Tag: road bike racing

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

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

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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 Grant 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.

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Vincenzo Nibali’s 2021 Trek Émonda Bike size

Vincenzo Nibali’s 2021 Trek Émonda Bike size

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This post is dedicated to Vincenzo Nibali’s 2021 Trek Émonda bike size and set up. Consider it as a technical chat over a cup of coffee as there are no pictures of the rider, his bike and/or the rider riding his bike.

Vincenzo Nibali is racing the UCI World tour seasons 2020 and 2021 for the team Trek-Segafredo. He is officially riding the new 2021 Trek Émonda SLR road bike since June 2020. 

The Sicilian pro rider nicknamed the “Shark of Messina” for his fast attacks on critical climbs and sharp handling in downhill led him wins several prestigious stages and races including two Giro D’Italia (2013 / 2016) and one Tour de France (2014). 

I really like Vincenzo Nibali riding style as he is in the line of the stylish Italian riders, well positioned on his bike for effective climbs and fast descent. Only a handful of Pro riders can rival with Vincenzo Nibali in a tight cornered descents, assuming they reached the summit together.

This introduction explains why Vincenzo is racing on Trek’s lightest road bike model, the Émonda SLR Disc 2021.

By reading further you will find:

  • What is Vincenzo Nibali’s 2021 Trek Bike size ?
  • Which Trek Émonda to select if you are 1m81?
  • How did Vincenzo Nibali set us his Trek racing bike ?
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Andre Greipel’s Factor One 2020

Andre Greipel’s Factor One 2020

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Factor bicycles from UK is the official bike supplier to the new UCI World Tour professional Team Israel Start-Up Nation.

The 184cm tall German sprinter Andre Greipel has joined  the Israel Start-Up Nation team and will be racing mainly on the top of the range Aero Road bike Factor One. He will be using the Factor Slick for Time Trial stages but I will focus on his main bike in this article.

On this article you will find all the details about Andre Greipel 2020 Road Bike size and specifications.

  • Andre Greipel measure 184cm tall
  • He ride 202 on a 54cm Factor One Disc carbon bike
  • The Shimano Dura Ace crank length is 175mm
  • The Shimano Dura Ace Di2 gear set up is 55/42T by 11-30T
  • The Factor stem length is 120cm
  • The Factor handlebar width is 42cm
  • Tires are tubular and Tubeless from Maxxis tires
  • Andre’s bike weight 7.8kg with the 60mm Black inc wheels

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Caleb Ewan’s Ridley Noah Fast Disc 2020 Bike Size

Caleb Ewan’s Ridley Noah Fast Disc 2020 Bike Size

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The trend among the World Tour peloton is most teams will race the full season on disc brake bikes, leaving the good old rim brakes.

Caleb Ewan is racing on disc brakes type Ridley Noah Fast size XS (51cm) for the 2020 season. It is the same size as last year except for the fork rake.

The talented Australian sprinter I’d 165cm tall and has the less drag when sprinting against current world tour sprinters thank to his small size but also sprinting position.

The disc brake version is approximately 500gr heavier than the rim brake version due to the extra weight of the disc rotors and brake calipers.

The frame features Ridley’s “F-Tubing” which are teardrop shaped main tubes to optimize aerodynamics.

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Watch the UCI World Tour 2019

Watch the UCI World Tour 2019

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Every year I watch most of the UCI World Tour race live as they are broadcasted on most of the organizing countries national TVs. The good side of being in Japan is that all European races live broadcast correspond to the evening in Japan.

The 2019 UCI World Tour includes one day “Classic” races and goes up to three weeks “Grand Tour” like the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. Read more →