The quest for the notorious marginal gains gets ever more marginal, with tweaks to ever more intricate parts.Ī case in point is the CeramicSpeed OSPW Aero jockey, which CeramicSpeed says will save 2.5 seconds over a 25km time trial. Look out, for example, for Ineos-Grenadiers’ 3D printed titanium bars, custom-made to match each rider’s forearms.
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With a short course and super-fast speeds, small tech mods can add to the razor-thin margins.Īs well as new time trial bikes – which tend to be the unloved children of bike brands, despite their significance to the overall race, due to their low volumes – other go-faster kit is likely to be to the fore. With stage one a time trial rather than a road stage this year, time trial tech will be at the fore. Read on for more details of each team’s bikes, wheels and other kit.ĬeramicSpeed claims a 1.25-second advantage for its new OSPW Aero over the length of the Stage One time trial. Specialized (Bora-Hansgrohe, QuickStep Alpha Vinyl Team, TotalEnergies).Cube (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux).Canyon (Alpecin-Deceuninck, Movistar Team, Team Arkéa-Samsic).There’s the usual assortment of prestigious, top-drawer bike brands in the 2022 line-up, although a couple have disappeared, most notably Bianchi, which had its first race win back in 1899 and whose bikes were ridden by Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi and Marco Pantani, as well as a who’s who of other top-drawer racers. Between them, 17 bike brands are represented, with two brands each having three teams lining up on their bikes at this year’s Tour: Specialized and Canyon. The 18 WorldTour squads receive an automatic invitation to compete, while four second-tier Pro Continental teams get a wildcard invitation. The 2022 Tour de France peloton is made up of 22 teams.
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