It’s pretty much customary for general classification leaders to ride specially prepared bikes custom painted to match their jersey, but Tom Dumoulin broke with tradition by riding his standard team bike during his time in the maglia rosa in the Giro d’Italia he won at the weekend, the first Dutchman ever to win the Italian grand tour.
So to celebrate his victory, Giant Bicycles and Dumoulin’s Sunweb team presented him with this very pink race bike. It’s just a shame he didn’t get to ride it in the race, as unlike the Tour de France with its celebratory final stage, the Giro went down to the wire with a tense final stage time trial.
Dumoulin did not ride the pink frame during his time in the maglia rosa, sticking with his stock race frame. The pink bike is the same as his regular Giant TCR Advanced SL, though, the lightest bike in the bike company’s range, with an integrated seatmast and full internal cable and Di2 routing.
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The build differs slightly from his race bike, which used a mixture of new Dura-Ace 9100 and previous generation 9000 parts. This special bike was completely outfitted with the brand new Shimano Dura-Ace R9150 Di2 groupset and the latest Dura-Ace C60 carbon tubular wheels.
The rest of the build kit is the same, Elite bottle cages, a pink Giant Contact SLR saddle and bar tape.
Dumoulin also used a Pioneer power meter during the race, which doesn’t feature on the new bike, probably because the company hasn’t yet made a version for Shimano’s new Dura-Ace 9100 crankset.
10 thoughts on “Pro Bike: Tom Dumoulin’s pink maglia rosa Giant TCR Advanced SL race bike”
Nice. Reminds me of the pink
Nice. Reminds me of the pink t- mobile TCR’s back in the day. I lusted after them too!
I suspect Nairo (the very
I suspect Nairo (the very epitome of a pink chipolata) has got quite a lot of pink stuff that didn’t get much of an outing over the last 3 weeks
Bobbinogs wrote:
And the pink TT out fit that he DID get to use looked very suspect too. Pad placement was (to my eyes) way out of position and gave his ass the unfortunate appearance of a baboon! 😉
Dicklexic wrote:
Probably got it from Aldi.
Dicklexic wrote:
That’s the problem with being the incumbent holder of a jersey – you have to wear kit supplied by the kit supplier to the race (Santini in this case) in stock sizes, rather than your own team’s supplier (Endura for Movistar) who will custom make them to your size.
I’m not sure why they can’t
I’m not sure why they can’t rebadge it (Alan Partridge fans take note) – surely with such huge investments in winning a GT each team could have their own Pink version and just stick the Santini logo on it. In fact it must be bad press for them sponsoring an outfit everyone considers a disadvantage!
alansmurphy wrote:
Maybe it’s not possible or allowed?
I remember Froome wearing a terribly fitting yellow skinsuit on a tt at the TdF a year or two ago with his number pinned and flapping around all over the place. If it were possible to rebadge your own kit then *surely* Sky’s marginal gains approach would have this sorted out?
He probably doesn’t need this
He probably doesn’t need this one again. Can I have it?
It looks surprisingly good
It looks surprisingly good with the exception of the Sunweb sticker which just looks like a bit of an afterthought. My wife was asking about the fact he wasn’t riding a ‘pinked out’ bike while he was in the jersey, I hadn’t even noticed. Made him slightly cooler in my eyes by forgoing it.
Should’ve ridden it for the
Should’ve ridden it for the days he was in pink though.