Tour de France Tech

New bikes, components and kit making debut Tour de France appearances in 2025 — extra gears, new tech and all the latest equipment to look out for

From aero bikes to next-gen wheels and cutting-edge equipment, here’s what’s not been seen previously in the Tour de France

Sat, Jul 12, 2025 11:00
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Will this time trial bike help Pogacar win another Tour de France?

Check out the Colnago TT1 that the defending Tour de France champ is riding, complete with a 62-tooth chainring

Wed, Jul 09, 2025 07:00
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Cervelo says new S5 is “at least 5 watts faster than the bikes of our competitors”

Road bike raced by Jonas Vingegaard’s Visma–Lease a Bike team in the Tour de France gets frame tweaks, a one-piece cockpit and new wheels to make it both lighter and more aero than previously, says Cervelo

Tue, Jul 08, 2025 07:00
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Is ‘one bike to rule them all’ dead? Why the latest wave of dedicated aero bikes could be leaving superlight all-round race bikes behind

With road bike manufacturers moving towards a ‘one bike does it all’ approach in recent years, let's see if anything's changed with the latest crop of road race bikes at the Tour de France

Fri, Jul 26, 2024 09:37
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The history-making bikes of the 2024 Tour de France: check out these special yellow, green, polka dot and white bikes

Take a closer look at the custom Tour de France winning bikes from Specialized, Colnago, Cannondale and Cube

Mon, Jul 22, 2024 18:26
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Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France stage-winning bikes — from Giant to Wilier, every bike the Manx Missile rode to his record-breaking 35 Tour stage wins

Spanning well over a decade and evolving from rim brakes and mechanical groupsets, how do Sir Mark Cavendish's stage-winning and record-breaking Tour de France bikes compare?

Sat, Jul 20, 2024 09:00
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What happens when a Tour de France rider punctures? From wheel and bike swaps to neutral support, here’s how pros get back on the road in rapid time

Surely the pros carry a puncture kit in their back pocket like we do then? Absolutely not! We go through the different options pros use to get back into the race after a puncture

Wed, Jul 17, 2024 10:42
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Got the nose (and wallet) to sniff out a Tour de France stage win? Dylan Groenewegen’s bizarre Scicon Batman aero ‘beak’ finally available to buy… for just £300 – but why was it banned in the first place?

The Jayco AlUla rider was sporting the ‘flexible and adjustable’ nose cover as he outsprinted the field in Dijon, three days after being told to remove it by the UCI

Fri, Jul 05, 2024 14:14
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Cycling’s latest tech innovation? Super glue, apparently: Biniam Girmay’s Intermarché-Wanty team using glue to get around UCI rule on helmet covers at Tour de France

The Belgian squad’s new Uvex helmet features a detachable cover as part of its two-in-one aero and ventilation design – which has been outlawed by the UCI since 2012

Wed, Jul 03, 2024 12:12
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More pictures emerge of new Van Rysel aero bike with mysterious new front tyre

New Van Rysel aero bike is raced for the first time at the Tour de France plus some new rubber that we now know is the Continental Aero 111, touted as the 'world’s first aerodynamic tyre'

Tue, Jul 02, 2024 15:59
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