Tour de France Tech

A bridge too far? Scicon prices bizarre aero ‘beak’ at €350, as Dylan Groenewegen reveals UCI ordered him to remove nose cover during Tour de France stage

"I need to put if off, from the UCI... that was a big surprise! I think they saw me not pedalling and said, 'this is not fair, we need to stop these fast sunglasses'," the Team Jayco AlUla sprinter joked after stage three

Tue, Jul 02, 2024 09:20
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“This is getting ridiculous”: Bizarre aero ‘beak’ spotted attached to Dylan Groenewegen’s sunglasses at the Tour de France

The Scicon shades with a curious add-on, presumably for aero gains, are being worn by the Team Jayco–AlUla rider on stage 3, causing a stir on social media. Perhaps it won't seem so silly if he bags the stage win, though?

Mon, Jul 01, 2024 11:59
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Future Tour de France Tech: Can Ekoi’s radical PW8 system revolutionise bike pedals for the first time in 40 years?

Is this the future of bike pedals? We've been using the pedals which claim to be lighter, faster and easier to walk in...the claims sound good to us, but is there a catch?

Thu, Jun 27, 2024 10:46
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Is 1x the new disc brake debate? Single chainring simplicity at the Tour de France discussed + lactate testing on the road.cc Podcast

Now we're seeing the world's best on the biggest stage in road cycling switching to single chainring set-ups, is the death of the small ring now inevitable?

Thu, Jul 06, 2023 13:31
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Bike at Bedtime: check out the Cervelo S5 that Mark Cavendish rode to four Tour de France stage wins in 2016

With Cav’s racing future still to be settled, check out the aero road bike that he rode to secure a day in the yellow jersey back in 2016

Tue, Dec 06, 2022 21:45
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Tour de France Tech 2018: The rise and rise of disc brake aero road bikes

They're here, there and everywhere in this year's Tour de France – here's why

Fri, Jul 13, 2018 15:10
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Tour de France 2015 Bikes: Bretagne-Seche Environnement’s Look 795

It's an aero bike with some interesting features, but the looks divide opinion

Fri, Jul 17, 2015 07:56
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