With the mud already deciding on from a Tour de France set for the historical past books we have a look past the riders and see what manufacturers got here away with essentially the most wins from this yr’s race.
This yr appears to be like to have been the yr that actually cemented the all-rounder superbike as the selection of the peloton with extra stage wins than ever; the highest seven on GC (besides Jonas Vingegaard) all using one bike for all of the street phases.
On his method to sealing the general victory by over six minutes, Tadej Pogačar additionally claimed six particular person stage wins essentially the most {that a} winner has taken since Bernard Hinault in 1979 (the Tour additionally had 24 phases again then).
On prime of the bikes you may anticipate to see on the rostrum of the Tour de France, there have been additionally some less-expected manufacturers that claimed their place within the 2024 Tour. From wheelsets to groupsets we unpack the tech winners and losers from this yr’s race.
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Stage by stage: The winners
Stage
Winner (Group)
Bike
Wheels
Tyres
Tyre know-how
Groupset
Brakes
1
Romain Bardet (Group dsm-firmenich-PostNL)
Scott Foil RC
Syncross
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
2
Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Motels)
Bianchi Oltre RC
Imaginative and prescient
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
3
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Dice Litening Aero C:68X
Newman
Continental GP5000 TT TR
Tubless
Shimano
Disc
4
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
5
Mark Cavendish (Astana Qasaqstan)
Wilier Filante SLR
Imaginative and prescient
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
6
Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla)
Large Propel Superior SL
Cadex
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
7
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quickstep)
Specialised S-Works Shit TT
Roval
S-works Turbo Cotton
Latex inside tubes
Shimano
Disc
8
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Dice Litening Aero C:68X
Newman
Continental GP5000 TT TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
9
Anthony Turgis (Group TotalEnergies)
ENVE Melee
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
10
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Canyon Aeroad CFR
Shimano
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
11
Jonas Vingegaard (Group Jumbo-Visma)
Cervélo R5
Reserve
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
SRAM
Disc
12
Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)
Dice Litening Aero C:68X
Newman
Continental GP5000 TT TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
13
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Canyon Aeroad CFR
Shimano
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
14
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
15
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
16
Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
Canyon Aeroad CFR
Shimano
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
17
Richard Carapaz (EF Training-Straightforward Put up)
Cannondale SuperSix Evo Lab71
Imaginative and prescient
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
18
Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny)
Orbea Orca Aero
Oquo
Vittoria Corsa Professional
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
19
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
20
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000s TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
21
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates)
Colnago V4Rs
ENVE
Continental GP5000 TT TR
Tubeless
Shimano
Disc
Claiming six stage wins on its method to total victory Tadej Pogačar’s Colnago V4RS got here out on prime a this yr’s Tour (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Which bikes did greatest?
2024 noticed a various successful pool of bikes with 12 producers laying declare to a stage win. The variety of bike manufacturers sharing the wins has been on the rise from 2021 the place solely seven totally different producers stood on the rostrum to 10 in each 2022 and 2023.
Popping out head and shoulders above the remaining was Colnago’s V4Rs which was ridden to 6 stage win victories and the general GC by Pogačar. Following in a distant second place was the Canyon Aeroad ridden by Jasper Philipsen and Dice’s Litening Aero C:68X with three wins a bit, although the Dice maybe will get the second place on countback by advantage of additionally taking the inexperienced jersey.
Specialised, even with two of the pre-race podium contenders on its Tarmac SL8, solely managed to come back away with a single stage win with the Shiv TT.
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Most definitely one of many groups hoping for extra would have been Lidl-Trek who got here away empty-handed with a poor displaying for the newly launched Gen 8 Madone after Mads Pedersen deserted forward of stage 8. For the primary time since 2021, Ineos Grenadiers additionally got here away with no wins having narrowly missed out on breakaway success with Michał Kwiatkowski on stage 18.
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Which bike model gained essentially the most Tour de France phases?
Bike model
Stage wins
Colnago
6
Canyon
3
Dice
3
Cannondale, Scott, Bianchi, Orbea, Specialised, Cervelo, Wilier, Large, and Enve,
1
ENVE wheels took considerably extra wins than some other model. (Picture credit score: Alen Milavec – Colnago)
ENVE streets forward of the remaining
Though solely a sponsor of two groups within the race, ENVE is sitting fairly as essentially the most profitable wheel model of this yr’s Tour. Including to Pogačar’s haul of stage wins was stage 9 winner Anthony Turgis (Group Whole Energies) bringing the American model to seven wins in 2024.
Imaginative and prescient offers extra groups than some other with wheels with 4 groups rolling on the Metron vary of carbon wheels. Together with Shimano and Newman, these manufacturers all claimed three victories every. Biniam Girmay’s three-stage wins en path to his total inexperienced jersey win actually solidified each Dice’s and Newman’s place within the tech rankings.
Out of the remaining manufacturers that discovered their means throughout the ending line first, it was Orbea’s personal wheel model Oquo that’s doubtless the least well-known of the bunch of winners. Campenaerts’ breakaway escapade gave Oquo its first Tour de France victory.
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Which wheel model gained essentially the most Tour de France phases?
Wheel model
Stage wins
ENVE
7
Shimano, Newman, Imaginative and prescient
3
Syncross, Roval, Cadex, Oquo, and Reserve
1
A gripping tyre battle
Vittoria and Continental each took 10 stage wins with their tubeless tyre choices. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
Tubeless tyres are right here to stick with all however one of many stage wins from this yr’s Tour de France coming from tubeless methods. This is sensible as tubeless tyres have been proven to roll sooner than each the tubular tyres, although some riders on Specialised sponsored groups nonetheless go for cotton clinchers with latex inside tubes for wattage causes.
It was a useless warmth between the 2 most plentiful tyre producers within the peloton with Vittoria and Continental each taking 10 stage wins. The one exception to this got here courtesy of time trial World Champion Remco Evenepoel on the stage 7 TT the place he used Specialised’s S-Works Turbo Cotton tyres with latex inside tubes to take his maiden Tour de France win.
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Which tyres gained essentially the most Tour de France phases?
Model
Stage wins
Tyre sort
Stage wins
Vittoria
10
Tubeless
10
Continental
10
Tubeless
10
Specialised
1
Clincher w/ latex inside tube
1
Shimano virtually untouchable
2024 marks the primary yr that the Tour de France has been with no group utilizing a Campagnolo groupset. Which means that it was a two-horse race between Shimano and SRAM for stage honours.
From a numbers perspective, Shimano does have the higher hand on this entrance offering 18 of the 22 groups current with its flagship Dura-Ace Di2 groupset. The remaining 4 groups of Movistar, Lidl-Trek, Visma-Lease a Bike and Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe all use SRAM’s newest technology wi-fi Purple AXS providing.
2024 was a very unhealthy yr for SRAM on the Tour de France coming away with a solitary win courtesy of Vingegaard on stage 11. Past this, the remaining 20 phases have been all claimed by Shimano-equipped groups in a dominant show from the Japanese element producer.
SRAM managed just one victory with Shimano virtually making it a clear sweep of stage wins. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
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Which groupset model gained essentially the most Tour de France phases?
Model
Stage wins
Shimano
20
SRAM
1
New bikes struggled for wins this yr
The one new bike ridden to a victory at this yr’s Tour was Canyon’s up to date Aeroad CFR with Jasper Philipsen taking three wins aboard it. (Picture credit score: Josh Croxton)
The 2 largest bike releases forward of the Tour de France got here from Trek with the new Madone and Pinarello with an replace to the Dogma F. Neither of those manufacturers managed a lot in the best way of success with Kwiatkowski coming closest with a 3rd place on stage 18.
Though not formally launched to the general public till the previous couple of phases Canyon did have extra success with its new fourth-generation Aeroad. With three stage wins by the hands of Jasper Philipsen the new Aeroad CFR has bought off to a flying begin.
