The Hottest Bikes & Tech We Found At the Tour De France 2024!

[@gcntech]

What do you think of Visma' Lease a Bike's control room? Let us know in the comments below! 💬

[@victorwelch974]

Following the F1 telemetry approach.

[@mogglie]

Scary and fascinating. We will see if it will give any advantages for the team. I can see that the teams will learn to use this better the coming years. And I will become standard. After all. They have lots of data now a days that takes some focus to make sense out of. With this. They can perhaps collect even more data with more sensors from the bikes. Don’t know what it would be. But. It’s possible.

[@paullai8089]

Uci going after them 😂

[@oatmonster]

Isn't transmitting metrics like power and HR to anyone but the rider themselves explicitly banned?

[@Gixer750pilot]

@@gcntech it’s gonna get banned !!!! If they are thinking of banning radios then it obsolete already

[@andrewjones1720]

"Share it with your friends.... if you've got any." I feel personally attacked. 😂😂

[@atko3ify]

Lol

[@gcntech]

He's got a habit of being mean like this 🤣

[@MichaelSmith-fn1ci]

That comment made me chuckle 😂

[@AlexWatson-t1f]

I don't have any friends.

[@Cider4144]

Don't need them. They're overrated anyway. 😅

[@ap6584]

Love to see an oiled chain, the correct form of lubrication. Good lads

[@LukeSkywalker-io2bh]

Yeah, apparently someone did a test and you can save watts on waxed chain, but I think after a few stages, it's gonna pick up so much junk it's not worth it imo.

[@youloveulises]

The Ineos Grenadier is more than just a funky team car. The team is actually named after it.

[@ChlorophyllCrusher]

I’ve never seen a tire with tread like the Conti proto; that’s fascinating. There’s a braking and cornering edges deeper than we usually see on road tires. And aero gains seem implicate; vortex generators?

[@invisiblescout6335]

Tread patterns have no positive effect on road tyre grip, all they do is make it easier to sell. And yes the purpose of the swiss side conti tyre tread is purely aerodynamics

[@stevewong46]

Help olly ! A video previewed with you but I can not find it ! It started with you in front of team buses saying how fancy they were and the bikes ! I thought I would watch it later but it didn’t save so It’s driving me mad looking for it ! Give me a clue or link to it please 🙏 by they way great work man ❤

[@ramsden35]

Ollie is the best

[@krishroy1380]

Everybody : Looking at the DARE head tube Me : Feeling hurt because Lloyd is creasing his Jordans

[@paulebert223]

Ineos new gravel sections team car?

[@the.communist]

It happened to me the bike shop oiled my waxed chain. I went mad

[@xetra21]

Disappointed Dan's not covering the Tour since the changes at GCN.

[@jordyd8916]

" Blotted out" and everybbody at home can see it's "Zero"🤭

[@Frostbiker]

They are Conti Aero 111 tires. No doubt Ollie knew but was asked not to say it out loud.

[@EverettWilson]

UCI: "We're like to ban radios to get rid of team orders." Visma: "We'd like to spend a lot of money."

[@asambi69]

I can see every team who can afford it, having one of those vans next year...unless they ban them.

[@leangrypoulet7523]

I'm just amazed it took so long to do one. It's a F1 pit wall on wheels. The military have been using mobile comms units like these for yonks, so it only makes sense for a race team to do it. Better than trying to cram all the tech into a Skoda estate for the DS to analyse whilst being driven by a maniac on twisty mountain roads.😂

[@dominicbritt]

Let’s hope the team car doesn’t ride over any of the peloton…

[@folcobanfi4370]

Looks like Ineos Grenadiers are getting ready for when team cars will be allowed in gravel races...

[@gcntech]

That would make a great gravel team car 😎

[@a1white]

Good to see Dan at the TdF for GCN

[@gcntech]

Dan doing what he does best 🙌

[@888johnmac]

watching Olly properly geek out .. priceless .. lol

[@gcntech]

In his happy place for sure 🤣

[@SteveNinetyski]

Painful you mean

[@simonguard5087]

Great that Jumbo are going back to basics & racing on feel…….how refreshing.

[@erickcarlson9245]

😆

[@Steveintheandes]

the Ineos team vehicle is terrifying from the point of view of a vulnerable road user. Plus, it would be tricky to get bikes off the roof in the heat of the moment.

[@ColbyRidesBikes]

Giant orange wank tank

[@jospnd]

Totally agree but since they produce the car themselves, its also clear they are gonna use it. Dont think they had a choice

[@JDPInd]

Less than you might imagine being both a cyclist and having the car. You can see all four corners easily and it has a toot button to alert its presence. Safer than most in the right hands. Couldn’t agree more about getting bikes off the roof though, it blooming tall!

[@alexspencer7170]

That continental tyre on the front of the van rysel bike blantantly says "Aero" on it.... 3:47

[@cardboardcrawlersrc8805]

I think the new Red Bull colors are fantastic. Looking really nice. Definitely added a bit of pop and i think Red Bull will be a good partner into the future.

[@gcntech]

Super cool to see them in the pro peloton! 🙌

[@montew2193]

The Ineos Grenadier team car is actually an Ineos Grenadier. Anyone who has about 70K can but one. Pretty sure you won’t see it on the roads during the race.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

... can buy* one. Interesting how you can make people spend that money on the copy of a G-class Mercedes with a BMW engine.

[@krisbowditch827]

Budget friendly car 😉👌

[@gethynrees6109]

@@krisbowditch827 cheap as chips

[@adadinthelifeofacyclist]

Is it about time the UCI placed restrictions on what can be used as a team car? Are there any restrictions on size or pedestrian safety ratings at the moment? The Ineos car looks dangerous for cyclists, environmentally inconsiderate and completely unnecessary functionally. It'll obscure the road ahead for everyone behind it too. I short, the car looks good, but using it might not look good on Ineos...

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Ineos is one of the largest plastics and composite manufacturers in the world and its owner was one of the greatest promoters of Brexit. The team makes people with taste physically sick by riding Pinarello bikes, so what they care about the least are environmental concerns.

[@Xarx42]

Regarding the "dare" bike: nothing Simplon didn't do with its Pride II 3-4 years ago.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

Finally different front and rear tires, the next thing the roadies learn from MTB. The Red Bull bikes look great but they could be even better with white bar tape.

[@Frostbiker]

I agree. The most important qualities for front and rear tires are rather different, even for a bike commuter. E.g. grip matters more on the front tire while the rear tire has a bigger effect on comfort.

[@grosmince]

Yes, finally. I’ve had so many problems for the last forty years or so with identical front/rear tires. Including mtb.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

In 2001, Continental introduced a set of differentiated road tires for front and rear called the Attack and Force, respectively. I used them for about ten years until they were phased out and wider tyres than their 22 and 24 mm became a thing. So that concept is all but new.

[@chrisridesbicycles]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 Did they have different rubber compound?

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

@@chrisridesbicycles As far as I remember they used two different compounds on both tyres, the middle section with the softer one was wider in the rear tyre, and they had distinctively different profiles.

[@MathijnvanderHeijden]

are you sure these orbeas are called oolab? it looked like inifinity lab to me

[@jefffixesit60]

Tentatively celebrating the return of color and gloss finishes, I've become bored with satin/matte and bland on black! Also glad to see a few modular cockpits, as separate bar/stem combos are friendlier to mere mortals like me. Great coverage, thanks for being there, I do wish I could join you!😁

[@YippeeSkippie426]

Ugh. Yes, all matte, all black bicycles (and vehicles for that matter) were boring to me about three minutes after seeing one for the first time. All I can think when I see a "matte" finish of any kind these days is "Nice primer-mobile, bro."

[@cruachan1191]

Love the paint job on those Ineos bikes, looks stunning.

[@gcntech]

The Ineos bikes always look good! 👌

[@nathanwarren5616]

Ineostentatious

[@dominicbritt]

The race organisers should be collecting that data that Visma Lease a Bike are and making it available online realtime.

[@invisiblescout6335]

They're not collecting anything. That would be explicitly illegal according to the UCI rulebook. Pretty big miss by gcn as that fact has been very prominent in the media because of it.

[@adamweb]

3:44 Continental 'Aero 111' 😉

[@reinholdachleitner2069]

Awesome video GCN,the Spezialized Bora Hansgrohe Red Bull is one the best looking bikes there,really clean looking.💯👌🏻✌🏻🚴‍♂️

[@gcntech]

Bike looks pretty special doesn't it 👌

[@mcfly3510]

What is that with the Specialized painting? In the close up you can see something like an old pattern underneath the white.

[@Cycle.every.day.]

Anyone keeping tabs on X% stiffer, X% lighter etc. Because 3,4,5 models later as that continues it means they'll be 400% lighter and stiffer than 5 models ago....something fishy there.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

More "fishy" if not so downright stupid are claims like "(so aero it saves) x seconds per hour" (Trek) or "(at 45 kph) 18 seconds faster than its predecessor" (Specialized), why not claim "our bikes are so expensive because they can redefine time itself"?

[@garysimpson8860]

Red bull livery looks ace 👍 I’d have one definitely but probably break under my weight 😂

[@erich8258]

3:48 Is it detective work if you can clearly see the word "Aero" in the erased logo?

[@beyond8981]

So if top teams in the TDF aren't using waxed chains - makes me also question the benefit of them.

[@mopedvieh]

The award for the best paintjob goes to Lloyd's shoes. Absolutely love them 😂

[@gcntech]

Hahahah should we do a fit check?

[@kidShibuya]

Thanks for providing chapters so I could skip the Ineos section

[@gcntech]

You missed a great section 👀

[@larrylem3582]

Instead of fancy team cars, pay the domestiques, mechanics, and soigneurs more.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Don't worry, the personell in these teams does receive a pretty handsome salary. And since the maker of this car is the co-sponsor it would not make sense to use a different car. Imagine a team bearing Ford in its name but driving VWs.

[@patrickparisienne1917]

Love the AG2R bikes with those front tyres. They appear to to be there to trip the boundary layer air as it flows around the tyre. Clever!

[@minseong___kim]

피드콕 말존나안듣게생겼네 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@tonysadler5290]

Landrover team car - if it's anything like the ones I had after the m300 engine , they'll keep breaking down.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

That Grenadier car is like one of those new Electric cars from China whose design is a collection of copies from other car companies. It looks like a Landrover and Mercedes G-Class mixed into one and uses a BMW engine.

[@michaellarkin6158]

Also helps that the tyre has aero written on it

[@Pacco1612]

Love to see Dan at the Grounds of TdF - This is Dan's place to Be...! GCN 👊

[@rondo761]

The team Ineos vehicle. Throwing up. Sky Ocean Rescue lasted for one year, now this... WTF? shouldn't cycling be environmentaly friendly? Bahrain, UAE, UnoX, TotalEnergies, Grenadiers. Private jets...

[@31acruz]

You should have SPUN the pedals freely BEFORE & AFTER the procedure. What a missed opportunity. Thumbs down for me. (too distracted trying to be funny)

[@Dhungerf60]

To me it, the Orbea bikes look like they are “ Infinity LAB”

[@emil_copenhagen]

Best thing here definately the Visma control room. Wow, that looks amazing! My take on Bora's new sponsor isn't too welcoming, since I absolutely despise energy drinks (not the ones used while riding, but the ones along with SoMe bringing our civilization to its knees) I do not approve of the new bike or sponsor. Even Wout van Aert's helmet for the past seasons has brought me to care a little less for him as a rider. Harsh, maybe, but that's how I feel. Lastly, and just out of curiosity, Ollie, why does the Italian GCN presenter has a french name; Alain?

[@borgo3325]

Good to see Lloydy back on a GCN vid

[@gcntech]

We love having him on the GCN vid 🙌

[@Chris._P._Bacon]

Remember the Euro Cup guys.......where footballers are barely touch and act (just to get an advantage or a free kick or a free penalty) as if they fell off a bike going 30 miles an hour, and 10 seconds later they are perfectly fine........what an unbearable sport to watch football is nowadays.

[@SteveNinetyski]

3:18 to 3:22 Did Ollie have a mini stroke or was he just a bit nervous and trying too hard? 😂 Von Reezell.... Ag2r, otherwise known as adgy duz er. Crease central.

[@flatrat89]

Wow, that VLB control room is cool! Can't help to think how such an investment takes away from smaller teams to be competitive? What are your thoughts?

[@gordonanderson3111]

That INEOS team car/truck looks like it could go thru a hurricane up to cat. 3 at least. WHAT kind of wax are we talkin about? Not just paraben?

[@thomasoei7089]

The Team Decathalon Van Rysel bikes with the new front tires have ramps and walls that will aid the braking performance. Looks like they took a lesson from MTB tread patterns.

[@invisiblescout6335]

Tread patterns do literally nothing for grip on the road. This has been explicitly confirmed by multiple tyre manufacturers. For example, the only reason contis initially had treads is becase tyres with treads sell better (according to conti themselves). Accidentally their tread pattern proved to have an aerodynamic advantage, so they design their current tyres with that in mind. The new swiss side/conti collaboration tyre was developed explicitly for aero performance and has been in the wild for a while now, initially used in triathlons.

[@gcntech]

Those mountain bikers sometimes know what they're talking about 🤣

[@robertyu7341]

All the bikes Shimano outfits in the tour and all the money they make, and they would not take back the Ultegra Fc 6800 hollow tech crankset, which was in the recalled lot numbers. They actually would only take it back on signs of delamination. It can instantaneous delaminate and I would be in a crash. Do they even care about their reputation?

[@lostboy8814]

Love the surprise on Olly's face when discovering some of the bike teams do not wax their chains at the TDF?.....well no because it's a right pain in the ass and a complete faff.

[@Totalavulsion]

Such underwhelming developments - a sticker to mark seat post height. Who’d have thought? Bike companies must be becoming concerned about what the next big development will be to push onto punters.

[@jimboburgess42069]

The team car shouldn't be some big intimifating road monster. A friendly round citreon makes the most sense for the TDF

[@KAtergorie]

Stupid and unnecessary SUV 😅

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Makes more sense than the 2-seater Jaguars Ineos' predecessor Team Sky used ten years ago.

[@mstrasser]

Campenaerts would have that note haha. What a guy.

[@branislavtrninic4505]

I am just really surprised that none of the teams does not have Hypoxic bus. Japanese pod-style hotel but on the bus. I am guessing that entire bus could accommodate 12 to 16 pods at least. That would eliminate need not only for altitude camp but for hypoxic hotel. How come nobody has one yet beats me

[@TwoWheelRover]

Visma control room feels like an unfair advantage that should be regulated. Its bike racing not TDF team manager the video game...😢

[@krisbowditch827]

Wonder if there choosing oil instead of wax because it’s easier to apply over the mile’s accumulated.

[@markgalanter1171]

the Bora Hansgrohe Red Bull bikes look awful. The dark green and black of yesteryear was so much nicer

[@andrewclarkson1943]

How come lots of the TDF24 pros aren’t wearing cycling mitts?

[@neilmurray1359]

I think its for Betting, gather info and stats. Sponsored by betcity what other reason for cycling.

[@JoselitoMayores]

that control room is a game changer.....''just like a special operation's command center...nice one

[@simonknowles4267]

I was under the impression that all products had to be available to the general public ( if you can afford it)

[@julianallen515]

Bidon, Ollie? You must be French or pretentious. Which is it? Your choice. LOL

[@WesternUranus]

Aero tires, I knew this day would come 😂

[@darthvulcanis4002]

Ollie has blessed Geraint with his holy touch. G will now reclaim GC

[@S55_Marquise]

Does anyone know what to do to protect my frame after my chain scratched my frame and exposed bare metal?

[@SuperTaylor68]

RedBull livery is a 👍 for me

[@martinmartin400]

GCN are so bought...cant never ever be objective...

[@jamesdubben3687]

Ineos team car: Don't think I would want to ride behind it. If it's a diesel I wouldn't wish it on my enemy to ride behind it.

[@mikehascats26]

expensive bikes are silly. just have everyone ride the same $1,000 bike. the best rider will still win

[@jespernohr]

Prefer the old Bora Hans Grohe livery. The RedBull is the same as all other RedBull sports, understandable, but just boring.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Bora-hansgrohe*

[@jespernohr]

@@einundsiebenziger5488 were you in doubt? 🤣

[@MarioDeFeliceNetworkEngineer]

Alan Is pronounced the way you are, Ollie! Alàn would be French

[@cablefree-qh8vl]

All Bikes with enough Place for Battery and Motor.

[@ianmcleod4]

Teams should have all electric backup cars clean up global warming fumes

[@urdrenn]

is that control room actually allowed by UCI? tought realtime data usage to coordinate a race was not allowed

[@Rakeshlamaoffical]

Wow ❤

[@bradcampey4990]

Re the ineos team car… cmon, its wat the team was named after… ineos grenadier!

[@mihaelverk9507]

I guess the promotion is not going that well then hahaha

[@achievesportsgaming1702]

green bora bikes are the prettiest for sure

[@gethynrees6109]

trying to get a fast bike change when the spare is on top of a 2 meter tall tank could be stressful

[@AaronGoodTimes]

Control van is awesome! Want to know about their networking equipment.

[@arkhamexecutivellc4033]

Tech question... on tubeless... you showed the sticker with the date on it... so how often do amateurs vs pros change their sealant?

[@SteevyTable]

Amateur here, I change sealant about once a year. Sometimes. Kind of.

[@ariffau]

O-Lab sounds like a Lab71 ripoff. Come on, what was wrong with My-O? I personally ride an Orca. It’s a great bike 😊

[@ariffau]

Looks like they removed the down tube storage on the Orca Aero. I better buy one before they run out. Or two

[@dbgrand]

The best car this year is the pink Cadillac by EF ♥️

[@federicomurero]

The Red bull scheme is a thing of beauty

[@jeskli11]

Comment to the Ineos Grenadier question: Personally I really like the use of electric cars in the races. I can't recall if any team actually uses one, but at least the race marshalls do and that's only a good thing in my opinion as the riders going full gas up climbs don't have to unnecesarily breathe the gases coming out of ICE cars. Despite even the Grenadier surely complies with Euro 6c or whatever, it's still far from the EV cleanliness, which especially in these situations would be in my opinion very beneficial.

[@Zb1999]

EF just debuted a pink Cadillac lyriq. Fully electric

[@invisiblescout6335]

The convoy is behind the riders anyway. Electric drivertrains are vastly more convenient for this use case though.

[@jeskli11]

@@invisiblescout6335 Generally yes, but if there's big enough time gap, they go around the peloton to follow the group with their riders. That overtaking takes a few secs and at that time the ICE cars rev higher (I guess they are all equipped with automatic transmission nowadays, so they downshift when they sense the need for higer acceleration) and hence produce even more gasses than usual whilst passing it. And then while they are driving behind a group, I guess the peloton or the next group could still be breathing intoxicated air by the car a minute ahead of them. Again, I know modern ICE cars with all the required particular filters are very clean and this would be marginal gains at best, but it's 2024 and every bigger car brand has some EV in their range, so why don't go that one extra step, especially when it's for the riders' health and doesn't have any other drawbacks?

[@kixigvak]

S-Works for me. When will the Tour introduce an eBike stage? When will the Tour become 100% eBike? Today on my ride I almost got hit by a clown on an eBike going full throttle while looking backwards to check out a high school girl.

[@rosshole]

I'd think he'd slow down for that. 😂

[@nikko8650]

I liked the new bira bike but the green color was more unique

[@czts4778]

I love the green color

[@MrWrob32]

Miss Dan on Eurosport, not the same without him

[@frugalcode]

UCI banning Control Rooms in 3, 2....

[@jimhansen5395]

Pretty sure that is Infinity Lab, not ooLab

[@BLITZKRIEG1]

just bikes boys. Not the Mars rovers 😂

[@WoolWhichReds]

And this is supposed to put more arses on saddles?

[@PhilDiasPJD]

I didn't know bikes had heart rates 😂