Run-Down Of This Years WorldTour Bikes | Cycling Weekly
The 2024 world tour season is finally upon us. Cycling Weekly have rounded up every single bike that will be raced in both the men's and women's world tour and broken down the specification in this video.
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00:00In the UCI World Tour, a new year means new equipment, and 2024 is no different, so we
00:06thought we'd give you a full rundown of the bikes, kit and colours filling your screens
00:11this year. So, let's get into it.
00:19There's little change at the Alpecin de Kunic squads. As the men's team enters its second
00:24season as a World Tour team, men's and women's teams are both still riding Canyon bikes.
00:29The Aeroad, Ultimate and Speedmax will be at the team's disposal, fully clad with
00:34Shimano Dura-Ace groupsets and wheels. The team is sticking with Italian componentry
00:39for the rest of the bike, with Vittoria tyres and Selle Italia saddles.
00:44The squad also has current cyclocross and road race world champion in the shape of Mattia
00:49van der Poel, so look out for his special edition rainbow bikes this year.
00:54Though the women's team will be racing under the Fenix de Kunic name, they'll be riding
00:58the same bikes and similar kit.
01:02It's a similar story over at the French outfit, Arkea B&B Hotels 2, with just a couple
01:10of changes to the team in 2024. They'll still be riding Bianchi bikes, using the Specialissima
01:16and Oltre XR4 on the road, while the Aquila CV will be taking care of time trial duties.
01:23Shimano still provides the team with groupsets, but instead of Dura-Ace wheelsets and Continental
01:27tyres, Arkea will be rolling on Vision hoops clad with Vittoria rubber. The Italian theme
01:33is completed with Selle Italia saddles.
01:39Another team making the switch over to Vision wheels is Astana Kazakhstan. The team has
01:43swapped out the somewhat confusing dual usage of Karima and Headwheels in 2023 for just
01:49Vision this year.
01:50Thankfully, what the team hasn't changed are the beautiful Wilier Trastina bikes. The
01:56team will once again be using the Zero SLR, Filante SLR and Turbine SLR, all in the stunning
02:02Mottled Blue paintjob from last year. Groupsets are once again handled by Shimano, saddles
02:07by Prologo and a slick pair of tambled Vittoria Corsa tyres finishes off each bike.
02:18The special edition Tour de France kit used by Bahrain-Victoria-Sint-2023 was properly
02:23classy, and it seems like we weren't the only ones to think so. For 2024, the team
02:29has all but copied the kit which was such a hit last July, with a new white and light
02:33blue colour scheme on bikes and Lycra.
02:36Beyond a colour change, though, it's business as usual for the team. They'll once again
02:40be riding the Merida Reacto and Merida Scultura in road races, alongside the Merida Timewarp
02:46for those days against the clock.
02:48The bikes will be shod with Shimano groupsets and Prologo saddles, rolling on Vision wheels
02:53with Continental tyres.
02:59Primoz Roglic signing with Bora-Hansgrohe might have just been the biggest transfer
03:03for 2024, but while Roglic will be racing a totally new kit, it is a setup that the
03:09German WorldTour team has tried and tested for the last few years.
03:14Bora-Hansgrohe is sticking with Specialized for 2024, riding just two bikes throughout
03:18the entire year. The Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 will be the team's only road
03:24racing setup, while the Shiv TT will take care of those flat-out timed blasts.
03:29SRAM makes its first appearance on our list, providing Bora-Hansgrohe with Red Axis 12-speed
03:34wireless shifting, and builds are finished off with Specialized in-house brand Roval
03:38wheels and finishing kit.
03:45In SRAM, you guessed it, we'll be riding Canyon bikes with SRAM groupsets. The women's
03:51WorldTour squad keeps its colourful livery this year, which will be seen on a mixture
03:55of Aeroads, Ultimates and Speedmaxes in 2024. SRAM Umbrella brand Zipp will once again provide
04:02the wheels, which will be mated to Schwalbe tyres, and the bikes will be finished off
04:07with saddles from Ergon.
04:13Orbea finally sees its entry to our list now, with women's team Serra Tizit WNT Pro Cycling.
04:19The German squad will be riding the Orca on the road and the Ordu in time trials, kitted
04:23out with Shimano Dura-Ace shifting and Orbea in-house brand Oko wheels and finishing kit.
04:312023 was a breakthrough year for Cofidis, as they took their first Tour de France stage
04:38win in many years. They'll be looking to build on that success in the coming year and
04:43will do so with pretty similar equipment. They'll be riding the Look 795 Blade RS
04:48on the road, covered in Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupsets and Prologo saddles. Karima wheels
04:54will be fitted, typically the MCC Evo 47mm, paired with Michelin tyres.
05:02It's all change at Decathlon AG2R Le Mondial team, formerly AG2R Citroen. You can say goodbye
05:11to brown shorts and hello to Van Rysel bikes, which make their debut in the World Tour this
05:16year. The Van Rysel RCR Pro will be the French team's bike of choice, and it's been making
05:21quite the stir as one of the most affordable bikes in the peloton. Shimano groupsets will
05:27clad both the RCR Pro road bike and the XCR time trial bike, along with Deda handlebars,
05:33Fizik saddles and Swiss sidewall sets and Continental tyres.
05:42Another team that sees little change is EF Education Easypost. They'll still be riding
05:47Cannondale bikes, Vision wheels and handlebars, Prologo saddles and Vittoria tyres. Shimano
05:52again provides the groupsets. In fact, they outnumber SRAM 23-10 in our list.
05:58The biggest change is that they'll only be riding two bikes, the Super 6 and the Slice
06:03TT bike. It's business as usual for the women's outfit too, with setups being shared
06:08across both men's and women's teams.
06:15After a staggering 22-year partnership with bike sponsor Lapierre, Groupama FDJ has finally
06:21moved away from the French brand. Instead, Wilier steps in to sponsor its second World
06:26Tour team in 2024, with the French team using the Zero SLR and Filante SLR road bikes, alongside
06:32the Turbine SLR TT bike. The rest, however, is the same, with FDJ opting for Shimano Dura-Ace
06:39shifting and, usually, C50 wheelsets, Prologo saddles and Continental tyres.
06:45The women's squad run under the FDJ Suez name and will also be using Wilier bikes built
06:50to the same specifications as the men's.
06:55It's all change at Human Powered Health for 2024. The American outfit, which only
07:01has a women's World Tour team, has left a long-standing partnership with Felt and
07:06moved over to Factor bikes for this year. The team will ride the O2 and the Ostro VAM
07:12and Hans OTT bike, all specced with Factor's sub-brand black ink wheels and handlebars.
07:18The red group sets would also be fitted to the bikes, alongside Goodyear Eagle F1 tyres.
07:28Both team management and equipment have changed at the Ineos Grenadiers this year. While long-standing
07:34partner Pinarello will once again provide its Dogma F road race bike and Belida time
07:38trial bike this year, Fizik saddles and Princeton carbon wheels are gone. Instead, the top-ranking
07:45World Tour squad will use Prologo saddles and Shimano Dura-Ace wheel sets, as well as
07:50Shimano group sets and Pinarello house-brand Most Talon handlebars.
07:59The circus is gone from Intermarche 1T for 2024 as the team looks to build on what was
08:04a pretty tough 2023. They'll do so on pretty much the same bikes as last year, however
08:11riding Cube bikes for another season.
08:13Binium Gourmet will be contesting sprint finishes aboard the Cube Lightning C68X aerobike, while
08:19the likes of Luis Mentes will be seen riding the Cube Lightning C68X Air in the mountains.
08:26The Belgian squad are still riding Shimano group sets, Neumann wheels, Continental tyres
08:30and Prologo saddles for the 2024 season.
08:38After a successful season in 2023, Lidl Trek has chosen the if-it-ain't-broke-don't-fix-it
08:44approach to their setup for this year. Mads Pedersen will be looking to recreate the successes
08:48of last year's Tour de France on the same Trek Madone, and Mountain Days will see the
08:53Trek Emonda come out to play.
08:54It's a full American-Italian collaboration when it comes to the builds too, with Pirelli
08:59sorting the tyres and SRAM is still handling the group sets, leaving the Trek subsidiary
09:04Bontrager to fill in the gaps.
09:07It's business as usual for the women's squad too, with both teams riding the same
09:10bikes in the Lidl-inspired colours that were introduced midway through last year.
09:18Movistar Team heads into its 10th year of partnership with Canyon in 2024, and they
09:23are both keeping kit and bike setups pretty much the same for the new year. Both the women's
09:28and men's teams will have access to the full complement of Aeroad, Ultimate and Speedmax
09:33for the 2024 season.
09:35Clad with SRAM Red group sets for the fourth year in a row, the teams will be rolling on
09:39SRAM subsidiary Zipp wheelsets, fitted with Continental tyres.
09:44Fizik saddles are still present, making the only change a very humble one. Look pedals
09:48have been switched out for the time alternatives.
09:55Back in December, Israel Premier Tech confirmed on social media that it had dropped out of
09:59co-title sponsorship with the women's team, leaving them simply as Roland Cycling Team
10:05in 2024.
10:07And with Israel Premier Tech went the Factor bikes too, with Roland making the switch to
10:11Pinarello bikes. Their Pinarello Dogma F road bikes will be fitted with Shimano group sets,
10:16Vision wheels and Sellitalia saddles.
10:22No name change, no kit change, no bike change. It's all the same at Soudal Quickstep.
10:28The stacked Belgium team are still riding specialised bikes, with Shimano group sets.
10:33It's the most streamlined sponsorship in the WorldTour too, just two main brand sponsors,
10:39as specialised in-house brands account for finishing kit, wheels and tyres as well.
10:48They might not have changed the bikes, but Team DSM Fermnich post-NL are carrying a different
10:53look into 2024.
10:55The new Dutch title sponsor has brought with it an orange and white theme to both bikes
10:59and kit.
11:01The team's Scott bikes have received nothing more than a new lick of paint, still equipped
11:05with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 and C50 wheels, Vittoria tyres and Scott's own brand Syncros
11:11finishing kit.
11:12Men's and women's teams will be seen riding the Foil RC on flat days and the Addict when
11:17the going gets steep.
11:23The Australian outfit is sticking with Giant for the 2024 season, but once again, there's
11:27a jazzy new colour scheme to boot.
11:30The men's team will ride the Giant TCR, Propel and Trinity, while the women's squad
11:35will use the Liv Langma.
11:36All bikes will be fitted with Shimano Dura-Ace Shifting, Continental tyres and Giant house
11:41brand Kadex takes care of the wheels and finishing kit.
11:46It's hard to see how Team Visma-Lisabike can top their 2023 season.
11:52They won all three Grand Tours, along with a copious number of other races, aboard Cervelo
11:57bikes, so it's no surprise that they're sticking with the Canadian brand for 2024.
12:03Jonas Vinaigarde will still have the choice of the Cervelo S5, R5 and P5, with both men's
12:08and women's teams using the Reserve wheels, SRAM groupsets and Sellitalia saddles.
12:18Team SD Works Pro Time is home to our Women's World Road Race champion.
12:22Look out for her gorgeous custom-painted Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 in 2024.
12:28Though the rest of the team doesn't get rainbow privileges, they'll still be riding
12:31Specialized bikes.
12:33Team sponsor SRAM also provides groupsets in the form of its Red Axis Wireless 12-speed
12:37Shifting and Specialized subsidiary Roval are responsible for the wheels and finishing
12:42kit.
12:44It's another year on show stopping bikes for UAE Team Emirates.
12:51Both men's and women's teams will ride Colnago V4 RSs on the road, and the Colnago
12:57TT1 in the Chrono category.
13:00Once again, they have some of the most blinged-out bikes in their peloton, with Envy's currently
13:04unreleased handlebar, along with carbon-tied disc rotors and chainrings.
13:09Wheels are also handled by Envy, and the bikes are finished off with Prologo saddles and
13:13Continental tyres.
13:19The Danish women's pro team will once again be aboard their bikes.
13:22The Tarmanese brand is providing the team with its VSRU road bike and the TSRF Time
13:28Trial bike for the 2024 season, which will once again be fitted with DT Swiss wheels,
13:34Shimano groupsets and Prologo finishing kit.
13:37Let us know down in the comments below which bike you'd most like to be riding this year.