Biniam Girmay’s Uvex Surge Aero MIPS helmet officially launched

Followers of our Tour de France tech coverage will have already read how Intermarché-Wanty’s team, including its star sprinter Biniam Girmay, each have two of Uvex’s latest helmets at their disposal. One has the helmet’s vents open, the other has its plug-in cover glued in place to avoid contravening UCI regulation 1.3.013: “It is prohibited to add a detachable cover to a helmet.”

Now Uvex has revealed details of the new helmet used by the team and made it available for sale. The good news for anyone not riding in a UCI-sanctioned race is that they won’t have to glue their cover in place, so they can decide whether they want more aero or more vented much more easily. 

Uvex says that it has taken input from the pros, including Girmay, in designing the Surge Aero MIPS (or more correctly uvex surge aero MIPS, as Uvex has gone all lower case in its name), ensuring good ventilation with wide apertures at the helmet’s leading edge.