Tag: roadie
Kuota vs Marin
Team Europcar
Another wildcard team for this year’s Tour de France, this might be the last year that the team rides under the Europcar banner, a French rental car company. Last year Thomas Voeckler became a media darling after taking stages 10 and 16 in the Tour, and winning the King of the Mountain jersey, while Pierre Rolland took stage 11. Yes, that’s Voeckler doing a wheelie … Continue reading Team Europcar
FDJ
Predominantly French FDJ rides the French Lapierre Xelius, and of course, the title sponsor FDJ is the French lottery. They won a couple of stages at last year’s TdF, including the first stage win by young Thibaut Pinot in dominant fashion. The Xelius is paired up with Shimano componentry. Continue reading FDJ
Euskaltel Euskadi
Spanish team Euskaltel Euskadi in their well-recognized orange livery rides on with the Orbea Orca equipped with Shimano components and wheels. In order to maintain its UCI World Tour status, the Basque team changed its policy of having primarily Spanish riders. Moroccan Tarik Chaoufi and Slovenian Jure Kocjan joined the team for the 2013 season. But Olympic gold-medalist Sammy Sanchez is again expected to perform … Continue reading Euskaltel Euskadi
Marinoni vs Guru
Museeuw vs Battaglin
Factor Vis Vires
Factor, the maker of the fabulously (or ridiculously?) priced £25,000 Aston Martin One-77 bike, has just released its £10,000 more (or less) conventionally-designed model, the Vis Vires. More pics on our Facebook. Here’s a teaser video the company just released: Continue reading Factor Vis Vires
