Tadej Pogačar is a drive to be reckoned with at any race he takes to the beginning of. His Grand Tour observe file is nothing in need of staggering – within the six Grand Excursions he has accomplished he has by no means completed off the rostrum.
That being stated, Pogačar will likely be hoping to return to the highest step of the rostrum at this 12 months’s Tour de France after being bettered into second place two years in a row by Visma Lease a Bike’s Jonas Vingegaard.
The bike of selection for Pogačar and his UAE Workforce Emirates teammates is Colnago’s do-it-all race bike the V4RS. Launched again in 2022 the V4Rs was the evolution of the V3Rs, upon which Pogačar had raced to 2 earlier Tour de France victories.
When the V4Rs was launched Colnago claimed that by way of a redesign of the top tube due to some revolutionary know-how from Ceramic Pace it was in a position to take away the necessity for the built-in entrance finish to be disassembled.
The know-how in query is CeramicSpeed’s SLT (Stable Lubrication Expertise) headset which makes use of a strong polymer to lubricate the bearings. When this know-how is paired with a ceramic bearing the top result’s theoretically a headset that by no means must be changed.
The V4Rs comes as inventory with a CC01 one-piece bar and stem that Colnago claims is 16% extra environment friendly than the cockpit of the V3Rs, however Pogačar goes with out this and as a substitute opts for what seems to be a custom-made ENVE SES AR built-in cockpit.
The precise mannequin discovered on Pogačar’s bike isn’t commercially accessible with Pogačar tweaking the geometry of the bar to match his exacting desire.
With two second-place finishes on the Tour, a win on the Giro d’Italia, and wins at each the Ronde Van Vlaanderen and Liege-Bastogne-Liege already on the V4Rs, Pogačar will likely be hoping so as to add the Tour de France total to the bikes already bulging win listing.
Pogačar’s V4Rs is the groups do-it-all superbike (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Though UAE Workforce Emirates is a Shimano-sponsored workforce Pogačar makes use of a set of Carbon Ti chainrings mounted to the top-tier Dura-Ace R9100 crankset. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Crank size is one thing Pogačar has been experimenting with over the previous season. The bike he’s using at this 12 months’s Tour de France is fitted with 165mm cranks that theoretically enable for a better cadence in addition to rising rider aerodynamics. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Heading up Pogačar’s bike is what seems to be a {custom} ENVE SES AR built-in cockpit. With the commercially accessible mannequin retailing for $1,200, this practice mannequin definitely will not come low cost. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Pogačar is utilizing a hybrid chainring mixture of 55/40 giving him a wider unfold of gears. Sometimes we see riders working both 54/40 or 55/42 so this seems to be a thought-about and purposeful alteration. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
A pleasant of completion is the route of the Di2 energy cable weaving in by way of the cutout of the anodised rear derailleur hanger. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Pogačar has opted to make use of Shimano’s 11-34 Dura-Ace cassette giving him the widest unfold of gears and giving a low sufficient climbing gear with the 40-tooth internal chainring. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Peeking out from beneath the bar tape are Shimano’s dash shifters that enable Pogačar to shift within the drops, one thing that we’re more likely to see lots of within the coming levels. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
As little as it will get, Pogačar has his {custom} ENVE bars slammed to the top tube of the V4RS. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
The fins extending out from the callipers purpose to assist with warmth dissipation. On lengthy mountain descents comparable to on stage 4 from the Col du Galibier to Valloire preserving the brakes cool supplies constant and predictable braking. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Carbon Ti would not solely supplies Pogačar with chainrings. The discs fitted use a floating rotor mounted to a carbon fibre spider. This design saves weight over a standard totally metallic disc rotor. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Prologo supplies the saddle, with Pogačar utilizing the Nago R4 in a 147mm width. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
The 30mm width Continental GP5000 S TR tyres are among the widest getting used on the Tour de France. The ENVE SES 4.5 wheelset have a 25mm inside rim width and a 32mm exterior width optimised to be used with wider tyres. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
The ENVE AR built-in cockpit measures 37cm from centre to centre. Pogačar likes to have his levers pointed inwards making his using place somewhat narrower and extra aerodynamic. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Even the small ending particulars have been considered with the highest cap compression bolt coming from Carbon Ti to avoid wasting each gram doable. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
It is not tough to work out the connotations of the Hulk sticker that sits centre stage on the bars. Together with his attacking nature already being seen on each levels two and 4 we a certain to see extra of his Hulk-like attacking manner. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
The seat stays sit huge sufficient to just accept as much as a 32mm tyre, although it seems he caught to a 30c for the gravel stage. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
At 176cm Pogačar isn’t a very tall rider however this hasn’t stopped him from adopting a really aggressive using place along with his stem slammed and loads of seat put up extending above the V4Rs body. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Shimano supplies the majority of the drivetrain elements together with the dual-sided Dura-Ace energy meter. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
