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- Nevertheless, between 2004 and 2020, most bikes that won the Tour de France weighed in at 6.8kg though there may have been minor variations due to differences between the UCI’s and bike manufacturer’s weighing equipment.
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Nov 24, 2010 · But can you believe that my C’dale actually weighs less than the bicycles that Miguel Indurain, Jan Ullrich and Bjarne Riis rode to Tour de France victory in the mid- to late 90s? And every winning Tour bike before that! Below are some of the bikes ridden to glory in the modern Tour de France era.
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Since the late 1800s, cyclists have understood that air resistance is the greatest force to overcome. Drop handlebars were perhaps the original aero component, allowing riders to get in lower positions. The first aerodynamic disc wheel dates all the way back to 1895. And in the early 1900s, riders were trying to set the hour record using bikes equi...
The last non-carbon tour winning bike. Photo by: Ciclismo Italia | Flickr Creative Commons The last non-carbon bike to win the Tour de France was Marco Pantani’s aluminum Bianchi Mega Pro XL Reparto Corse in 1998. The Mega Pro XL weighed a mere 15 pounds, utilizing titanium parts and tubular wheels.For the last 20 years, carbon fiber has dominated ...
Derailleurs have been around nearly as long as the bike itself. Derailleur systems were already being designed and built in the late 1800s, but Tour de France founder Henri Desgrange didn’t allow riders to use derailleurs in the Tour until 1937. He was afraid the technology would make the race too easy. Before derailleurs, riders had two cogs on th...
1x Drivetrains
My own 1x road bike. I've been talking up 1x road drivetrains for years, and we've already seen them make brief appearances in 1-day races and even Grand Tour stages. The big, and most recent example that I'm thinking of is Primoz Roglic, who switched to a 1x-equipped road bike for the Stage 20 uphill time trial in the 2023 Giro d'Italia. There will ALWAYS be 1x haters out there (plenty were quick to mock the chain drop Roglic experienced during his TT), but pro teams and racers aren't concer...
Tubeless tires
Stan's NoTubes, the biggest name in tubeless sealant. Photo courtesy of stan's NoTubes. In 2019, Deceuninck–Quick-Step rider Fabio Jakobsen won a stage at the Tour of California on tubeless tires. This was a historic win since tubular tireshave been the standard in professional racing over 100 years. It's not just Quick-Step now. In the last 4 years, tubeless tires have made their way deeper into into the peloton. Specialized sponsored teams like Quick-Step are using the brands super-fast S-W...
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Graphene structure. Photo by: UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences | Flickr Creative Commons This is the big one. Graphene is a new, super-strong material that could change carbon frame construction as we know it. It’s an allotrope, or a different form of carbon (carbon can also take the form of diamond, graphite, and charcoal). Explained more simply, it is a single atomic layer of graphite arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. Its primary use in cycling would be as a carbon fiber...
Table of Tour de France Winner's Body Size. The table below lists all known heights and weights of Tour de France champions. There is a lot of missing data from prior to the 1940s. Weight values are to the nearest kg or lb. Body mass index has been calculated from the height and weight data.
The winner of the first-ever race in 1903, Maurice Garin, was only 1.62 m (5' 4"), though the shortest may be Samuel Dumoulin at 1.59 meters (5' 3") who rode in the Tour de France 12 times between 2003 and 2016. A professional cyclist who literally stands out among his peers is Irishman Conor Dunne, who races for Aquablue.
Oct 24, 2022 · All Tour de France winners; Year Winner; 2022: Jonas Vingegaard: 2021: Tadej Pogacar: 2020: Tadej Pogacar: 2019: Egan Bernal: 2018: Geraint Thomas: 2017: Chris Froome: 2016:...
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Jul 25, 2023 · Road. Tour de France winners bikes: A gallery. By Will Jones. published 25 July 2023. Special yellow, green, and polka dot bikes on show on the final stage of the Tour. Comments. (Image credit ...
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