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Bike at Bedtime - Europcar’s Colnago C59 100th Edition Tour Special

Everything about this bike was right

Tommy Voeckler’s Europcar team rolled into the Tour de France’s centenary edition on some very special bikes.

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The Colnago C59 frame is a lugged carbon design and is the dream bike of many a fan of the Italian brand. The traditional double triangle design creates a bike that is superbly balanced, making it a dream to ride on twisty descents as the Tour found on the Corsican roads back in 2013.

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Fans of Colnago will be happy to see that Europcar did things properly with an all-Italian spec sheet. Well, that is if you gloss-over the Hutchinson tyres and Look pedals. But let’s not get bogged down with those minor details.

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The groupset comes from none other than Campagnolo, who provided their own 80th-anniversary special-edition components.

The Super Record EPS groupset features the beautiful 5-arm chainsets that we miss rather a lot.

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Campagnolo’s Bora Ultra 50mm carbon tubular wheels with ceramic bearings were a natural choice.

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Deda provided the stem and handlebar while a Selle Italia saddle sat atop the carbon seatpost.

Unfortunately for Europcar, their race was largely unsuccessful, though Pierre Rolland did spend quite a bit of time in the Polka Dot jersey before losing it to a young Nairo Quintana.

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NZ Vegan Rider | 3 years ago
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Rim brakes FT (way off the )w

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the little onion | 3 years ago
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Needs to be the edition with the polka dot paint job. A thing of absolute beauty. I believe Colnago also produced a japanese national champions paint job around that time, which is possibly their best ever.

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Nick T | 3 years ago
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Campagnolo 80th was not EPS

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