The radical silhouette of the Colnago Y1Rs caught out within the peloton on the UAE Tour Women 2025. Its looping handlebars had been an unlimited distinction towards the array of traditional flat aero bars, and naturally, Tiffany Cromwell’s flared gravel bar. The bike was unmissable.
The race noticed the quickest stage ever in ladies’s WorldTour racing recorded on stage 2, and it was UAE Team ADQ riders on their Y1Rs’ who had been instrumental in setting the file, an apt baptism for the bike’s first WorldTour outing.
On stage 2, teammates Elisa Longo Borghini, Lara Gillespie, and Karlijn Swinkels led the breakaway and stepped on the gasoline from the very first kilometre, hitting a mean of 48.407 km/h.
But the Y1R’s success went additional. Elisa Longo Borghini received the General Classification, whereas teammate Silvio Persico was additionally on the GC podium. The flat roads of the UAE had been the proper first outing for the radical-looking bike.
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Launched in December final 12 months, the Colnago Y1Rs despatched ripples via the trade because the bike ditched the traditional principal triangle form, in favour of an irregular pentagon.
Colnago mentioned it fully refined its CFD modelling to create what it calls ‘essentially the most aerodynamic UCI-compliant street bike within the World Tour’.
This is the aggressive velocity machine of the UAE Tour Women 2025 winner Elisa Longo Borghini.
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Longo Borghini’s built-in cockpit with the CC.Y1 V-shaped handlebar would not look as radical from above, however its V form slopes up and ahead from the fork crown like a hen’s wing form. Colnago calls this the Wynd form.
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The downtube options an built-in bottle cage, which matches the form of the body and can also be mentioned to cut back the drag attributable to the bottles.
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UAE Team ADQ is a Shimano-sponsored crew, therefore the Dura-Ace R9100 12-speed crankset, with 54/40 tooth chainset, a standard WorldTour racing setup.
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Peeking out from below the bar tape are Shimano’s dash shifters that enable Longo Borghini to shift within the drops.
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The Enve SES 4.5 wheels supply a light-weight and tubeless setup with deep part rims and are made for velocity and the graceful asphalt of the UAE.
They have a 25mm inside rim width and a 32mm exterior width optimised to be used with wider tyres. Longo Borghini was working the Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT, the model’s quickest street bike tyre.
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The pronounced kink is kind of dramatic amidst the seatpost which is about again from the staggered seat tube. Colnago claims that provides vertical compliance for a extra snug experience, regardless of the aero tube shapes.
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The seat tube can also be very brief which helps defend the rear wheel from the wind, important when taking up the crosswinds of the UAE.
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Longo Borghini rides the Fi’zi:okay Vento Antares 00 saddle, which has a full carbon shell and rails and injected EVA-padding. Fi’zi:okay is a brand new sponsor for the crew this 12 months.
