{"id":234438,"date":"2025-10-30T18:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234438\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:06:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T18:06:20","slug":"the-gear-that-triumphed-in-the-mens-worldtour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/234438\/","title":{"rendered":"The gear that triumphed in the men&#8217;s WorldTour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Pogacar-S4-TdF.jpg\" alt=\"Recipe for success: The gear that triumphed in the men's WorldTour\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/tech-features\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tech features<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__sub-title\">The winners, losers, and equipment trends of the 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alex Hunt\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"author__photo lazy \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Alex-Hunt-150x150.png\" width=\"99\" height=\"99\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cor Vos<\/p>\n<p>UAE Team Emirates-XRG didn\u2019t just dominate the WorldTour in 2025 \u2013 it pulled a suite of sponsors along for the ride. From Colnago to Continental, the team\u2019s record-setting success (97 wins, including events raced as national teams) turned equipment partners into season-long winners. Victories belong not only to riders and teams, but also to the brands stamped across their bikes, components, wheels, and tyres.<\/p>\n<p>WorldTour racing has always been as much a marketing exercise as a sport, and in 2025 that symbiosis was on full display. Between the Tour Down Under and the Tour of Guangxi, every victory told a story not just of athletic supremacy, but of equipment strategy and sponsorship return.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the dust has settled on another action-packed season, we can ask: what did it take to win in 2025? From UAE Team Emirates&#8217; victory haul to smaller-budget breakthroughs, here\u2019s what the year\u2019s WorldTour results reveal about the gear behind the glory.<\/p>\n<p>Bike brands\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Including stage race GC overall titles, there were 178 opportunities to stand atop a WorldTour podium in 2025. (Stages 11 and 21 of La Vuelta were cancelled, knocking two races off the total.)<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the season shook out across bike manufacturers of WorldTour teams:<\/p>\n<p>Bike brandWinsAverage wins per team<\/p>\n<p>Colnago4646<\/p>\n<p>Specialized2914.5<\/p>\n<p>Trek2020<\/p>\n<p>C\u00e9rvelo1919<\/p>\n<p>Canyon136.5<\/p>\n<p>Pinarello1313<\/p>\n<p>Giant77<\/p>\n<p>Cannondale66<\/p>\n<p>Merida33<\/p>\n<p>Van Rysel33<\/p>\n<p>Look22<\/p>\n<p>Wilier22<\/p>\n<p>X-Lab22<\/p>\n<p>Lapierre11<\/p>\n<p>Bianchi00<\/p>\n<p>Cube00<\/p>\n<p>12 wins also came from non-WorldTour teams. Ridley claimed four wins with Uno-X Mobility, Orbea added three wins with Lotto, BMC and Factor ended the season with two WorldTour wins each via Tudor and Israel-Premier Tech, respectively, and one win for Scott from Q36.5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the women\u2019s peloton, no single brand dominates the men\u2019s WorldTour to the same extent; Colnago&#8217;s haul accounts for 25.7% of WorldTour wins, but of note, all of that comes from one team, UAE, and so on a wins-per-team basis, the brand is far out front.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Y1Rs.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/>UAE Team Emirates-XRG claimed over 25% of all World Tour victories in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>Only Canyon and Specialized sponsor multiple men&#8217;s WorldTour teams (two each), leaving 16 bike brands in the mix, though not all of them managed to chalk up a win. Specialized\u2019s tally of 29 wins was split between Soudal-Quick Step and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, while C\u00e9rvelo and Trek, at 20 wins per brand, weren&#8217;t far behind despite sponsoring a single team each.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/the-winning-formula-what-equipment-dominated-the-2025-womens-worldtour\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>The winning formula: What equipment dominated the 2025 Women\u2019s WorldTour<\/p>\n<p>Behind every victory lies a web of technology that helps a rider cross the finish line first. Here\u2019s what really won in 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761847577_475_Specialized-TdFF.jpg\" alt=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display = 'none'\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the other end of the table, two brands will be closing out 2025 more disappointed than others. Bianchi and Cube were the only WorldTour-associated bike brands to finish the season without WorldTour victories as Ark\u00e9a-B&amp;B Hotels will close and Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty looks to merge with Lotto. Closing the season winless likely marks the end of the WorldTour journey for both brands, at least for now, as neither has a confirmed WorldTour team partner for 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Intermarche-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\"  \/>It was an unfruitful season for Cube, with Intermach\u00e9-Wanty not managing to claim a WorldTour win this season. <\/p>\n<p>For Bianchi, this is a continuation of struggles to claim wins in recent years, with the team winning a single WorldTour race last year, and none in 2023. For Cube, 2025 was a real downturn from the moderate success the brand experienced in 2024, with Biniam Girmay winning three stages of the Tour de France along with the green jersey, and a win at Itzulia Basque Country for Louis Meintjes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All-rounder or two-bike strategy?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest topics of discussion when looking across the equipment of the 2025 season is the win split between single-bike and multi-bike strategies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            This post is for paying subscribers only<br \/>\n            <a class=\"gh-btn\" data-portal=\"signup\" href=\"#\/portal\/signup\" style=\"color:#FF6F42\">Subscribe now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Already have an account? <a data-portal=\"signin\" href=\"#\/portal\/signin\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Did we do a good job with this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"reactions\" data-post-id=\"6901f6e23848b54c3db6d686\">\n                    \ud83d\udc4dYep<br \/>\n                    \ud83d\udc4eNope\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/tech-features\/\" title=\"Tech features\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f29566 tech-features\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tech features<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/pro-tech\/\" title=\"pro tech\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f2943a pro-tech\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pro tech<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/worldtour\/\" title=\"WorldTour\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f2964f worldtour\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WorldTour<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/specialized\/\" title=\"Specialized\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f29518 specialized\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Specialized<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/trek\/\" title=\"Trek\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f295c9 trek\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trek<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/colnago\/\" title=\"Colnago\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f290ee colnago\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colnago<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/shimano\/\" title=\"Shimano\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f294ee shimano\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shimano<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/sram\/\" title=\"SRAM\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f29525 sram\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SRAM<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/cervelo\/\" title=\"Cervelo\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f290bd cervelo\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cervelo<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/canyon\/\" title=\"Canyon\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f290a7 canyon\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canyon<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/continental\/\" title=\"Continental\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f290f6 continental\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Continental<\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/escapecollective.com\/tag\/enve\/\" title=\"Enve\" class=\"tag tag-67a677ae0c7ad49bf4f29186 enve\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enve<\/a>\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tech features The winners, losers, and equipment trends of the 2025 season. 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