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
Lotto-Belisol is the Belgian version of French team FDJ: Primarily Belgian riders, sponsored by the Belgian lottery and Belgian corporate sponsor, riding, of course, Belgian Ridley’s. They took three stages last year, all by pure sprinter André Greipel. A German – close enough. 🙂 The team rides on Ridley Noah and Ridley Dean TT bike, equipped with Campagnolo’s electronic Super Record drivetrain. Continue reading Lotto-Belisol
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
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
Sojasun are a French wild-card team for the 2013 Tour de France. They’ll ride on Spanish-made BH G6’s for the next two years. The riders to watch: Stéphane Heulot and Anthony Delaplace. Continue reading Sojasun
Just released…not much info yet. Continue reading Model Showcase: Cervelo S5 Team Limited Edition
If you’ve ever pined for the good ol’ days, meh. Here’s a neat graphic comparing the 1903 Tour de France with this year coming up next month. Continue reading Tour de France then and now.
Just in time for Cadel Evans and Tejay van Garderen to mount their challenge for the TdF, BMC just released its new SLR01. These days the expectation for new bikes is lighter and stiffer, and BMC delivered. With their in-house developed computer modeling, they were able to quickly prototype and model over 34,000 designs. They’ve trimmed weight on an already light frame by a not-insignificant 160 … Continue reading Model Showcase: new BMC Team Machine SLR01
This Australian team was probably best known last year – its first season in the WorldTour – for their online video rendition of pop artist Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe hit song. It was a great PR move, given the team’s relatively young history – formed in 2011 – as they created much needed buzz among the media and their fans. They’ve yet to win … Continue reading Orica GreenEdge Cycling
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