{"id":33391,"date":"2025-07-30T03:50:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33391\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:50:15","slug":"the-green-jersey-that-never-was-jasper-philipsens-canyon-aeroad-cfr-for-the-2025-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/33391\/","title":{"rendered":"The green jersey that never was: Jasper Philipsen’s Canyon Aeroad CFR for the 2025 Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jasper Philipsen\u2019s Tour de France went from ecstasy, when he claimed the yellow jersey on stage 1, to agony when he crashed out having been brought down in the intermediate sprint on stage 3.<\/p>\n

For his brief Tour appearance, Philipsen was riding the Canyon Aeroad CFR<\/a> with a custom ‘MyCanyon’<\/a> design, which turned yellow for stage 2.<\/p>\n

His team leader\/lead-out man, Mathieu van der Poel\u2019s white Canyon Aeroad CFR<\/a> also intermittently turned yellow as he swapped leadership with Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> over the remainder of the first week, before himself abandoning the race on the second rest day.<\/p>\n

The CFR is Canyon\u2019s top-spec Aeroad frameset \u2013 CFR signifies Canyon Factory Racing \u2013 sitting above the CF SLX.<\/p>\n

At 7.89kg, Philipsen\u2019s size-M Aeroad was surprisingly heavy in its full race trim \u2013 given off-the-peg builds are claimed to weigh around 7kg. However, we suspect the sprinter-friendly wheels and tyres weren’t helping in this regard.<\/p>\n

Narrow bar but no flare
\n\"JasperPhilipsen had his drops at a 360mm width, but he wasn’t running Canyon’s aero drops. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

The Aeroad has Canyon\u2019s Performance Adaptive Cockpit Ecosystem (or PACE bar, for short), which enables you to widen or narrow the cockpit via two Torx bolts that hold the drops in place. Philipsen kept the Classic drops though, rather than swapping to the Aero drops, which are narrower at the tops and flare to the drops.<\/p>\n

Flared handlebars are now a feature of many pro bikes, providing a narrower, more aero position when riding on the tops, but still offering control when in the drops.<\/p>\n

\"JasperPhilipsen’s icy grey paintjob was from the ‘MyCanyon’ customisation programme. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media
\n\"JasperPhilipsen’s bike uses a -17 degree stem for a long and low position. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

Philipsen had his drops pushed in to their full extent, though, giving him a narrow, 360mm width across the tops, which he paired with a 120mm stem length. He also had the same, pro-only -17 degree stem angle as on Mathieu van der Poel’s Aeroad, offering a lower and more aggressive position than on stock bikes.<\/p>\n

Philipsen used Canyon\u2019s 3D-printed Forward AM computer mount, which has a claimed weight of only 17g.<\/p>\n

Standard 54\/40t chainrings
\n\"JasperPhilipsen’s bike had 54\/40t chainrings. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

Alpecin-Deceuninck run Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets<\/a> with a Dura-Ace power meter. Unusually for a sprinter, Philipsen\u2019s crankset for the Tour was fitted with 54\/40t chainrings. We saw several riders, including Soudal Quick\u2013Step sprinter Tim Merlier<\/a>, using larger, 56\/44t chainrings \u2013 which can offer a straighter chainline, as well as a potentially higher top gear for fast finishes.<\/p>\n

Philipsen paired his crankset to an 11-34t Dura-Ace cassette ahead of the Grand D\u00e9part in Lille. He was also using a waxed chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dura-Ace wheelset
\n\"JasperThe Dura-Ace C60 wheelset isn’t super-lightweight but is claimed by Shimano to be stiff. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

While many teams pair Dura-Ace groupsets to wheels from other brands, Philipsen\u2019s all Dura-Ace setup extended to his Dura-Ace C60 wheelset. With a claimed weight of 1,609g, they\u2019re not the lightest deep-section wheels, although Shimano claims extra stiffness from its thicker spokes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"JasperPhilipsen had Pirelli P Zero Race TLR RS tyres in a 30mm width. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

His wheels were completed with Pirelli P Zero Race TLR TS<\/a> tyres in a 30mm width, while Philipsen had a pair of Elite Custom Race X composite bottle cages, rather than lighter carbon cages.<\/p>\n

\"JasperPhilipsen used a Selle Italia saddle. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media<\/p>\n

While we’ve seen many pros on 3D-printed saddles, Philipsen chose a more traditional Selle Italia SLR Boost Kit Cabonio Superflow, with a foam top with Selle Italia’s signature cut-out.<\/p>\n

\"SimonIt wasn’t light, but Philipsen’s Canyon Aeroad CFR was fast enough to carry him to victory on stage 1. Ashley Quinlan \/ Our Media
\nSpecs | Jasper Philipsen\u2019s Canyon Aeroad CFR for the 2025 Tour de France<\/p>\n

Frameset: Canyon Aeroad CFR
\nGroupset: Shimano Dura-Ace with 11-34t cassette
\nWheelset: Shimano Dura-Ace C60
\nPower meter: Shimano Dura-Ace, 54\/40t
\nTyres: Pirelli P Zero Race TLR RS, 30mm
\nHandlebar: Canyon CP0048 CF
\nSeatpost: Canyon SP0077
\nSaddle: Selle Italia SLR Boost Kit Cabonio Superflow
\nBottle cages: Elite Custom Race X
\nPedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
\nWeight: 7.89kg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jasper Philipsen\u2019s Tour de France went from ecstasy, when he claimed the yellow jersey on stage 1, to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-33391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}