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Welcome to a massive issue of Cyclist, where we’re thrilled to feature Australian legend Cadel Evans as we gear up for the 10th anniversary of the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in 2025. This milestone event not only celebrates a decade of thrilling competition but also honours his incredible legacy as Australia’s first winner of the Tour de France and Road World Championships. We had the unique pleasure of riding alongside Cadel on his beloved Surf Coast roads, where we chatted about his illustrious career and how cycling continues to inspire him. We came away with the realisation that his love for the sport is as strong as ever and he’s a man who’s happiest when he’s on his bike. The Great Ocean Road Race has become a passion…
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‘The new Aeroad was defined by pro rider feedback,’ says Canyon’s lead engineer Lukas Birr. ‘The overall theme was to be the fastest bike, which it already is. On the geometry, the pros were content. We weren’t going to touch anything that wasn’t requested.’ In other words, Canyon’s new Aeroad, which the brand claims is the fastest bike in the pro peloton, has had a touch-up rather than a total makeover, and the claimed performance improvements – in line with the easy-to-miss changes to tube profiles and widths – are slight. Canyon claims an average 2.5-watt advantage over a Cervélo S5 at 45kmh, while improvements over the previous Aeroad hover between the negligible and 3-watt mark, depending on yaw angle. According to Birr the new Aeroad frames are now around…
The typical lifecycle of a high-end bike these days tends to be around three to four years, but the Pinarello Dogma F has traditionally been revised at a significantly faster rate. That means there have been plenty of updates in the platform’s 22-year history. ‘We were a formation partner of Ineos Grenadiers – then Team Sky – and the team needs a new bike every two years,’ says Pinarello CEO Fausto Pinarello. ‘Our starting point for new projects is always to ask, “What does the team need?” For example, they’ve always said they don’t want to change bikes mid-race, and we knew we could build a well-rounded race machine, so we shunned the trend for separate race categories. ‘Now other brands are recombining their lightweight and aero bikes, coming back…
Bontrager Paradigm Pro 30 wheels $1,899.98, trekbikes.com/au Gravel tyres are trending ever wider, with pros now winning races on 50mm widths. Reflecting this pump up in volume, Bontrager has released its new Paradigm Pro 30 wheels. They boast an internal rim width of 29mm, which is wide even by gravel standards. ‘As riders use wider tyres, rims need to be adjusted for proper fit and function,’ says Matias Lauryssens, Trek’s wheelworks product manager. ‘Wider rim/tyre combos provide better traction, control and, to a point, better rolling resistance. The “con” is the added weight, but in many cases the benefits of extra width outweigh the penalty.’ Lauryssens says that once the move to even wider tyres had become clear, releasing the Paradigm Pro 30 was an easy decision because Bontrager already had…
Marc Hirschi to Tudor Pro Cycling Eyebrows were raised when Julian Alaphilippe joined Tudor from Soudal-Quick-Step but we all saw what happened with Peter Sagan and Niki Terpstra at TotalEnergies. Someone who should provide the Swiss team far more bang for their franc is the forgotten man of Swiss cycling. Initially eclipsed by Tadej Pogačar’s brilliance at UAE, Hirschi notched nine wins this year, including five on the bounce after the Olympics, and he currently sits at number six on the UCI rider points tally, ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič. What a steal he could prove. Ben O’Connor to Jayco-AlUla It felt like it was only a matter of time before the Aussie came home. Rather than the cantankerous O’Connor who toiled on Netflix at last year’s Tour,…
