained a balance of good and bad associations, these negative aspects became inextricably associated with yellow, while the colour’s more positive attributes attained a more golden hue. ‘Gold acquired all of the good aspects of the colour (heat, light, wealth, power) and left yellow with the bad parts,’ Pastoureau explains. ‘For a long time in the West, yellow’s symbolism was more negative than positive. It was the colour of sickness, of autumn. The colour of lies, of deceit, of treason. The colour of Judas.’

The change came gradually. In Roman times, yellow often featured in clothes worn at weddings and other important ceremonies. In China, it was reserved for the emperor – the Sun King of his era – and regarded as a symbol of power, wealth and wisdom. In Europe, however, its significance gradually changed as it became increasingly linked with decline and deception.

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2019 Tour de France in 10 interactive charts

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The 2019 Tour de France is a wrap, with Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) claiming Colombia's first overall victory in the race and inking his name in the annals of Tour history as one of the youngest riders to ever win the race. Cyclingnews' Laura Weislo crunched the data from this year's race, summing up the evolution of the race in 10 charts.

Bernal took the lead in the overall classification on the shortened stage 19 by escaping on the Col de l'Iseran, the highest point of the Tour - only to have the race organisers call a halt to the race because of landslides on the route ahead. The next day's stage was shortened as well and with teammate Geraint Thomas in second place, the fight was on for the final podium spot. Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep), who led the race for 14 stages, finally gave way on the climb to Val Thorens, and Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) filled the final podium spot.

Only five riders wore the yellow jersey, with Mike Teunissen (Jumbo-Visma) the surprise winner of the first stage and keeping it while Jumbo-Visma winning the next day's TTT. Alaphilippe took over for the next three stages before being temporarily displaced by Trek-Segafredo's Giulio Ciccone. The Frenchman reclaimed the maillot jaune on stage 8 before defying all expectations to hold onto it until Bernal's attack on stage 19.

Interact with these charts by hovering over a line to highlight the rider's progress.

Of the pre-race contenders, many fell out of contention in the Pyrenees, but the Alps were the biggest hammer to the overall rankings, as the cumulative fatigue and lack of motivation to keep fighting when the podium was out of reach bit in.

Points classification

Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) set the record for most points classification victories, taking the green jersey on stage 3 and steadily distancing all his rivals.

Mountains classification

Best young riders classification

Teams classification

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Analysing the 2019 Tour de France teams – Part 1

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AG2R La Mondiale

Jerseys: Polka-dot – Romain Bardet
GC: Romain Bardet - 15th
Stage wins: 0

Highlights
Romain Bardet's victory in the mountains classification has to be the sole highlight for the French team, who endured a rough Tour de France. The very fact that Bardet's polka-dots are a highlight showcases how badly it went wrong for Vincent Lavenu's men. Bardet took the jersey from a breakaway in the Alps, having seen his GC bid go up in flames, and was a touch fortuitous that two major climbs were removed from the final two stages due to weather conditions. Nevertheless, it pretty much saved his Tour from total disaster, and there was also the fact that getting into breaks plugged him back into an offensive, uncalculating style of racing. As he said, by the end of the Tour, the smile was back on his face.

Lowlights
Having finished on the podium in 2016 and 2017, this was to be a key indicator of Bardet's prospects of winning the Tour, after a subdued display 12 months ago. The writing was on the wall on La Planche des Belles Filles on stage 6, but he fell apart completely on the Col du Tourmalet on stage 14, which he described as "an affliction". Bardet's polka-dots saved his Tour but won't cover up the cracks in the long-term, and the chastening experience will signal a crossroads in the Frenchman's career. A Giro d'Italia debut, an idea with which he's toyed in the past, is now surely on the agenda. (PF)

Astana

Jerseys: 0
GC: Alexey Lutsenko -19th
Stage wins: 0

Highlights
Pello Bilbao's second place on the road to Bagnères-de-Bigorre was probably the team's best single result, while several members of Alexandre Vinokourov's rank and file chipped in with breakaway rides once Jakob Fuglsang left the race in bandages. Alexey Lutsenko became stronger as the race went on and came close to a stage win in Valloire before finishing inside the top 20 in Paris.

Arkea-Samsic

Bahrain-Merida

Bora-Hansgrohe

CCC Team

Cofidis

Deceuninck – Quickstep

Dimension Data

EF-Education First

Groupama - FDJ

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Tour de France bikes: custom framesets for 2019 classification winners

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The 2019 Tour de France was one of the most exciting in recent memory with Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) becoming the youngest winner in 110 years and the first Colombian to wear the yellow jersey into Paris in the 100-year history of the famous maillot jaune.

Recent custom has dictated the different classification winners at the Tour de France ride the final stage aboard custom-painted bikes to match their jerseys and this year was no different. This win is Pinarello's 15th Tour de France and the Italian company presented Bernal with an all-yellow version of the new Pinarello Dogma F12 frameset, which was launched earlier this year.

Specialized also got in on the customisation in Paris, presenting Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) with a predominantly green design to celebrate his record seventh green points classification jersey.

After a truncated stage 19 following a freak storm and landslides, plus a shortened stage 20, Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) won the climber’s polka-dot jersey and raced the final stage with a matching polka-dot Eddy Merckx StockEU60 frameset.

Click through the gallery above for a closer look at the 2019 Tour de France classification winners’ bikes.

Egan Bernal’s yellow Pinarello Dogma F12 full bike specifications

Peter Sagan’s green Specialized S-Works Venge full bike specifications

Romain Bardet’s polka-dot Eddy Merckx StockEU69 full bike specifications

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Maap cycling clothing: range, details, pricing and specifications

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Maap cycling is a relative newcomer in riding apparel, however, since their first hit the market in 2014, the Melbourne-based brand has exploded, and can be seen on the backs of riders around the world — including U23 cyclo-cross men’s world champion Tom Pidcock and the rest of his TP Racing team.

Founded by Oliver Cousins and Jarred Smith, who bring decades of design and fashion experience to the table and have previously worked with the likes of Stussy, Mambo and Globe before making the jump into cycling clothing. Maap’s fabrics sourced from Swiss and Italian mills and each of the company’s garments are produced in Milan.

There is no doubt Maap gear is stylish; however, the quality is also up there with industry stalwarts like Castelli, Santini, and Assos — the brand has even worked with sports scientist and founder of Adaptive Human Performance Ken Ballhause to design their own chamois.

Over the past few years, Maap has gone from just producing a single jersey and bib shorts, plus socks in a range of colours and designs, to making everything from base layers to winter jackets. The brand also continues to offer collaborations with brands like Suplest, Bellroy and Basso.

Maap overview

Here at Cyclingnews, we have had quite a bit of collective experience with Maap gear, having ridden in everything from their first round of kits through the brand's more recent releases, and there are a few key points we have noticed in our testing to keep in mind before you buy.

Maap offers two cuts, pro fit and team fit but both are still based around slim builds. If you’re a stockier build rather than WorldTour skinny, break out the measuring tape and take a close look at the size chart rather than sticking to your usual sizing options.

Maap cycling clothing you can buy today

Short sleeve jerseys

Training jersey

Price: £94 / $102 / AU$145
Fit: Team fit
Gender: Men and women

Encore Pro Base jersey

Price: £139 / $151 / AU$215
Fit: Pro fit
Gender: Men and women

Encore Pro LS jersey

Price: £152 / $165 / AU$235
Fit: Pro fit
Gender: Men and women

Network Pro jersey

Price: £126 / $137 / AU$195
Fit: Pro Fit
Gender: Men and women

Fragment Pro jersey

Price: £126 / $137 / AU$195
Fit: Pro fit
Gender: Women

Movement jersey

Price: £115 / $130 / AU$185
Weight: Team fit
Gender: Men and Women

Bib shorts

Training bib shorts

Price: £148 / $165 / AU$235
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Team Bib 3.0 bib shorts

Price: £175 / $207 / AU$295
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Pro bib shorts

Price: £211 / $257 / AU$365
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Jackets and vests

Stash vest

Price: £99 / $151 / AU$155
Fit: n/a
Gender: Men and women

Outline vest

Price: £148 / $109 / AU$215
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Outline 2.0 jacket

Price: £193 / $208 / AU$295
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Annex jacket

Price: £193 / $221 / AU$315
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men and women

Base Layers

Team base layer

Price: £49 / $56 / AU$80
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men

Mesh base layer

Price: £NA / $NA / AU$90
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men

Seamless base layer

Price: £54 / $63 / AU$90
Fit: Pro
Gender: Men

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Injured Rachel Atherton is determined to win back her world title

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Downhill mountain biker Rachel Atherton devastated she will not be able to defend her world title, but hopes to be fit next year.

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From Rodriguez to Bernal: Colombia’s long ride to Tour de France success

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It’s often commented that Egan Bernal’s victory in the 2019 Tour de France opens up a new chapter in the race and for Colombia. But it also closes, at long last, another era in the history of his country’s cycling. By wearing the yellow jersey in Paris, Bernal has achieved something dubbed by Colombians as the sueño amarillo: the yellow dream.

More than four decades have passed since ‘Cochise’ Rodriguez, a former world track champion who raced for the Bianchi squad alongside Felice Gimondi, became the first Colombian to take part in the Tour in 1975. Since then, Colombia’s impact on the Tour de France has steadily increased, as well as in the Grand Tours across the board. But as Bernal repeatedly pointed out in his final press conference, despite all the podiums and triumphs in the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, overall victory at the Tour de France had eluded Colombian cycling.

At the Tour, there have been numerous landmarks for the South American country since Rodriguez completed the race in 1975 in 33rd place. There was the first stage win in 1984, when Luis Herrera won on Alpe d’Huez. There was the first podium in Paris, when Fabio Parra placed third behind Pedro Delgado and Steven Rooks in 1988. There was the first yellow jersey in 2003, when US Postal’s Victor Hugo Peña, whose achievements as a swimmer led him to be nicknamed El Tiburon [The Shark], wore it for three days.

There have also been some serious low points, such as in 2010, when no Colombians raced the Tour for the first time in 27 years. It prompted leading national newspaper El Tiempo to ask wistfully: "Is there someone prepared to pay 5 million euros to sponsor a Colombian team so that this sad part of our cycling history not to be repeated in the future?”

Overall, Colombian riders have now won 20 Tour stages, and finished on the Tour podium six times – once with Parra, Bernal and Rigoberto Uran, and three times with Nairo Quintana.

Rodriguez has the honour of being Colombia’s pioneer in the Tour. However, the point where the cycling world sat up and took full notice of the Colombian presence in the race occurred in 1983 and 1984.

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Best gravel and adventure cycling wheels 2019

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In the past couple of years, gravel bikes have gone from modified cyclo-cross and touring bikes to purpose-built, ride them everywhere machines. With the new frame designs and their ever-expanding tyre clearance – plus the clever way brands are making room for this ballooned rubber – we've also seen an explosion in gear to kit out these adventure and all road bikes.

In the early days, if cyclo-cross wheels didn't fit your needs you're options were skinny overbuilt MTB hoops or road wheels that might not be up to the task. Now we are flush for choice for gravel-specific wheels in both 700c and 650b sizes.

What to look for in gravel wheels

On the surface, gravel and adventure wheels don't look all the different to road wheels, however, they need to be able to stand up to considerably more abuse. While feathery road wheels push into the territory just over 1kg, a light set of gravel hoops will often tack on an additional 500g of armour.

Also, expect to find rims ready for tubeless tyres. Each brand has its own system, some are distinctly better than others, requiring no frustration, broken tyre levers or a flash pump/air compressor to get a tyre on the rim and inflated.

There are a range of alloy and carbon options out there, with carbon fibre commanding a considerably higher price tag.

Gravel wheel sizing

Most gravel bikes these days can roll on either standard 700c wheels or wider 650b hoops. 650b or 27.5in comes to us from touring bikes, however, in recent years, mountain bikers have cottoned on to the mid-size hoops for their manoeuvrability and lighter weight when compared to 29er wheels and tires.

Gravel wheel braking options

Gravel wheel rim width and depth

Gravel wheels rim material

Best gravel and adventure wheelsets

Hunt 30 Carbon Gravel Disc

Internal rim width: 21mm
Depth: 30mm
Sizes available: 700c
Weight: 1,479g
Brake mount: Centre-lock - 6-bolt adaptor included
Price: £862 / $1079 / AU$1539

Stan's No Tubes Grail MK3

Internal rim width: 20.3
Depth: 24.5mm
Sizes available: 700c
Weight: 1,675g
Brake mount: 6-bolt or Centre-lock
Price: £600 / $699 / AU$1100

ENVE G-23

Internal rim width: 23mm 700c
Depth: 25mm
Sizes available: 700c and 650b
Weight: 1,305g, 700c with Envy Alloy hubs
Brake mount: Centre-lock
Price: £2700 / $2800 / AU$TBC

Mavic Allroad Pro Disc

Internal rim width: 22mm
Depth: 24mm
Sizes available: 700c
Weight: 1,670g
Brake mount: 6-bolt
Price: £900 / $1200 / AU$1699

Zipp 30 Course DB

Internal rim width: 21
Depth: 26
Sizes available: 700c
Weight: 1,650g
Brake mount: Centre-lock
Price: £800 / $1010 / AU$1510

Reynolds ATR

Internal rim width: 21mm internal (700c)
Depth: 28mm
Sizes available: 700c and 650b
Weight: 1,685g (700c)
Brake mount: Centre-lock
Price: £1200 / $1299 / AU$2000

Bontrager Paradigm Elite 25 TLR Disc Road Wheel

Internal rim width: 23mm internal
Depth: 24mm
Sizes available: 700c
Weight: 1700g
Brake mount: Centre-lock
Price: £750 / $1000 / AU$TBC

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Sunday 28 July 2019

Tour de France: Geraint Thomas, Chris Froome and Egan Bernal will make for strong 2020 team

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Geraint Thomas expects Team Ineos to be even stronger at next year's Tour de France with Chris Froome and Egan Bernal making three winners in the squad.

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Tour de France 2019: Egan Bernal wins, Geraint Thomas second, Peter Sagan wins in Paris

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Colombia's Egan Bernal becomes the youngest rider in 110 years to win the Tour de France, with his British team-mate Geraint Thomas taking second.

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Chris Froome is 'ahead of schedule' in recovery from serious crash

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Four-time Tour de France winner Chris Froome's recovery is "ahead of schedule" according to Team Ineos boss Sir Dave Brailsford.

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Saturday 27 July 2019

Bernal & Thomas joint leadership 'worked to perfection'

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Team principal Sir Dave Brailsford says making Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas joint leaders of Ineos has "worked to perfection" at the Tour de France

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BMX World Championships: Twan van Gendt wins men's title

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Twan van Gendt of Netherlands wins the men's elite final as Great Britain's Kye Whyte finishes fifth at the the BMX World Championships, Belgium.

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Tour 'night and day' compared to 2018 - Thomas

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Defending champion Geraint Thomas says "anything that could go wrong, went wrong" at this year's Tour de France despite being set to finish second.

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Tour de France 2019: Egan Bernal set to win from Geraint Thomas

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Egan Bernal is poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France after finishing Saturday's penultimate stage in the yellow jersey.

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Tour de France: A predictable result arrived at in extraordinary circumstances – Analysis

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Three kilometres before the summit of the Col de l'Iseran during stage 19 at the Tour de France, word began to filter through the ASO grapevine that hail and mudslides had led to blocked roads between the penultimate climb and the summit finish in Tignes. Snippets of information crackled through race radio, Christian Prudhomme held council with his trusted advisers and, within a matter of minutes, the decision was announced that the times on the summit of the Iseran would be taken between the lone leader Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) and his pursuers. The rest of the stage would be nullified, but, as the news began to sweep through the peloton, some could hardly believe it.

The final confirmation that the times on the Iseran would be used to dictate the new GC standings were made by ASO roughly four kilometres into the descent when Prudhomme, course designer Thierry Gouvenou and the president of commissaires agreed on their course of action. In truth, their options were limited, to begin with. A dusty rule book somewhere in Paris may have decreed that their primary choices were to either cancel the stage or re-run it twenty-four hours later but sense and practicalities won out eventually.

Stopping the clock on the Iseran may not have been the perfect resolution for all the riders involved, but the organisers, like the road to Tignes, were left with an impassable situation. As the race ground to an almost eery halt in the valley, and tongues wagged and shoulders shrugged, there was talk as to whether the stage finish could have been moved. But in reality that was never on the cards. Such a notion may have merit in some quarters, but not if accurate timing was a requirement for the biggest sporting event on the planet.

In the end, there would be no stage winner, but Egan Bernal's attack roughly 5km from the summit of the Iseran would become the defining act in this year's unpredictable Tour de France, and by the time the race collected its breath and the riders bussed their way up to Tignes, it was almost forgotten that the home nation's darling Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) had quit the race in tears.

Had the race not been affected by blocked roads, the stage could have unfolded in several different ways. Bernal could have faded in the valley or on the final climb itself; Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) could have rallied before eventually losing even more time on the last ascent; perhaps the Jumbo-Visma and Bora-Hansgrohe alliance could have turned the screw on Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) and dramatically altered the podium places with two stages remaining; Simon Yates could have won Mitchelton-Scott's umpteenth stage. Or Bernal could have laid down a seminal moment with a dramatic stage win.

Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) with Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) following behind on stage 18

All ifs, all buts, yet few could argue that no matter the permutation, the strongest rider is now in control. Had Thomas, Mikel Landa (Movistar), Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma), or anyone else for that matter, had designs or desires of winning the race, then they would have gone with Bernal. The sight of Thomas and Kruijswijk cancelling each other out was another indictment of Bernal's position of strength and their destined battle for the minor podium positions.

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Tour de France bikes: Romain Bardet's Eddy Merckx StockEU69

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Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) came into the 2019 Tour de France as a genuine podium contender but the Frenchman's GC race never really got going. By the race's second rest day, Bardet sat a lowly 19th on the general classification, 27:12 behind compatriot and race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep).

However, Bardet got away in the day's main break on stage 18 on Thursday, hoovering up points towards the 'king of the mountains' competition, and finishing the stage second behind Movistar's Nairo Quintana – and having done enough to take the Tour's famous polka-dot jersey that evening, which he'll wear on stage 19 from Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Tignes on Friday.

Bardet is racing this year's Tour aboard an Eddy Merckx StockEU69, equipped with several different pieces of finishing kit from a number of brands, plus the addition of some completely unique modifications at the race.

The majority of the drivetrain and brakes comes courtesy of Shimano Dura-Ace R9100 series components, but with a CeramicSpeed OSPW rear derailleur modification and a crankset from Spanish brand Rotor.

Bardet opts for an integrated, carbon aero cockpit from Italian brand Deda with their Alanera offering and interestingly, adds rubber blocks underneath the lever hoods to achieve his preferred hand position on the bike. The handlebars are wrapped in handlebar tape from LizardSkins, with Bardet adding an additional strip of the tape to his Fizik saddle, presumably for improved grip in his favoured position.

To celebrate the Tour de France, Mavic presented Bardet with their Comete Pro Carbon SL UST in a special Tour de France finish, which Bardet pairs with Continental Competition ALX tubular tyres.

Romain Bardet’s Eddy Merckx StockEU69 full bike specifications

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Best action cameras for 2019

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Action cameras have become a huge industry and now in 2019, they offer a wealth of features beyond simply being a small, waterproof and crash-proof camera that can be mounted to anything.

Pre-2006, filming action sports was very different. Bulky camcorders weren’t waterproof or tough enough and if you wanted a point of view (POV) action shot it would involve an element of DIY'ing to make mounts or harnesses. Now action cameras can be easily mounted to almost anything, record your adventures in 4K video with built-in stabilisation and be shared straight to social media.

Not simply video, action cameras feature a wealth of photo and time-lapse features as well as live streaming and GPS features so that whether you are on a family holiday or shooting a tv show you have everything required to capture amazing moments. There is a lot to consider when choosing the right action camera so we have a look at some of the best options available in 2019.

What to look for in an action camera?

The most important consideration when buying a new action camera is what you plan on using it for. While most cameras can record high-quality video and take photos, it is important to consider what other features are a priority. A wealth of video, photo, time-lapse and connectivity options as well as stabilisation, waterproofing and build quality make this decision more complicated.

Action cameras have been capable of shooting in full HD for a while now and many are now able to record 4k plus everything in between. If you want to record slow-motion action look for cameras with high frames per second (FPS) settings, 240fps will allow footage to be slowed down by 8x and even budget cameras will allow at least 2x.

With the rise in popularity of vlogging and producing video edits, high-end cameras offer advanced features to achieve the highest quality. Higher quality optics, stabilisation and audio make a huge difference to a video’s quality as well as the ability to record in advance log format. Log formats such as GoPro’s Protune or DJI’s D-LOG settings capture more data and allows greater flexibility when editing in post-production.

The 10 best action cameras you can buy today

GoPro Hero 7 Black

Video quality: 4k/60fps, 1080p/240fps, 720p/240fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 3 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 62.3mm x 44.9mm x 33mm
Weight: 116g

GoPro Hero 7 Silver

Video quality: 4k/30fps, 1080p/60fps, 720p/60fps
Photo quality: 10mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 3 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 62.3mm x 44.9mm x 28.3mm
Weight: 94.4g

GoPro Hero 7 White

Video quality: 1080p/60fps, 720p/60fps
Photo quality: 10mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 3 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 62.3mm x 44.9mm x 28.3mm
Weight: 92.4g

GoPro Hero 6 Black

Video quality: 4k/60fps, 1080p/240fps, 720p/60fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 3 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 62.3 x 44.9 x 33
Weight: 118g

GoPro Hero 5 Session

Video quality: 4k/30fps, 1080p/90fps, 720p/120fps
Photo quality: 10mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 2 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 38 x 38 x 36
Weight: 74g

GoPro Hero 4 Black

Video quality: 4k/30fps, 1080p/120fps, 720p/120fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: None
Waterproof: 10m
Battery life: Up to 3 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 41 x 59 x 29.6
Weight: 88g

GoPro Fusion

Video quality: 5.2k/30fps, 3k/60fps
Photo quality: 18mp
Image stabilisation: Post-production
Waterproof: 5m
Battery life: Up to 80 minutes (estimated)
Dimensions: 74mm x 75mm x 40mm
Weight: 220g

DJI Osmo Action

Video quality: 4k/60fps, 1080p/240fps, 720p/240fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: Electronic
Waterproof: 11m
Battery life: Up to 2 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 65mm x 42mm x 35mm
Weight: 134g

DJI Osmo Pocket

Video quality: 4k/60, 1080p/120fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: Mechanical three-axis gimbal
Waterproof: No
Battery life: Up to 1.5 hours (estimated)
Dimensions: 121.9mm x 36.9mm x 28.6mm
Weight: 116g

Sony FDR-X3000R

Video quality: 4k/30fps, 1080p/120fps, 720p/240fps
Photo quality: 12mp
Image stabilisation: Optical
Waterproof: IPX4 splash-proof (60m with additional supplied housing)
Battery life: Up to 2 hours estimated
Dimensions: 47mm x 29.4mm x 83mm
Weight: 114g

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Friday 26 July 2019

Stage 20 of Tour cut by 71km due to landslides & weather warnings

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Saturday's penultimate stage of the Tour de France will shortened from 130km to 59km because of landslides.

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Peckham BMX: The three GB riders taking on the world and inspiring a new generation

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Three GB riders, Tre and Kye Whyte and Quillan Isidore, want their club Peckham BMX to take over south London and encourage kids to change their lives.

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Bernal takes Tour lead as hailstorm stops stage 19

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Egan Bernal moves into the overall Tour de France race lead as a hailstorm 30km from the finish of stage 19 in the Alps leaves the road impassable.

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Tour de France: Bernal on the hunt but Alaphilippe remains resolute – Analysis

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Unsurprisingly, the Tour de France wasn't won or lost on the Col du Galibier, nor on the breakneck descent to the line in Valloire, where Movistar's Nairo Quintana won the stage, Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) took time and race leader Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) more than held his own. However, there was enough evidence to suggest how the next two stages in the Alps will be raced.

On reflection, stage 18 of the Tour was perhaps the quietest of the mountain stages so far, with the pulsating action in the Pyrenees eclipsing what we saw on the Col d'Izoard and the Galibier. There were several reasons as to why that was the case. Firstly, fatigue has truly started to set in. Those powerful surges from Groupama-FDJ's Thibaut Pinot cannot be maintained for a week, while the responsibility taken by Jumbo-Visma on the Tourmalet and on the road to Foix have been replaced by a more cautious approach.

In the Pyrenees, we saw more explosive racing because of the terrain, but also because it was early enough in the race for bold attacks, with riders, such as Pinot, needing to go on the offensive after losing needless time in the crosswinds. Now that the race is in the critical phase and all the riders know roughly where they stand concerning each other, the margins of error are finite. There's still not a single team that can control a stage from start to finish, and, with two summit finishes to come, stage 18 was about reassurances of resources as much as racing.

However, what we witnessed on stage 18 was merely the opening act in a trilogy of stages that will decide this year's podium. If Thursday's stage had finished at the top of the Galibier, the situation may have been different, but the long descent to Valloire changed the mentality of the peloton and how they raced the parcours.

Movistar once again took up the fight early on with a brisk pace that thinned out the peloton on the Col d'Izoard, but their efforts petered out on the second half of the climb as they ran out of ammo and realised that they were simply chasing down a break that contained their own rider – Quintana – and his fresh optimism of winning the stage and mounting a top-five challenge.

Team Ineos search for answers

Team Ineos assumed control in the valley between the penultimate and final climbs, and again on the lower slopes of the Galibier, but for most of their time on the front, they were conceding time to Quintana and the rest of the break. It was only when Bernal attacked with 3.2km to go before the summit that the GC race properly came to life.

Movistar have a part to play

Alaphilippe and Bernal

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Campagnolo groupsets explained

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Founded in 1933 by Tullio Campagnolo, the quintessentially Italian cycling brand began after Campagnolo himself conceived a number of innovations while racing. Such ideas included the humble quick release and the derailleur, which we take for granted today. Campagnolo’s continual desire to improve and innovate cemented the company as one of the pioneers in the sport.

Today, Campagnolo hold their position as an aspirational, premium brand, manufacturing a range of road and time-trial components, namely groupsets and wheelsets, as well as a collection of performance-orientated clothing.

Campagnolo’s rich Italian history and its aesthetic panache aren’t the only reasons behind the brand’s loyal following, there are a number of features that help to set Campagnolo groupsets apart from its competition, and create a loyal following worldwide.

For example, the Ergopower shifters’ hood shape is ergonomically designed with Varicushion technology, which offers all-day comfort, channelling water away to provide a secure hold. The shape of these shifters is one of Campagnolo’s distinctive features that loyalists adore about their groupsets. In addition, Campagnolo groupsets use a separate thumb actuated lever to change gear down to a smaller sprocket. Unlike its competitors, Campagnolo’s Ultra-Shift models provide the ability to shift through multiple sprockets both up (five) and down (three) with a single throw of the respective-lever, while the more budget-minded Power-Shift models facilitate a three-sprocket upshift and a single-sprocket downshift. With EPS models, this multi-shift function is adjustable via the MyCampy app, enabling as many shifts as you desire via a simple press-and-hold actuation.

For the 2019 season, Campagnolo are sponsors to WorldTour teams Lotto Soudal, Movistar Team and UAE Team Emirates, as well as ProContinental teams Cofidis, Bardiani CSF, Gazprom-Rusvelo and Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane.

Scroll down to find all of the currently available Campagnolo groupsets to buy. You can also read our overview of the best Campagnolo wheelsets.

Campagnolo Groupsets

Campagnolo Super Record 12-speed EPS V4

RRP: £3809.99 rim / £4099.99 disc
Shifting: Electronic w/ Multi-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 12
Weight: 2207g rim / 2432g disc
Cranks: 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-29, 11-32

Campagnolo Super Record 12-speed

RRP: £2599.99 rim / £2859.99 disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 12
Weight: 2014g rim / 2261g disc
Cranks: 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-29, 11-32

Campagnolo Record 12-speed

RRP: £1764.99 rim / £1999.99 disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 12
Weight: 2160g rim / 2389g disc
Cranks: 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-29, 11-32

Campagnolo Chorus 12-speed

RRP: £1119.99 rim / £1599.99 disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 12
Weight: 2268g rim / 2511g disc
Cranks: 165mm, 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 52/36, 50/34, 48/32
Cassette: 11-29, 11-32, 11-34

Campagnolo Super Record 11-speed EPS V3

RRP: £2999.99 rim / £3892.99 disc
Shifting: Electronic w/ Multi-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2068g rim / 2345g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23 up to 11-29

Campagnolo Super Record 11-speed

RRP: £2399.99 rim / £2507.99 disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 1880g rim / 2182g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23 up to 11-29

Campagnolo Record 11-speed EPS V3

RRP: £2899.99 rim / £3583.99 disc
Shifting: Electronic w/ Multi-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2169g rim / 2379g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23 up to 11-29

Campagnolo Record 11-speed

RRP: £1749.99 rim / £2329.99 Disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 1986g rim / 2213g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23, 11-25, 11-27, 11-29, 12-25, 12-27, 12-29

Campagnolo Chorus 11-speed EPS V3

RRP: £1999.99 rim / £3099.99 disc
Shifting: Electronic w/ Multi-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2315g rim / 2553g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23, 11-25, 11-27, 11-29, 12-25, 12-27, 12-29

Campagnolo Chorus 11-speed

RRP: £1099.99 rim / £1969.99 disc
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Ultra-Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2103g rim / 2284g disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23, 11-25, 11-27, 11-29, 12-25, 12-27, 12-29

Campagnolo Potenza 11-speed

RRP: £819.99 rim / £1399.99
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Power Shift
Braking: Disc, dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2299g rim / 2547 disc
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 53/39, 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-23, 11-25, 11-27, 11-29, 12-25, 12-27, 12-29

Campagnolo Centaur 11-speed

RRP: £552.99 rim
Shifting: Mechanical w/ Power Shift
Braking: Dual pivot rim, direct mount rim
Speeds: 2 x 11
Weight: 2453g rim brake only
Cranks: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm
Chainrings: 52/36, 50/34
Cassette: 11-29, 11-32, 12-32

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Tour de France bikes 2019 – tech index page

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Beginning in Brussels on July 6th, the 2019 Tour de France is not only the biggest race in the sport but also a hotbed of brand new cycling tech.

In the weeks building up to the race, we saw new bikes launched by Cannondale, Scott, Specialized and Wilier, all-new components, special edition team kits, plus plenty of custom products and we can expect more to come over the coming three weeks.

The 2019 Tour de France has a team time trial on stage 2 in Brussels followed by an individual time trial on stage 13 in Pau. Cyclingnews will have tech galleries from both time trials, plus a close look at plenty of Tour de France bikes, all of the new product news, tech features and a general race tech gallery.

We’ll be updating this page throughout the race, so scroll down to see the latest tech from the biggest stage in cycling.