The duplicate version of the Van Rysel RCR Professional, as utilized by males’s WorldTour workforce Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, is on the market for buy once more after it beforehand offered out inside minutes of being put up for preorder in April.
Retailing at £9,000 at Decathlon, the bike is clearly nonetheless very costly. Nevertheless, it undercuts the competitors by hundreds of kilos, with equally specced bikes elsewhere coming in at over £12,000.
The RCR Professional has already tasted victory on 23 events within the 2024 season. Its most up-to-date wins got here through Valentin Paret-Peintre and Andrea Vendrame on the Giro d’Italia.
Firstly of the present season, AG2R rider Oliver Naesen was so impressed with the brand new machine that he mentioned it will “flip the market upside-down” within the coming months.
The bike was formally unveiled final November on the time that Decathlon turned headline sponsors for the AG2R workforce. Van Rysel is Decathlon’s in-house bike model, and you should purchase Van Rysel bikes from Decathlon web sites.
The French model additionally lately opened its first-ever store, which is located contained in the Decathlon retailer in Surrey Quays, London.
The Van Rysel is provided with high quality gear together with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, an influence metre, and Swiss Facet Hadron 500 Final wheels, making it similar to the rek Madone SLR 9 (£14,500 with SRAM Pink), or the Specialised S-Works Tarmac SL8 (£12,000 with Dura Ace or SRAM Pink).
“It’s the proper value for this bike,” Yann Le Fraillec, Van Rysel’s chief product officer, lately informed Biking Weekly when questioned concerning the bikes affordability. “I am unable to say anything, that is the best value.”
“We’re not dishonest the client,” he added. “They’re using the identical bike as the professionals, there are not any totally different options. You should buy it, the identical body, the identical elements, the identical wheels. That is what we take into account a good value for individuals to benefit from the thrill of pace.”
Again in April when it was made obtainable for preorder, the bike offered out utterly in simply two hours within the UK. Based on Decathlon’s web site, one measurement has already offered out but once more so one other fast sellout might properly materialise.
Decrease-spec RCR Professional’s are additionally obtainable, however these don’t include the identical groupset or characteristic the colourway utilized by the likes of former Giro d’Italia and Tour de France stage winner Ben O’Connor.
