After the first week of racing at the Tour de France, one of the major headlines is just how dominant Tadej Pogačar looks to be.
With a powerful time trial on stage 1, a storming ride on the cobbles of stage 5, and back-to-back wins on stage 6 and then stage 7 atop La Super Planche des Belles (opens in new tab)Filles, it appears he is unbeatable on any terrain.
The two-time Tour de France winner has a new bike this summer, the Colnago Prototipo, which he’s used for each and every road stage so far.
The quite-literally named Prototipo is, according to Colnago, actually one of five moulds being tested by the team. With rider feedback, it will eventually narrow the five down to a single final construction that will be made available to the public, presumably as a V4RS to replace the V3RS, the brand’s existing lightweight semi-aero race bike.
During both of his 2020 and 2021 victories at the Tour, the V3RS was Pogačar’s (opens in new tab) bike of choice, but notably, he had two different versions available.
In 2020, for the most part, he rode a rim brake model, only switching to disc brakes on the flatter days. In 2021, that script was flipped, and he primarily rode with discs, but the rim brake bike came out to play in the high mountains.
Cyclingnews understands that in 2022, thanks to the advancements of this new bike, the Slovenian will use the disc brake equipped Prototipo on all available stages. If that turns out to be the case and he continues his dominance to take a third consecutive yellow, this will be the first Tour in history to be won purely on discs.
Ahead of the Grand Départ, we were lucky enough to get up close and personal with the new bike, and naturally, we got the camera out to bring you the details. So grab a coffee, scroll down and join us for a detailed look at the bike that’s currently dominating the race.
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