Check out the canyon_bikes Aeroad CFR that AvVleuten Annamiek van Vleuten of Movistar_Team rode to victory in LeTourFemmes cycling
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the final stage of the Tour de France Femmes on Sunday to secure the overall race victory, and here is the Canyon Aeroad CFR that she rode.
Van Vleuten started the final stage on the yellow bike – complete with yellow bar tape, wheel and groupset decals, and even a yellow chain. However, she switched bikes several times during the stage – both planned and as a result of a mechanical issue – and finished up on her usual bike with a few yellow details.Why the planned change? Weight. No, seriously, that’s straight from Movistar Team.
Adding 80g – maybe more – of paint is proportionately quite large. Increasing weight is fine if it’s improving the performance in some way but a yellow paint job isn’t going to make the bike any quicker – hence Van Vleuten and Movistar decided it had to go before the stage started hotting up. Pro riders and their teams obsess over details like this.Van Vleuten used her aero Canyon Aeroad CFR throughout the Tour de France Femmes rather than going for the lighter Ultimate.
Of course, factors like weight, stiffness, ergonomics, handling and comfort also help to determine a bike’s overall performance, and the engineers had to take all of those things into account.The bike features Canyon’s proprietary seat post and the CP0018 cockpit that keeps the cables out of the wind. Van Vleuten usually opts for just an 80mm stem length and typically uses 38cm bars, although the CP0018 cockpit can be set to three positions: 37cm, 39cm or 41cm.
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