Dylan Groenewegen’s stage winning ‘aero beak’ is €350 of craziness, but it’s not the most outlandish eyewear we’ve seen at the Tour de France

As ever the Tour de France is serving us up a veritable smorgasbord of new tech. Grabbing the headlines before the race even begun were a slew of new bikes spotted at the Critérium du Dauphiné, and as the Grande Boucle has rumbled on we’ve had a drip feed of new helmets, custom paint, and as ever some bonkers sunglasses. Dylan Groenewegen was spotted in a set of Scicon Aeroscope cycling glasses replete with an additional ‘aero beak’, which is a €350 aftermarket add-on.

While the splash these shades have made has been sizeable, not least because the Dutch national champion took the win on stage 6, eagled eyed fans (and cycling glasses connoisseurs) may have a sense of deja vu; the same beak has been seen before on the face of Tim Wellens when he was riding a recon of Strade Bianche way back in March.

Regardless of whether they are brand new or not, there are a few other eye-catching pairs of sunglasses out there from seasons past, which I’ll regale you with now.

Oakley Kato

The Oakley Kato is so ubiquitous now, adorning the faces of Mathieu van der Poel, Jasper Philipsen, and record breaking Mark Cavendish. Cavendish helped develop what clearly paved the way for the nose bridge, and at the time of release, they were about as outlandish as cycling glasses had ever been in the modern era. Personally I think they look amazing, but in terms of absolute performance they are a little breezy. There’s no hard aero data on them, but they look slippery, so no wonder they are Cav’s shades of choice, ignoring the fact he’s had a career-long Oakley sponsorship.

Oakley Over The Top