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This post is dedicated to the Giro d’Italia 2021’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list. It is an ongoing project started and I will try to keep this page updated as time goes.
The 2021 Giro d’Italia edition starts May 8th with an Individual Time Trial (ITT) and ends on May 30th in Milano with another ITT.
As they say in finance, past performances doesn’t guarantee future results. Each edition of the Giro is unpredictable and I feel it is even more prevalent since 2020.
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This post is dedicated to the Vuelta a España 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list. By clicking on each name you can see the rider’s bike size and specification. Eventually I will have all the data for each riders updated but you need to be patient as it takes a lot of time.
This year is it the 75th edition of the Vuelta ciclista a España. It is overlapping with the 3rd week of the Giro 2020.
Traditionally the Vuelta mark the end of the Grand Tours season and more this year than most of the time due to the shortened racing season.
The Vuelta a España offers splendid landscape which makes it a pleasure to watch like the two other Grand Tours.
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This is Domenico Pozzovivo’s BMC Teammachine Bike Size 2021.
Domenico Pozzovivo is racing the season 2020-2021 UCI World Tour with NTT Pro cycling team. He is racing on the new BMC Teammachine SLR 01 Disc throughout the whole season.
The team NTT arrived on the Tour de France 2020 with the new BMC teammachine SLR 01 Disc. Visually the new bikes are black color with a red stem and top tube. The other change is a switch from Rotor crankset to the Shimano Dura Ace.
While the team has access to Enve Tubeless and tubulars, the Italian climber races mainly on Vittoria Corsa 25mm tubulars. 28mm section are fitted on classic races.
By reading further you will enjoy more specific details about Domenico Pozzovivo’s BMC Teammachine Bike Size 2021:
This is Arnaud Démare’s Lapierre Bike size 2021.
The talented French sprinter is racing on the new Lapierre Aircode DRS 2021 for the team Groupama FDJ.
The Lapierre Aircode DRS 2021 has been seen on some spring races before the 2020 season got into a forced break. The bike was ready for official release and the Lapierre’s managers did hold on the official release until racing resumed. The Aircode DRS 2021 finally has been officially released in September 2020.
The geometry has changed slightly compare than its predecessor. It got a more aggressive geometry with a steeper seat angle and longer reach. Yet the comfort has been enhanced at the same time with the seat stays meeting the top tube. Lapierre claims this does improve the comfort by 12%. I am not sure how to measure this, but any form of comfort is welcome.
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This is Peter Sagan’s Tarmac SL7 2021 Bike Size as he races during 2020 and 2021 season with Bora – Hangrohe team.
The Whole team rides the 2021 Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 since December 2019 however the bike is officially retail stores since summer 2020. The Tarmac SL7 does replace the Tarmac SL6 and… Peter’s beloved Venge too.
To make it short, the Tarmac SL7 is taking the best of both models, lightweight Tarmac SL6 and Aero Venge. The Tarmac SL7 is presented as a “Do-it-all”, more aero than the SL6 and yet still light and stiff enough to suit the climbers and sprinters of the team.
It is also making logistic more simple for Bora – Hansgrohe team to carry only one time of bike for the whole team, it does simplify bike swaps on the go as long as size is close enough to fit the needy rider.
Read further to discover nerdy stuff about Peter Sagan’s new favorite S-Works bike.