Making light work: how Tom Pidcock's Q36.5 Tour kit is designed to beat the heat
He couldn't sprint for the win on stage nine due to a problem with his shifter, but here we take a closer look at the gear Tom Pidcock is happy to be stuck in.…
Bike tech predictions for 2025 – lightweight is back, so are outrageous aero designs, there's a new 'WorldTour's most affordable bike' and Torx bolts rule
Simon Smythe predicts the biggest bike tech trends of 2025: the return of lightweight builds, radical aero designs, affordable WorldTour bikes, and the rise of Torx bolts.
By Simon Smythe
1 JANUARY 2025 | UPDATED 04.22 PM BST
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Pinarello reworks the Dogma X: race performance for a wider audience
The Dogma for everyday riders is packed with new and improved features including reconfigured X-Stays, aimed at delivering even more comfort and control on rou…
Why Olav Kooij’s signature-edition helmet gave him a ‘tactical advantage’ in the stage 5 sprint
Decathlon CMA CGM's new Dutch fastman has his own colourway – and there's a good reason for it, as he demonstrated when he won the first sprint stage in his de…
Reserve’s new 48|53 GR gravel race wheels: ‘Tour de France aerodynamics and World Cup XC capability’
Here's something you won't see on the roads of France in the next three weeks... but they're aiming for the top in gravel racing globally with a competitive de…
Climbing bikes are back: top contenders' bikes at the Tour de France prove that grams matter again
The dedicated climbing bike might have mostly disappeared from the pro peloton with more emphasis on aerodynamics than ever before, but lightweight bikes are m…
Is POC's radical new TT helmet, debuted at the Tour de France, the fastest yet?
POC was the first to bring out a modern, oversize, radical-looking TT helmet with the Tempor in 2012 – its striking replacement was spotted at the Tour de Fran…
New Shimano disc wheel and super-deep front at the Tour de France: is a new Dura-Ace range imminent?
All of the fuss and general media scrum at the Alpecin team hotel before the Barcelona TTT was around Van der Poel's bikes, but hiding in plain sight on the ro…
Scope's new TriSpoke: has Netcompany Ineos found its edge for Tour stage one?
Developed hand-in-hand with the WorldTour squad infamous for bringing the phrase “marginal gains” to the masses, the Scope TriSpoke prototype lands just as Net…
Vingegaard's Tour de France Nimbl x Nike Étoile shoes: is Nike back for good after more than a decade out?
The Swoosh returns as the Visma-Lease a Bike team prepare to roll out with some special, very shiny kicks
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In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
In printIssue 144
The Tour Issue
Le Tour de France: a race defined by colour, passion and history, whose drama and romance continue to shape the identity of cycling’s greatest stage.
