BikeRadar Showcases 7 Time Trial Bikes for Tour Stage 16 as Pogačar Eyes 5th Title
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Updated · BikeRadar · Jul 21
BikeRadar Showcases 7 Time Trial Bikes for Tour Stage 16 as Pogačar Eyes 5th Title
3 articles · Updated · BikeRadar · Jul 21
Summary
Stage 16’s 26.1km individual time trial features about 500m of climbing, including a 9.7km ascent at 4.3%, making Tuesday’s lone Tour TT a mixed climbing-and-aero test rather than a flat specialist course.
Pogačar’s Colnago TT2 leads the seven-bike lineup because it could carry him to a fifth Tour win; Colnago says the model is 550g lighter than the TT1, while his spare bike weighed 8.14kg.
BikeRadar’s survey also highlighted wide variation in setups: Trentin’s BMC Timemachine came in at 9.8kg, Schmid’s Giant at 9.3kg, Pidcock’s Pinarello at 8.5kg and Strand Hagenes’ Cervélo at 8.8kg.
Lighter options stood out at the smaller end of the field, with Martinez’s Bianchi Aquila weighed at 7.77kg, while Wærenskjold’s Ridley Dean Fast and several rivals used 60-tooth or larger chainrings for the fast sections.
The preview suggests teams may still tweak gearing for the climb to Côte de Larringes, but the decisive equipment trade-off remains weight versus aerodynamics on a course that combines uphill, descent and technical urban turns.