{"id":461663,"date":"2026-03-07T00:27:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/461663\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:27:14","slug":"tadej-pogacar-is-making-his-2026-race-debut-at-strade-bianche-aboard-this-lightweight-colnago-y1rs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/461663\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar is making his 2026 race debut at Strade Bianche aboard this lightweight Colnago Y1Rs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar took to the white gravel roads of Strade Bianche today on a training ride with his UAE Team Emirates XRG teammates, revealing clues to the set up he\u2019s likely to go with for the race.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, he\u2019s riding the Colnago Y1Rs, the team\u2019s aero bike, in a switch up from 2025 when he rode the brand\u2019s all-round racer (at the time), the V4Rs.<\/p>\n<p>But a couple of key spec choices reveal a little about Poga\u010dar\u2019s approach to the race.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0fb302e2-9b29-44c5-9b20-75d96947ec35-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963472\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/2;object-fit:cover\"\/>First up, Poga\u010dar is using the lightweight version of the Colnago Y1Rs which debuted during the 2025 Tour de France for the mountain time trial, with World Champion\u2019s stripes applied. Weight is unlikely to be a factor until the final steep ascent into Siena, where \u2013 should he be accompanied \u2013 this might prove vital. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6cce26bc-0d86-4bdf-b1ed-9a18deaf2e56-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963463\"\/>Images reveal his teammates riding standard-colourway Y1Rs&#8217;, indicating that the lightweight version of the Y1Rs remains a rarified beast. Colnago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1141\" height=\"760\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0fb302e2-9b29-44c5-9b20-75d96947ec35-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963473\"\/>Poga\u010dar\u2019s 3D-printed Fizik Tempo Argo saddle is noticeably tilted downward, while he\u2019s using an inline seatpost to help him pitch over the cranks. Close inspection reveals that the saddle isn\u2019t slammed as far forward as the rails might allow, indicating that he doesn\u2019t feel an even more extreme position is necessary. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aa9fa7ca-78ad-4dff-8559-a4bc60504272-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963474\"\/>The saddle features neat World Champions\u2019 stripes on the rear portion. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/27e45d7f-669a-4e25-ad1f-5d62bf4cf265-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963475\"\/>Poga\u010dar\u2019s rolling stock choice is perhaps the most interesting part of his build. He trained using ENVE SES 6.7 wheels, and with conditions expected to be calm on race day, this deeper, more aerodynamic option appears to be the wheelset of choice compared to ENVE\u2019s SES 4.5 or 4.5 Pro wheels.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1139\" height=\"759\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0fb302e2-9b29-44c5-9b20-75d96947ec35-edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963476\"\/>He\u2019s also running Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR tyres, which feature a more resilient construction compared to the lighter TT TR or Archetype tyres, and might help reduce the chance of punctures on the white roads. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/c8fd588d-a12c-44be-b39e-55d16e4935f4-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tadej Poga\u010dar Y1Rs Strade Bianche 2026\" class=\"wp-image-963477\"\/>Finally, Pogacar is running a team-issue mount for his Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2 bike computer, which helps fill the gap created by the twin-vane handlebar, complete with his Hulk sticker complete with World Champion\u2019s undergarments.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar took to the white gravel roads of Strade Bianche today on a training ride with his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":461664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-461663","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\/461663","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=461663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}