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Just recently, Thomas could only watch while Pogačar crushed the field by almost 10 minutes at the Giro d’Italia, even as the veteran finished third overall. Then again in July when Pogačar snared six Tour de France stages, taking yellow, while Thomas was almost three hours off the pace. But at age 38, it’s testament to Thomas’s resilience that he’s still able to make the podium at the biggest races and against some of the greatest racers ever to turn a pedal. How many of today’s wunderkinds will still be challenging for the top spot 17 years after their Grand Tour debuts? Riders may be reaching their peak younger these days, but will they also burn out sooner? Especially as teams are now constantly searching for the next teenage superstar.…
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Trek has unveiled its newest road racing machine, an eighth-generation Madone that is lighter and more aero than any previous version across the iconic model’s 20-plus-year history. Unsurprisingly, Trek says it’s the best road bike the US company has ever made: lighter than the Émonda and as aero as the previous Madone. It’s lusted over by the pros, Trek continues, and in its first race – almost a month out from the official release – Mads Pedersen won a sprint stage on it at the Critérium du Dauphiné. The new Madone has all but killed the comparatively young Émonda, first released in 2014. It wasn’t Trek’s intention, though, as this new bike started as an Émonda update. Somewhere along the line, the engineering and marketing boffins at Trek realised they…
The third-generation Liv Langma has hit the road in Australia with improvements across its range, most notably in the top-of-the line Advanced SL 0, the bike of Liv AlUla Jayco Women’s WorldTour team. While earlier iterations had the Langma pitched as a climbing bike, it has been reborn as an all-rounder in 2024 to provide lighter, more efficient models that suit everyone, from racy to reccy. Exploring the range With a huge 12 models internationally, Australia will be seeing six – that’s two in each of the three series. The Advanced SL 0 at the top is all about race-winning thoroughbreds, light enough for the mountains, aero enough for the winds. The Advanced Pro in the middle suits a wide range of riding styles, and the Advanced provides some great…
Shimano’s 12-speed GRX gravel groupset has gone electric – although GRX Di2 currently only applies to the 2x version of the groupset. With patent applications surfacing that hint at 13-speed cassettes and/or fully wireless shifting, it’s reasonable to expect that when GRX Di2 1x does finally surface it will be a seismic change, but for the moment this update offers up relatively few surprises. As expected, the brakes and drivetrain options (a sub-compact 48/31 chainset plus 11-34t and 11-36t cassettes) are carried over from mechanical 12-speed GRX. Meanwhile, the bits that shift the chain around are basically a more rugged version of Shimano’s semi-wireless road format (wireless shifters talking to derailleurs that are wired to a seatpost-mounted battery). The rear derailleur carries over previous GRX’s clutch mechanism, and the shifters’…
While it may look similar to its pre-existing Utopia Y aero helmet, Kask says the new Nirvana has been designed from scratch and it’s even faster. That is mainly thanks to increased coverage at the lower edge of the helmet shell. This has been designed to shield the rider’s ears, which must surely be one of the most unaerodynamic small body parts, given that their sole job is to stick out and catch sound waves. While the larger, smoother shell makes it easy to see how it might be faster – a full 35% faster than its nearest competitor, Kask claims, although it remains tight-lipped about which helmet that is – Kask also says the design is significantly cooler. ‘The Nirvana boasts a 19% increase in ventilation over its rivals,…
