{"id":671646,"date":"2026-07-03T12:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671646\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:44:38","slug":"we-weighed-tadej-pogacars-2026-tour-de-france-bike-and-its-heavier-than-you-might-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/671646\/","title":{"rendered":"We weighed Tadej Poga\u010dar\u2019s 2026 Tour de France bike \u2013 and it\u2019s heavier than you might think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tadej Poga\u010dar will take to the 2026 Tour de France hoping to secure his third consecutive and fifth overall victory, and his bike of choice is heavier than you might expect.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We\u2019re at the Grand D\u00e9part in Barcelona checking out all the pro bikes ahead of the race\u2019s start tomorrow, and got hands-on with the Slovenian\u2019s Colnago Y1Rs<\/a> aero bike, with its raw-carbon finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Y1Rs is kitted out with the components and personal touches that will be familiar for anyone who has paid attention to Poga\u010dar\u2019s bikes in the past. But it also has some new, refined touches over the aero bike the reigning champion used throughout last year\u2019s Tour de France<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar\u2019s bike of choice last year, and this year
\n\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar’s Colnago Y1Rs for the 2026 Tour de France. Our Media<\/p>\n

Ahead of the 2025 Tour de France, we spied Poga\u010dar\u2019s Colnago V5Rs<\/a>. The climbing bike was decked out in World Champion colours and weighed under the UCI weight limit. Yet it didn\u2019t get a look in, with Poga\u010dar opting to ride the Colnago Y1Rs aero bike<\/a> throughout the race.<\/p>\n

The decision was probably spurred by the fact Colnago equipped cycling\u2019s mega-star with a special raw-carbon version of the bike<\/a> for stage 15, an uphill time trial. He then used it on stage 16, which finished on Mont Ventoux.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TadejThe finish shows off the bike’s carbon. Our Media
\n\"TadejThe Colnago Y1Rs has a bayonet fork. Our Media<\/p>\n

Colnago summed the bike up as \u201cno paint, no frills, only speed\u201d and said its aerodynamics \u2013 courtesy of its radical frame design, bayonet fork and gullwing cockpit \u2013\u00a0 outweighed the weight savings of the V5Rs.\u00a0And it seems Poga\u010dar is keen to stick to that raw-carbon, \u201conly speed\u201d approach for the 2026 Tour de France.\u00a0<\/p>\n

How much does it weigh?\u00a0
\n\"TadejSimon von Bromley weighing Poga\u010dar’s Y1Rs aero bike. Our Media<\/p>\n

When we visited Poga\u010dar\u2019s UAE Team Emirates-XRG team and weighed his Y1Rs, it tipped our scales at 7.25kg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s slightly heavier than you might expect. At last year\u2019s Tour, Poga\u010dar\u2019s painted Colango Y1Rs<\/a> weighed 7.57kg. This was at the top end of what Colnago says a typical version of the bike should weigh, and the Italian company says a painted version can weigh as little as 7.2kg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TadejWe weighed the bike at 7.25kg. Our Media<\/p>\n

Colnago also told us the bike should weigh \u201caround 7kg\u201d. But that\u2019s just the amount it says a raw-carbon Y1Rs should weigh, rather than the weight of Poga\u010dar\u2019s bike specifically.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar\u2019s bike is also on the heavier side when compared to Jonas Vingegaard\u2019s Cerv\u00e9lo S5<\/a> for this year\u2019s race. Vingegaard\u2019s aero bike is 450g lighter than Poga\u010dar\u2019s, although the Dane rides a smaller frame size and it was fitted with a 1x drivetrain when we weighed it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tadej Poga\u010dar’s Colnago Y1Rs for the 2026 Tour de France<\/p>\n

Frame: Colnago Y1Rs
\nSize: 54cm
\nHandlebar width (centre-to-centre): 36cm
\nGroupset: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 with Carbon-Ti chainrings
\nPower meter: Shimano Dura\u2013Ace\u00a0
\nPedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
\nWheels: ENVE SES 4.5 Pro
\nSaddle: Custom 3D-printed Fizik Argo Adaptive
\nTyres: Continental GP5000 TT TR
\nNominal tyre size: 28c
\nMeasured tyre size (front): 31.6mm
\nMeasured tyre size (rear): 30.8mm
\nTotal weight: 7.25kg<\/p>\n

Lightweight parts
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar has his customary Carbon Ti chainrings. Our Media<\/p>\n

So it might not be as light as Vingegaard\u2019s bike, but Poga\u010dar still has a suite of lightweight parts on his Y1Rs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar is running a Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset, but as usual, it\u2019s completed with weight-saving Carbon-Ti chairings. The champion also has Carbon Ti fixing bolts for his jockey wheels, because why not?<\/p>\n

\"TadejThe bike has Carbon Ti bolts for the jockey wheels. Our Media
\n\"TadejBikone’s bottom bracket weighs 77g. Our Media
\n\"TadejPoga\u010dar uses Elite Leggero Carbon bottle cages. Our Media<\/p>\n

The bike is also fitted with a Bikone BSA Road Ceramic Aero UAE bottom bracket. The bottom bracket was developed with Poga\u010dar\u2019s team for use on the Y1Rs and TT2<\/a> time trial bike.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At 77g, it\u2019s Bikone\u2019s lightest-ever bottom bracket. But while lightweight BBs often have smaller bearings, this design retains full-size bearings for less friction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, Poga\u010dar\u2019s bike is complete with Elite Leggero Carbon bottle cages, which are said to weigh only 13g each.\u00a0<\/p>\n

ENVE wheels and Continental tyres\u00a0
\n\"TadejTadej Poga\u010dar’s bike has ENVE SES 4.5 Pro wheels and Continental GP500 TT TR tyres. Our Media<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar has the same wheel and tyre setup that he ran at the 2025 Tour de France.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The world champion is running ENVE SES 4.5 Pro wheels<\/a>, which launched ahead of the 2025 Tour de France. These buck the trend for wider, hookless rims. They saw ENVE reintroduce \u2018mini-hook\u2019 rims and feature a 23.5mm internal width, which is 1.5mm narrower than the standard SES 4.5 wheels.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TadejThe rear tyre measures 30.84mm. Our Media <\/p>\n

The wheels are wrapped in Continental\u2019s GP5000 TT TR tyres. The time trial tyres are a popular choice for road racing, and we spotted them on Matej Mohori\u010d\u2019s Bianchi Specialissima RC<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But unlike Mohoric, who\u2019s opted for 30c tyres, Poga\u010dar has stuck with 28c tyres. These come up to 30.8mm on his rear wheel and 31.6mm on his front wheel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gullwing cockpit\u00a0
\n\"TadejThe Colnago Y1Rs has an extreme gullwing cockpit. Our Media<\/p>\n

One of the developing trends on race bikes is gullwing cockpits, which are said to reduce aerodynamic drag.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Colnago Y1Rs has one of the most extreme versions of the design, with the bar turning inwards significantly.<\/p>\n

That shape consequently requires an oversized computer mount to smooth airflow and this\u00a0year, Poga\u010dar appears to have a strange brown, wood-effect panel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TadejPoga\u010dar has his customary stickers. Our Media
\n\"TadejThe levers are tilted in to 28cm. Our Media<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar has also stuck to a narrow 36cm bar, centre-to-centre, which measures 40cm at the drops. The levers are tilted in to 28cm, which is the UCI limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The cockpit is finished with his customary Richard Mille and Hulk stickers, and has sprint shifters hidden on the drops.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A custom saddle
\n\"TadejThe bike is complete with a custom Fizik saddle. Our Media<\/p>\n

The finishing touch to Poga\u010dar\u2019s Tour de France bike is his Fizik Argo Adaptive 3D-printed saddle<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The saddle is custom printed through Fizik\u2019s bespoke programme for Poga\u010dar\u2019s anatomy and aggressive riding style, that will surely animate much of this year\u2019s race.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar will take to the 2026 Tour de France hoping to secure his third consecutive and fifth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-671646","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\/671646","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=671646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}