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TECH NEWS
Canyon-Valverde-Team Movistar 1b (c)Getty Images-Tim De WaelePro Bikes: Alejandro Valverde’s World Champion Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
This is the new bike recently crowned world champion Alejandro Valverde will be riding next season, a very special and unique Canyon Ultimate CF SLX with a colourful paint job to match his new rainbow stripes jersey.
Alejandro Valverde clinched the world champs title on the tough and demanding Innsbruck course riding a Canyon, sponsor of his Spanish team Movistar. He opts for the Ultimate CF SLX, the lightest bike the German company makes, rather than the aerodynamics of the Aeroad CF SLX.
- Canyon Ultimate CF SLX Disc 8.0 Di2
In its press release issued with these photos, Canyon is keen to remind us that the Ultimate has won a stack of races since its professional road race debut with Team Unibet in 2007, with over 200 race wins. The first win came with Philippe Gilbert's victory on the 20th stage of the 2009 Giro D'Italia for Silence-Lotto and the biggest win to date has been Nairo Quintana's victory at the 2014 Giro D’Italia.
The Ultimate CF SLX has changed quite a bit over the years, we’re not onto the third generation model and you can read all about it in our most recent review here. It’s also available with disc brakes but obviously Alejandro Valverde shuns those in favour of rim brakes.
Alejandro Valverde will have identical bikes built up for the 2019 season and they’ll be equipped with Campagnolo Super Record EPS with Bora Ultra wheels (with world champs decals), a Power2Max power meter, Look pedals, Lizard Skins bar tape, Elite bottle cages, Fizik saddle and Continental tyres.
- Tour de France Tech 2018: Alejandro Valverde’s Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
David worked on the road.cc tech team from 2012-2020. Previously he was editor of Bikemagic.com and before that staff writer at RCUK. He's a seasoned cyclist of all disciplines, from road to mountain biking, touring to cyclo-cross, he only wishes he had time to ride them all. He's mildly competitive, though he'll never admit it, and is a frequent road racer but is too lazy to do really well. He currently resides in the Cotswolds, and you can now find him over on his own YouTube channel David Arthur - Just Ride Bikes.
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Looks dope!
Not forgetting that the 2 bottle cages mean he can take 1 water bottle and 1 bag of blood, very handy.
Yawns...
99p plastic jobs by the look of them tbh
Got to admit that the frame and forks have a bit of a did-it-myself look about it.
Being world champ doesn't necessarily mean that you have taste though and a worthy champ he is.
Enhorabuena Alejandro!
I can’t be doing with “soft” lines between colours. Give me solid blocks of colour.
Well when you bear in mind his jersey was designed and printed in less time that it took to ride to victory, says it all really. That's hideous, and doesn't do the rainbox bands justice in the slightest.
I have a BMC in World Champion colourway produced to celebrate Phil Gil's 2012 victory.
That graffitti effect makes it look a bit home made
The rainbow accents look OK on the various parts, but that frame is just too much rainbows altogether. It has everything but a unicorn. Usually the jersey should be enough for the rainbow stripes, but AV will be promoting his WC win until his retirement.