It wasn’t a lot of a shock to see Tadej Pogačar win the 2024 Tour de France on this all-rounder Colnago V4Rs street bike over the weekend. His second Grand Tour win of the yr after successful the Giro d’Italia only a couple months in the past by 10 minutes, and now his third Tour de France win.
Try his black & yellow races bikes, plus its all-yellow makeover for the end in Good…
After a strategic transfer within the peloton on the climbs of the 2nd stage, the 25-year-old Slovenian was already within the yellow jersey on the finish of day 2 – already with these yellow touches on his bike. He gave it up for simply in the future, going again to white logos & black bar tape, earlier than decisively incomes the chief’s jersey again with a solo win on the primary mountain stage within the Alps on day 4. Then, he by no means actually seemed again, steadily clawed away extra time, and racking up 6 stage wins over the course of the previous 3 weeks.
5 of these wins being mountain levels on his V4Rs… however not this one.
Customized Tour de France yellow Colnago V4Rs of Tadej Pogačar
Apparently, this personalized body with essentially the most yellow particulars was the bike that Pogačar put essentially the most kilometers on, however he didn’t really take any of his stage wins on it. This bike was reserved for the 12 flat and hilly levels of the Tour, and is fitted out with the deeper aero Enve SES 6.7 wheels.
The mountain levels all switched to lighter Enve SES 4.5 wheels – all with Continental GP5000 TT tubeless tires.
Aside from the white Colnago downtube and Enve cockpit logos although, all of Pogačar’s 48.5cm Colnago V4Rs street bikes began out with the identical easy UAE Staff Emirates paint job. And have been all constructed up with the identical parts and ending equipment.
What’s new on Pogi’s bike… an ENVE prototype?
After we had final checked in on Tadej Pogačar’s Tour-winning Colnagos – even the V4R in ‘Prototipo‘ guise – he was utilizing a 1-piece Deda Alanera cockpit. However since final summer time, with Enve as a sponsor although, Pogačar is driving a brand new slender and lengthy carbon cockpit labeled as Enve. Undoubtedly not the present Enve SES AR In-Route One-Piece handlebar.
As an alternative, Pogačar’s UAE workforce now says it’s a 37mm broad x 120mm bar and stem combo with a flat aero high, however not the molded-in bar tape step discovered on the present Enve cockpit.
High cap, steerer interface, 2-bolt shaping, and out-front GPS mount all match with Enve appears. However the tops seem flatter, the bend appears like a smoother curve, and the basic Enve built-in finish caps are gone.
We are able to’t actually see what’s happening with the pc mount interface right here, as a result of the UAE riders have a {custom} 3D-printed aero mount for his or her Wahoo Elemnt computer systems. However it curiously seems to have a rotating insert. So the riders slot their Elemnt Bolt down into the aerodynamic mount, after which twist a lever from under to lock it into place.
It’s actually extra cumbersome than the usual Bolt mount, however appears extra aero, and possibly much more safe. It could be good to see if it will flip into a brand new mount choice – both from Wahoo or some third-party like Okay-Edge?
165mm cranks and 56/40T carbon rings
The opposite huge shift is the UAE workforce’s transfer to Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 since we final caught up with Pogačar’s Campagnolo-equipped V3R & prototype V4R. Now semi-wireless and 12-speed, Pogačar’s mechanics additional customise his drivetrain with some trick chainrings.
Beginning off, Pogačar has moved to shorter 165mm crank arms this yr – a transfer stated to spice up his capacity to spin excessive cadence up the climbs, even with exhausting gears. (These spin on Bikone PowerSet ceramic bearing backside brackets.)
And talking of exhausting gears, UAE Staff Emirates received custom-made Carbon-Ti X-CarboRing Evo chainrings made for his or her Dura-Ace dual-power meter cranksets. Pogačar’s bikes have been arrange with a 56/40T pairing of the carbon rings with aluminum tooth & titanium shift pins.
Formally, Carbon-Ti says their 56T huge ring have to be paired with a 44T small ring. However Pogačar prefers a wider unfold paired to his 11-34T cassette, so maybe they get {custom} ramps & pins to optimize shifting.
The again of most of Pogačar’s Colnago V4Rs bikes are fitted with FramesAndGear Direct Mount Shimano derailleur hangers for extra shifting precision. The CNC machined 7075-T6 hanger weighs simply 12g and is available in a number of colours – Pogi’s have been pink or gold – and it eliminates the separate higher hyperlink + hanger combo, whereas additionally including one other place to securely loop your Di2 wire.
Final little merchandise to not miss are the AbsoluteBlack GraphenPad brake pads that use graphene-coated metal radiators on their backing plates to maintain brakes cool, and braking constant.
A useful addition when working Carbon-Ti’s metal braking floor + carbon provider + titanium riveted floating X-Rotor disc brake rotors – 160mm entrance & 140mm rear.
Spare mountaineering bike?
Whereas Tadej Pogačar rode the flatter and rolling levels totally on the yellow-logo bike with yellow-label Enve SES 4.5 wheels, it appears like his white-logo climbing bike received repurposed as a flat stage spare, simply with some commonplace white-label 6.7s slapped on simply in case.
Mountaineering bike
Within the mountains, it was that white-logo bike once more with yellow-label SES 4.5s. That is the setup that gained 5 levels.
Gravel stage tweaks?
The one actual tweak for the gravel stage of this yr’s Tour for the yellow jersey? A change to extra sturdy, however nonetheless quick Continental GP 5000 S tubeless tires on the much less deep Enve SES 4.5 wheels.
Yellow Jersey Podium bike for Pogačar
Like we noticed with Evenepoel yesterday, Pogačar additionally received a particular custom-finished bike to match his chief’s jersey for the ultimate podium in Good. And once more, because the remaining stage was a time trial, he didn’t really even experience this bike. He simply held it up within the air for photos.
The UAE workforce labored with all of their sponsors to go all-out with further yellow particulars for the ultimate stage, even when Pogačar didn’t get to experience it down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for a standard Tour end.
That didn’t cease Enve from developing with some {custom} TdF graphics to brighten a set of SES 4.5 wheels.
Extra yellow, however only for present
Whereas Colnago saved it extra chill in the course of the race with simply {custom} decals, Pogačar’s victory celebratory V4Rs goes all-yellow to honor his third Tour de France win.
We already noticed the yellow bar tape, bottles, and at the least the yellow define for his Wahoo Elemnt Bolt. However since this isn’t certainly one of his official race bikes, it doesn’t get the 3D-printed aero mount and we will see the completely yellow laptop.
And there’s the identical Carbon-ti and AbsoluteBlack upgrades.
The saddle is identical Prologo Nago R4 Nack that Pogačar rode in the course of the race, all the way down to the main points. It nonetheless lists all of his main Grand Tour & Monument wins and will get a Slovenian crest. However now, in Maillot Jaune matching yellow, too.
Tadej Pogačar 2024 Tour de France winner personalized Colnago V4Rs street bike_
All-in-all it makes for a extra over-the-top yellow bike for the 2024 yellow jersey winner. However Tadej Pogačar didn’t really get to experience this personalized Colnago V4Rs street bike on this yr’s Tour de France. Probably, it’ll see some pleasant kilometers within the upcoming post-Tour celebratory Critérium races in northern Europe, earlier than ending up as an exhibition piece down the street.
