Hottest Tour de France Bikes 2025: Measured & Weighed!

We’re back at the 2025 Tour de France to check out the hottest pro bikes.

From current world champion Tadej Pogačar, to multiple champion Mathieu van der Poel, and double Olympic gold medalist Remco Evenepoel, we take a close-up look at their race machines.

We leave no stone unturned as we explore what makes these bikes so special and unique to the individual rider.

Which is your favorite bike setup from this year’s Tour de France? 👇

00:12 Colnago Y1RS
05:27 Van Rysel RCR F
10:16 Canyon Aeroad CFR
13:45 Orbea Orca Aero
18:24 Specialized Tarmac SL8

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The tour to France is back. We are here in Le for the 2025 Grand Apart. I’ve got my weighing scales. I’ve got my verier calipers, my tape measure. Let’s go hassle some teams. So, we’re here at the 2025 Tour to France with perhaps the most famous bike in the Pelathon. That’s right. It is Tad Pagatcha’s uh Y1 RS. Now, this is of course Konago’s Aero bike, the bike the world champion rides on flat and rolling stages. And now when this launched, this was claimed to be the fastest bike in the world. Now, of course, as everyone knows, that has as much to do with Tally Pagatcha’s legs as well as the bike, but Konago does say this is more aerodynamic than anything else on the market. Uh, it has a bayonet fork up front. So, you see the fork kind of goes up through into the head tube and then it has this little fairing out front which tapers down into a really narrow area at the front just to make it cut through the wind that little bit more easily. It has got this super deep fork legs here with the straight cut offs at the bottom. Nice deep uh down tube flowing into an Aero water bottle cage which is branded elite which sponsors the team. Uh and then at the rear of the bike, you can see this incredibly I guess it’s like a almost divisive uh seat tube arrangement with the way it hugs the rear wheel and then it comes to this sort of aerodynamic seat stays and then swings forward towards where the seat post meets the top the horizontal top tube up there. Now I don’t know how everyone else feels. I think it looks a little bit funny but I don’t mind it. It’s kind of growing on me. I think Ted Pagatcha can pull it off. Elsewhere on this bike, of course, we’ve got this kind of Gwing style handlebar, which is integrated with the stem. It kind of comes out in two uh independent strands up here and then rises up slightly from the top tube to give a little bit more reach. Pagato runs just a single 5 mil spacer under there. And then in between the bars, he’s got this really nice little 3D printed integrated mount for his bike computer, which is a Wahoo Element bolt, which is a slightly smaller one. Just as on his Konago VR RS, which we have also filmed here, Pagata, of course, has a Shimano Di2 R9200 group set with carbon tie chain rings. He also has little sprint shifters just on the inside of his handlebars there, so he can sprint whilst using the drops. In terms of gear ratios and crank lengths, Pagatra is running 5540 to chain rings up front with a wide 11 to 34 to cassette out back. And he is also running 165 mil cranks on this. Now, when we measured his V5 RS, it had a 36 cm wide bar with a 130 mil stem. It’s going to be tricky to measure the stem on this because of the the way it’s integrated, but I would imagine the setup is basically going to be identical. One area where this bike is different is with the MVES 4.5 wheels. Now, these aren’t the Pro versions. These are the slightly wider standard versions. So, of course, they are still very premium wheel set. And on these rims, they are using the new Continental Archetype tires, which are a 30C tire designed specifically for wide rims like this kind of bridge between the GP5000 STR, the kind of standard all round road racing tire, and then the lighter but narrower 28 GP5000 TTTR, which can no longer be used on these wheels because of the latest ETRTO and UCI regulations. In terms of extra little details on this bike, he does have a 3D printed physique saddle which I believe is custom made to his specific rear end. And then they also have nice little details like a biconee bottom bracket with his little mini Hulk logo laser etched on as well as a direct mount derailia hanger at the rear. But I think that’s all the important little details. So let’s get this thing weighed and measured. All right. So, as I said, these are the Continental Archetype tires, and they are a 30C nominal width, but let’s see how wide they actually are on the rims. Woo! 33.4 mm. Now, that is the widest tire we’ve seen so far at this year’s Tour. Let’s check out the front one. Also looks similarly chunky. My things are having a Well, there we go. 33 and a 33.6 six up front. Very wide indeed. All right, let’s get this handlebar measured. As noted, I think we’re going to struggle to measure the stem length cuz it’s a little bit of a weird geometry, but the handlebar is measuring the same. 36 cm center to center. Have a look at the stem. We’ll have a little look. I mean, yeah, it looks about the same. I would be surprised if it wasn’t exactly the same at around 130 mm in length. Okay, so we just measured his V5 RS around 10 minutes ago, and that one came in at under the UCI weight limit by about 5 g. So, let’s see how much this one weighs [Music] if it’ll settle. Bit windy. Sorry, Kyle. It’s just the wind’s blowing it. All right. And it comes in at 7.57 kg without a bike computer and no bottles. But that’s not too bad considering these are some pretty hefty tires and wheels. And this is a proper aero road bike. We’re here with the Van Risle RCRF of Austrian rider Felix Gal. And as you can see, this is the team’s proper aero road bike. Now, when Van Risle first came into the World Tour with their RCR Pro, they launched a kind of allrounder almost tarmac SL7 style lightweight Aero bike. But as you can see, this one has had a full arrow makeover with a really deep fork, deep head tube, and then deep tubes all over the bike. Now, according to the brand, that saves around 13 watts at 45 km/h, which is a pretty big gain. and especially at those speeds like the guys are going to be doing those speeds on a regular basis here at the first week of the tour to France. Now really this is a sprinters/ a classic specialist bike and it comes with a 7% increase in front end stiffness compared to the RCR Pro and that shouldn’t really be surprising because the the kind of tube shapes here in the handlebar are super chunky super arrow big deep aeraf foil sections and obviously that is going to add all that carbon is going to add to the stiffness of the front end. One thing that’s really noticeable with this bike is this data/van risle cockpit which is much more aggressive and much more aerodynamic than the integrated one that’s on the RCR Pro. You have this super deep head tube section and then this massive bar up top and it looks pretty narrow. There’s a little bit of a flare. I think these levers are tilted in slightly. So, we’ll get those measured in a moment, but it looks like the hoods there’s a really narrow position up there and then it just flares out to the drops for a kind of more stable sprinting position. All right, so in terms of components, the team are running these Swiss side wheels. Now, I initially thought that these were kind of similar to the new DT Swiss Arc 1100 wheels that have just launched, but they’re actually not. The Swiss side wheels have a different rim profile, and these are the Swiss side Hadron 680, so 68 mm deep rims, which might not be legal from January 1st, 2026. Maybe we’ll measure these rims and just check because there’s a new UCI ruling coming that’s going to limit rim height to 65 mm. So, it’ be a bit of a shame for this team if that does happen. Up front though, they’ve got a Conti uh 1111 Aero front tire and then a GP5000 STR at the rear. I did ask the team, they will be running TTTR time trial tires on certain stages and for certain riders, but as this is Gal’s number two bike. Obviously, it’s not going to have the kind of low mileage TT tires on it. In terms of drivetrain, the team is running Shimano D2 R9200 group set. Gaul has his set up with a whopper 56 to chambering up front paired with a wide ranging 11 to 34 cassette out rear. they are running look uh and one little extra detail that we often see with teams running Shimano power meters is this Kedge chain catcher/ power meter magnet which is just there obviously to you know catch the chain in case of any shifting issues but also to provide a cadence magnet for the Shimano power meter which is one of the rare power meters available that still requires a magnet. Most power meters these days measure cadence via accelerometers. He’s running look Kio Blade carbon pedals. The hubs are DT Swiss 180s with ceramic bearings. And then topping things off is a 3D printed physique Argo saddle. That’s all the kind of major details. Why don’t we get the handlebars measured, the tires measured, and then we’ll tell you that all important weight. So, like I said, looks like a pretty uh narrow aggressive cockpit, but let’s actually see what it is. So, center to center at the brake hoods. Yeah, we are looking around maybe let’s call that 35 cm center to center at the brake hoods. That’s measuring 28 in between the hoods. And then if we come into the drops, yeah, there’s a little bit of flare there. So, it’s flaring out to kind of 40 cm center to center at the drops. Then in terms of stem, it’s kind of tricky. Don’t know exactly where the bowl is, but if we say it’s around say it’s around here, that looks like a 14 cm stem to me. So, pretty aggressive cockpit there. All right. So, he’s got a 28C tire on the rear, but it looks quite chunky on these rims. Let’s see exactly what it comes up as. So, that is coming up at Yeah, 31 mm at the rear. And then let’s go around to the front. This is looks similar, a little bit narrower. 30 mm. Not bad at all. And looks like I’m running low on battery. All right. So, this is a size large aerobic, like I said, with a slightly heavier GP5000 STR tires, but let’s see how much it weighs. Well, I can tell you that it’s not light. And it’s coming in at 8.065 kilos. So, yeah, definitely not light, but I’m sure it’s pretty fast. And it’s going to be pretty fast in that opening stage. So this is the Canyon Air Road CFR of multiple world champion Matthew Vanderpole. This is uh pretty much the same as the Aroad he was riding last year and throughout this season so far, but it does have this very cool white and sparkly gold My Canyon paint job. Now the My Canyon program is a kind of customization program that the big German brand has launched uh this year. basically allows you to select a certain level of paint job customization, kind of spec changes, that sort of thing. So when you order your bike, you no longer have to just have that stock option that you always had. You kind of get a few custom options. Now, of course, costs a little bit of extra money. There are some upcharges for the various different paint jobs. This is probably one of the more expensive ones given Vanderpole’s got it, but we can you can go on canyon.com and find out for yourself. The only thing that you probably won’t be able to get is this prospec only kind of negative 17 degree stem on the handlebar. The standard ones have a kind of more like a minus 8° stem and I’m guessing Canyon just thinks that not enough consumers want those, but otherwise this bike is pretty stock. He’s got the Shimano Dura ADI2 R9200 group set with 54 40 to chain rings and what looks like an and what looks like an 11 to 30 to cassette out back. Now, I believe kind of tighter cassette is really just for the fast opening, flatter stages cuz they’ve also got these Dura Ace C60 wheels which are a little bit heavier than the standard C50 wheels cuz they have um slightly deeper rims of course, but I believe they also have slightly thicker spokes for a bit more rigidity in the sprints. In terms of tires, Vanderpole is running the latest Pirelli P0. In terms of tires, Vanderpo is running the latest Pirelli P 0 Race RS TLR in a size 30C front and rear. Interestingly, uh those are set up tubeless. They’re also running wax chains it looks like this year. And Vanderpole has a white Cella Italia Flight SLR saddle on top and this nice little race number holder just glued onto the back of the seat post there. So then other than the elite custom race bottle cages, extra little detail just noticed whilst we’ve been taking some pictures is this really nice little 3D printed bike computer mount just out front. Just a nice little extra. And of course we couldn’t come here without checking his crank lengths, but Vanderpole is still running 172.5. So no short cranks for Vanderpole. That’s about it. So let’s get on to the weights and measurements. All right, so let’s get this one on the scales. Now, this is obviously a proper aero bike with sprint setup. Yeah. All right. 8 kilos. Bang on. All right. Now, these are 30C tires as we said, but let’s see what they actually measure on the rims. They’re coming in. Yeah, just over 31 mil. And we’ll check the frontup. Yeah, basically about the same. 31 and a half. At a glance, this does look a little bit wider than most of the bars we’ve seen so far at this tour. And yeah, it’s a 40 cm center to center around 33 cm in between the hoods, which is which will please the UCI. And then at the stem, around maybe let’s call that a 120. [Applause] We’re here with the Orbeea Orca Arrow of Team Lotto. Now, this particular bike belongs to the Belgian sprinter Ano Dele, former Belgian national champion. Could be in contention for the yellow jersey and the stage win on stage one. The Lotto team is certainly hoping. Now, the Orca Arero is the team’s kind of dedicated Aero road bike. They also have the standard Orca, which is more of a climbing bike. And as you can see, got really deep aerrow foil section tubes. It’s also got a very narrow fork from the front on with the kind of legs then bowing out towards the the brake calipers and the dropouts at the bottom. Or says this bike was kind of inspired by their Ordo time trial bike and that’s why it’s kind of got this horizontal top tube and the deep section down tube which kind of hugs the front wheel and then as well as those deep seat stays which flow out of the seat tube. Now this particular bike has a set of tax serero carbon bottle cages. You may remember from the launch of this bike that there is actually uh an integrated bottle as well as an integrated storage unit that’s designed for this specific bike frame, but those are not UCI legal because they are simply too big and the UCI says they are fairings. So, the racers can’t use them and they and to be honest, they are less practical for a road race where you’re going to have to be getting multiple bottles throughout the stage. Up front, we’ve got a new integrated handlebar. Now, when this bike launched, it had a two-piece cockpit that kind of favored a bit of adjustability, but this new one from the kind of in-house brand Auo saves a little bit of weight and should also be a little bit more arrow. And you don’t need to wrap the tops on this bar because it’s got this kind of little maybe printed or stuck on grip on the top, which is quite nice. Um, it looks like this is a fairly narrow bar, not super narrow. We’ve certainly seen narrow on this tour. and it may also have a little bit of flare at the drops. Also from Okuo are these new wheels. Now, these are the RA 57 Limited wheels and they’re wrapped with Victoria Corser Pro wide rim optimized tires. Those are the 29C. We also got these really nice little kind of titanium looking hubs. I would suspect they’re not titanium cuz that would be far too expensive, but they do look very nice. Uh and they also have these lightweight gala rotors also saving a little bit of weight. Of course, we will get it on the scale shortly. Now, in terms of group set, Lotto are running Shimano’s latest dur R9200 group set, except of course, except they have the FSA power box team edition power meter, which has carbon cranks and are no running 54 to chain rings paired with a tight, and these are actually quite rare to see these days, 11 to 30 to cassette outback. Now, of course, you won’t need the gearing range of an 11 to 34 in the flat opening stage of this year’s race, but it is still quite rare to see these tight cassettes these days because obviously with 12 speeds, the 11 to 34 doesn’t have big jumps between the gears. Anyway, it’s kind of interesting to see. Finishing off the bike, we’ve also got a set of Dura Ace SPD SL pedals, a Cella Italia saddle, and Arno Deli also has little sprint shifters just placed under the drops on either side of his handlebar. Right, let’s move on to the all crucial measurements and let’s find out how much it weighs. All right, let’s get that all important weight. Just before we do it though, uh also worth noting that Arnold De’s crank length is 172.5 mm. So, he’s not going shorter unlike a lot of people at this year’s tour. Right now, in terms of how much it weighs, 7.89 kilos. Now, this is of course an aerobic, so you don’t expect it to be super light, but there you go. All right, let’s get these all important handlebar measurements. Now, this one is coming out at around maybe 375, maybe 380 mm center to center at the brake hoods. In between the brake hoods, it’s more like 31 cm, which won’t be allowed under new UCI regulations from the beginning of 2026. At the drops, at the drops, it is Yeah, maybe there’s a slight degree of flare there cuz it’s coming out around 41 42 at the drops and we’ll get that stem length finally. That looks like a 12 cm stem for the leaf. All right, let’s get those tire whips. So, these are the 29C Corser wides. They’re coming in at around 28 1/2 on the rear. Scoot round to the front. We have, drum roll please, Kyle, the same 28.5. So just a little bit under the 29C uh nominal width. [Music] All right. Now we are here with the gold specialized tarmac SL8 of course the double Olympic champion Remco Ienopole. Now this is the same Specialized Tarmac SL8 he’s been riding for a couple of seasons now. But of course there are some new updates for the 2025 Tour to France. One is this beautiful gold paint job, which obviously pretty difficult to pull off if you’re not an Olympic champion, but for Remco Veniple, looks pretty good. Continuing on the gold theme, of course, we also have a gold painted seat post and a gold painted bike computer mount out front and a gold saddle. And that’s a new saddle, too. That is the Specialized S Works Power Evo with mirror. Now, mirror being the kind of term that Specialized uses for their 3D printed saddle technology. As always with these things, the kind of goal is to reduce soft tissue pressure and Specializ says it’s around 28% less soft tissue pressure on the nose compared to the standard foam padding on a power saddle. So that’s pretty impressive and should help the Avento and the rest of his teammates be pretty comfy over 3 weeks. Now on this bike, there are a few new bits that Remco didn’t have last year, such as these Reval Rapid CLX 3 wheels. Now, these are the new lighter versions with the slightly deeper 51 mm front rim and the slightly shallower 48 mm rear rim. Now, Specializ says that’s because the front wheel takes the bulk of the aerodynamic benefits, whereas the rear wheel can be slightly shallower to save weight. These wheels also have a new lighter hub set and carbon spokes, which save around 200 g compared to the old versions, putting these in at around 1,300 g for a set, which is pretty impressive for a mid-epth wheel set. In terms of the tires, uh, Remco is also using the new Specialized Turbo Cotton TLR tires in a size 30 mm. As on Primo’s Rock’s bike, which we’ve also filmed at this tour, this marks one of the first times we’ve seen these teams not using the old Turbo Cotton Clincher tires at the Tour to France. So, looks like this could be the tire that finally sways the teams away from using clinchers. In terms of drivetrain, Remco is running a Shimano Dura Ace Di2 R9200 group set. And this year though, he’s using carbon tie chain rings. Now, as Shimano sponsors the team, the carbon tie branding has been tastefully removed. But we can still see these are 56 44T chain rings and Renco has an 11 to 34 cassette at the rear. And he is still, I believe, yeah, running 165 mm cranks just like his big rival Tad Pagatcha. So, finishing the bike off, he has a set of Shimano Dura Ace SPDSL pedals as well as the Roal Rapid uh cockpit up front with what looks like a pretty narrow width, but let’s measure it and find out. All right. Now, these are, as I have said, the new 30 mm wide Specialized Turbo Cotton TLR tires. And on these rims, they are coming in at just over 29 and a half millimeters wide. At the rear, and at the front, we have yeah, it’s about the same. Just under 29 and a half mm wide for the tires. All right, let’s get those bars measured. Yeah. As at previous tours, Renco is running a 36 cm center to center handlebar, which measures around 30 cm between the brake hoods and the stem is looks like a 120 mm stem there. And that all important bike weight figure, 7.18 kilos. So, not bad at all. Well, I’m pretty sure this bike could be lighter obviously with a slight swap of wheels, maybe something lighter. But it is worth remembering we have spotted Remco Veniple before using a black Tarmac SL8. So I wonder if that is a slightly lighter paint job that he might switch to for the mountains. Well, there you have it. Those were all the hottest bikes from the 2025 to France Grandar in Le. Don’t forget to leave a comment underneath this video telling us which one was your favorite. And of course, like this video, subscribe to our channel, and stay tuned for more coming from this year’s Tour to France here on Bike Radar.