Mark Cavendish has had just one purpose since claiming Tour de France stage win quantity 34 all the best way again in 2021: Adding yet another win to take the accolade of most stage wins of any rider in Tour de France historical past.
With 34 wins to his title, Cavendish was tied with legend Eddy Merckx, nonetheless on stage 5 of this 12 months’s Tour into Saint Vulbas he sprinted into the historical past books by taking win quantity 35.
The victory was one thing that the entire world of biking was overjoyed to see, with loads of riders taking to social media to rejoice the record-breaking stage win.
Ahead of the race’s Grand Depart from Florence Cavendish revealed the custom-painted Wilier Filante SLR that he can be rolling round France on. The black body provides technique to vibrant bursts of color in the direction of the entrance of the body, fork and bars.
The color palette used signifies the colors which have outlined Cavendish’s profession with the yellow and inexperienced each symbolising the jerseys that he has worn on the Tour de France. In 2016 Cavendish loved a stage one victory that put him within the yellow jersey for a single day, while he has loved a number of days in inexperienced, in the end claiming the factors classification general in 2011 and 2021.
The black, blue, and crimson make up the remaining colors of the UCI World Championship rainbow bands that Cavendish gained in Copenhagen again in 2011.
The Wilier Filante SLR is one among two bikes out there to Cavendish’s Astana Qazaqstan staff taking on obligations because the staff’s devoted aero bike. Although the Filante is undeniably an aero race machine it straddles the road between out and out aero bike and a extra versatile all-rounder.
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Wilier even states that the Filante SLR could be constructed as much as hit the UCI minimal weight restrict of 6.8kg. With the {custom} paint scheme and the construct Cavendish used for the stage, his bike got here in nearer to 7.6kg
The crimson, blue, yellow, inexperienced, and black colors characterize a mixture of the Tour de France jerseys Cavendish has worn and the colors of the UCI World Championship rainbow bands. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Wilier makes an built-in bar for the Filante SLR, nonetheless going by the form of the bars and the highest cap it seems like Cavendish is utilizing Vision’s newest Metron 5D Evo. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Cavendish was working 28mm Vitoria Corsa Pro TLR tyres mounted to Vision’s Metron 60 SL wheels. These wheels characteristic a 33mm exterior rim width which goals to extend the aerodynamics of the system when used with wider tyres. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)On the fork leg beneath the fading explosion of color is Mark Cavendish’s private emblem highlighting precisely who this bike belongs to. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Cavendish had a 55-42 Dura-Ace chainset with an built-in dual-sided energy meter fitted to the bike. Paired with the monstrous chainrings is an 11-34 tooth cassette. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)To the unassuming eye, this saddle seems to be a Prologo as the emblem would recommend nonetheless in the direction of the nostril of the saddle you may see the faint indicators of a distinct emblem being lined over. The saddle is definitely a Fizik Antares – With saddles being such a private merchandise prime riders are sometimes permitted to go towards sponsor manufacturers to search out the best one for them. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Mounting to the underside of the Vision Metron 5D EVO bars is a tidy bike pc mount. The staff makes use of Garmin head items with the place of the mount suggesting that Cavendish makes use of the bigger 1040 mannequin. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)The shiny end of the custom-painted body is immaculate with the fork, body and bars all seamlessly mixing into each other. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Garmin subsidiary Tacx provides Cavendish along with his bottle cages. The Deva Carbon are the go-to selection in a shiny black end that’s in step with the rear half of his bike. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)It isn’t just the body, fork, and bars that get the {custom} remedy. The Vision Metron 60 SL wheels additionally characteristic blue and yellow {custom} decals. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)It seems like there have been no valve extenders used right here with the valve solely simply poking via the rim. It may make it slightly extra fiddly to inflate the tyre however it does hold the rotational mass as little as attainable. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)Cavendish definitely has some of the distinctive {custom} paint schemes we’ve got seen and it is just becoming for the outright stage win document holder. (Image credit score: Josh Croxton)
