The third stage of the Tour de France at this time is the primary alternative for the race’s sprinters to assert victory. It is the third day of the Italian Grand Deépart, and winds its manner from the beginning in Piacenza to Turin, protecting 230.8km earlier than the race heads again into France.
Belgian dash star Jasper Philipsen, already a winner of six phases of the Tour and the inexperienced jersey in 2023, will certainly be aiming for victory at this time. His Alpecin-Deceuninck group will probably be doing all they will to make sure the stage ends in a dash shootout.
Philipsen’s Alpecin group are sponsored by German model Canyon, and the complete group is aboard an as-yet-unreleased Canyon Aeroad, which was first noticed on the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier this summer season. Cyclingnews’ Associate Editor Josh Croxton is on the bottom on the Tour, compiling a bumper Tour de France Grand Départ tech gallery, and amid the chaos of driving from resort to resort, he managed to seize Philipsen’s bike and take some pictures forward of the race kick-off in Florence on Saturday.
Unlike Lidl-Trek, who performed with onlookers by placing each Madone and Emonda stickers on their newest new bike (spoiler: it was the brand new Madone), the ‘Aeroad’ mannequin title sticker on the highest tube removes any potential doubt of what this new bike is precisely. Although, that a lot was already evident from the similarities to the prevailing Aeroad.
This bike seems to have obtained refinements, fairly than an enormous overhaul, the headtube space, seatstay – seat tube junction and chainstays seem to have obtained consideration, and it appears to be like like there is a new built-in Canyon handlebar that has a stem with a detrimental slope, we assume to make the entrance finish of Canyon’s aero race bike even quicker. This is marked up because the CP0049, totally different to the CP0015 utilized by professionals with the prevailing Aeroad, and likewise totally different from the already-spotted CP0039 ‘Gear Groove’ handlebar that was launched alongside the Grizl.
If you wish to study extra in regards to the bikes each group within the race is utilizing, head to our Tour de France bikes information. We’ve additionally executed the sums to work out the price of a Tour de France bike.
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