{"id":393361,"date":"2026-01-27T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393361\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:40:10","slug":"iconic-cycling-team-is-now-riding-chinese-bikes-and-has-one-of-the-best-pro-kits-ive-seen-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/393361\/","title":{"rendered":"Iconic cycling team is now riding Chinese bikes \u2013 and has one of the best pro kits I’ve seen in years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having claimed a first UCI Road World Championships victory courtesy of Harry Hudson in Kigali last September, Chinese brand Quick Pro is now sponsoring the iconic Euskaltel-Euskadi team for 2026.<\/p>\n

Long-time fans of the sport will likely remember the orange-clad team, the exploits of riders such as Iban Mayo and Samuel S\u00e1nchez, and their Orbea bikes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Having ridden bikes from the Basque brand for more than 30 years, the partnership ended in 2024.<\/p>\n

The team briefly rode bikes from Mendiz (another Spanish brand) in 2025, but has now teamed up with Quick Pro for \u201cthe 2026 season onwards\u201d.<\/p>\n

The partnership, which was announced last month, will see the Chinese brand\u2019s bike debut in the WorldTour<\/a> \u2013 road cycling\u2019s premier racing calendar \u2013 at the Volta a Catalunya in March.<\/p>\n

A milestone
\n\"Euskaltel-EuskadiEuskaltel-Euskadi has teamed up with Quick Pro bikes. Euskaltel-Euskadi<\/p>\n

According to Quick Pro, its partnership with the Euskadi Foundation \u201cmarks a milestone in its international expansion and provides an opportunity to validate its designs in the most rigorous environment of competitive cycling\u201d.<\/p>\n

The team will ride the ER One aero road bike, the AR One all-rounder (as ridden by Harry Hudson) and the TT One time trial bike, and has committed to \u201cjoint work in technological development, prototype validation, and equipment optimisation\u201d with the brand.<\/p>\n

The bikes are, of course, painted orange to match the foundation\u2019s iconic team colours.<\/p>\n

\"Euskaltel-EuskadiThe Euskaltel-Euskadi Quick Pro ER One aero road bike. Euskaltel-Euskadi
\n\"Euskaltel-EuskadiPolish brand No Limited supplies its wheels. Euskaltel-Euskadi<\/p>\n

In addition to Quick Pro framesets and finishing kit, the Euskaltel-Euskadi team bikes also feature carbon fibre cranksets and chainrings from Cybrei and power meter<\/a> spiders from Xcadey \u2013 both also Chinese brands.<\/p>\n

The bike is finished with a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 groupset<\/a>, Vittoria Corsa Pro TLR tyres<\/a> and carbon wheels from Polish brand No Limited.<\/p>\n

Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi team riding XDS bikes
\n\"LaboralThe Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi women’s team in their new kit. Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi \/ Jon Olarte<\/p>\n

While the men\u2019s team is on bikes from Quick Pro, the Euskadi Foundation\u2019s women’s team \u2013 Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi \u2013 is riding XDS bikes in 2026.<\/p>\n

Like the XDS-Astana Team, Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi is riding the X-Lab AD9<\/a> aero bike, complete with Shimano Ultegra Di2 R8100 groupsets<\/a> and FSA PowerBox<\/a> power meter cranksets.<\/p>\n

The team is also using carbon wheels from XDS, such as the Branta C50UL model, paired with Vittoria tyres.<\/p>\n

As the name implies, the Branta C50UL wheelset features 50mm-deep carbon rims, with 22 and 30mm internal and external widths.<\/p>\n

Built with carbon aero spokes, the wheelset features a claimed weight of 1,350g, yet appears to cost only AU$1,499 (around \u00a3760) \u2013 far less than we\u2019d typically expect of a wheelset with this kind of spec.<\/p>\n

\"LaboralThe team’s jersey is made by Agu. Laboral Kutxa-Euskadi<\/p>\n

Topping things off, the team also has one of the best jersey designs I\u2019ve seen in the pro peloton this year.<\/p>\n

Made by Agu and designed by creative agency MUY Company, the jersey incorporates multiple icons representing influential Spanish women from a diverse array of fields.<\/p>\n

More of this, please, pro cycling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having claimed a first UCI Road World Championships victory courtesy of Harry Hudson in Kigali last September, Chinese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-393361","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\/393361","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=393361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}