{"id":418753,"date":"2026-01-17T09:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418753\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T09:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T09:04:10","slug":"new-cannondale-supersix-evo-raced-at-tour-down-under","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/418753\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cannondale Supersix Evo raced at Tour Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team EF Education-Oatly has debuted a new Cannondale Supersix Evo race bike on stage 1 of the Women\u2019s Tour Down Under.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re on the ground at the Australian WorldTour curtain-raiser, and first spotted the new bike on top of team cars heading to the start of stage 1, and a little later when the EF Education-EasyPost men\u2019s riders rolled out for a pre-race training ride.<\/p>\n

The teams won’t share details about the new bike, but here\u2019s what we can tell so far.<\/p>\n

What we can see
\n\"UnreleasedWhile similar to the current SuperSix Evo, there are some noticeable tweaks with this new bike. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

The new bike doesn\u2019t rip up the previous Supersix rulebook \u2013 it looks incredibly similar at a glance \u2013 but it appears to have an updated tubeset, with a deeper, more concave headtube and reprofiled fork crown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It would be unsurprising if the new Supersix turned out to be more aerodynamically efficient. The rear triangle also looks remodelled, with a more pronounced curve, and a new downward kink towards the rear dropout.<\/p>\n

\"UnreleasedThe seatpost has been deepened and dropped the cutaway of the previous model, perhaps with a view to improve aerodynamics. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

The seat tube also looks to be inspired by the latest Synapse endurance bike<\/a>, with a thinner, flattened profile. This might hint towards a drive to improve compliance alongside better aerodynamics.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the driveside, it\u2019s possible to make out a universal derailleur hanger (UDH)<\/a> dropout. That’s not a shocking development given most new bikes use the standard. Incidentally, but perhaps linked, both teams have switched to SRAM for the 2026 race season.<\/p>\n

Riders are also using a new integrated handlebar. In previous years, the team has used Vision cockpits (along with the brand\u2019s wheels, which remain). The new cockpit is visually distinct from the previous bike\u2019s MOMO-developed SystemBar R-One handlebar, which ships with current top-spec SuperSix Evos.<\/p>\n

\"UnreleasedThe head tube has a more concave profile than before, and a new handlebar has appeared. Con Chronis \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Also notable is a tweaked seatpost design. Before, the seatpost tapered towards the head, but now it remains a uniform depth along its length.<\/p>\n

If Cannondale follows previous form, it will likely produce three variants of the SuperSix Evo \u2013 the Lab71 featuring its highest-grade carbon, and Hi-Mod and standard Carbon variants. Both EF Education-Oatly and EF Education-EasyPost riders are riding bikes branded \u2018Lab71\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"UnreleasedBoth teams have switched to SRAM drivetrains for 2026, with both natively using SRAM’s UDH design \u2013 on show here. Con Chronis \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team EF Education-Oatly has debuted a new Cannondale Supersix Evo race bike on stage 1 of the Women\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418754,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-418753","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}