The ‘most aerodynamic’ bike in the WorldTour just made its winning debut – A close look at Elisa Longo Borghini’s Colnago Y1Rs

The radical silhouette of the Colnago Y1Rs stuck out in the peloton at the UAE Tour Women 2025. Its looping handlebars were a vast contrast against the array of classic flat aero bars, and of course, Tiffany Cromwell’s flared gravel bar. The bike was unmissable. 

The race saw the fastest stage ever in women’s WorldTour racing recorded on stage 2, and it was UAE Team ADQ riders on their Y1Rs’ who were instrumental in setting the record, an apt baptism for the bike’s first WorldTour outing.