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Category: Grand Tour

The Grand Tours define cycling history. Follow DMCX coverage of the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España with bike specification checks, rider setups, and team insights.

  • Vuelta a España 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    Vuelta a España 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    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.

    Looking for the latest? Check out the Vuelta a España 2025: Teams, Riders & Bikes Ultimate Guide here.

    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.

    Vuelta a España 2021 team bikes and riders list is linked here: What are pros racing on the Vuelta a Espana 2021 ?

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  • Giro d’Italia 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    Giro d’Italia 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    This post is dedicated to the Giro d’Italia 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list. By clicking on each name you can see the rider’s bike size and specification.

    I am trying to complete the information on this page as an ongoing basis. Keep coming back to this page and you will eventually find the complete Giro d’Italia peloton’s bikes size and specification.

    The 2020 Giro d’Italia edition start has been delayed and is held from October 3rd till 25th included. The mountain stages in the 3rd week might have snow at this time of the year.

    I think the Giro d’Italia is usually harder and the most spectacular of the 3 Grand Tours. Most of the stages are designed to initiate riders action and this year race keeps up with Giro’s Spirit.

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  • Tour de France 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    Tour de France 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list

    This post is dedicated to the Tour de Tour de France 2020’s Team Bikes and Riders Start list. By clicking on each name you can see the rider’s bike size and specification.

    I am trying to complete the information on this page on an ongoing basis. Keep coming back to this page you will eventually find the complete Tour de France peloton’s bikes size and specification.

    The 2020 Tour de France edition is the first time the Grand Tour is starting at the end of the month of August. It has never been scheduled 2 months later than original planned and never started so late.

    You might also be interested in the Tour de France 2022.

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  • Tour de France 2019 Bikes and Teams

    Tour de France 2019 Bikes and Teams

    I am writing about the Tour de France 2019 Bikes and Teams. That’s 176 pro riders who took the start of the 2019 Tour de France 2019 on July 6th.

    As the racers embark on a 3 weeks race journey over a great variety of roads I will keep close eyes on their bike settings.
    Not all bikes are the same even within the same team and no two bikes have the same setup.
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  • Giro D’Italia 2019 Bikes Teams & Stages Details

    The elevator speech to present the 102nd edition of the mythical Giro D’Italia is 3 weeks of racing across Italia beautiful landscape with 18 teams composed of 8 riders starting the race and hoping to cover a total of 3,518.5 km and 21 stages which are 3 Individual Time Trial (TT) stages, 6 low difficulties stages, 7 medium difficulties stages, 5 high difficulties stages.

    The Giro D’Italia is the first of the three “Grand Tours” of the season. The Giro is exciting to watch as the scenery is fantastic and the roads style makes it “nervous” and filled with action racing.

    You might be interested in Giro d’Italia 2022’s Team Bikes and Riders.

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