2007 tour de france bikes

Tour de France Bicycles, Historical Bike Weights & Technology

Author’s note: I first wrote this article in 2010, but I have updated it every year since.

After swapping my 1992 Cannondale 3.0 ‘s hodgepodge of Campagnolo components for Shimano Dura-Ace 7700, the bike weighs in at 19.0 pounds with pedals. In this day and age of ultra-light (and über-expensive) vélos bedecked with enough carbon fiber to embarrass a B2 Stealth Bomber, this seems a bit portly and admittedly, she could easily lose another 1.5 lbs. if I cared to spend a few hundred dollars for a lighter wheelset, saddle and handlebar.

But can you believe that my C’dale actually weighs less than the bicycles that Miguel Indurain, Jan Ullrich and Bjarne Riis rode to Tour de France victory in the mid- to late 90s? And every winning Tour bike before that!

Below are some of the bikes ridden to glory in the modern Tour de France era. Bike weights hovered between 18 and 22 pounds from 1968 to 1998, after which they plummeted especially with Lance Armstrong demanding every technological advantage. In the new millenium, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) imposed a minimum weight requirement of 15.0 pounds (6.8 kilograms) for bicycles raced in international events under their jurisdiction—including the Tour de France—so the lightest bike ever ridden to overall Tour victory may have been Armstrong’s 2003 Trek 5900 SL, rumored to be 14.5 pounds. (That win was later nullified.)

Some other observations are below. [ August 11, 2013 : Items below that are struck out are due to disqualifications of once-declared victors like Lance Armstrong implicated in doping scandals.]

• In the last 40 years, a handful of bicycle manufacturers have dominated the race for the yellow jersey: Pinarello ( 15 as of August 2020), Gitane (with 9 or 12 victories ), Peugeot (10), and Trek (10) . Read this post for a detailed analysis and controversies regarding which bike company has won the most.
• TVT (of France) claims to have at least 5 victories spanning from 1986-1991 . Their bikes were frequently rebadged as other marques.
• 1973 was the first time the Tour was won on a titanium bike. Luis Ocana was riding a Speedwell Titalite frameset, although it may have been badged as a Motobecane. (Thanks to Robert Child for this info.)
• Bernard Hinault was the first cyclist to the Tour win using clipless pedals, in 1985 . Stephen Roche was the last to win using toe clips and straps, in 1986.
• In 1999, Lance Armstrong’s time-trial bike was a Trek-badged titanium Litespeed Blade , which was another time a Tour de France victory (later nullified) was achieved using a titanium bicycle.
• 1994 was the last time the Tour was won a steel bike—a TIG-welded Pinarello-badged beauty ridden by Miguel Indurain.
• Indurain and Bjarne Riis rode TIG-welded metal-matrix frames to victory in 1995 and 1996, respectively.
• Aluminum bicycles were ridden to glory by Jan Ullrich and Marco Pantani in 1997 and 1998, respectively.
• Ever since Lance Armstrong lead the Tour on a stock Trek OCLV in 1999, every winning bike has been made completely out of carbon fiber except for Oscar Pereiro’s Pinarello Dogma , which had main tubes made out of an AK61 magnesium alloy and rear triangle made out of carbon fiber.
• In 2000, the UCI instituted a minimum bicycle weight limit of 6.8 kilograms (15.0 pounds). However, James Huang of CyclingNews.com claimed (perhaps mistakenly?) that it only went into effect at the Tour de France in 2004.
• Nowadays (2020s) it is commonplace for TdF bicycle manufacturers to optimize frame aerodynamics even for non-TT stages. But Trek was doing this even in 2004 with its Madone 5.9, which reportedly saved 10 watts during wind-tunnel testing .
• Shimano finally had a win in the Tour starting in 1999 2007.
• For the climbing stages in all seven of Lance Armstrong’s TdF overall first-place finishes, he used a downtube front shift lever to save weight (about 2-3 ounces). Nowadays, combination brake/shift levers (such as SRAM Red) are just as light as a separate downtube and brake lever—and bicycle manufacturers don’t even put braze-ons for downtube levers on their frames anymore. Therefore, 2005 was the last year that downtube levers were used by someone who stepped on the top rung of the podium for the TdF general classification.
• Alberto Contador’s Trek Madone 5.2 in 2007 was the first* Tour-winning bike with a mountain bike-like sloping top tube. Now almost all modern race bikes have “compact” frames, with the main holdouts being Cannondale and Pinarello. *It has been claimed that Marco Pantani’s 1998 bikes had slightly sloping top tubes.
• SRAM had its first victory in 2009 with Alberto Contador. It won again in 2010 despite Andy Schleck’s infamous chain-drop incident . (He was awarded the TdF victory after Alberto Contador tested positive for clenbuterol.)
• Cadel Evan was the first TdF winner using electronic shifting (Shimano Di2 on a BMC Teammachine SLR01) in 2011.
• In the 2010s, two Tour de France winners used ovalized chainrings. Both Bradley Wiggins (2012) and his teammate Chris Froome (the victor in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017) employed parts by Osymetric. But while Chris Froome continues to use them in the 2020s, every participant of the 2023 Tour de France used round chainrings .
• By 2013, all teams were using 11-speed cassettes. Electronic shifting and disc brakes were adopted around this time too.
• In late 2016, the UCI scrapped its 3:1 rule governing tube shapes . This opened the door for more aerodynamic designs somewhat (it still specifies minimum and maximum tube dimensions).
• Around 2018, more and more bicycle manufacturers were designing their bicycles with “dropped” seatstays. Supposedly they are more aerodynamic and allow more compliance than traditional seatstays that meet at the junction of the top tube and seat tube.
• 2020 was when a 12-speed cassette (Campagnolo) was first successfully used for overall TdF victory. (Campagnolo debuted 12-speed in 2018, SRAM in 2019, and Shimano in 2021.)
• From the early 2000s to roughly 2020, most bicycles used were around the 6.8-kilogram (15.0-pound) UCI weight limit. But then bicycles got heavier due to an increased focus on aerodynamics. Also, most teams were using disc brakes, wider tires, electronic shifting, and power meters. The lightest bicycles were usually the ones reserved for super hilly climbing stages.
• Tadej Pogačar (2021) was the final overall Tour de France winner to use rim brakes . (The first time someone won a TdF stage using disc brakes was probably Stage 2 of the 2017 edition .)
• By 2023, most teams had ditched tubulars for tubeless tires . (This was nine years after I had done so myself .)
• In 2023, Jonas Vingegaard was the first TdF winner to use 1X shifting in select stages .

References:

• Les Velos Mythiques Vainquers du Tour de France by Yves Blanc and Bruno Bade, as described in the Starbike Weight Weenies Forum .
• Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France-winning machines , James Huang, CyclingNews.com, July 2007.
• The UCI minimum weight limit of 15.0 lbs. (6.8 kg) was instituted in 2000 . (Journalist James Huang, perhaps mistakenly, wrote that it came into effect at the Tour de France in 2004.) It still applies today and includes the weight of non-easily-removed accessories (e.g., pedals, water bottle cages, power meters) that bicycle manufacturers usually do not take into account when they advertise. ( Water bottles and cycle computers don’t count. ) It can be presumed that Tour de France teams aspire to use bicycles that weigh no more than the UCI limit , particularly for climbing stages. This was easily attainable until roughly 2020, when teams started to priortize aerodynamics, disc brakes, wider tires, tubeless tires, 12-speed cassettes, and electronic shifting, for example.
• Other components Armstrong used are described in Wired Magazine , July 2004.
• Lance Armstrong’s Tour de France Bikes , Chain Reaction Bicycles, 2001.
• From TVT’s letter . Thanks to James Greenlees for sending me it.

There are 16 comments.

never ceased to amaze me that armstrong demanded such attention to detail on the bike weight and then rode with a gold chain round his neck. ↩ Reply

Why cross out Armstrongs bikes? They didn't dope, he did. SMH ↩ Reply

I guess that could be added as another part to the list of controversies :)

https://felixwong.com/2017/07/which-bicycle-manufacturers-have-won-the-tour-de-france-the-most/ ↩ Reply

How things have come on since the early 00's.

Our first thoughts are probably related to frames but wheels, groupos and other detail parts must have come on strides; plenty of steel framed bikes out there now that are close to or even below the UCI limit... ↩ Reply

Love this info. I am working on a novel in which the 1974 Tour figures prominently. I notice that the year's 74 and 75 are missing from your chart. Why? And can you tell me what Merckx rode to the winner's podium in those years and also suggest what were the major bikes riders were on during those years? The details are important to me in the telling of my story. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you and keep up the great work. That's a beautiful Gitane up there. ↩ Reply

Hi nice web site.

What about TVT bikes?

eg: Lemond in 1990 used one.

Thanks. ↩ Reply

Luis Ocaña rode some stages on a Speedwell Titanium frame. I had one probably weighed about 18 LBS. Andy Gilmour ↩ Reply

"Ever since Lance Armstrong lead the Tour on a stock Trek OCLV in 1999, every winning bike has been made out of carbon fiber."

Oscar Pereiro 2006? ↩ Reply

Thanks for stopping by my website and for pointing out Oscar Pereiro's bike!

It appears his winning bike was made out of magnesium for the main tubes, and carbon fiber for the rear triangle and fork:

That certainly warrants a mention on the page. I've updated now. ↩ Reply

Thanks for putting this together - its an interesting read. However I999 wasn't the first time a titanium bike was ridden in the TDF, in fact Ocana won the 1973 tour on a titanium Speedwell frame, which was badged as a Motobecane. Ocana's winning bike wasn't made in France, but the manufacturing heartland of Great Britain - Birmingham !!!

Best wishes

Rob ↩ Reply

Thank you for the information, Rob! I have confirmed it and updated the page now. Happy cycling. ↩ Reply

The cost of a tour de France bike is highly dependent on the style, technology, and construction of the equipment. For professional bike pricing, UCI allows disc brakes to be used during the Tour de France. Now, a competition bike has at least one disc brake frame and one associated grouping unit. ↩ Reply

I'm glad I "lived" through what are now part of the halcyon/platinum years of the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's...... Before the sport was bastardized and lost its soul. For that matter its heart.

Today and for well into essentially 20 years it's clearly, increasingly become so plastic. So false as it were. Weight weenies/techno/"aero" twinks are now today's "cyclists" on their poofda plastic, Made In China rigs, spinning endlessly, crashing endlessly. It IS so sad. ↩ Reply

John, I have a late 1920's Alcyon (French) racing bicycle, similar to the the bikes ridden to TdF victories by Nicolas Frantz in 1927 and 1928. It weighs just under 26 pounds with all steel components (aluminum components were not available until the 1930's), except the wooden tubular rims. and leather saddle and toe straps. It has no derailleurs (they were banned from the TdF until 1937) but it has a 2 speed freewheel on one side of the rear hub and a fixed cog on the other. Gears were changed by removing the rear wheel with large brass wing nuts and moving the chain to another cog based on the grade, The fixed gear was larger, and used for climbing!

I started racing bicycles in 1974 when "steel was real" and there were no electronic devices, but there were hints of new technologies like the Teledyne Titan and Exxon Graftek bicycles in the mid 1970's, and the Polar heart rate monitor in 1978.

My point is that technology always marches on, unless rules are written to discourage it, like derailleurs before 1937, etc. ↩ Reply

First clipless pedal TDF win 1986, last toe clip win was 1987 ↩ Reply

That's a good one! Thanks for the input. I've added this along with a link that corroborates this fact. ↩ Reply

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2007 Tour de France

94th edition: july 7 - july 29, 2007, results, map, stages with runnning gc, photos.

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Map of the 2007 Tour de France

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2007 Tour Quick Facts:

189 starters and 141 classified finishers.

3,569.9 km raced at an average speed of 39.226 km/hr

Alexandre Vinokourov of Astana and Cristian Moreni of Cofidis were positive for dope, causing their teams to withdraw.

Michael Rasmussen was leading the Tour but was forced to abandon when news surfaced that he had missed several out-of-competition drug tests.

With Rasmussen gone, the way was open for Contador to win the Tour.

The 31-second podium spread was the closest in Tour history.

• Alberto Contador (Discovery) 91hr 0min 26sec
• Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) @ 23sec
• Levi Leipheimer (Discovery) @ 31sec Disqualified
• Carlos Sastre (CSC) @ 7min 8sec
• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) @ 8min 17sec
• Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 11min 37sec
• Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) @ 12min 18sec
• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) @ 12min 25sec
• Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 14min 14sec
• Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 14min 25sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) @ 16min 51sec
• Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) @ 21min 15sec
• David Arroyo (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 21min 49sec
• Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 24min 15sec
• Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) @ 25min 19sec
• Iban Mayo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 9sec
• Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 31min 48sec
• Manuel Beltran (Liquigas) @ 24min 14sec
• Tadej Valjavec (Lampre) @ 27min 8sec
• Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval) @ 27min 14sec
• Juan Manuel Garate (Quck Step) @ 28min 16sec
• José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 45min 42sec
• Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) @ 49min 34sec
• George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 54min 50sec
• Christian Vande Velde (CSC) @ 55min 50sec
• Dmitriy Fofonov (Credit Agricole) @ 56min 23sec
• Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r) @ 1hr 6min 30sec
• Jens Voigt (CSC) @ 1hr 8min 22sec
• Francisco Javier Vila (Lampre) @ 1hr 9min 37sec
• Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole)
• Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 13min 27sec
• Kanstantisin Sivtsov (Barloworld) @ 1hr 15min 16sec
• Alexandre Botcharov (Credit agricole) @ 1hr 22min 25sec
• Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) @ 1hr 30min 12sec
• Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 1hr 30min 34sec
• Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) @ 1hr 30min 47sec
• Christopher Moreau (Ag2r) @ 1hr 33min 6sec
• Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) @ 1hr 33min 50sec
• Moises Duenas Nevado (Agritubel) @ 1hr 36min 33sec
• Bram Tankink (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 44sec
• Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre) s.t.
• Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) @ 1hr 36min 46sec
• Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 36min 50sec
• Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r) @ 1hr 44min 54sec
• Charles Wegelius (Liquigas) @ 1hr 46min 25sec
• Xavier Florencio (Bouygues Telecom) @ 1hr 52min 19sec
• Christian Knees (Milram) @ 1hr 53min 23sec
• Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 53min 32sec
• David de la Fuente (Saunier Duval) @ 1hr 54min 50sec
• Ruben Perez (Euskaltel) @ 1hr 56min 15sec
• Iñigo Cuesta (CSC) @ 1hr 58min 45sec
• José Luis Arrieta (Ag2r) @ 2hr 0min 7sec
• Iker Camano (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 5min 17sec
• John Gadret (Ag2r) @ 2hr 6min 50sec
• Cédric Vasseur (Quick Step) @ 2hr 8min 14sec
• Dario David Cioni (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 10min 42sec
• Nicolas Portal (CAisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 15min 14sec
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 15min 17sec
• Michael Albasini (Liquigas) @ 2hr 18min 35sec
• Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 19min 36sec
• Egoi Martinez (Discovery) @ 2hr 20min 16sec
• Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) @ 2hr 21min 0sec
• Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 21min 57sec
• Thomas Lövkvist (FDJ) @ 2hr 22min 50sec
• Sergio Paulinho (Discovery) @ 2hr 23min 31sec
• Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 34sec
• Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) @ 2hr 24min 36sec
• Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 24min 59sec
• David Millar (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 32min 7sec
• Mario Aerts (Predictor-Lotto) @ 2hr 32min 58sec
• Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 2hr 33min 46sec
• Francisco Perez (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2hr 37min 25sec
• Frederik Willems (Liquigas) @ 2hr 37min 30sec
• Martin Elmiger (Ag2r) @ 2hr 37min 41sec
• Andriy Grivko (Milram) @ 2hr 41min 41sec
• Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) @ 2hr 39min 34sec
• Christophe Rinero (Saunier Duval) @ 2hr 40min 59sec
• Erik Zabel (Milram) @ 2hr 42min 28sec
• Juan Miguel Mercado (Agritubel) @ 2hr 44min 27sec
• Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 44min 39sec
• Jorge Azanza (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 50min 30sec
• Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) @ 2hr 50min 54sec
• Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) @ 2hr 53min 42sec
• Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) @ 2hr 55min 58sec
• Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) @ 2hr 56min 9sec
• Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 2hr 56min 30sec
• Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) @ 2hr 57min 5sec
• Aleksandr Kuchynski (Liquigas) @ 2hr 58min 46sec
• Iñaki Isasi (Euskaltel) @ 2hr 59min 37sec
• José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 3hr 0min 38sec
• Nicolas Vogondy (Agritubel) @ 3hr 0min 50sec
• Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 7min 19sec
• Simon Gerrans (Ag2r) @ 3hr 9min 19sec
• Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) @ 3hr 9min 56sec
• Daniele Righi (Lampre) @ 3hr 10min 35sec
• Lilian Jégou (FDJ) @ 3hr 14min 11sec
• Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3hr 14min 15sec
• Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) @ 3hr 14min 19sec
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC) @ 3hr 15min 48sec
• Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) @ 3hr 16min 8sec
• Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) @ 3hr 16min 58sec
• David Cañada (Saunier Duval) @ 3hr 17min 19sec
• Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) @ 3hr 18min 25sec
• Bert Grabswch (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 18min 58sec
• Félix Rafael Cardenas (Barloworld) s.t.
• Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 21min 57sec
• Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) @ 3hr 22min 14sec
• William Bonnet (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 22min 59sec
• Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) @ 3hr 23min 2sec
• Giampaolo Cheula (Barloworld) @ 3hr 23min 11sec
• Mathieu Ladagnous (FDJ) @ 3hr 23min 17sec
• Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) @ 3hr 23min 42sec
• Nicolas Jalabert (Agritubel) @ 3hr 24min 2sec
• Benjamin Noval (Discovery) @ 3hr 24min 13sec
• Ralf Grabsch (Milram) @ 3hr 24min 35sec
• Mickael Delage (FDJ) @ 3hr 24min 46sec
• Robert Hunter (Barloworld) @ 3hr 26min 12sec
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 3hr 26min 19sec
• Marcel Sieberg (Milram) @ 3hr 26min 48sec
• Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 26min 57sec
• Alessandro Cortinovis (Milram) @ 3hr 27min 4sec
• Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) @ 3hr 27min 45sec
• Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) @ 3hr 27min 48sec
• Benoît Salmon (Agritubel) @ 3hr 28min 59sec
• Claudio Corioni (Lampre) @ 3hr 29min 26sec
• Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) @ 3hr 29min 37sec
• Pieter Weening (Rabobank) @ 3hr 31min 49sec
• Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 32min 30sec
• Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ) @ 3hr 35min 25sec
• Enrico Poitschke (Milram) @ 3hr 35min 28sec
• Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 35min 37sec
• Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 36min 5sec
• Bram de Groot (Rabobank) 2 3hr 37min 46sec
• Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 10sec
• Anthony Charteau (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 40min 44sec
• Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) @ 3hr 40min 51sec
• Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) @ 3hr 41min 38sec
• Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) @ 3hr 41min 57sec
• Geriant Thomas (Barloworld) @ 3hr 46min 51sec
• Wim Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) @ 3hr 52min 54sec
• Mauricio Soler (Barloworld): 206 points
• Alberto Contador (Discovery): 128
• Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery): 105
• Cadel EVans (Predictor-Lotto): 92
• Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom): 85
• Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step): 77
• Carlos Sastre (CSC): 74
• Juan José Cobo (Saunier Duval): 68
• Levi Leipheimer (Discovery): 64
• Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel): 64
• Tom Boonen (Quick Step): 256 points
• Robert Hunter (Barloworld): 234
• Erik Zabel (Milram) 232
• Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole): 186
• Sébastien Chavanel (FDJ): 181
• Daniele Bennati (Lampre): 160
• Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner): 140
• Fabian Cancellara (CSC): 112
• Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto): 109
• Alberto Contador (Discovery): 88
• Alberto Contador (Discovery) 91hr 26sec
• Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Barloworld) @ 1hr 15min 16sec

Team Classification

• Discovery 273hr 12min 52sec
• CSC @ 19min 36sec
• Caisse d'Epargne @ 22min 10sec
• Rabobank @ 36min 24sec
• Euskaltel @ 46min 46sec
• Saunier Duval @ 1hr 44min 33sec
• Predictor-Lotto @ 1hr 50min 21sec
• Lampre @ 2hr 19min 41sec
• Credit Agricole @ 2hr 25min 44sec
• Ag2r @ 2hr 26min 8sec

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The stages and results with running GC:

Prologue: Saturday, July 7, London - London, 7.9 km

Stage 1: Sunday, July 8, London - Canterbury, 203 km

Stage 2: Monday, July 9, Dunkirk - Gent, 168.5 km

The Tour transfers to the continent for the start in Dunkirk, France.

Stage 3: Tuesday, July 10, Waregem - Compiègne, 236.5 km

Stage 4: Wednesday, July 11, Villers-Cotterêts - Joigny, 193 km

Stage 5: Thursday, July 12, 184 km, Chablis - Autun, 182.5 km

The finish: Filippo Pozzato wins the stage. Cancellara is in that lead group so he stays in Yellow. Vinokourov comes in about 1 minute 17 seconds later.

4 km to go: On the start of a very scary-ass descent Vino has hooked up with the Tom Boonen group and is getting help.

10 kilometers to go: Unbelievable! Vinokourov is on the final climb. He has burned off all of his team and is chasing solo. He's within a minute of the field as he makes his way through the dropped riders. What a champion!

Flash: 8:00 AM, PDT: Alexandre Vinokourov has crashed with about 20 kilometers to go in the stage. 6 of his teammates (less Kloden) have dropped back to pace him back. The gap to the peloton is over 2 minutes and Vinokourov seems to be really hurt.

Stage 6: Friday, July 13, Semur-en-Auxois - Bourg-en-Bresse, 199.5 km

Stage 7: Saturday, July 14, Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand, 197.5 km

Results. It looks like all of the major GC contenders came in at 3min 38sec in the group led in by Garate:

Stage 8: Sunday, July 15, Le Grand-Bornand - Tignes, 165 km. Hilltop finish

Rest Day: Monday 16 July 2007, Tignes

Stage 9: Tuesday, July 17, Val-d'Isère - Briançon, 161 km.

Stage10: Wednesday, July 18, Tallard - Marseille, 229 km.

Stage 11: Thursday, July 19, Marseille - Montpellier, 182.5 km

Stage 12: Friday, July 20, 179 km, Montpellier - Castres, 178.5 km.

Stage 13: Saturday, July 21, Albi - Albi 54 km individual time trial

Stage 14: Sunday, July 22, Mazamet - Plateau-de-Beille, 197 km

Stage 15: Monday, July 23: Foix - Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196 km.

Rest Day: Tuesday, July 24, Pau

Stage 16: Wednesday, July 25, Orthez - Gourette-Col d'Aubisque, 218.5 km. Hilltop finish.

Stage 17: Thursday, July 26, Pau - Castelsarrasin, 188.5 km

Stage 18: Friday, July 27, Cahors - Angoulême, 211 km

Stage 19: Saturday, July 28, Cognac - Angoulême 55.5 km individual time trial

Stage 20: Sunday, July 29, Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146 km.

Complete final 2007 Tour de France General Classification

Route details :

Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometres.

These 20 stages have the following profiles:

Distinctive aspects of the race:

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23 seconds: 10 years after Cadel Evans' 2007 Tour de France podium

Australian reflects on second closest Tour result in race history

For Alberto Contador and Michael Rasmussen , the 2007 Tour de France is the race that simultaneously launched one career and ended another. For Cadel Evans , the 2007 Tour was the one that got away by an agonising 23 seconds. He would finish on the podium in second place by less than one minute again in 2008 but found salvation in 2011 when he claimed the overall victory.

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Chris Froome and Cadel Evans interview each other about races, retirement and the 2008 Tour

2007 was the first year that Evans was a genuine contender for the Tour de France title after the Australian was eighth on his Tour debut in 2005 and then fifth the following year. Ten years on from becoming the first Australian to finish on the Paris podium, Cyclingnews looks back at the second closest race in Tour history.

The 2007 season started with a new team name and pink hued kit for Evans and his Lotto squad as Predictor stepped up in place of Davitamon as a co-sponsor. The racing season started in the Spanish sun at the Ruta del Sol with Evans taking a chance to stretch his legs with fifth place on stage 2. Seventh place overall at Paris-Nice, where Contador's Tour winning campaign started with a bang in Mende, was followed by a somewhat anonymous showing in Coppi e Bartali. April saw Evans head to Pais Vasco then the Ardennes, but it was the Tour de Romandie and Criterium du Dauphine where Evans' fourth and second place results ensured he would be a rider to watch in July.

Behind the scenes, it wasn't all smooth sailing with disagreements over squad and equipment selection. American Chris Horner was the main signing in the off-season to help Evans in the mountains. However, Evans would be sharing resources with sprinter Robbie McEwen who was aiming for a fourth green jersey.

The Tour de France

The 2007 Tour de France started with a prologue on the city streets of London. Evans was concerned inferior equipment would have him on the back foot before the race even arrived in France. In the 8km race against the clock, Evans lost five seconds to rivals Alexander Vinokourov, one second to Contador but took four seconds on Levi Leipheimer  and 46 seconds on Rasmussen.

McEwen won stage 1 for Predictor-Lotto in an opening week for the fast men. The first test for the GC riders came on stage 8 to Tignes where Rasmussen won solo and moved into the yellow jersey. Sixth place for Evans saw him occupy the same position overall, but with a gap of 2:53 minutes to Rasmussen. A 10-second penalty for Leipheimer for drafting behind the team car would ultimately assist Evans' overall result, but there was still two weeks to race at this point.

The following stage, after the first rest day, witnessed the arrival of Mauricio Soler as the Colombian attacked on the Col du Télégraphe, kept his advantage over the Col du Galibier and won the stage into Briançon. Contador and his Discovery team lit up the race in the yellow jersey group but on the line it was Evans taking the advantage, finishing third and grabbing vital seconds over Contador, Rasmussen and Leipheimer as Vinokourov exited the GC battle.

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"Everyday that is past us is staying according to plan," the now fourth placed overall Evans told Cyclingnews at the time. "I'm sticking to myself and following my plan."

A handful of transitional stages took the peloton out of the Alps and across to the Pyrenees, but first was the significant 54km Albi time trial. A handy time trialist, Evans went into the stage looking to take time on Contador and Rasmussen. The inclement weather affected the stage for the majority of the riders expect for Vinokourov who blitzed the course. His win, aided by blood doping, would prove to be a crucial moment in the race and spell the downfall for Vinokourov.

Exit Vinokourov, Astana

Second on the day, Evans would be awarded the stage win in 2008 after Vinokourov's disqualification for doping. The Australian explained he simply measured his efforts and minimised the risks in his ride and wasn't necessarily aiming for the 'win'.

"It wasn't that I lost so much time in the descents; it was because I rode conservatively and stayed on my bike. That skewed the results a little bit in that time trial. On paper, it isn't recorded who crashed, how wet the descents were and so on," Evans recounted in an interview with Cyclingnews.

The result saw Evans cut the deficit to Rasmussen, moving into second place at one minute, while Contador was third at 2:31 minutes down on the Dane. Leipheimer at 3:37 minutes, seemingly adrift of the podium. However, stage 14 to Plateau-de-Beille saw Contador and Rasmussen ride away from Evans and gain 1:52 minutes, dropping him into third place, undoing his good work against the clock.

"It was too hard, Rasmussen and Contador were stronger," Evans said at the time. "Maybe they did [take more time in the GC] but I can still gain time against the clock on them."

Stage 15 from Foix to Loudenvielle was another day for Contador and Rasmussen to tighten the screws as Evans made a tactical mistake on the advice from sports director Hendrik Redant. It is an incident he covers in his book 'The Art of Cycling' and one he recounted to Cyclingnews.

"Contador bridged across to the group and George Hincapie was there in the breakaway waiting. I was with George recently and on many occasions since, he has, of course, recounted his experiences in that stage. We were competitors then of course and now we are great friends. It is funny to hear it from that perspective but funny and painful at the same time," recounted Evans.

"On that stage, Hendrik Redant insisted that I ride within myself and rather than turn myself inside out just to stay with Contador, and maybe blow and lose more time, to lose some time but ride within myself in the chance of coming back for the final. In retrospect, it is easy to make comment but at the time I did the best that I could and Hincapie and Contador were fantastic for what they did. George has said since, you can say the race plan but to pull it off is something completely else. They did manage to pull it off and I got beaten by a better team."

The rest day followed with Evans and the team taking stock and planning for the third week knowing they could take back time in the 55.5km time trial from Cognac to Angoulême. Not included in those plans were Vinokourov and Astana as the team withdrew from the race after his doping control from the earlier time trial showed evidence of a transfusion.

The Tour returned to action without Astana, which simply served as an appetiser for that evening's events. An explosion along the course in Belagua set off by ETA was likewise a minor incident and a second entrée for what was to come. On the final climb of the day up the Col d'Aubisque, an impervious Rasmussen rode away from his rivals for a 35-second win over Contador, and 43 seconds over Evans.

With the time trial the only GC stage left in the race, Rasmussen was all but assured of the victory with a commanding 3:10 minute lead over Contador, and 5:03 minutes over Evans.

"This is a great victory since winning in the yellow jersey is very hard," Rasmussen said of his win. "Nevertheless, the overall victory is more important than a stage win.

Evans meanwhile questioned the tactics of Discovery and felt the pressure of Leipheimer in the battle for the podium.

"[Leipheimer] was working for Contador; I thought they were more interested in the win than the [final overall] podium. I know Bruyneel is not such a silly directeur, maybe he was playing with me. There were times were I could have accelerated, but when it is two to one I am always at a disadvantage."

Paris comes into view

The riders were well into their post-stage recovery and meals while journalists were filing copy after the Col d'Aubisque when the news broke through that Cofidis was withdrawing its team due to the positive test of Cristian Moreni, who had been taken into police custody. As the shock subdued of a second team exiting the race due to doping, the bombshell was dropped when Rabobank announced it was withdrawing Rasmussen from the race due to whereabouts concerns.

Without turning a pedal, Contador found himself as the new race leader and Evans was just 1:53 minutes from claiming the yellow jersey.

"Strange situation. The race was reopened and all of a sudden I am thrust into the limelight and considered a favourite to maybe even win the Tour and as an individual, that changes everything for you," Evans counted of that night. "It was a strange situation to be in and the ambience around the Tour was strange. I could feel it in the riders and the public and understandably, I felt doubt in the public as well. And rightly so. You go to bed one morning in one position and the next morning you are one place ahead when you are sitting in fourth. It is quite significant."

There was no yellow jersey in the stage 17 peloton due to the late withdrawal but it was back to normal the following day as Contador enjoyed his first day in the leader's jersey. An attentive Evans took back three seconds in the finale but it would be the young Spaniard holding the aces in the third time trial of the race.

"I will need to focus. Maybe I will watch a movie with my teammate Noval. Tomorrow morning we will go and preview the time trial. [The maillot jaune] is very good to have and I hope to keep it. Tomorrow will be the most difficult day of my sporting career and it will change my life," Contador said after his first day in yellow.

In the race of truth, it was Leipheimer who was first off of the podium men and quickly set about posting the winning time. The American bettered the previous best time of Vladimir Karpets by two minutes as the news filtered out over the radio to Evans and Contador. Evans was the only rider to come within a minute of Leipheimer, at 51 seconds, as Contador pulled out the time trial of his young career to hold on to yellow by 23 seconds.

In 2012, Leipheimer admitted to doping during the 2007 season, and also with three previous teams, which saw his results from the Tour voided. Ironically, despite Evans' pre-race issues with his time trial equipment, he goes down as the winner of both time trials. Even though the Tour records still display a vacant winner for stage 19.

"When they take the guy out in front of you it makes it a bit better doesn't it? When we speak about the GC, for me the difference was Contador had an extraordinary time trial. I didn't have a bad one, I won the stage and evidently was pretty good, but it wasn't good enough to win," Evans reflected. "The stronger rider, the better rider, won on that day and the Tour.

"In retrospect, if you make an analysis of a few things like wheels and so on, it is easy to speak in numbers but the result is the result and I am not going to blame the equipment that I had there. I probably could justify some time lost to the equipment that I had but that wasn't going to change."

Despite joking that he would sprint for bonus seconds on the Champs-Élysées, there was no change to the overall standings with Evans at 23 seconds and Leipheimer at 31 seconds to Contador. Rubbing salt into the wound for Evans was the coverage of his result, explaining he felt he was regarded as the first loser and his accomplishment was not acknowledged, as it should have.

"I wanted to win the Tour and I felt that I could. To come second was a bit deluding. As a rider you get very, a professional cyclist at least, coming second you often get criticised. I was second twice in my career at the Tour de France and both times I felt, more so the second time, but even the first, was time was that of the 200 best bike riders in the world, only one was better than me. But I was quite criticised for that result. As a sportsperson, it is not an easy job to deal with."

Not quite the agonising last day defeat of 1989, Evans' is still second on the list of closest winning margins. While Evans says he hasn't counted out 23 seconds, "I have an idea how long 23 seconds is.

"As an enthusiastic stretcher all my life, which involves holding a stretch for 30 seconds, which I did for many years, I probably have a pretty good grip of what 23 seconds is. When you do a 30-second effort, at 23 you think it is over but you are a bit disappointed you have to hang on for seven more."

Confident in his abilities and with a Grand Tour record that showed year-on-year improving, Evans may have started the Tour publicly stating the podium was his objective but once yellow became a reality he explained that having to settle for second stung.

"2007 was I think my coming of age as a real big GC contender. Our goal the previous year was to be in the first five and I was fourth and the goal in 2007 was to be on the podium. We were on the podium and we achieved our goal but of course, once we saw that maybe we could win, that became the goal which unfortunately in some ways took some of the shine, polish and joy of achieving what the goal we set to achieve."

A decade on

Ten years on, or 315,446,400 seconds, Evans is into the early-years of his retirement with a Tour victory, a rainbow jersey, podiums and leader's jersey at the three grand tours just a sample of his extensive palmarès.

At the 2017 Tour de France, 19 riders from the 2007 edition of the race lined out in Düsseldorf with numerous more now in sports director and team roles. One of those riders was a debutant back in 2007 and took out the first stage in 2017, Geraint Thomas. While the majority of that list is nearing the end of the careers, Thomas Voeckler and Haimar Zubeldia doing so this month, they are still riding strongly in the peloton. Mark Cavendish arguably topping that list.

While Evans remains in the world of cycling and is regularly seen at the big events on the calendar, he doesn't miss racing and didn't beat around the bush to explain why.

"I see a very nervous and not very respectful peloton," he said, "there seems to be less and less respect with riders thinking of the here and now rather than their well being and getting along with their colleagues and so on. Overall, I would say that the danger has increased and the respect has reduced. The commitment and sacrifices of the riders has increased which has made the racing of greater depth and higher quality."

It appears fitting that ten years on from the 2007 Tour, Chris Froome finds himself defending a 23-second advantage over Frenchman Romain Bardet with three stages to race. Although that margin is expected to change before Paris, it's a reminder that after three weeks of racing, the difference between winning and losing the Tour can be less than the time it takes for a simple stretch.

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36 different bike brands won the Tour de France in 110 editions. In this article, cycling fan Alex Lee breaks down the top 12 bike brands that have won at least 3 times.

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Pinarello – 15 wins

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Throughout 110 editions (up to 2023), the Tour de France has been won by 36 different bike brands . Many of these brands are unknown to cycling fans today. Few bike brands, such as Colnago, Pinarello , Specialized , and Trek , are synonymous with cycling fans today.

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This article will go back in history and explore all the Tour de France winning bikes .

Pinarello has a long history in cycling, dating back to 19534, when it was founded by Giovanni Pinarello in Treviso, Italy. With 15 Tour de France wins, Pinarello is the most successful bike brand at the Tour de France.

Pinarello’s dominance at the Tour de France can be summed up in two eras.

• Mid-1990s. Miguel Indurain won four consecutive Tour de France from 1992 to 1995, followed by Bjarne Riis (1996) and Jan Ullrich (1997).
• Mid-2010s. Team Sky (Ineos-Grenadiers) won seven Tour de France with Bradley Wiggins (2012), Chris Froome (2013, 2015, 2016, 2017), Geraint Thomas (2018), and Egan Bernal (2019).

Today, Pinarello’s top-of-the-line bike is the Pinarello Dogma F .

L’Auto (now L’Equipe) is not a bike brand but the French newspaper that started the Tour de France in 1903.

From 1930 to 1939, Henri Desgrange, the newspaper’s owner, required all riders to paint their bikes’ downtube with L’Auto as part of the marketing campaign and publicity stunt to increase the race profile.

During that period, riders competed based on national teams, so there wasn’t any commercial conflict of interest.

Today, most of us know Peugeot as the French automotive brand. Peugeot started making bicycles way back in 1882 and won their first Tour de France with Louis Trousselier in 1905 and their last win came in 1977 with Bernard Thévenet.

In the past 50 years, the bicycle arm of Peugeot has gone through various ownership. Today it’s part of Cycleuope, which owns bike brands such as Bianchi and Gitane.

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Gitane is a French bike brand synonymous with racing from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. All nine of Gitane’s Tour de France wins occurred during this period with legendary French riders such as Bernard Hinault (4), Jacques Anquetil (2), Laurent Fignon (2), and Belgian Lucien Van Impe (1).

Today, Gitane is part of Cycleuope, which owns the Bianchi and Peugeot bike brands. Gitane produces mostly city and mountain bikes today. They don’t have much presence outside of France.

Founded in 1976, Trek is one of the leading bike brands today with its men’s and women’s World Tour teams.

Trek’s first Tour de France win was in 1999 by Lance Armstrong. For the next seven years until 2005, Lance Armstrong dominated the Tour de France, helping to raise Trek’s profile in the United States and worldwide. In 2012, all seven of Lance’s Tour de France wins were nulled.

Trek’s other three Tour de France wins were with Alberto Contador in 2007, 2009, and 2010 although the 2010 win was later nulled.

Trek offers the riders three types of road bikes; Trek Emonda (lightweight), Trek Madone (aero) and Trek Domane (endurance), and the Trek Speed Concept (TT).

Alcyon was a French bicycle, motorcycle, and automotive brand active from 1903 to 1954. They sponsored their own cycling team from 1905 to 1959 under different names such as Alcyon-Dunlop, Alcyon-Soly, Alcyon-Armor, and Alcyon-Leroux

Their first Tour de France win was in 1909 with François Faber, a Luxembourgian rider. Their last win was in 1929 with Belgian Maurice De Waele. From 1930 onwards, the Tour de France organizers required the teams to paint their bikes’ downtube with L’Auto, the newspaper that started the Tour de France.

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Eddy Merckx is no stranger to cycling fans. He’s widely known as the most successful cyclist of all time , winning the Tour de France (5 times), Giro d’ Italia (5 times), and 34 Tour de France stages .

The Eddy Merckx bike brand was only started in 1980 after he retired. Eddy Merckx was riding bikes built by Masi and Kessels with his name painted on the downtube for his five Tour de France wins.

In 2008, Eddy Merckx sold all his shares in the company to Sobradis, a Belgian holding company. In 2017, another Belgian company, Race Productions, which owns Ridley Bikes, took over Eddy Merckx after struggling with sales for the past decade.

Automoto was a French bicycle and motorcycle manufacturer that started in 1902. It was the dominant bike brand in the mid-1920s, with four consecutive Tour de France wins from 1923 to 1923 with three different riders.

In 1930, it was bought by Peugeot and sadly discontinued in 1962.

Bianchi is the oldest bicycle manufacturing company today. It was founded in Italy back in 1885 by Edoardo Bianchi who was a 21-year-old medical instrument maker.

All of Bianchi’s three Tour de France wins were achieved by Italian riders. Fausto Coppi won in 1949 and 1952 and Marco Pantini won in 1998. Bianchi was present at the World Tour with Team Jumbo-Visma (2014 to 2020) and Team BikeExchange (2021.

Team Arkea-Samsic will ride the Bianchi Oltre (aero) and Bianchi Specialissima (lightweight) at the 2023 Tour de France.

Today, Bianchi bikes are known for their Celeste color, also known as Bianchi Green.

Colnago has a long history, dating back to 1952. It was founded by Ernesto Colnago near Milan, Italy. In May 2020, Chimera Investments LLC, based in the UAE, acquired a majority stake in Colnago.

Colnago’s first Tour de France win was in 1960 by Italian rider, Gastone Nencini. It was a long 60-year wait for their second win until Tadej Pogačar won two consecutive Tour de France in 2020 and 2021. He also won the Best Young Rider and Climber Classification in these two years riding the Colnago V3Rs .

In 2023, Tadej Pogačar will be riding the Colnago V4Rs in an attempt to win his third Tour de France General Classification .

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Helyett is a little-known French bicycle manufacturer started by the Picard brothers in 1926. It took its name from a lead character from a late 19th-century play, Miss Helyett, which is why the Helyett logo has a young women’s face on it.

Frenchman, Jacques Anquetil won three of his five Tour de France onboard a Helyett bike in 1957, 1961, and 1962.

La Sportive’s three Tour de France wins occurred right after World War 1, from 1919 to 1921. Right after the war, Europe was in bad shape and many bicycle manufacturers were either out of business or didn’t have the manufacturing capabilities.

The remaining brands include Alcyon, Armor, Automoto, Clément, La Française, Gladiator, Griffon, Hurtu, Labor, Liberator, Peugeot, and Thomann came together. They provided more than half the peloton with various bicycles and components so that the Tour de France can take place.

Once each brand recovered from the aftermath of World War 1, La Sportive disbanded in 1922.

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Tour de France bikes 2023: who’s riding what?

All the bikes and tech on display at the 2023 Tour De France

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The 2023 Tour de France covers 3,404km (2,115 miles) over its 21 stages. That’s 54km more than last year’s Tour.

However, the bigger news is that time trial kilometres are down from two time trials totalling 53km last year (including the Prologue) to just one at 22.4km this year. It finishes at 974m in altitude and has a 2.5km Cat 2 climb to the finish, with an average 9.4 per cent gradient.

For several years, there's been an individual time trial on the penultimate stage, but this year, it’s on the Tuesday of the final week.

Given how a time trial can upset the final result, as in the 2023 Giro d’Italia, or cement it, as in last year’s Tour, it’s a surprising move.

That means the teams’ road bikes are increasingly to the fore. As usual, there’s some very flashy tech on show and we can expect more to be announced in the run-up to the Grand Départ and probably to be unearthed by the sharp-eyed as the race proceeds.

Read on for a complete list of the bikes in this year’s Tour de France, along with the kit they’re fitted with, and our pick of some of the new bikes and tech to keep an eye out for at the 2023 Tour de France .

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Tour de France 2023 bike brands

The 2023 Tour de France peloton is made up of 22 teams of eight, 176 riders in total. The 18 WorldTour squads receive an automatic invitation to compete, while four second-tier Pro Continental teams get a wildcard invitation. Between them, 19 bike brands are represented.

That’s two up on last year’s Tour, although the majority of brands are the same as in last year’s race. Even Ridley and Factor, who saw their teams demoted to the UCI’s second division, are back this year thanks to wildcard invitations for Lotto-Dstny and Israel-Premier Tech respectively.

New bike brands this year are Bianchi, Look and Dare, while out this year is De Rosa. Specialized continues to sponsor three teams, as in 2022, but Canyon is down from three to two.

Bianchi was absent last year, but is back with Arkéa-Samsic. It had its first race win back in 1899 and its bikes were ridden by Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi and Marco Pantani as well as a who’s who of other top-drawer racers, so it’s a prestigious return for the brand. On the other hand, De Rosa is an equally famous name from cycling’s past that has departed the Tour.

Bike brands represented at the 2023 Tour de France:

• Bianchi : Team Arkéa-Samsic
• BMC : AG2R Citroën Team
• Cannondale : EF Education-EasyPost
• Canyon : Alpecin-Deceuninck, Movistar Team
• Cervélo : Jumbo-Visma
• Colnago : UAE Team Emirates
• Cube : Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
• Dare : Uno-X Pro Cycling
• Factor : Israel-Premier Tech
• Giant : Team Jayco-AlUla
• Lapierre : Groupama-FDJ
• Look : Cofidis
• Merida : Bahrain Victorious
• Pinarello : Ineos Grenadiers
• Ridley : Lotto-Dstny
• Scott : Team DSM-Firmenich
• Specialized : Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep, TotalEnergies
• Trek : Lidl-Trek
• Wilier Triestina : Astana-Qazaqstan

Read on for more details of each team’s bikes, wheels and other kit.

What’s new in Tour de France tech?

New bike launches.

Since last year’s Tour, the Colnago Prototipo ridden to second place by Tadej Pogačar has finally become the Colnago V4Rs and been released for us to review – and anyone with deep enough pockets to buy.

Rather like the Colnago, the new Look 795 Blade RS ridden by Team Cofidis has been in plain sight for months, but was only officially launched earlier in June.

Its profile is similar to many other pro bikes with front-end integration, aero tubes and dropped seatstays, but is a departure from Look’s previous pro-level race bikes.

As per the usual playbook, Look says the new bike is stiffer and more aero.

There are more subtle changes to the Canyon Aeroad . Canyon has yet to announce details, but there are slight changes to the tube profiles and the seatpost clamp has moved from the rear of the seat tube to the top of the top tube.

The changes to the Cannondale SuperSix EVO are equally small but significant, with the fourth generation of the bike lighter and more aero – and in LAB71 format significantly more expensive.

Other new bikes bubbling under include an update to the Factor O2 VAM , BMC's new aero road bike and a new Ridley bike , also aero.

One thing all these bikes have in common is there's not a cable or brake hose in sight. In part, that's down to all the groupsets ridden now having wireless connections between the shifters and the derailleurs.

It's also due to the brake hoses running exclusively internally. Since they're invariably hydraulic, there's no loss of braking efficiency, however sharp the bends and no matter how convoluted the routing becomes.

Tubeless wheels and tyres have mostly taken over

Almost all teams are now running tubeless tyres in place of the pros’ favourite tubulars. There are good reasons for this beyond the lack of potentially carcinogenic and addictive solvents in the tub cement (more of an issue for the team mechanics than the riders).

Matej Mohorič of Bahrain Victorious has claimed tubeless tech can lower rolling resistance by up to 15 watts per tyre. Paired with the latest aero wheel designs, that’s a huge margin.

You’re also less likely to need a wheel swap at a crucial point in the race, with sealant helping to cope with punctures, although unlike tubs you can’t ride a flat tyre to the finish or while waiting for the team car to give you a wheel swap.

28mm tyres are also increasingly taking over from 25mm, even on the smooth tarmac generally enjoyed on the Tour. Riders often sub in time trial tyres for road tyres, due to their lighter weight, although they in general offer less puncture protection than the best road bike tyres .

One team that has remained on tubs is Astana-Qazaqstan, although it’s in the process of swapping from Corima wheels that don’t offer a tubeless rim, to HED which does.

Component choices

As in previous years, Shimano dominates the teams’ drivetrain choices, with just three teams on SRAM (Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Lidl-Trek) and one (AG2R-Citroën) on Campagnolo – one down on 2022 with the defection of UAE Team Emirates to Shimano at the beginning of 2023.

There's more on Campagnolo Super Record below, but an unlaunched update to SRAM Red AXS has been spotted. With SRAM focusing on the launch of its updated Force AXS groupset earlier in 2023, it seems likely that a new version of Red AXS will be announced sooner rather than later.

We've seen an increasing acceptance of single chainrings in races earlier in the season, such as Paris-Roubaix , and that may extend to flatter stages in the Tour, when the small chainring is little used.

Expect 2x setups to take over in the mountains again though, yet even there Primož Roglič showed that a single ring with a wide-range cassette was a winning option.

There’s more variation in wheels than drivetrains, with the aforementioned Corima and HED, as well as Reserve, Vision, DT Swiss, Roval, Newmen, Black Inc, ENVE, Bontrager, Zipp and Cadex all represented.

Campagnolo goes wireless

Campagnolo is providing its Super Record groupset to just one team this year, AG2R Citroën. However, it has dispensed with wires, with the recent launch of the new Super Record Wireless groupset.

As with SRAM Red AXS , the consumer version of Super Record Wireless uses smaller chainrings paired to cassettes starting with a 10-tooth sprocket and rising to just 29 teeth as the largest sprocket option. However, the pros are likely to stick to closer ratios for all but the toughest stages.

There are a couple of interesting things to watch out for here: first, are all the riders using the latest Wireless groupset?

When Shimano Dura-Ace went 12-speed last year, there were still teams using the older 11-speed Dura-Ace long after the official launch, due in large part to the new groupset’s scarcity.

Will Campagnolo have got its manufacturing and distribution ducks in a row better than Shimano?

Second, with SRAM Red AXS, there are a series of chainring options designed specifically for the pros, which are larger than the chainrings on the complete cranksets available for consumer purchase.

That’s partly because pros like to push larger gears at their elevated riding speeds (winner Jonas Vingegaard averaged over 42kph throughout the entire Tour last year).

It’s also because the chainline and the degree of curvature of the chain as it passes over the jockey wheels and cassette make small, but significant, differences in drivetrain friction. Therefore, riding in a larger sprocket nearer the middle of the cassette is an easy marginal gain. It’s also the reason why OSPW systems are used by the pros.

Will we see AG2R Citroën riders using larger chainrings, perhaps borrowed from the previous generation of Super Record, with Campagnolo Super Record Wireless at the Tour?

Tour de France 2023 bikes

All 18 WorldTour teams ride the Tour de France and every one of them gets the pick of the best bikes from their sponsors’ ranges. That includes all teams using 12-speed wireless/semi-wireless electronic groupsets on their road bikes and a choice of top-spec carbon wheels.

The invited Pro Continental teams (Israel-Premier Tech, Lotto-Dstny, TotalEnergies, Uno X) too are on top-spec bikes and equipment – there’s no second best here.

Read on for a breakdown of who’s riding what.

AG2R Citroën Team (ACT)

• Framesets: BMC Teammachine SLR01/Timemachine Road/Timemachine (TT)
• Drivetrain: Campagnolo Super Record Wireless
• Wheels: Campagnolo Bora WTO/WTO Ultra
• Finishing kit: BMC, Power2Max, Look, Pirelli, Fizik, Elite, Wahoo

Alpecin-Deceuninck (ADC)

• Bikes: Canyon Ultimate CFR/Aeroad CFR/ Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Shimano, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Astana-Qazaqstan (AST)

• Bikes: Wilier Triestina Filante SLR/0 SLR/Turbine (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/SLF Motion jockey wheels and bottom bracket
• Wheels: Corima/HED
• Finishing kit: Wilier, Look, Vittoria, Prologo, Tacx, Garmin

Bahrain Victorious (TBV)

• Bikes: Merida Scultura Disc Team/Reacto Disc Team/Time Warp (TT)
• Wheels: Vision Metron
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Continental, Prologo, Elite

Bora-Hansgrohe (BOH)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Shiv (TT)
• Wheels: Roval
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, Wahoo

Cofidis (COF)

• Bikes: Look 795 Blade RS/796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Wheels: Corima
• Finishing kit: Look, SRM, Michelin, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

EF Education-EasyPost (EFE)

• Bikes: Cannondale SuperSix EVO/SystemSix/SuperSlice (TT)
• Finishing kit: FSA/Vision, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Prologo, FSA, Tacx, Wahoo

Groupama-FDJ (GFC)

• Bikes: Lapierre Xelius SL 10.0/Aircode DRS/Aérostorm DRS (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / PRO
• Finishing kit: PRO, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Garmin

Ineos Grenadiers (IGD)

• Bikes: Pinarello Dogma F/Bolide (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace/Princeton Carbonworks
• Finishing kit: MOST, Continental, Fizik, Elite, Garmin

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (ICW)

• Bikes: Cube Litening C:68X Pro/Aerium (TT)
• Wheels: Newmen Advanced SL
• Finishing kit: Cube, Look, Continental, Prologo, Elite, CeramicSpeed, Bryton

Israel-Premier Tech (IPT)

• Bikes: Factor Ostro VAM / O2 VAM / Hanzo (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/FSA chainset
• Wheels: Black Inc
• Finishing kit: Black Inc, Rotor, Maxxis, Selle Italia, CeramicSpeed, SwissStop, Elite, Hammerhead

Jumbo-Visma (TJV)

• Bikes: Cervélo R5 Disc/S5/P5 (TT)
• Groupset: SRAM Red eTap AXS
• Wheels: Reserve 52/63
• Finishing kit: Cervélo, Wahoo Speedplay, Vittoria, Fizik, Tacx, Garmin

Lidl-Trek (LTK)

• Bikes: Trek Émonda SLR/Madone SLR/Speed Concept (TT)
• Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
• Finishing kit: Bontrager, Time, Pirelli, Wahoo

Lotto-Dstny (LTD)

• Bikes: Ridley Noah Fast Disc/Helium SLX Disc/Dean Fast (TT)
• Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/Cema bearings
• Wheels: DT Swiss
• Finishing kit: Deda, 4iiii, Vittoria, Selle Italia, Tacx, Garmin

Movistar Team (MOV)

• Bikes: Canyon Aeroad CFR/Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
• Wheels: Zipp
• Finishing kit: Canyon, Look, Continental, Fizik, Lizard Skins, Garmin

Soudal-QuickStep (SOQ)

• Bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7/Roubaix/Shiv (TT)
• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, CeramicSpeed, Tacx, Supercaz, Garmin

Team Arkéa-Samsic (ARK)

• Bikes: Bianchi Specialissima/Oltre RC/Aquila (TT)
• Finishing kit: Bianchi, Continental, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Team DSM-Firmenich (DSM)

• Bikes: Scott Foil RC/Plasma 5 (TT)
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Finishing kit: Syncros, Vittoria, Elite, Wahoo

Team Jayco-AlUla (JAY)

• Bikes: Giant Propel Advanced Disc/TCR Advanced SL Disc/Trinity Advanced Pro (TT)
• Wheels: Cadex 36, 42, 65
• Finishing kit: Cadex, Giant

TotalEnergies (TEN)

• Finishing kit: Roval, Specialized, Tacx, Garmin

UAE Team Emirates (UAD)

• Bikes: Colnago V4Rs/K.one (TT)
• Wheels: ENVE
• Finishing kit: Colnago, Look, Continental, Prologo, Elite, Wahoo

Uno-X Pro Cycling (UXT)

• Bikes : Dare VSRu/TSRf (TT)
• Finishing kit: Dare, Schwalbe, Pro, CeramicSpeed, Elite, Garmin

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Sprint | La Fare-les-Oliviers (33.6 km)

Sprint | arles (97.6 km), finishline points, mountain sprint | cote de calissanne (39.1 km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 19 July 2007
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• Avg. speed winner: 48.06 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
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