{"id":30534,"date":"2025-07-29T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30534\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T07:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T07:25:13","slug":"the-bike-that-won-the-2025-tour-de-france-pogacars-yellow-colnago-y1rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/30534\/","title":{"rendered":"The bike that won the 2025 Tour de France \u2013 Poga\u010dar’s yellow Colnago Y1Rs"},"content":{"rendered":"

In time-honoured tradition, Tadej Poga\u010dar rolled into Paris yesterday aboard a custom yellow-themed bike to celebrate his latest overall victory at the Tour de France.<\/p>\n

As he has done for every road stage at this year\u2019s race, Poga\u010dar rode Colnago\u2019s Y1Rs aero road bike<\/a>, adorned with ENVE wheels, a Shimano Dura-Ace groupset and a full complement of high-end components.<\/p>\n

As the first reigning UCI world road champion to win the Tour since Greg Lemond in 1989, Poga\u010dar\u2019s bike also gets the rainbow treatment.<\/p>\n

Given the additional paint (and a couple of other spec changes), we suspect this yellow bike is a decent bit heavier than the all-black Colnago Y1Rs<\/a> Poga\u010dar rode during the second half of the race.<\/p>\n

Could this additional weight have been the reason Poga\u010dar wasn\u2019t able to follow Wout van Aert\u2019s<\/a> vicious attack on the cobbled climb to Montmartre?<\/p>\n

Probably not, but either way, we\u2019re sure Poga\u010dar will sleep soundly with his haul of the yellow and polka dot jerseys<\/a>, plus four stage wins, from this year\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

A fresh spec for Paris
\n\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar’s yellow Colnago Y1Rs got a freh lick of paint and a few spec changes for the final stage into Paris. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Fizza<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar opting for his Y1Rs aero bike for the final stage means his superlight Colnago V5Rs<\/a> \u2013 which weighed less than 6.8kg at this year\u2019s Grand D\u00e9part<\/a>, according to our scales \u2013 didn\u2019t get a single run-out at this year\u2019s race.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been much talk about this over the last three weeks, as Poga\u010dar and his closest rival, Jonas Vingegaard have posted record times up some of France\u2019s most famous mountains<\/a> using aero rather than climbing bikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With some modern aero bikes pushing under 7kg and race speeds so high, though, it seems there\u2019s little to gain from riding a lightweight bike \u2013 at least if you\u2019re fast enough to challenge for overall victory at the Tour.<\/p>\n

\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar’s yellow Colnago Y1Rs also features rainbow highlights. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Fizza
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar used Continental’s new Archetype tyres for the final stage. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Leon Van Bon<\/p>\n

Yet while the V5Rs remained in the team truck, the final stage saw Poga\u010dar finally roll out on his new Continental Archetype tyres<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although these launched to much fanfare before the Tour, Poga\u010dar spent the vast majority of the race using Continental\u2019s lighter and faster GP5000 TT TR tyres, paired with ENVE\u2019s new SES 4.5 Pro wheels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whether the switch for the final stage was a performance-based decision or one made simply to please team sponsors is unclear.<\/p>\n

We suspect, however, that his hand may have been forced by ENVE supplying the special yellow and rainbow decals on a set of wider SES 4.5 wheels \u2013 as the 25mm-internal width rims aren\u2019t compatible with the GP5000 TT TR tyres, which only come in 25 and 28c sizes.<\/p>\n

\"TadejPoga\u010dar’s Shimano Dura-Ace groupset is upgraded with CarbonTi parts. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Leon Van Bon
\n\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar is the first world road champion to win the Tour since 1989. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Leon Van<\/p>\n

As with the added weight from the paint, it\u2019s a change that likely didn\u2019t make much (if any) difference in the end \u2013 given Poga\u010dar won the Tour by more than four minutes.<\/p>\n

Finishing off the build is a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 groupset<\/a> complete with CarbonTi chainrings, a Fizik 3D-printed saddle<\/a> and Shimano Dura-Ace pedals.<\/p>\n

In a nod to weight savings, though, the bike is specced with Carbon Ti thru-axles and Elite\u2019s Leggero Carbon bottle cages instead of the standard integrated aero ones.<\/p>\n

These changes probably only save a handful of grams, but they do get spotted and called out by the media, and that helps keep everyone happy.<\/p>\n

\"TadejPoga\u010dar opted for weight weenie bottle cages on his aero bike. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Leon Van Bon
\n\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar’s team was in a celebratory mood on Sunday. UAE Team Emirates XRG \/ Fizza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In time-honoured tradition, Tadej Poga\u010dar rolled into Paris yesterday aboard a custom yellow-themed bike to celebrate his latest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-30534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}