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Video: The best do-it-all Tour de France race bikes - Specialized, Canyon, Pinarello, Trek, Wilier, Colnago & Bianchi
For the past few years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of teams that are offering just one bike to their riders for the majority of race days. The do-it-all race bike is back and we’d bet the mechanics of the Tour de France are rather happy about that. Here are some of the fastest in this year’s race.
We should point out right at the start that not all of our picks are the team’s only race bike option. Trek, for example, still offers its riders the Madone, but they’ve given the Emonda aero touches that make it suitable for the majority of stages. You’ll only see the faster riders on the Trek-Segafredo team opting for the more aero Madone.
The reason that the mechanics are going to be a bit happier with just one bike on offer comes down to simplicity. Just one type of road bike makes preparing for a race that bit easier. You only need spares of one frame model and that applies to all of the frame-specific parts like special seat posts and, increasingly these days, integrated handlebars.
Here's our pick of the best do-it-all race bikes in the 2021 Tour de France:
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7
Canyon Aeroad CFR
Pinarello Dogma
Get all of the tech details here
Trek Emonda
Wilier Filante
Colnago V3R
All of the juicy tech details are right here
Bianchi Specialissima
The 2021 Specialissima is the first with disc brakes for the Italian brand
There’s our pick of the best all-rounders in the tour de France peloton! Obviously, there are more bikes we could have talked about: the Cannondale SuperSix Evo, the Factor Ostro VAM, the BMC TeamMachine SLR, the Scott Addict… the list goes on. Let us know which one is your favourite in the comments below, we're sure you’ll all agree!
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