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2024 Pro Cycling Calendar

Here’s the 2024 pro cycling calendar. You can subscribe or download an iCal file to import the same calendar into your organiser, phone and computer diary. All of the UCI men’s and women’s pro races around the world are included.

There is a permanent link to the calendar at the top of the inrng.com home page if you just want to visit from time to time ( mobile users : tap “menu” at the top of the page for the drop down menu and then > Pro Cycling Calendar) .

iCal An iCal is a calendar file that you can store on your phone or electronic diary like Outlook or Calendar. There are several ways to get this on to your computer or phone.

Subscribe and get automatic updates : The recommended option is to subscribe by copying the iCal URL :

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/372129ce15ae495d7a21c14a24f777773bbcb8dba7d0606c52b20a3fd1ceee2b%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

The descriptions below should help but with device and software update they might not always be the exact path.

• If you use MacOS copy the URL… and open the Calendar app. Then got to File > New Calendar Subscription…) and paste in the link and you’re done
• iPhone/iPad users should push and hold down a finger here , wait for the pop up message and select “Copy Link”. Then on your device go to settings > calendar > accounts  > add account > other > add subscribed calendar > paste in the URL in the server field
• If you use Microsoft Outlook on the web copy the URL and then go to Calendar/Calendar icon > Open Calendar > From Internet > and paste the URL to subscribe > OK > Yes
• Google Calendar : If you use Google Calendar then click on the icon on the bottom-right of the calendar up at the top of the page. Note this method can work with Android phones when the iCal file might not although you might need the Google Sync calendar app.

The subscription methods above are the best because any additions, deletion and amendments will automatically be pushed to your diary or device. Sadly races will get cancelled, some shortened and others moved. It’s all on Google, you’re not downloading a file or importing data from this blog.

Subscribe and any changes will be fed through automatically .

Direct download : if you can’t do the above, you can download the iCal file for your organiser, phone, computer and other devices from here.

That’s the URL above or right-click here to save the ics / iCal / iCalendar file and you can import it into your electronic diary. If you have trouble with the subscription then this is an easier option but it means you’re saving today’s version of the calendar and it’s bound to change so you should download the new version a few times a year in order to get the amendments and corrections.

Calendar Labels Explained Each race is listed along with its location and UCI status eg World Tour, Pro Series or 2.1.

• Any race with the 1. prefix, like 1.UWT, 1.Pro, 1.1 is a one day race; any race with the 2. prefix like 2.WWT, 2.Pro, 2.1 is a stage race
• UWT means the men’s World Tour and includes all the prime races on the calendar, from the three grand tours (Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España) to the one day classics like Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders and Il Lombardia, as well as others like the Tour of Poland or the Tour Down Under and can be anywhere in the world. Normally all men’s WorldTeams must ride, organisers must invite the best two UCI ProTeams from 2023, Lotto-Soudal and Israel-PremierTech, and then wildcard invites can go to other UCI ProTeams and in a few cases, national teams of the host country.
• WWT means Women’s World Tour. At least eight Women’s World Tour teams start and all races are required to be broadcast live
• After this comes the UCI ProSeries, men and women. Up to 70% of the starting teams can be WorldTeams for the men. A minimum of four Women’s WorldTeams must start but no more than ten.
• Then come races grouped by region for men with the UCI Asia Tour, UCI America Tour, UCI Africa Tour and UCI Oceania Tour and UCI Europe Tour and here the *.1 races are included where up to half the starting teams can be WorldTeams
• For the women the 1.1 one day and 2.1 wstage races can have between of one World Tour team invited and a maximum of five women’s World Tour teams; the rest of the field is women’s continental teams, national squads as well as regional or club teams
• There are lower level pro-am *.2 races, U23s, criteriums and more but only the pro calendar is included.
• “ Why are the races listed as all day events? ” – It’s impossible to know today whether a race is slated to finish at, say, 4pm or 5.15pm so there’s no point guessing the precise slot, it’s easier to list them as all day events
• “ Help, my phone rings at midnight with an alert ” – by default notifications are turned off but check your device settings in case you’ve accidentally switched them on as you probably don’t need a midnight alert for the Gooikse Pijl
• “ I only want the World Tour races “, “ I don’t want the women’s races ” etc: some readers email in special requests but this would require running multiple calendars. Just keeping one updated is an admin job in itself
• “ I subscribed to your 2023 calendar, can’t you just add next year’s races to save me from subscribing again? ” This is possible but it means you’d end up with a diary with hundreds of dormant entries from the past. It’s lighter on data and faster to do it year-by-year. Subscribing anew should take you less time to do than it took you to read this bullet point
• “ The date for such-and-such race is wrong “. The UCI calendar is provisional, dates change plus it’s possible something got bungled when typing everything by hand. If you spot a change or a typo please email so it can be fixed for everyone, it’s really helpful

2022 WorldTour pro bikes guide

Everything you need to know about the bikes and equipment the men's and women's WorldTour teams are riding in 2022

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The anticipation of a new WorldTour season is heightened further by the speculation, then confirmation of team bike sponsorships for the campaign ahead. In some years the changes are pronounced. In others less so. In 2022 it’s certainly the latter; a case of ‘as you were’ for many teams.

While the number of professional teams has shifted - there are now 18 men’s teams, down from 19, and 14 women’s teams, up from nine - the road bikes and equipment they’re riding will look largely familiar. In fact, in the men’s ranks when it comes to bike and groupset brands we have just one change apiece. 

So what are the headlines after such a fallow off-season? Giant is back in the big leagues after a brief hiatus, while Bianchi is out. Specialized is sponsoring four teams as well as joining Peter Sagan at TotalEnergies at the ProTour level. 

Shimano continues to rule the groupset roost at WorldTour level. Of the 32 teams racing in 2022 it sponsors 19 of them. SRAM is next in line, with eight teams riding its top tier Red eTap AXS. Meanwhile Campagnolo’s exposure is limited to just five teams.

Every team will start the season on disc brakes, which certainly lowers the odds of a clean sweep of the Grand Tours. However, reigning Tour de France champ Tadej Pogačar  will still have the option of switching to a rim-brake model when the mood suits him. Pencilled in to ride the Vuelta alongside the defence of his yellow jersey, you might be advised to place any such bet with caution.

Ag2r-Citroën

• Groupsets: Campagnolo
• Wheels: Campagnolo

The 2021 season saw wholesale change for the French squad as they added a title sponsor in the form of Citroën while also switching bike and groupset sponsors, among others. So it’s no surprise then that, on the tech front at least, the past off-season was a quiet one.  

They start 2022, once again, on BMC bikes , switching between the Teammachine SLR01 and the Timemachine Road for road stages and one-day races. Both will come equipped with Campagnolo Super Record EPS and Campagnolo Bora wheels, shod with Pirelli rubber. 

Other sponsors include Fizik and Wahoo. And before you ask, the best coloured shorts in the peloton are back for their 14th year.

Astana Qazaqstan

• Bikes: Wilier
• Groupsets: Shimano
• Wheels: Corima

While the Astana team name has altered, and the likes of Vincenzo Nibali and Miguel ‘Superman’ Ángel López  have returned, on the bike and equipment front there has been no such change. That means Wilier bikes, Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, Corima wheels and Vittoria tyres are all back for '22. 

With regards to options, look for the riders to choose either the Wilier O SLR or the Filante SLR for road stages and the Classics, while using the Turbine against the clock.

Bahrain Victorious

• Bikes: Merida
• Wheels: Vision

The name change proved apt in 2021, with the team winning stages in all three Grand Tours as well as finishing the year on a high with Sonny Colbrelli triumphing at a very muddy and generally unforgettable Paris-Roubaix on his Merida Reacto Team-E bike .

They’ll be hoping for more of the same in 2022, and will be doing so on the same equipment, including Merida bikes . Riders will switch between its Reacto Team-E and Scultura bikes on the road, both kitted out with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, Vision wheels, Continental tyres and FSA cockpits.

Bora-Hansgrohe

• Bikes: Specialized
• Wheels: Roval

The German team made plenty of noise on the transfer front during the off-season. But while they’ll line up in 2022 with lots of new faces, including Sam Bennett and Sergio Higuita, they’ll be doing so on largely unchanged equipment. Specialized is back, with its Tarmac SL7 being the weapon of choice for most riders. So too are Roval wheels, Shimano groupsets, PRO finishing kit and Wahoo computers. 

Canyon-SRAM Pro Cycling

• Bikes: Canyon
• Groupsets: SRAM
• Wheels: Zipp

There are no prizes for guessing this team’s set-up heading into the 2022 season. Once again they’ll be switching between the Canyon Aeroroad, the Ultimate and the Speedmax depending on the stage, race and discipline. The bikes will be equipped with SRAM’s eTap AXS, Zipp wheels and Schwalbe tyres.

• Bikes: De Rosa

Founded in 1997, Cofidis is one of pro cycling’s elder statesmen. The French outfit will again rely on two heavyweight Italian brands to see them through the 2022 season, with De Rosa bikes and Campagnolo groupsets in play. The riders will spend much of the year aboard a Merak road bike equipped with a Super Record EPS gruppo, which is as stylish a pairing as you’ll see in the peloton. Judging on photos taken at training camp however, they seem to have parted ways with Fulcrum and are now riding Corima wheels. 

EF Education-EasyPost

• Bikes: Cannondale

Despite a name change of sorts, EF will remain among the most recognisable teams in the peloton in ‘22. 

As in the past few seasons its relationship with Rapha has led to another bold kit design, with elements of the design trickling down to the paint scheme on the Cannondale bikes . The team will also hope to continue to garner attention through its results - last season saw 16 wins including Magnus Cort's impressive hat trick of stage victories at La Vuelta. 

Once again the riders will be able to choose between the SuperSix EVO and the SystemSix aero bike for road stages and races. 

Elsewhere equipment choices also remain in place from last year. This means Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, Vision wheels, Vittoria tyres and FSA finishing kit.

 EF Education-Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank

Moving up to WorldTour level for 2022, the women's team choice of equipment mirrors that of their male counterparts: Cannondale bikes, Shimano gruppos and Vision wheels.

FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine-Futuroscope

• Bikes: Lapierre
• Wheels: Shimano

Formed in 2008 and under its current sponsorship guise since 2017, the French team will head in 2022 with its equipment unchanged. Like the men's FDJ set-up, this means Lapierre bikes and Shimano groupset and wheels.

Groupama-FDJ

When it comes to bikes and equipment, the French team subscribes to the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix’ school of thought. This season will again see them aboard Lapierre bikes, this time with the option to ride the new look Xelius SL3 . 

Shimano remains in the form of the Dura-Ace groupset and wheels, as do the Continental tyres and PRO finishing kit. 

We’re also hoping for another Groupama-FDJ staple in 2022: team manager Marc Madiot’s impassioned displays of support for his riders, usually delivered while hanging out the window of the support car. 

Human Powered Health

• Bikes: Felt

Previously known as Rally Cycling, the US-based team move up to the women's WorldTour for the first time. They remain largely unchanged at the equipment level however, with Felt bikes, SRAM groupsets, FSA kit and Vision wheels all still in play. Other key tech sponsors include Wahoo for GPS computers and Rudy Project for helmets and sunglasses.

Ineos Grenadiers

• Bikes: Pinarello

Ineos made a few off-season noises but none on the equipment front. So while the team will now be wearing Bioracer kit and Dave Brailsford has moved to a comfy seat on the top floor of the building, the bikes remain for 2022. 

Of course, a significant update had already been made during the 2021 campaign, thanks to the release of the new Pinarello Dogma F . This meant a switch to disc brakes for a team that had been previously flying the flag for the ‘save the rim brake movement’ in some style, most notably with Tao Geoghegan Hart and Egan Bernal winning back-to-back Giro titles in ‘20 and ‘21 on the back of Bernal’s TdF breakthrough the previous year. However, Bernal and Richard Carapaz, among others, rode a rim brake version of the Dogma F in the later stages on the '21 season.

The Pinarellos will continue to come equipped with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2, Shimano wheels, Continental rubber and MOST finishing kit. 

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux

• Bikes: Cube
• Wheels: Newmen

The Belgian team made quite the splash in its WorldTour debut season of 2021, animating many races and picking off two Grand Tour stages wins in the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana (who can forget Taco van der Hoorn holding off a marauding peloton to capture Stage 3 in the Giro?). This year sees several new additions to the band as they attempt their difficult second album. However, the equipment is unchanged.

That means Cube bikes and wheels from its sister company, Newmen, as well as Shimano groupsets, Conti tyres, Prologo saddles and Look pedals. Regarding those Cube bikes, expect to see the Litening C:68X used again as the team’s weapon of choice. 

Israel Start-Up Nation

• Bikes: Factor
• Wheels: Black Inc

Another team who chose to alight the equipment merry-go-round for 2022, Israel Start-Up Nation are back on the stealthy looking Factor Ostro VAM bikes for the season ahead. These will be equipped with sister company Black Inc’s wheels and bars, as well as Shimano groupsets (albeit now with a Rotor chainset), Selle Italia saddles and Hammerhead GPS computers. 

Jumbo-Visma

• Bikes: Cervélo

Like many teams,  Jumbo-Visma will head into 2022 on much of the same equipment, after making significant changes in 2021. This means they’ll again be on Cervélo bikes equipped, as before, with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets. However, the women's and development teams will now be using Reserve wheels from Cervélo's sister brand while the men's team will be still on Shimano wheels on their R5 and S5 road bike with Reserve wheels on their P5 TT bikes. Tyres will still be Vittoria tyres and saddles Fizik. 

Already a juggernaut of a team thanks to the likes of three-time Vuelta champ Primož Roglič, and the incomparably versatile Wout van Aert, the Dutch outfit added more firepower to its men's line-up for 2022, most notably Tiesj Benoot, Rohan Dennis and Christophe Laporte. 

The women’s team are stepping up to WorldTour level for the first time, but are doing so led by Marianne Vos, who like van Aert is something of a Swiss Army Knife when it comes to bike racing. In short, expect to see black and yellow Cervélo R5 and S5 bikes at the business end of many races once again.

Liv Racing Xstra

• Wheels: Cadex

While the team has found an additional sponsor in the form of digital storage company Xstra, the equipment sees little change. Naturally they’ll be riding Liv bikes , choosing between the Langma and the EnvLiv models. They’ll also be using Cadex wheels and components and should be back with SRAM as groupset sponsor, too.

Lotto-Soudal

• Bikes: Ridley
• Wheels: DT Swiss

The likable Belgian team are this year’s biggest equipment movers and shakers. While they’ll still be riding Ridley bikes, they’ve made changes to both groupset and wheels. Out go Campagnolo and its Bora wheels, and in come Shimano and DT Swiss; the latter having been absent from the WorldTour scene for a while. Vittoria returns as tyre providers. Riders will once again be choosing between the Ridley Helium and the Noah Fast depending on the stage or race. 

Movistar 

The Spanish team has been a permanent fixture in the pro ranks since 1980, switching to its current sponsor in 2011. For 18 of these years its men's squad has featured Alejandro Valverde, who at the age of 42, will be hanging up his boots at the close of the 2022 season. 

If El Bala manages to go out with a bang, he'll be doing it using familiar gear. This year sees no equipment change from the last. That translates to Canyon bikes , SRAM groupsets and Zipp wheels. Riders on both the men’s and women’s squads will predominantly use Canyon’s Aeroad CFR for road stages and the Speedmax CFR for TTs

Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl 

No one loves a name change as much as Patrick Lefevere and his Quick-Step team. No sooner have you figured out that Etixx are the makers of nutrition products, then you’re scrabbling around Google to learn that Deceuninck do indeed make PVC doors and windows. This year the Belgian team have simplified affairs, advertising only Alpha Vinyl flooring made by its primary sponsor. 

They’ve kept it simple on the equipment front too, with the only change being a switch from Wahoo to Garmin GPS computers. Specialized, Roval and Shimano are all back. With regards to the bikes, this means Tarmac SL7s for the road and the Shiv for TT. However, it will be interesting to see if any riders choose the ‘more compliant-less aero’ Aethos for certain stages, as Kasper Asgreen did during last year’s Tour de France. 

Roland-Cogeas-Edelweiss Squad

• Bikes: Look

The Swiss/Russia-based squad move up to the WorldTour for the first time. Judging by the logos adorning the new 2022 kits (made by Q36.5), they’ll be back on Look bikes for the season ahead, specced with Campagnolo groupsets and Corima wheels.

Team BikeExchange-Jayco

• Bikes: Giant/Liv

Another name change for 2022, and in the case of Time BikeExchange-Jayco, a new bike too. Bianchi is out, which means the Italian marque is no longer represented at the WorldTour level. In its place comes Giant and, for the women’s team, Liv. Cadex wheels and tyres will replace Shimano hoops and Pirelli rubber, with the Japanese manufacturer remaining as groupset supplier. 

Now in its 11th year, the Aussie team will be riding Giant’s TCR Advanced SL Disc and Propel Advanced Disc SL and Liv’s Langma Advanced Disc SL. Interestingly it also looks like they will be going tubeless for the season ahead.

• Bikes: Scott

The likes of Romain Bardet and Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi will once again be aboard Scott bikes , most notably in the form of its Addict road bike. Similarly, there are no changes in components, with Shimano supplying both groupset and wheels, while its sister company PRO takes care of the finishing kit. Vittoria and Wahoo are also back for 2022 for tyres and computers respectively.

Team SD Worx

SD Worx will hope that its decision to stick rather than twist when it comes to equipment will deliver similar results to 2021. They won 33 times over the course of the year, including standout performances from Anna van der Breggen, whose multiple victories included one-day wins at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, and Demi Vollering, who won the Women’s Tour in October. For 2022, Van der Breggen steps off the bike and into the team car in her new role as assistant team director.

This year they’ll again be riding Specialized’s rocket ship, the Tarmac SL7, equipped with SRAM Red eTap AXS, Zipp wheels and components, Time pedals and Tacx bottle cages. 

Trek-Segafredo

• Bikes: Trek
• Wheels: Bontrager

Trek-Segafredo returns for its seventh year of dual sponsorship, proving that bikes and coffee really do belong with together. They’ll be heading into the season with no equipment changes.

The riders will again be able to choose between the Trek Emonda, the Madone (which Jasper Stuyven piloted to success at last year's Milan-Sanremo) and the Domane depending on the stage or the race. The Trek bikes will be equipped with SRAM groupsets and Bontrager finishing kit and its Aeolus wheels. The latter will be shod with Pirelli tyres.

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

• Bikes: Dare
• Groupsets: Shimano 

While the Uno-X men’s team was founded in 2010 and currently races at the ProTour level, the women’s team is new for 2022. 

The Norwegian outfit, which includes three Brits in the shape of  former Canyon-SRAM rider Hannah Barnes, Elinor Barker and Joscelin Lowden, heads straight to the WorldTour and will do so riding Dare bicycles, a direct-to-consumer brand. The bike is likely to be a VSRu aero bike, which will be equipped with Shimano groupsets and DT Swiss wheels. 

UAE Team ADQ

• Bikes: Colnago

Having taken over the license from the ALÉ BTC Ljubljana team, UAE Team ADQ head into the 2022 season with a similar squad of riders but a few changes in equipment.

Cipollini bikes make way for Colnago, with the women, like the UAE men, set to ride the V3R disc. Like the men they’ll also be using Campagnolo groupsets and wheels, which in this case will be shod with Pirelli P Zero tyres.

UAE Team Emirates 

Built around the otherworldly talents of Tadej Pogačar, the UAE team will look to repeat and expand upon its Grand Tour and Classics success of 2021. To do so they’ll be sticking with largely the same equipment. The Italian trifecta of Colnago, Campagnolo and Deda remains, while the team has switched to Pirelli tyres for the season ahead.

It will be of particular interest to see if Pog continues to switch between rim and disc brakes as he did last season; he finished a dominant year by winning Il Lombardia on a V3RS with rim brakes, his preference on hilly and mountainous parcours . 

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Luke Friend has worked as a writer, editor and copywriter for twenty five years. Across books, magazines and websites, he's covered a broad range of topics for a range of clients including Major League Baseball, the National Trust and the NHS. He has an MA in Professional Writing from Falmouth University and is a qualified bicycle mechanic. He has been a cycling enthusiast from an early age, partly due to watching the Tour de France on TV. He's a keen follower of bike racing to this day as well as a regular road and gravel rider. 

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2024 Men’s WorldTour team bikes and equipment | Who’s riding what?

All the bikes and components used by the 18 men’s WorldTour teams in 2024 and what’s changed this year

Paul Norman

With the Tour Down Under about to kick off the 2024 WorldTour racing season, the teams are making their final preparations and tweaking their equipment.

For many, that’s a continuation of their 2023 setups – it’s easier for both riders and mechanics to change a few things between seasons rather than make wholesale changes.

But there are some significant swaps from 2023, which we’ve highlighted in our 2024 Men's WorldTour team bike round-up below.

2023 was a good year for bike launches, after a comparatively lean period during the Covid pandemic, when travel restrictions made it more difficult for brands to work closely with frame fabricators overseas.

In the last year, for example, we’ve seen the new Tarmac SL8 and Roubaix SL8 from Specialized, which continues to sponsor two teams in 2024: Bora-Hansgrohe and Soudal-QuickStep. 

In addition, the latest, lightest Cannondale SuperSix Evo LAB71 broke cover, the Look 795 Blade RS was finally officially launched, there was a new even-lighter Bianchi Specialissima and Decathlon’s Van Rysel brand joined the WorldTour with a slew of new bikes that the rest of us might actually be able to afford.

The bike brand merry-go-round that has been a feature of past years seems to have stopped. Wilier has joined Specialized and Canyon in sponsoring two men’s WorldTour teams though, while BMC and Lapierre have left the tour, the latter after 22 years of sponsoring the Groupama-FDJ team and its predecessors. 

No teams using Campagnolo Super Record Wireless

Perhaps the biggest news is not a single team will be using Campagnolo components in this year’s WorldTour, for the first time at the top tier of pro cycling. That’s despite Campag launching its new flagship Super Record Wireless groupset last year.

A couple of years ago, Campagnolo had three sponsored teams, but that dwindled to one (AG2R-Citroën) last year. 

It’s not so long ago that every team at the peak of pro racing used a Campagnolo groupset. Shimano was the interloper, calling upon the services of one Lance Armstrong to bring its first Tour de France win in 1999.

Nowadays, Shimano dominates WorldTour groupsets, with 14 of the 18 teams using Dura-Ace . 

Campagnolo lovers don’t despair though. Time pedals were another component that disappeared from pro cycling, having once dominated. Under SRAM’s ownership, Time pedals have made a comeback in the last two years, with Lidl-Trek using its featherlight pedals in 2023, being joined this year by Movistar.

In fact, SRAM and its brands seem to be in the ascendancy. It’s already heavily represented in the Women’s WorldTour and in 2024 has four men’s teams using Red AXS, up from two in 2022. 

Another SRAM brand, Hammerhead , now supplies its Karoo 2 computers to Bora-Hansgrohe. Surprisingly, considering its profile in the collective cycling psyche, Zipp , another SRAM brand, only supplies wheels to one team: Movistar.

Clothing swap-outs

Although most teams are riding the same bikes as last year, there’s been greater turnover in more minor suppliers. 

Probably the prize for the highest profile change goes to Gobik. The Spanish brand has edged out Bioracer as supplier to Ineos Grenadiers, adding to its sponsorship of Movistar. There’s a range of other lesser-known cycle clothing brands plying their trade this year, alongside the likes of Castelli, Sportful and Alé.

There’s also the usual smattering of component suppliers coming and going from the WorldTour. Cema bearings make an appearance on Jayco-AlUla’s Giant bikes, Token bottom brackets are fitted to the Looks of Cofidis and CeramicSpeed ’s go-faster bearings continue to grace a variety of teams’ bikes.

2024 WorldTour bikes | Who’s riding what?

As usual, the WorldTour teams get the cream of the crop of their sponsors’ equipment – no swap-outs for second-tier components here.

Here’s a summary run-down of each team’s bikes, groupset, wheels and other components, with more detail below.

Alpecin-Deceuninck (ADC)

• Framesets: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano
• Components : Canyon
• Pedals : Shimano 
• Power meter : Shimano 
• Tyres : Vittoria 
• Other : Canyon, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Alpecin-Deceuninck is the first of many teams to have kept to its winning formula in 2024. Its sponsors have every reason to be content with that, with World Champion Mathieu van der Poel flying their colours. The subtle changes to his Canyon Aeroad seen from early last year have yet to show up in retail bikes though.

Arkéa-B&B Hotels (ARK)

• Framesets : Bianchi Specialissima RC / Oltre RC / Aquila (TT)
• Drivetrain : Shimano Dura-Ace 
• Wheels : Bianchi / Vision 
• Components : Bianchi integrated handlebars
• Pedals : Shimano
• Power meter : Shimano Dura-Ace 
• Tyres : Vittoria
• Other : Selle Italia saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Arkéa-B&B Hotels continues on Bianchi bikes this year. Although the Oltre RC aero road bike is still in the team’s quiver, it’s the latest iteration of the Specialissima that’s likely to take centre stage. 

The new Specialissima is more aero and efficient than its predecessor says Bianchi. At a claimed 6.6kg weight for a top-spec stock build, pro bikes are likely to skim the UCI 6.8kg limit too, even with bottle cages, race numbers and computers bolted on. 

Astana-Qazaqstan Team (AST)

• Framesets : Wilier Triestina Filante SLR / 0 SLR / Turbine SLR (TT)
• Wheels : Vision
• Components : Wilier integrated handlebar
• Pedals : Look Kéo Blade
• Tyres : Vittoria Corsa Pro
• Other : Prologo saddles, Tacx bottle cages, Prologo handlebar tape, Garmin computers

It’s a fifth year on Wilier bikes for Astana-Qazaqstan. Wilier is supplying the same mix of the aero Filante SLR and lightweight/aero 0 SLR for road stages as last year. The paintjob looks to be staying the same too – it’s still arguably the best looking in the pro peloton (with Trek a close competitor), so why change?

The only significant change in 2024 is a swap from HED wheels to Vision. The team started 2023 on Corima wheels, but that brand has been slow out of the blocks with the pros’ new-found favourite tubeless wheels, so the team was one of the few still using tubulars at the start of last season. 

We’d guess the swap to HED was prompted by its tubeless support, but it looks as if that relationship hasn’t worked out – or maybe Vision made the team a more attractive offer.

Bahrain Victorious (TBV)

• Framesets : Merida Scultura Disc Team / Reacto Disc Team / Time Warp TT
• Wheels : Vision Metron
• Components : Vision Metron handlebars and stems, FSA seatpost (Scultura only)

Pedals : Shimano Dura-Ace 

Power meter : Shimano Dura-Ace

• Tyres : Continental GP5000
• Other : Prologo saddles and bar tape, Elite bottle cages, Garmin computers

It’s another year with the same Merida bikes and components for Bahrain Victorious, even if the team’s clothing colours have had a make-over.

The FSA/Vision component mix continues too, with Vision providing wheels and its parent brand FSA adding other components. Team leaders get custom 3D-printed Vision bar extensions on their Time Warp time trial bikes – which must surely be due an update soon.

Bora-Hansgrohe (BOH)

• Framesets : Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 / Roubaix SL8 / Shiv TT
• Drivetrain : SRAM Red AXS 
• Wheels : Roval
• Components : Roval handlebar and stem
• Power meter : SRAM/Quarq
• Tyres : Specialized S-Works Turbo Cotton
• Other : Specialized saddles and bottle cages, Hammerhead computers

Bora-Hansgrohe continues to ride Specialized bikes with Roval wheels, but upgraded from the Tarmac SL7 to SL8 during 2023. This year, there’s been a groupset takeover by SRAM though, displacing Shimano. 

SRAM has also elbowed its way into the team’s cycling computers, with SRAM-owned Hammerhead in place of Wahoo. The team bikes still appear to be fitted with Shimano Dura-Ace pedals though.

There’s a proposed tie-up with Red Bull in the offing, although this apparently needs to be approved by the Austrian competition authorities – look out for a name change for the team later in 2024.

Cofidis (COF)

• Framesets : Look 795 Blade RS / 796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Drivetrain : Shimano Dura-Ace, Token bottom bracket
• Wheels : Corima
• Components : Look bar/stem
• Pedals : Look Kéo
• Power meter : SRM 
• Tyres : Michelin Power Cup tubular
• Other : Selle Italia saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo Elemnt computers

Cofidis starts its second year on the Look 795 Blade RS , a bike that was only officially launched in June 2023, some six months after we first caught sight of it under the team. 

Corima is one of the last wheelmakers not offering a tubeless-ready clincher. At the 2023 Tour de France, Cofidis was still running 25mm tubs and that looks to be continuing in 2024. 

Another blast from the past is the SRM power meter, although the team does get a flashy and bang up-to-date T47 standard Token ceramic bottom bracket. 

Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale Team (DAT)

• Framesets : Van Rysel RCR Pro, FCR, XCR (TT)
• Wheels : SwissSide Hadron
• Components : Deda cockpit
• Other : Fizik saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Bravo Decathlon. While other pro teams are riding bikes that, even in retail specs, are prohibitively expensive, it’s stepped into the WorldTour with the reasonably affordable Van Rysel RCR Pro lightweight/aero bike. There’s the FCR, a pro-level Van Rysel aero bike, in the mill too. 

The new setup and sponsorship for the team elbows out BMC. It also sees it supplied with wheels from SwissSide, another new WorldTour entrant. However, SwissSide’s aero experts have already helped Canyon and DT Swiss (which isn’t represented in the WorldTour this year) hone their aerodynamics. 

EF Education-EasyPost (EFE)

• Framesets : Cannondale SuperSix Evo LAB71 / SystemSix / SuperSlice (TT)
• Drivetrain : Shimano Dura-Ace, FSA crankset 
• Components : Cannondale System Bar bar/stem
• Pedals : Wahoo Speedplay
• Power meter : Power2Max NG Road Cannondale
• Tyres : Vittoria Corsa 
• Other : Prologo saddles, FSA chainrings, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

EF Education-EasyPost is a case in point of the increasingly spendy bikes ridden by the pros. The latest LAB71 version of the Cannondale SuperSix Evo carries a juicy price tag (although the team was said to be riding rebadged standard Hi-Mod SuperSix Evo bikes last year).

The updates to the SuperSix look small, but in LAB71 guise, the new frame is claimed to weigh 770g, despite its threaded bottom bracket, and to be 12 watts faster. Pro builds are likely to skim the magic 6.8kg figure.

Other bits and bobs largely look to have remained as last year, with FSA/Vision wheels, although the cockpit on the new SuperSix Evo is a one-piece Cannondale System Bar. Probably as a result of a multi-year deal, the team is still using the Power2Max power meters that it’s had fitted to its bikes since 2019, despite its now close relationship with Wahoo, which has its own Powrlink Zero pedal power meter.

Groupama-FDJ (GFC)

• Framesets : Wilier Triestina Filante SLR / Turbine (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano Dura-Ace
• Components : Wilier bar/stems
• Pedals : Look Kéo 

One shock move in 2024 is Groupama-FDJ’s swap from Lapierre bikes to Wilier. The team had seemed eternally wedded to Lapierre, in a relationship that started way back in 2002. Lapierre’s decision to end the partnership may be a result of financial problems reported to be suffered by its parent Accell Group.

Wilier has a history of stepping up to supply WorldTour teams in distress when their previous bike sponsor has dropped out suddenly; it took over as bike supplier to Astana in 2020, replacing Argon 18. 

Ineos-Grenadiers (IGD)

• Framesets : Pinarello Dogma F / Bolide F (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano Dura-Ace / Princeton CarbonWorks
• Components : MOST handlebars and stems
• Other : Prologo saddles, Elite bottle cages, Garmin computers

It’s business as usual again this year for the Ineos Grenadiers team, with the Pinarello Dogma F road and Bolide F time trial bikes, and a mix of Shimano and Princeton CarbonWorks wheelsets, the latter for time-trial duty. 

The team has swapped from Fizik to Prologo saddles though and has replaced its Bioracer team kit with the lesser-known (at least in the UK) Spanish supplier Gobik. Sunglass supplier SunGod rapidly did the decent thing last year and produced a white frame for Geraint Thomas. 

Intermarché-Wanty (IWA)

• Framesets : Cube Litening Aero C:68X Pro / Aerium (TT)
• Drivetrain : Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels : Newmen Advanced SL
• Components : Cube integrated bar/stem
• Other : Prologo saddles and bar tape, Elite cages, CeramicSpeed OSPW, Bryton computers

There’s yet another marginal name change this year for Intermarché-Wanty, with Gobert Matériaux dropping out as a named sponsor, although everything else looks to be remaining as in 2023. That includes the Cube Litening road bike and wheels, with shouty logos from Cube-owned Newmen, along with the plus-sized CeramicSpeed derailleur cage.

Lidl-Trek (LTK)

• Framesets : Trek Madone SLR / Émonda SLR / Domane / Speed Concept (TT)
• Drivetrain : SRAM Red AXS
• Wheels : Bontrager Aeolus
• Components : Bontrager handlebars and stems
• Pedals : Time Xpro
• Tyres : Pirelli
• Other : Bontrager saddles, Wahoo computers

Aside from its name change mid-2023, Lidl-Trek starts 2024 with the same Trek-heavy line-up of sponsors as last year. Trek’s Bontrager brand is responsible for wheels and much of the rest of the componentry. 

Meanwhile, SRAM supplies the drivetrain, power meter and, via its Time brand, the team’s pedals. Tyres and cycling computers are the only deviations from the Trek/SRAM theme.

Movistar Team (MOV)

• Framesets : Canyon Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
• Wheels : Zipp
• Components : Canyon handlebars and stems
• Other : Fizik saddles, Canyon bottle cages, Lizard Skins bar tape, Garmin computers

Movistar is entering 2024 with only minor changes of equipment from previous years. It’s another team using SRAM gearing, but in this case complete with wheels from Zipp for an all-SRAM package on its Canyon bikes. 

Last year, we suggested the team might be pre-release testing an upgrade to SRAM Red, but, like the changes to the Canyon Aeroad, we're yet to see an official announcement. The main change for this year is a pedal swap to Time from Look.

Soudal-QuickStep (SOQ)

• Framesets : Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 / Roubaix SL8 / Shiv (TT)
• Components : Roval bar/stem
• Tyres : Specialized S-Works Turbo
• Other : Specialized saddles, CeramicSpeed bearings, Tacx bottle cages, Supercaz bar tape, Garmin computers

Soudal-QuickStep is, like Bora-Hansgrohe, on Specialized bikes again this year. The upgrade of the Tarmac from SL7 to SL8 sees the bikes equipped with the one-piece Roval Rapide Cockpit. This component is said to account for around 4 watts of the SL8’s claimed 16.4 watts of aero gains over the SL7.

Apart from this aero upgrade, the rest of the team’s setup appears to remain the same as last year.

Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL (DFP)

• Framesets : Scott Foil RC / Plasma RC (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano Dura-Ace 
• Components : Syncros handlebars and stems
• Other : Syncros saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Team DSM has picked up not one, but two new title sponsors since the start of 2023, with PostNL joining Firmenich on the team’s jerseys in 2024.

That seems to be the limit of the changes though, with the team sticking to its Scott Foil RC aero bikes, Syncros components and Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets again in 2024.

Team Jayco-AlUla (JAY)

Framesets : Giant Propel Advanced Disc / TCR Advanced SL Disc / Trinity Advanced Pro (TT)

Drivetrain : Shimano Dura-Ace, Cema bottom bracket

Wheels : Cadex

Components : Cadex bars and stems

Tyres : Cadex

Other : Cadex saddles, Giant bottle cages, Giant computers

The Giant sponsorship of Team Jaco-AlUla continues to the end of 2024 and sees the team riding predominantly the aero (but also lightweight) Propel Advanced, complete with wheels and other bits from Giant’s premium Cadex brand.

Cema has broken through the Giant sponsorship blockade though, supplying bottom bracket bearings, while Elite provides its Fly water bottles.

Team Visma | Lease a Bike (TVL)

• Framesets : Cervélo R5 Disc / S5 / Caledonia / P5 (TT)
• Wheels : Reserve 52/63
• Components : Cervélo handlebars and stems
• Pedals : Wahoo Speedplay 
• Other : Fizik saddles, Tacx bottle cages, Garmin computers

The dominant grand tour team of 2023 has lost its long-time sponsorship by the Dutch Jumbo supermarket chain, with Lease a Bike stepping up to co-title sponsor from its subordinate sponsorship in 2023.

Otherwise, things look to be remaining the same at the start of the 2024 season, with the team continuing to ride Cervélo bikes. Cervélo’s owner, Pon Holdings, has more-or-less a monopoly on the team’s equipment, also supplying its Reserve wheels, Nimbl shoes and BBB accessories. 

Lease a Bike is also a Pon-owned brand, while team cars will come via Pon’s Dutch Skoda distributor. Pon is also the Netherlands distributor for the MAN buses and trucks the team uses. 

UAE Team Emirates (UAD)

• Framesets : Colnago V4Rs / K.one (TT)
• Wheels : ENVE
• Components : Colnago integrated handlebars and stems
• Power meter : Shimano
• Other : Prologo saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Last, but definitely not least, UAE Team Emirates was again top of the UCI team rankings in 2023, with Tadej Pogačar the leading rider.

Its winning combination extends to its bikes and equipment too, with the team retaining the same combination of Colnago V4Rs road bike, Shimano groupset and ENVE wheels in 2024.

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The Danish star Mads Pedersen has been on a roll this year, outpowering Mathieu van der Poel at the Gent-Wevelgem finish aboard the Trek Madone aero race bike. Trek might have a dedicated classic bike in the Domane, but their aero race provides just enough comfort to make it Pedersen’s go-to ride on most occasions.

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The Best Cycling Races to Watch in 2021

From the Spring Classics to the Tour to the Olympics, here’s where the best racing will happen this year.

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So far so good: after a few weeks of relatively trouble-free racing, the 2021 season is underway with early season races taking place in the south of France.

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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad - February 27

While racing got underway a few weeks ago in southern France, most riders and fans don’t consider the season to have really started until the running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad , Belgium’s first race of the year. With events for both men and women, the “Omloop,” as it’s affectionately called, offers everything we love about the spring Classics: rain, wind, cobblestones, and many of the short, steep “bergs” that speckle the Flemish countryside. On the men’s side, look for Belgians to lead the way, with last year’s winner Jasper Stuyven of Trek-Segafredo and AG2R-Citroen’s Greg Van Avermaet, a two-time Omloop winner, topping the list of favorites.

The women’s event should be headlined by the defending champion, Annemiek van Vleuten, who now rides for Movistar after transferring from Mitchelton-Scott during the offseason. She’ll likely face stiff competition from Trek-Segafredo’s duo of Lizzie Deignan, who won the race in 2016, and Elisa Longo Borghini, who won the Tour of Flanders in 2015 but has yet to add the Omloop to her already-impressive resume.

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Strade Bianche - March 6

Taking place on the white gravel roads of Tuscany, Strade Bianche is easily one of the hardest and most beautiful races of the year. One of a handful of races in which the strongest rider always wins, it makes sense that the event’s list of winners reads like a Who’s Who of the sport’s best racers.

For example, Jumbo-Visma’s Wout van Aert won last year’s men’s edition (held in August after being postponed due to COVID-19), just a week before winning Milan-Sanremo. The Belgian should top the list of this year’s male contenders, alongside Quick-Step’s Julian Alaphilippe, the reigning world champion, who won Strade Bianche in 2019, two weeks before taking his own victory in Milan-Sanremo.

On the women’s side, van Vleuten, winner in 2019 and 2020, is a favorite to win her third in a row. SD Worx’s Anna van der Breggen, the current world champion, and Trek-Segafredo’s Longo Borghini, who won the race in 2017, are the best bets to stop van Vleuten’s streak.

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Milan-Sanremo - March 20

At almost 300km, Milan-Sanremo is the longest one-day race on the calendar. And thanks to the fact that the outcome is almost always decided in the final 10km, the riders say it’s the easiest race to finish, but the hardest to win.

The first of cycling’s five “Monuments,” we love Milan-Sanremo’s slow build to the finish as the riders head south from Milan toward the coast, then wind their way along the sea toward the climbs that make-up the Monument’s traditional finale—especially the Poggio, a short, punchy ascent just a few kilometers from the finish line whose treacherous descent often creates more gaps than the climb itself. The race is ideal for riders who can climb, descend, and win a small group sprint—riders like van Aert and Alaphilippe, winners in 2020 and 2019, respectively. And we always keep an eye on BORA-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan , who’s never won Milan-Sanremo despite being perfectly-suited to it.

Tour of Flanders - April 4

Many riders consider the Tour of Flanders (known locally as the “Ronde van Vlaanderen”) to be the hardest one-day race on the calendar. The men’s event features over 250km of the toughest terrain in the Flemish region of Belgium, with tight, technical roads, cobblestones, and short, steep climbs. The course is so challenging that it can take years for a rider to master the nuances of the race enough to actually contend to win it.

Last year’s men’s edition was perhaps the race of the year with van Aert, Alaphilippe, and Alpecin-Fenix’s Mathieu van der Poel escaping late in the race to form one of the strongest breakaways of the season. Alaphilippe soon crashed, leaving van der Poel and van Aert to fight for the win. (Rather than spoil it for you, go watch the finish on YouTube .) Expect these two to again be the top contenders in the men’s race, with Alaphilippe hopefully coming back to try and become the first French winner of the Ronde since 1992.

In the women’s event, look for a battle between the Dutch and the Italians with SD-Worx’s Chantal Blaak, the defending champion, headlining a list of contenders that includes her compatriots, van Vleuten, Jumbo-Visma’s Marianne Vos, and van der Breggan (who won in 2018). For the Italians, Longo Borghini and Alé BTC Ljubljana’s Marta Bastianelli (who won the race in 2019) should lead the way. Incidentally, Team DSM’s Coryn Rivera won the race in 2017 to become the only American to have ever conquered “de Ronde.”

Paris-Roubaix - April 11

The “Hell of the North.” The “Queen of the Classics.” Whatever you call it, Paris-Roubaix is probably our favorite race on the calendar. The final half of this 255km Monument includes about 55km of Northern France’s worst cobbled roads, so it’s packed with drama and always produces a worthy champion—even when it’s a dark horse. Canceled last year, we can’t wait to see another episode in what is quickly becoming one of the greatest rivalries in the history of the sport: van der Poel vs. van Aert.

But this year’s biggest news will be the running of the first ever women’s Paris-Roubaix, which will be run earlier in the day along many of the same roads. It will be awesome to see the women’s peloton—most likely led by the previous week’s Flanders protagonists— finally hit the pavé. The race is a long overdue addition to the calendar, which means three of cycling’s Monuments now have women’s events running alongside the men’s.

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Tro-Bro Léon - May 16

Before gravel riding was all the rage, there was France’s Tro-Bro Léon , a small French race run in Brittany each spring. The race is known for including more than 20 sections of ribinoù , the dirt, gravel, and cobbled farm roads that criss-cross the region. And the best part? The winner gets a pig!

Even better: now we can watch it live with GCN’s new Race Pass, a live streaming service that looks poised to become one of 2021’s best options for year-long—legal—live streaming.

Giro d’Italia - May 8 to 30

While the Tour de France gets all the prestige, the riders generally consider the Tour of Italy (the “ Giro d’Italia ”) to be much, much harder. The start list is far from complete, but one rider who’s already announced his participation is Egan Bernal of INEOS Grenadiers. The Colombian won the Tour de France in 2019, only to abandon last year’s Tour after a back injury derailed his chances of defending his title. And while we still don’t know the full route, if past editions can be trusted the race will be mountainous, which plays to Bernal’s strengths.

Tour de France - June 26 to July 18

Last year’s Tour de France was one of the most exciting we’ve ever seen with UAE’s Tadej Pogačar overtaking Jumbo-Visma’s Primož Roglič on the second-to-last day to win the race overall. We expect the Slovenians to return this year, competing on a course that starts in Brittany, heads down to the Alps, and then wraps-up in Pyrenees.

The Tour could be decided in the race’s two individual time trials— on Stages 5 and 20 —but we’ve got our eyes on Stage 11, which tackles Mont Ventoux not once but twice—from both sides. The Tour hasn’t raced up Ventoux—an extinct volcano whose wind-swept, lunar landscape looms over the Provence region—since 2016 (when Team Sky’s Chris Froome was forced to run after being knocked off his bike in a crash).

Left off the INEOS Grenadiers Tour team last year, Froome will be back in 2021, this time as the captain of Team Israel Start-Up Nation , which signed the four-time Tour champ last summer. INEOS will be led by Gerraint Thomas, who won the Tour in 2018 and might have defended his title in 2019 had it not been for his teammate Egan Bernal.

Giro Rosa - July 2 to 11

Officially called the “Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile,” the Giro Rosa is a 10-day Italian stage race that—in the absence of a women’s Tour de France—is the longest, hardest, and most prestigious women’s stage race on the calendar. Pushed to September due to COVID-19, last year’s was one of the most dramatic in recent memory with a team time trial, a stage featuring white gravel roads (similar to those used in Strade Bianche), and two mountain stages on the final weekend. Van der Breggan won the race for the third time in her career, taking the lead on the second-to-last day after van Vleuten, who had been leading the race since Stage 2, crashed and broke her wrist.

Details have yet to emerge about this year’s course (they always arrive at the last-minute), but we expect to see van Vleuten taking the start in a bid to join her compatriots van der Breggan and Vos as three-time winners of the event. (Italy’s Fabiana Luperini holds the record with five.)

How to Watch: We’re still waiting to hear if the race will be streamed in 2021. In 2019, Trek partnered with Voxwomen to provide a one hour wrap-up show after each stage, a major step forward for an event that deserves a much wider audience. Stay tuned.

The Olympics - July 24 through August 8

Yes, we’ve heard the rumors too, but for now we’re still hoping that the Olympic Games will run as planned this summer. For cycling fans, the action starts right away with the women’s and men’s road races taking place during the Games’ opening weekend. Both races take place on circuits on the outskirts of Tokyo, with the men facing a decidedly hillier course than the women—a disappointment for fans hoping to see the women’s peloton showcased to the same extent as the men’s.

The time trials take place a few days later, where we’ll expect to see American Chloé Dygert going for the gold medal in an event she’s dominated over the past few years. The same goes for Kate Courtney , who should enter the mountain biking event as one of the top favorites for a gold medal as well.

Overall, with events for road, mountain, and track cyclists—as well BMX racing and freestyle (a brand new event) competitions—the 2021 Olympic Games will have more to offer cycling fans than ever before.

How to Watch: NBC and its affiliates are once again your home for the Olympic Games

The Tour of Spain - August 14 through September 5

As the final grand tour of the season, the Tour of Spain (“ Vuelta a España ”) is traditionally a last chance for riders hoping to end the year on high note, earn a contract for the following season, or get themselves in shape for the world championships in late September. With lots of mountains and motivated riders, the Vuelta always delivers some of the year’s most exciting finishes.

This year you’ll want to keep an eye on a specific rider: Sepp Kuss. An American riding for Jumbo-Visma, Kuss has steadily worked his way up the ladder to become one his team’s most trusted and talented domestiques. Often the last rider alongside his captain, Primož Roglič, in the high mountains, Kuss even won a stage for himself at the Vuelta in 2019. This year, with Tom Dumoulin taking a break from professional cycling and Steven Kruijswijk and Roglič likely focusing on the Tour de France, the stage is set for Kuss to lead the team in Spain. It’s been a while since we’ve had a bona fide grand tour rider to root for, and we can’t wait!

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Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France defence in doubt after Basque crash

• 2022 and 2023 winner fractures collarbone and scapula
• Twelve riders crash on fourth stage of Basque tour

The Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard, was taken to hospital with a broken collarbone after a serious crash on stage four of the Itzulia Basque Country.

Vingegaard also suffered several broken ribs from the high-speed accident that also included Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic among a group of 12 affected riders. “It was a nasty crash, but fortunately he is stable and conscious. He remains in hospital as a precaution. Thank you for all your messages,” Vingegaard’s team Visma-Lease a Bike said in a statement.

Six riders went to hospital after the incident, including the Australian Jay Vine, who was diagnosed with a fractured cervical vertebra and two fractures in his thoracic spine. “Fortunately, there were no neurological problems and there are no other serious injuries or skull injuries,” Vine’s UAE Team Emirates said in a statement.

Evenepoel’s team Soudal-QuickStep revealed the Belgian must undergo surgery on a fractured collarbone and fractured scapula. Roglic was the least affected of the big-name trio involved and he headed for the team car having received medical attention. The incident took place when the peloton was descending around a tight right-hand bend with less than 40km of the stage to go, one riding sliding out of the road and on to the bank, sparking a chain reaction as more followed.

The race was then neutralised until the finish, with only the six riders who had been at the front being allowed to sprint for the finish to try to win the stage, victory eventually going to the underwhelmed South African Louis Meintjes, who admitted it was a hollow triumph.

“It’s a sad day. I wish all the guys who crashed all the best and wish them a fast recovery,” Mattias Skjelmose, who took the overall race lead from Roglic, said at the finish. “My mind is with the guys who crashed, and right now I am not thinking about the leader’s jersey.”

Vingegaard won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023 but with this year’s event starting on 29 June, doubt now hangs over his ability to defend his crown.

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Men's WorldTour bikes and tech: What are teams using in 2024?

Decathlon enters the fray with Van Rysel, Bora-Hansgrohe switch to SRAM, and could 2024 be a year without Campagnolo in the WorldTour?

Welcome to the  Cyclingnews  WorldTour bikes guide for 2024, a complete and comprehensive round-up of the bikes and tech used by the men's UCI WorldTour Teams for the upcoming cycling season. Be sure to check out the Women's WorldTour Bikes too.

The offseason seems to get shorter and shorter each year, we barely seem to have chance to draw breath here at Cyclingnews before the racing gets underway again . If you fancy a recap of 2023's tech happenings before we go again for 2024, head over to our roundup of the most interesting tech stories of the year, but we're already looking ahead, planning for January's early-season kick-off at the Tour Down Under in Australia. 

As such, we've been doing our homework on all the team kit changes, sponsors and technical partners for the 2024 season as news and announcements begin to gather pace. We probably won't have the complete picture until early January after all the official team launches, but we've rounded up everything we know - or can deduce with confidence - below. 

The sheer speed WorldTour road races are run off at these days is astounding. With racing action opening up from further and further out during races it seems. Advances in training science and power meter technology also mean there is an incredible strength in depth within the men's WorldTour peloton. 

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Any team or rider not using optimised bikes and equipment is going to be at a disadvantage given the high level and as such more and more teams are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to bikes and kit. Losing a handful of watts due to exposed cabling or slow tyres isn't an option for WorldTour racers, just see Ineos Grenadiers' aero transponder hack for proof.  

We saw bikes got heavier when teams first switched to disc brakes several years ago. In 2023 however, it felt like several brands got a lot closer to the UCI 6.8kg weight limit again with lightweight, disc-equipped, aero-optimised bikes. If you believe all of the tech info and marketing news, today's race bikes are just as, if not more aero than the hyper aero race bikes of only a handful of years ago, but they are one again right on the nose of the UCI minimum weight limit. 

Couple this with aero-optimised everything, waxed drivetrains, 1x chainsets for road stages not to mention some of the most aerodynamic cycling kit on the market and you get incredibly fast average speeds for most races these days. 

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We expect 2024 to build on these tech trends and expect teams to keep up their unrelenting quest for the best possible blend of weight, aero and speed. 2024 is also an Olympic year and we may well see some extra special kit from various manufacturers.

Of the 18 WorldTour men's teams for 2024, there are two new frame supplier changes with Groupama-FDJ switching from Lapierre after 22 long years to Wilier Triestina , and Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team as it will be known saying goodbye to BMC and switching to Decathlon's own brand Van Rysel . 

That latter move sees Decathlon's bikes back in the top flight after a long lay off, and sees BMC outside of the top flight for the first time in a decade (albeit still working with Swiss squad Tudor). The rest of the men's WorldTour bike brands remain the same but there are some equipment changes which are outlined below.

Another development worth mentioning toward the end of this season was the release of the new Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 which some of the top riders in the peloton will be riding on next year, transitioning from the SL7 model. Hit the link to read all about the bike's 'speed sniffer' technology. 

Like last year, there aren't too many big kit changes for next year, although there's still a little time for some changes to come.

Ineos Grenadiers are one team that have switched kit suppliers , moving from BioRacer kit to Spanish brand Gobik in what's been called a long-term partnership. The linked article above also gives some insights into just how big a commitment supplying a whole team with kit is. We also saw Ineos partnering with Castore for off-bike wear last year and believe this remains unchanged.

Astana have also said goodbye to Giordana as they partner with Biemme for the 2024 race season

There is also more change for the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team who retain clothing provider Rosti but will use Van Rysel helmets and sunglasses as part of the team's new equipment deal.  

Sportful also re-enters the WorldTour with its old team Bora-Hansgrohe after the German team jumped ship to British brand LeCol ahead of the 2022 season, 

A key talking point this year is the apparent absence of Campagnolo from the WorldTour peloton for 2024. We speculated this time last year on whether we would see the brand in the peloton for 2024 and at the moment, their absence looks likely after AG2R switched from BMC to Van Rysel bikes and Campagnolo to Shimano equipment. 

"Campagnolo can confirm that its partnership with the AG2R Citröen Team has come to an end, and that it has amicably parted ways with the team." the brand said in a statement to Cyclingnews , confirming news we all knew following the team's Shimano-equipped bike launch last month. "There is currently no announcement to make about Campagnolo's partnerships in professional road racing for the 2024 season."

We can't account for a couple of seasons so aren't 100% sure, but this could be the first time in the brand's history (bar a couple of very early years) where its equipment hasn't been used in the top flight of racing. Even if not, it's still a notable situation to find the brand in. 

We also have confirmed that Bora-Hansgrohe will switch from Shimano to SRAM groupsets. We understand Bora used to purchase their own groupsets from Shimano, rather than any direct sponsorship deal, so perhaps SRAM has a better price or has stepped in with a deal to provide equipment. 

We also saw UAE Emirates start to use some alternate componentry in 2023 in the form of Carbon-Ti chainrings and disc brake rotors instead of their stock Dura-Ace equipment. The UAE Team Emirates outfit also buys its own groupsets, so has no sponsor obligations to adhere to here, and have seen images of the team running the same components on their new bikes.

Men's teams and bikes 

Decathlon ag2r la mondiale team.

• Bikes : Van Rysel RCR / XCR time trial bike
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc 12 Speed
• Wheels : SwssSide Hadron
• Tyres: Continental GP5000 S TR
• Clothing : Rosti / Van Rysel 
• Saddles : Fizik
• Finishing Kit : Deda / Van Rysel 
• Computers : Wahoo

The biggest changes for next year are taking place at Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team as they will be known from January. 

The team will be aboard a completely new equipment package for 2024, saying goodbye to BMC and Campagnolo Equipment. The riders will use Van Rysel road and time trial bikes, Shimano Dura-Ace equipment and SwissSide wheels. For existing riders on the team that's a lot of changes to get used to before the racing kicks off.  

Astana Qazaqstan Team

• Bikes : Wilier Zero SLR, Wilier Filante SLR, Wilier Turbine TT
• Wheels : Vision Metron
• Tyres: Vittoria Corsa 
• Clothing : Biemme
• Saddles : Prologo
• Finishing Kit : Wilier
• Computers : Garmin

Despite some speculation, Cyclingnews understands that Astana are staying with Wilier and have seen press shots from a December training camp of the team on Wilier Filante SLR bikes. Team riders will be able to choose from the Zero and Filante SLR models. 

After using Corima and HED wheels for the 2023 season, the team announced they would be using Vision wheels for the 2024 season. 

Bahrain Victorious

• Bikes : Merida Reacto, Merida Scultura, Merida Warp TT
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc
• Wheels :  Vision
• Clothing : Alé
• Finishing Kit : FSA, Vision

There's also little change at Bahrain Victorious. The team did start the 2021 campaign in Nalini clothing before they switched to Alé during the summer, but that new partner remains along with the use of Merida Bikes, Shimano groupsets, and Vision/FSA componentry. 

The team rolled out a new paint job for the Tour de France which featured a lot more white and paid homage to Bahrain's pearl fishing industry. 

Also worth inclusion here despite being not road-specific is Matej Mohoric's World Championship-winning Merida gravel bike from early October as the road star made a very successful transition to the rough stuff.  

Bora-Hansgrohe

• Bikes : Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8, Specialized S-Works Shiv TT
• Groupset : SRAM Red AXS
• Wheels : Roval
• Tyres: Specialized
• Clothing : Sportful
• Saddles : Specialized
• Finishing Kit : PRO, Specialized
• Computers : Hammerhead Karoo 2 

There is change afoot at Bora Hansgrohe for 2024, firstly in the shape of new star signing Primož Roglič who signed for the team and leaves Jumbo Visma after a long tenure. 

The other significant piece of equipment news for the team is the switch from Shimano to SRAM equipment with Roglič himself spotted with a Sram Red AXS-equipped Bora Tarmac SL8 ahead of the new season. The kit itself also features more green this year and some lighter green in particular on the right shoulder.

The team has also changed from Wahoo to Hammerhead Karoo 2 computers for the 2024 season. They have also signed a deal with KOO eyewear which is owned by Kask for 2024. For the moment, the rest of the team's equipment looks to be staying the same.

• Bikes : Look 795 Blade, 796 Monoblade RS (TT)
• Wheels : Corima
• Clothing : Van Rysel
• Saddles : Selle Italia
• Finishing Kit : FSA/Vision

Cofidis look to be sticking with their current setup which is a largely French affair with Look frames and Corima wheels. We were speculating on the identity of their new Look frames this year. But it became apparent this was the 795 Blade frameset module which took a spectacular win at the Tour in 2023 thanks to Victor Lafay. 

EF Education-Easypost

• Bikes : Cannondale SuperSix Evo LAB 71, SystemSix, SuperSlice (TT)
• Wheels : Vision
• Clothing : Rapha
• Computers : TBC

For the most part, it appears EF Education-Easypost are sticking with what they have in 2024. Continuing aboard Cannondale bikes, Vision/FSA components, and Prologo saddles. It's a setup that feels very familiar now.

The team did start racing the fourth generation of the SuperSix Evo in March and we expect to see them racing on the top-flight LAB 71 bikes in 2024.

The team's opinion-dividing limited edition team kits have gained the team plenty of exposure throughout previous seasons. We can probably expect to see more of the same on at least one of this year's grand tours. 

Groupama-FDJ

• Wheels : Shimano C35, C50, C60
• Tyres: Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT
• Finishing Kit : Lapierre

FDJ said goodbye to Lapierre at the end of this season after 22 long years. It's confirmed they will race on Wilier bikes for 2024 and we have already had a sneak peek of the potential new bike. 

So far, aside from the new frame supplier, the team's equipment package looks to be the same as last year with a Dura Ace equipment package and wheels. Though we may know more after the official team launch. 

Ineos Grenadiers

• Bikes : Pinarello Dogma F, Bolide (TT)
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 12 Speed
• Wheels : Shimano (Princeton Carbonworks & Aerocoach will be present as non-sponsored additions)
• Tyres: Continental 
• Clothing : Gobik
• Finishing Kit : MOST

Bike-wise, not much appears to have altered yet for Ineos Grenadiers. They are still using the same mix of equipment providers and have developed the Pinarello Dogma F frame with Pinarello over many years. They use a mix of Shimano, Princeton Carbonworks, and Aerocoach wheels for road and TT disciplines. The team after a long relationship with Fizik announced a new partnership with Prologo and will use the brand's saddles on and off road in 2024.

Video and images have appeared online of the team at its December training camp the bike's paint schemes look almost identical to last year. 

The team also switched clothing suppliers in 2024, waving goodbye to Bio Racer and launching a new 'long term' partnership with Gobik, whose design is a little different with a notable change being the left-right fade and odd-coloured arms on long-sleeve items.

Intermarché - Wanty

• Bikes : Cube Litening C:68X, Aerium C:68 (TT)
• Wheels : Newmen
• Clothing : Verge
• Finishing Kit : Cube
• Computers : Bryton

Intermarché - Wanty dropped the 'circus' title sponsor for 2024 but stick with all of their current sponsors and equipment. Cube, Shimano and Newmen make up the package for the WorldTour team. 

The team changed from Nalini to Verge cycling kit for 2024. The kit features fluorescent yellow in abundance and we're hoping to see both Taco Van der Hoorn and Biniam Girmay return to their former flourishes following their respective battles with concussion. 

Alpecin-Deceuninck

• Bikes : Canyon Aeroad CFR / Ultimate CFR / Speedmax (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano
• Tyres: Vittoria 
• Clothing : Kalas
• Finishing Kit : Canyon / Selle Italia 
• Computers : Wahoo 

Alpecin-Deceuninck might have only graduated to the WorldTour in 2023, but the team has had a similar equipment package for a few years now. 

Not much appears to be changing for 2024, with the team retaining all of their sponsors. But we can probably expect a new custom-painted Canyon Aeroad for reigning World Road Race Champion Mathieu van der Poel as well as a host of rainbow kit. 

Team Visma | Lease a bike

• Bikes : Cervélo S5, R5, Caledonia, P5 (TT)
• Groupset : SRAM Red eTap
• Wheels : Reserve 
• Tyres: Vittoria
• Clothing : Agu
• Finishing Kit : Cervelo / FSA

We don't know if there are any official changes for the all-conquering soon-to-be renamed Team Visma | Lease A Bike squad for 2024. The upcoming team launch may tell us more. 

The team did have a lot of new equipment to get used to last season after switching from Shimano to SRAM, to Wahoo Speedplay pedals, and Nimbl shoes. Elsewhere they use Cervelo bikes and Reserve wheels in a range of depths.

The team is widely regarded as the tip of the pyramid now when it comes to marginal gains and optimisation, notably experimenting with 1x drivetrains in road races the 2023 season. We wouldn't be surprised to see a few more tweaks here and there as Jonas Vingegaard aims for a third straight Tour de France. 

Arkéa B&B Hotels

• Bikes : Bianchi Oltre RC, Specialissima, Aquila (TT)
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
• Tyres: Vittoria Metron - 45 and 60 
• Clothing : Ekoi
• Finishing Kit : Reparto course by Vision / FSA

After rolling out a new Bianchi equipment package for 2023, Arkea looks to be sticking to the same frames from Bianchi for 2024. 

There is some change in the form of a different team name with the team changing to Arkéa - B&B Hotels. We also expect them to have the use of the new Bianchi Specialissima lightweight bike, which we first saw at the Vuelta, and have seen the team training on already this December.

They will use Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets and wheels which the Arkea riders will be familiar with, and notably switch from Shimano to Vision wheels for road races as well as from Continental to Vittoria tyres 

Movistar Team

• Bikes : Canyon Aeroad CFR, Ultimate CFR, Speedmax CFR (TT)
• Groupset : SRAM Red eTap AXS
• Wheels : Zipp
• Clothing : Gobik / BORN
• Finishing Kit : Canyon

Most things look to be staying the same at Movistar for 2024 ahead of the officical team launch and the team has had a similar package for a few years now. This means continued use of Canyon's bikes, SRAM's wireless Red eTap AXS groupsets and Zipp wheels, with saddles courtesy of Fizik and computers supplied by Garmin. 

Time has come on board as a pedal sponsor for 2024. Time pedal systems are some of the lightest around. Sram own Time so the partnership makes sense. The team have also announced a new partnership for three years with Spanish brand BORN to cover all the team's leisurewear requirements off the bike.

Soudal-QuickStep

• Clothing : Castelli

At the time of writing, everything looks to be staying the same for Soudal-QuickStep Their Specialized / Shimano package has proven successful over many seasons and seems to be a tried and tested combination. 

The team will all race on Tarmac SL8 bikes next year and we have spotted a few riders on new 2024 colour scheme bikes online in the last few days. 

Specialized provides more than just frames to the team, with riders using its shoes, helmets, tyres and in some cases cockpits as well. Top secret Specialized 'Project Black' prototype equipment is also out in the wild, but Specialized remains tight-lipped on all fronts. 

The team has also extended its partnership with Danish company CeramicSpeed through to the end of 2024. The brand supplies the team with bottom brackets as well as bearings kits etc.

Team Jayco-AlUla

• Bikes : Propel Advanced SL, TCR Advanced SL, Trinity (TT)
• Wheels : Cadex
• Saddles : Cadex
• Finishing Kit : Giant
• Computers : Stages

After last year's name change, the Jayco AlUla team's equipment package remains largely the same for the moment. Team colours have changed slightly with some red coming in on the lower half of the split colour way team jerseys. Giant remains the bike sponsor and provides its own Cadex wheels, Dash computers (albeit these are simply Giant-branded Stages Dash computers ) and Cadex finishing kit. 

Interestingly the Propel and TCR still use an integrated seat mast which isn't something we see on many high-end road bikes anymore. IF the product cycle is anything to go by, we're expecting a new TCR in 2024, so we'll keep our eyes peeled to see if this remains. 

Team DSM - Firmenich PostNL

• Bikes : Scott Addict RC, Plasma (TT)
• Wheels : Shimano C36, C50, C60
• Clothing : Nalini
• Saddles : Syncros
• Finishing Kit : Syncros

Almost everything looks set to remain the same at Team DSM for 2024 ahead of their official team launch. 

We do know the team will continue to ride Scott bikes until 2025. For this year at least, and likely beyond, that will also be complete with Shimano groupsets and wheels, especially as Team DSM is one of the few teams actually sponsored by Shimano, unlike others who are forced to buy it (or have it supplied by their bike sponsor).

Elsewhere, data will be handled by Wahoo as it has been since 2021. The team's clothing system is interesting, with the kit custom manufactured by Nalini, but in collaboration with DSM with the integration of the material Dyneema. 

Lidl - Trek

• Bikes : Trek Madone, Emonda, Domane, Speed Concept (TT)
• Wheels : Bontrager
• Clothing : Santini
• Saddles : Bontrager
• Finishing Kit : Bontrager

Like last year, nothing much has changed at Lidl-Trek for 2024 thus far. The team created waves in the summer after changing names to Lidl - Trek just before the Tour de France. 

Mads Pederson's custom-painted Trek Madone almost broke the internet in July too. 

We know nothing that suggests the team won't continue on Trek's range of road bikes, SRAM groupsets, Bontrager components, Wahoo computers and clothing from Santini.

UAE Team Emirates

• Bikes : Colnago V4Rs, TT1 (TT)
• Groupset : Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Disc 12 Speed / Carbon-Ti chainrings and rotors
• Wheels : Enve 
• Finishing Kit : Colnago

After a period of change where the team changed a lot of componentry and moved away from Campagnolo to Shimano they seem to have found an equipment setup they are happy to keep. 

It looks like Pogacar and co will continue on Colnago V4Rs framesets, Dura-Ace groupsets and Enve wheels, complete with Continental tyres. Notably, the team have used Carbon Ti carbon chainrings and disc rotors and look to be doing the same next year from online training pictures.

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Tom joined the Cyclingnews team in late 2022 as tech writer. Tom has over 10 years experience as a qualified mechanic with 5 or so of those being spent running an independent workshop. Tom has ridden and raced bikes from an early age up to a national level on the road and track and has ridden and competed in most disciplines, even the odd bit of bike polo. Tom is as happy tinkering away in the garage as he is out on the road bike exploring the Worcestershire lanes.

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ALTSASU, SPAIN - APRIL 03: Jonas Vingegaard Hansen of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike competes during the 63rd Itzulia Basque Country 2024, Stage 3 a 190.9km stage from Ezpeleta to Altsasu 526m / #UCIWT / on April 03, 2024 in Altsasu, Spain. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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MADRID — Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard was taken to a hospital in an ambulance after a bad crash at the Basque Country Vuelta.

The Danish rider from team Visma wasn’t able to move much while being treated by doctors by the side of the road following the crash that happened with less than 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) to go in the fourth stage. He was put in an ambulance with an oxygen mask and a neck brace.

Australian rider Jay Vine also was taken to a hospital in an ambulance.

Race organizers did not immediately release information about their condition.

Primoz Roglic, who is a Giro d’Italia and Spanish Vuelta champion, also was involved in the crash, as were Remco Evenepoel and Quinten Hermans.

The race was neutralized until the finish line, with the six leading riders competing in the stage but with their times not counting for the general classification.

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“Is this a joke?” Mathieu van der Poel slams Paris-Roubaix hairpin ‘chicane’ at Arenberg Forest entrance as peloton divided; Jonas Vingegaard conscious after horror Basque crash, Evenepoel injured; “Wide support” for cycling bans? + more on the live blog

• “Is this a joke?” Mathieu van der Poel slams Paris-Roubaix organiser’s decision to add hairpin ‘chicane’ at Arenberg Forest entrance – but will it make cycling’s most notorious cobbled road safer?
• Horror crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, Jonas Vingegaard, Remco Evenepoel, Primož Roglič, and others involved, race neutralised
• Neutralised peloton set to ride to finish, as breakaway left to contest stage after Tour of the Basque Country crash
• Louis Meintjes wins grim Tour of the Basque Country stage from breakaway, as Visma-Lease a Bike confirm Jonas Vingegaard is conscious
• Excited for Paris-Roubaix? Well, make sure you check out the latest episode of the road.cc Podcast…
• “I’ll take a couple of turns and some guys sliding out on pavement any day”: Matteo Jorgenson voices support for Arenberg approach change
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In the immortal words of Ron Burgundy: Boy, that escalated quickly.

What started out earlier this week as a somewhat ambitious request by the pro riders’ union, the CPA, to Paris-Roubaix’s organisers to help slow the speed of the peloton, and therefore increase the safety of its members, as they enter the iconic, and terrifying, Forest of Arenberg on Sunday, quickly and surprisingly came to fruition yesterday afternoon, as ASO confirmed that it will modify the approach to the Arenberg by adding a motor racing-style “chicane” just before the sector.

> It's confirmed: F1-style chicane to show up at Paris-Roubaix to "limit the risk of crashes on the cobbles"

For those unfamiliar with the Trouée d’Arenberg, the 2.3km stretch of jagged, unruly cobbles – even by the misshapen standards of the Hell of the North – forms one of the pivotal moments in the men’s Paris-Roubaix (it’s yet to be featured in the women’s version, despite the protests of the sport’s leading riders), and is marked both by the crash-filled chaos contained within the forest, and the fight for position that precedes it, with the bunch barrelling towards its gloomy entrance at speeds of over 60kph.

It’s that pre-Arenberg ‘sprint’, and the dangers of it, that prompted the CPA to request a change to the usual arrow-straight run-in. The Paris-Roubaix organisers then presented the union with a choice between continuing to ride straight into the Arenberg or choose one of three re-routes just before the sector.

The CPA then said anything was preferable to the traditional high-speed approach, so this is what – as captured by Italian journalist Stefano Rizzato yesterday – the ASO came up with:

Ecco la chicane introdotta all’ingresso della foresta di #Arenberg , appena ufficializzata per la #ParisRoubaix @RaiSport pic.twitter.com/9cJ4p2Omxa — Stefano Rizzato (@stefanorizzato) April 3, 2024

Yep, that’s no F1-style ‘chicane’.

Instead, by the looks of things, the riders will still race down the arrow-straight approach at speed, before taking a tight right-hand turn, seemingly just around 50 metres before the Forest, into what can best be described as a bottleneck, before almost immediately taking a U-turn, then another 90-degree right hander into the forest.

 Needless to say, the last-minute route change has divided opinion.

Is this a joke? 🤔 https://t.co/WkkUe2YC5U — Mathieu Van der Poel (@mathieuvdpoel) April 3, 2024

“Is this a joke?” Mathieu van der Poel, last year’s Roubaix winner and the red hot favourite for Sunday, asked on Twitter (though ironically, ‘cross star and bike handler extraordinaire Van der Poel is probably one of the riders best suited to those incredibly tight turns).

Visma-Lease a Bike’s Dylan van Baarle, on the other hand, appears to be in favour of the updated approach (or maybe’s just seeking some divine intervention):

🙏🙏 https://t.co/ceEeiPEPHL — Dylan van Baarle (@DylanvanBaarle) April 3, 2024

“May as well put a 50m walking transition zone like triathlon before Arenberg to slow them down,” former British champion and Eurosport commentator Brian Smith tweeted.

“Most will be walking round this dogleg. It’s not a chicane in my book. A dead turn in any race is asking for trouble.”

🤯 pic.twitter.com/8wGLiGzX10 — Brian Smith 𝕆𝕃𝕐 (@BriSmithy) April 3, 2024

“Let's all be honest... Paris - Roubaix ain’t a safe race!” Smith continued. “Everyone knows this... Everyone knows the drill. Leave it as it is, or delete the race. Fans love it.”

Meanwhile, former American pro and history’s most eyebrow-raising Vuelta winner, Chris Horner added: “Personally, I’d rather crash on some holy cobbles than wrapped up in brutal fencing and/or pavement a few feet shy of the promised land.

“I think a lot of riders will end their day thinking, ‘well, I almost made it to the Arenberg’…”

(Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

However, others weren’t as scathing of the change.

“Lots of sarcastic comments about a chicane also not being safe but if there’s a sharp corner people slow down and generally falling on asphalt at 35 km/h is a decent amount safer than falling on cobbles at 50 km/h,” wrote cyclocrosser-turned-commentator Jens Dekker. “A small improvement is also an improvement.”

CPA president Adam Hansen also claimed that the ‘chicane’ will not only make the race safer, but also increase the action once the riders hit the Arenberg cobbles.

“Riders reached, and we acted on their behalf. Now, with a slower entrance to Arenberg, riders won’t hit it with speed and momentum. It’s going to make this sector even harder than before,” he said.

What do you think? Will ASO’s new pre-Arenberg bottleneck system lead to safer and better racing on one of cycling’s holiest roads? Or will we instead simply witness carnage on the tarmac instead of the cobbles?

After a few stages marred by crashes, disaster has struck at the Tour of the Basque Country, after a horror crash on a corner with around 30km to go has brought down several riders, including Primož Roglič, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel.

Roglič and Evenepoel both appear injured, with the Belgian champion, who slid off the road at speed, seen holding his bloodied arm.

Tour de France winner Vingegaard, meanwhile, looks seriously hurt, and was seen on the television pictures barely moving as he was being treated. The Dane was then moved onto a stretcher, where he is receiving oxygen.

Another UAE Team Emirates rider also looked in a bad way, having crashed into a concrete drainage ditch, but was seen moving a few minutes ago.

The peloton slowed down following the crash, with Tao Geoghegan Hart asking the organisers for information, before a neutralisation was called, due to the number of ambulances required to treat the fallen riders.

It’s these kind of moments in cycling, a sport we all love, that make us sick to our stomachs, so you’ll forgive me for not including any images from the race.

We wish everybody involved the best.

After a period of confusion, as the likes of Jonas Vingegaard were treated and taken to hospital in the wake of this afternoon’s horror crash, the Tour of the Basque Country’s organisers, rather strangely, announced that the breakaway alone would be left to contest the finish and the stage win, after one ambulance was made available to follow the riders.

On the other hand, the peloton behind has been permitted to roll into the finish, with the GC times frozen and effectively neutralised.

Meanwhile, in promising news, UAE Team Emirates’ Jay Vine – who looked seriously hurt – was reported by Eurosport Spain to be conscious and talking in the ambulance.

➡️ La imagen que todos esperábamos ver, @rogla nos da el OK 👍. Seguimos pendientes del resto de afectados. 🏆 @bancosabadell 🔴 MORE INFO ⬇️ 🔗 https://t.co/JABIxm2f7g #Itzulia2024 pic.twitter.com/IuiTr27oe2 — Itzulia Basque Country (@ehitzulia) April 4, 2024

Primož Roglič was also seen sitting in his Bora-Hansgrohe team car, hopefully indicating that the Slovenian doesn’t appear to be too badly injured. Remco Evenepoel has also been taken to hospital to be treated, his Soudal-Quick Step team said.

Louis Meintjes wins, but our thoughts are with all the riders involved in the nasty crash. Safety and well-being of our colleagues, it's all that matters 🙏 #Itzulia2024 pic.twitter.com/Z6pu0TV5Be — Intermarché-Wanty (@IntermarcheW) April 4, 2024

On a day where results don’t really matter all that much, Intermarché-Wanty’s veteran climber Louis Meintjes secured a half-hearted win – evidenced in his less than effusive victory salute – after dropping his still-racing breakaway companions on the final climb.

Behind, Groupama-FDJ’s 23-year-old Kiwi Reuben Thompson outsprinted Karel Vacek for second, though by that point it was clear that the air had disappeared completely from the race as a spectacle.

Meanwhile, as Meintjes and co. reluctantly fought it out for the win on a grim, confusing day at the Tour of the Basque Country, Visma-Lease a Bike confirmed that Jonas Vingegaard is conscious and being examined in hospital – news that means much more than a bike race.

It’s only two more sleeps to Paris-Roubaix (not that you could tell by my excitable nature on this live blog, of course), so what better way to prepare for the Queen of the Classics than by sitting down with a cup of tea and tuning into the latest road.cc Podcast episode, where I am joined by two cobble stars past and present, Zoe and Magnus Bäckstedt, to chat all things Hell of the North.

Just don’t tell Magnus it’s been 20 years since his Roubaix win…

> “It’s Paris-Roubaix!” Zoe and Magnus Bäckstedt on “blood, mud, and tears” at the Hell of the North, plus cycling and climbing from the lowest to the highest point of each continent (and avoiding getting arrested) with Oli France on the road.cc Podcast

Mathieu van der Poel may not be too fussed about the Paris-Roubaix organiser’s decision to add a few super tight turns directly at the entrance to the Forest of Arenberg, but one of his main rivals of the spring, Visma-Lease a Bike’s Matteo Jorgenson, has this morning come out strongly in support of the route modification.

In a bid to underline the need for increased safety measures on the Arenberg, the 24-year-old American, a Paris-Nice and Dwars door Vlaanderen winner already after a breakthrough start to 2024, posted a (distressing) photo of a bloodied and battered Mitch Docker, who infamously crashed headfirst on the forest’s cobbles in 2016, fracturing an eye socket, cutting his tongue in half, cutting his lip in half, and breaking six teeth.

Is this what fans want to see? Riders completely covered in blood after sliding face-first at 50mph/80kph on sharp rocks in a forest? I’ll take a couple of turns and some guys sliding out on pavement any day… https://t.co/Xi6OZnZSa9 pic.twitter.com/jNHtu5ndjc — Matteo Jorgenson (@MatteoJorg) April 4, 2024

“Is this what fans want to see?” Jorgenson asked. “Riders completely covered in blood after sliding face-first at 50mph/80kph on sharp rocks in a forest?

“I’ll take a couple of turns and some guys sliding out on pavement any day…”

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Another day, another update from the land of the cycling PSPO (that is, basically every English town or city), where Windsor and Maidenhead council have extended their ban on riding bikes in pedestrianised areas for another three years.

Introduced in April 2021, the Public Space Protection Order permits community wardens (always reliable with their interpretation of the rules) and police officers to tell cyclists to stop and dismount in the pedestrianised areas of Peascod Street, Windsor, and High Street, Maidenhead, the BBC reports .

> Cyclists to be banned from cycling through Windsor and Maidenhead high streets

Like elsewhere in the UK where such PSPOs are in force, cyclists can be fined £100 for failing to comply (the same punishment meted out to dog owners who let their pet foul in public).

However, following feedback from local cycling groups, the council has requested a follow-up consultation on whether to limit the PSPO so it only operates between 10am and 5pm.

Council leader Simon Werne thanked residents for their feedback and said there was “clearly wide support for continuing” the orders.

“While these measures do give wardens the ability to issue fines, their focus is allowing wardens to have meaningful conversations with the minority of people who break the rules to encourage voluntary compliance and changes in behaviour,” he said.

😈Discover the design of the #ParisRoubaix collection, a tribute to the iconic Vélodrome André-Pétrieux, with @SANTINI_SMS 👉 https://t.co/CGSrs5tDz9 🔥Découvrez le design de la collection #ParisRoubaix , un hommage au mythique Vélodrome André-Pétrieux 👉 https://t.co/CGSrs5tDz9 pic.twitter.com/VzEV3JObLJ — Paris-Roubaix (@parisroubaix) April 4, 2024

Apparently inspired by the boards of the Roubaix velodrome, our own VecchioJo reckons it looks like a front room floor made from upcycled velodrome planks (though he says he quite likes it, so there’s a glimpse of what Jo’s house must look like).

I for one can’t wait for next year’s ‘Arenberg Chicane’ jersey…

Arenberg this, and Arenberg that – but maybe we should be paying more attention to some of the other sectors this weekend at Paris-Roubaix, including this brutally muddy corner between Haveluy and Wallers, the stretch of cobbles immediately preceding the infamous forest:

Une photo prise hier du secteur 20 de #ParisRoubaix , de Haveluy à Wallers, avec beaucoup de boue. Pour rappel, ce secteur intervient juste avant la Trouée d'Arenberg. pic.twitter.com/5CKIhZMTvW — Le Gruppetto (@LeGruppetto) April 3, 2024

Local newspaper reports in France have also noted that the pavé in general at the moment is “damp, muddy, and dangerous” after a winter punctuated by persistent flooding, with more rain expected to fall tomorrow and Sunday.

The especially damp nature of the Paris-Roubaix cobbles this spring was verified to us by Canyon-Sram’s wunderkind Zoe Bäckstedt – who knows a thing or two about handling her bike in tricky conditions – on this week’s episode of the road.cc Podcast (which should be coming your way very soon).

“We’ve done a couple of recons and it’s been quite wet on the cobbles,” the British star said.

“And when I say quite wet, I mean puddles everywhere, to the point where you couldn’t even see where the cobbles were anymore, so you’re just riding and hoping you don’t fall off.”

Is only the second properly muddy Paris-Roubaix in two decades on the cards?

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Bora-Hansgrohe have issued an update this lunchtime on the condition of their German Tour de France stage winner Lennard Kämna, who was struck by a motorist while training in Tenerife yesterday.

Bora say Kämna suffered “numerous” injuries in the collision, which according to the team occurred when the driver of an oncoming vehicle turned left into the cyclist’s lane and hit him. The 27-year-old was riding as part of a Bora training group, accompanied by team coaches, at the time of the crash, though no other riders or coaches were involved.

The German squad also revealed that Kämna is currently in “stable condition” in hospital, and is “awake, responsive, and able to communicate”.

“He is receiving very good care in the hospital on Tenerife and will be monitored in the intensive care unit over the next few days. Members of his family and the team are with him,” the team said in a statement.

Bora-Hansgrohe team manager Ralph Denk added: “We are relieved that Lennard’s condition has stabilized after this serious accident and that he is doing well under the circumstances.

“The whole team feels for him, and we all wish him a speedy recovery. From the team side, we will continue to do everything necessary to ensure that he makes a full recovery from this accident. That’s all that matters now, anything else can wait.”

I know all the focus at the minute is on the inherent dangers of Paris-Roubaix, but the Tour of the Basque Country certainly hasn’t been one for the fainthearted so far, with crashes blighting the race’s opening two road stages.

And with Primož Roglič bandaged up in yellow and deemed good to go, the Ineos Grenadiers’ young Spaniard Carlos Rodríguez also joined the ranks of the pedalling wounded this morning, showing off the rather gnarly hand injury he sustained in a crash during yesterday’s run-in…

Heridas de guerra 🤕💪🏼 A pesar de las heridas que sufrió en la etapa de ayer, @_rccarlos tomará la salida en la etapa de hoy. 🏆 @bancosabadell #Itzulia2024 pic.twitter.com/45rMbQnxux — Itzulia Basque Country (@ehitzulia) April 4, 2024

I think I’ll just leave this particularly baffling Twitter exchange here…

That’s an accident,not a deliberate act unlike those wankers on their bikes. — Stephen king (@Stephen92165934) April 3, 2024

Cheers Stephen Bunch of Numbers, top class input there.

In case you missed it last night, we reported on the curious, and downright baffling, case of a Colchester cyclist who was left stunned when she was handed a £100 Fixed Penalty Notice by a council warden who claimed that she was “riding on the footpath” – despite the path in question being designated as a shared-use cycle route since 2011.

The fiasco has also raised concerns about the use of Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in the city – ostensibly to stop people on bikes riding in an annoying, intimidating, or damaging manner – against cyclists riding safely and considerately.

And this morning, a spokesperson for Colchester City Council got back to us, admitting that the penalty notice in question was an “error” and “inappropriate”, and announcing that they are working with Colchester-based cyclists to “ensure clear signage and consistent enforcement across the city”.

Read more: > “Why pick on a lone female cyclist?” Cyclist slapped with £100 fine – for riding on a cycle path

“We appreciate the Colchester Cycling Campaign bringing this matter to our attention,” the spokesperson said.

“On this specific occasion, following a review of the circumstances surrounding the FPN, it was determined that a penalty notice was not appropriate.

“We will be reviewing our internal procedures to minimise the chance of similar errors occurring in the future.

“PSPOs are important tools to ensure the safety and enjoyment of public spaces for all users. We are committed to working collaboratively with Colchester Cycling Campaign and other stakeholders to ensure clear signage and consistent enforcement across the city.

“We apologise for any inconvenience caused to the cyclist involved. We are committed to providing safe and accessible cycling routes for everyone in Colchester.”

In happier news for Bora-Hansgrohe, the squad’s stage racing talisman Primož Roglič is set to start today’s fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, despite suffering cuts and bruising on his right side during yesterday’s stage to Altsasu.

Roglič is leading the relentless hilly stage race after a blistering opening time trial – despite a late detour off course – but became the latest victim of what has been a crash-marred event after sliding out yesterday on a left-hand bend, footage of which was captured by a fan:

Video of the crash of Primož Roglič 😱 #Itzulia2024 pic.twitter.com/4eGf9lKUPY — Lukáš Ronald Lukács (@lucasaganronald) April 3, 2024

Despite suffering several cuts in the crash, and ripping a good portion of his jersey and shorts to shreds, the misfortune-prone Slovenian continued to battle near the front, finishing in 18th behind stage winner Quinten Hermans and retaining his overall lead.

“Initial examinations indicate that Primož suffered superficial wounds on his right side, contusions and bruising. A roadside assessment excluded concussion,” Bora said in a statement last night, adding that Roglič was also taken to hospital for further examinations.

But this morning, the team confirmed that the 34-year-old had recovered sufficiently to start today’s stage to Leguito, which features a potential GC-changing nine per cent climb just ten kilometres from the finish.

A typical Roglič day then…

Yesterday, Bora-Hansgrohe’s Lennard Kämna became another member of the increasingly large bunch of pro cyclists injured while training in recent years, after the team announced that the German was involved in a “traffic accident” while training in Tenerife yesterday.

The 27-year-old, a stage winner at all three grand tours, was taking part in an altitude camp on the Spanish island when the collision took place and is currently in hospital.

“Today we were unfortunately reminded once again how dangerous our sport can be,” Bora said in a statement.

“Lennard Kämna was involved in a traffic accident today that occurred during a training ride on Tenerife. He is currently in hospital for further examinations. More details asap. Get well soon Lenny!”

How to create beautiful and sustainable urban transport: 1️⃣ Put trams on a carpet of grass 2️⃣ Put cyclists on a carpet of red asphalt 3️⃣ Combine 1 and 2 pic.twitter.com/yVaAUiNEsh — De Filmende Fietser (@FilmendeFietser) April 3, 2024

See kids, this is why you don’t believe everything the road book tells you.

Because, according to the organisers of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s Cup Tour of Thailand (to give the stage race its full name), stage three’s final climb to Ban Rak Thai was supposed to average 10.4 per cent over its 4km length, with the route profile even pointing out that the first 1.2km of the climb average over 12 per cent.

So, extremely tough indeed.

But one thing the organisers failed to highlight was a particularly nasty 600m section averaging 17 per cent, and topping out at over 20, which – if this clip is anything to go by – seemed to take more than a few riders by surprise:

Today's uphill finish in Tour of Thailand, nice murito. Soon to be seen in Vuelta a Espana. 🐐 🎥 @ciclodelmundo pic.twitter.com/ZEDk5CypO6 — Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) April 3, 2024

After the tarmac Koppenberg was over and done with, home rider Peerapol Chawchiangkwang – who rather accurately described the climb as “hell” on Strava – outsprinted 31-year-old Dutchman Adne van Engelen for the win.

Today’s much less ferocious fourth stage was won by Australian-born Irish rider Jesse Ewart in a small group sprint, while poor Peerapol lost the leader’s jersey to Van Engelen, his legs presumably still stinging from the previous day.

Ryan joined road.cc in December 2021 and since then has kept the site’s readers and listeners informed and enthralled (well at least occasionally) on news, the live blog, and the road.cc Podcast. After boarding a wrong bus at the world championships and ruining a good pair of jeans at the cyclocross, he now serves as road.cc’s senior news writer. Before his foray into cycling journalism, he wallowed in the equally pitiless world of academia, where he wrote a book about Victorian politics and droned on about cycling and bikes to classes of bored students (while taking every chance he could get to talk about cycling in print or on the radio). He can be found riding his bike very slowly around the narrow, scenic country lanes of Co. Down.

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I'm quite a driver turning into a cyclist's path was the danger, not the sport.

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I'd be prepared to bet that it was a British tourist in a hire car. The attitude of not giving a shit about people on bikes coupled with the impaired hazard perception of driving on the right is not a good combination. 

The sport is dangerous, because it is done in between that type of drivers.

That "pothole" drain cover combo on the first corner looks like it'll catch a few 

What we needed: motor traffic reduction and a network of safe, convenient routes for cycling .

What we got: cyclists being fined for riding on shared-use footways followed by “We are working to ensure clear signage and consistent enforcement across the city”.

Pretty much sums up the last quarter- or maybe half-century of the UK's "encouraging cycling" approach.

Meanwhile, in The Netherlands (as the earlier article says):

1) Put trams on a carpet of grass 2) Put cyclists on a carpet of red asphalt

3) Put a nice paved path next to a water feature and some trees, farthest from the road. 4) Combine 1, 2, 3

OR (something more like the Colchester situation ):  reduce an urban dual carriageway to one lane in each direction and use the extra space for greenery, cycling and walking.

cycling gonna cycling, changing the rules a few days prior to the event, was there a vote with all riders to make this change which got 50+% ? or did a few complain and it was changed, not like the route in to the forest hasn't been known for... years. Its going to be madness fighting to be first in to that right turn and if you're 20+ place going in to it maybe just get in to the team car at the end of the forest as you're going to be out of the race 

It was put to each team by their nominated CPA representative, so yeah, all riders should have been involved. As I recall, all teams were in favour except a couple which didn't care.

I'm scheduled to be riding into the Arenberg trench on Saturday morning so I'll let you all know next week what the chicane feels like! Although I'll be doing it at approx half pro speed.

But with hundreds of people (and a lot with questionable bike handling skills)  trying to squeeze through it :-0

You'll be fine. Momentum is your friend. Secret is keep the gear high and the power high, then you just need to avoid people taking it slowly. 

bobbypuk wrote: You'll be fine. Momentum is your friend. Secret is keep the gear high and the power high, then you just need to avoid people taking it slowly. 

That's not really going to help with the new chicane though. 

Thanks guys, I'm sure I'll be fine. Will update from hospital next week to confirm.

What an extraordinary decision for the entrance to the Arenberg. I assumed it was going to be a sort of flick-flack left-right chicane which might take off 15-20 km/h from the entry speed, instead it's going to be a come to a dead stop and queue up. One accepts that punctures and crashes are all part of Roubaix but anyone who has the misfortune to puncture within 10 km of the Arenberg on Sunday may as well get off and go home. Hopefully three days of thinking might come up with a better alternative; as Brendan Behan used to say, Jesus judge what could be worse.

That's no chicane.....

I'm no racer but to my feeble mind won't this now just add even more panic & determination to get to the "chicane" first?  I mean, imagine the time you'll lose by being toward the back of the pack entering it given the inevitable squeeze & carnage.  If he gets there first,  VdP will out of the Arenberg before some of them make it through (perhaps a slight exaggeration, but the point stands).

Then again, it might encourage some longer range action, or not...

Clem Fandango wrote: If he gets there first,  VdP will out of the Arenberg before some of them make it through (perhaps a slight exaggeration, but the point stands).

Probably not an exaggeration, the KoM for the Arenberg is 2:46, with 175 riders (minus wastage) queuing up to get through the turnstile one could easily see the back markers taking virtually that time to get through.

This wasn't the favoured option. the number one option was to detour by the mining museum roads first, but that wasn't possible this year. Maybe next year that's what we'll see. A more "natural" set of turns would give a better flow than the almost dead stop this chicane will create.

Maybe it's time for road.cc's April Fool to become reality: have a line 5km out and from there to the Arenberg it's a 40km/h speed limit, any riders breaking it subject to a suitable stop and go penalty. They've all got Garmins or equivalent and the technology exists for that to be available to third parties (as we see on the TV when sometimes we get to see power figures), why not? The order they go into the Arenberg could then be jostled for 5km out on tarmac. Might sound daft but a lot less daft than what they have come up with.

When I first read the story I was convinced it was an April fools story.

Watching some of the unguarded street furniture surprising riders in recent races compared with the entrance to Arenberg which they all know and expect. I know which seem safer to me.

If the riders don't like it, they should organise a protest, and all dismount and walk their bikes through it.

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