It is simply the third stage of the Tour de France right now and Tadej Pogačar is already main the race and carrying the yellow jersey. Ending 4th on the race’s first stage and 14th on stage 2 has put Pogačar into yellow, and in some way it would not really feel like an excessive amount of of a shock.
Only some brief weeks in the past we noticed him crush the Giro d’Italia as he raced to the most important general successful margin since 1965, and in doing so, he raced many levels on a particular pink-accented Colnago V4Rs race bike. Now the pink livery has gone and the Slovenian star, seemingly by no means one to draw back from a splash of color, is using a brand new, yellow-accented bike for the Tour de France’s third stage.
This new bike has been given the yellow remedy in ample measure and options yellow decals throughout. There are yellow Colnago logos on the body, yellow Enve logos on the wheels, in addition to handlebar tape and a customized yellow-splashed saddle. As Pogačar himself mentioned in a post-stage interview, “You do not say no to yellow”.
A rider in yellow is a really massive deal for any model or crew, corporations wish to maximise publicity by utilizing the color and rightly so in what’s by far the largest race of the 12 months.
Apart from a have a look at the yellow stickers, there are some attention-grabbing tech particulars to take a look at on this assortment of photographs. We heard Pogačar’s crew had made some further weight-saving modifications to his race bike forward of the Tour and a few may be seen right here, we expect, from some manufacturers we aren’t so acquainted with.
Again in yellow: Pogačar’s V4Rs has already obtained the complete remedy. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
A yellow Colnago ‘Membership’ image, absolutely one of the iconic brand’s in all of biking. Spot the variety of levels Pog has already received marked on his race quantity. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
The Colnago brand on the downtube has been modified. Typically it is a newly-painted body, however typically groups will merely overlay a yellow brand on prime of the prevailing one. We do not know if that is painted or a decal. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
Deep wheels and loads of seatpost displaying at all times appears to be like quick. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
Yellow tape and Enve handlebar logos on the entrance finish. These handlebars are at the very least $1,200 if you would like a pair, however they would not be straightforward to pay money for. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
‘Hulk smash’ should be an in-joke, however riders should worry angering Pogačar and feeling his wrath on the bike. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
The V4Rs is Colnago’s prime race bike, one other yellow Enve brand right here on the stem, alongside the ‘Richard Mille’ stem sticker, not a nasty accomplice to have. Riders are given a RM 67-02 watch to put on, price round $200,00. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
This brand has featured on bikes ridden to numerous victories over many many years, an iconic sight on a head tube. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
A customized Prologo saddle for Pogačar too, that includes yellow accents and an inventory of (a few of) his victories. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
That is one other attention-grabbing shot, we have lined the Absolute Black disc pads in our tech gallery, however spot the elimination of the rubber bleed port cowl, upgraded caliper mount bolts and the oil slick brake hose nut within the background are all non-stock components. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
One other attention-grabbing element is that this threaded T47 ceramic backside bracket from Spanish model Bikone, costing €399. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
And at last, Danish model Frames and Gear has offered the direct mount derailleur hanger, this one weighs a claimed 12 grams. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
You too can take a look at our bumper Tour de France tech gallery in addition to our final Tour de France bike information and have on how a lot Tour de France bikes price.
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