A closer look at the unreleased Van Rysel FCR, as used by Decathlon AG2R at the Tour de France

One of the hottest bikes of 2024 looks to have a sibling joining its ranks after Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale riders were spotted on a new aero bike from French brand Van Rysel. 

In November last year, AG2R La Mondiale announced that French sporting retailer Decathlon would be joining as a co-title sponsor. With this announcement came the news that Decathlon’s premium cycling brand Van Rysel would be providing the team with its RCR Pro road bike. 

When it was debuted the RCR Pro was presented as an all-round, do-it-all race bike, blending aerodynamic optimisation with low weight. Upon its release, the bike gained a mass of attention with the publicly available replica initially selling out in the first few hours.

With this new aero bike, Van Rysel look to be bucking the trend of other manufacturers and instead of streamlining its product range it looks to be diversifying it instead.