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Canyon Aeroad CFR
Alpecin-Premier Tech
New name, familiar bike. Mostly. Alpecin-Premier Tech remains on Canyon, but the Aeroad gets a few Tour-timed updates for 2026. The big one is the new CP0053 RACE handlebar, a more aggressive cockpit aimed at getting riders lower, narrower, and faster. The frame also gets UDH, which matters less in a press release than it does when a rider needs a hanger fast. The team still has the lightweight Ultimate available, though it is rarely seen. Expect the Aeroad to remain the default here because this team does not exactly race like it is saving itself for the climbs.
Canyon
Updated Aeroad with UDH and new handlebar.
Frame: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Ultimate CFR / Speedmax (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Shimano
Tires: Pirelli
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Kalas
Helmet: Abus
Eyewear: Oakley
Nutrition: Sanday
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Bianchi Oltre RC
Bahrain Victorious
Bahrain Victorious has one of the bigger equipment changes in the 2026 race, moving from Merida to Bianchi. The team has the aero-looking Oltre RC and the new Specialissima available, but the Oltre RC will likely do most of the work. That is just where the Tour is now. The new Specialissima still matters, though, because it shows how thoroughly the old climbing-bike idea has changed: lighter, yes, but still shaped by aero thinking and modern race speeds.
Bianchi
The new Bianchi Specialissima RC
Frame: Bianchi Oltre RC / Specialissima RC / Aquila (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 / Elilee (cranks)
Wheels: Vision
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Elilee
Clothing: Alé
Helmet: Rudy Project
Eyewear: Rudy Project
Nutrition: Amacx
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MMR Adrenaline SLR
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA brings MMR to the Tour, which is good because the race is more interesting when every bike is not from the same small circle of giant brands. Riders have the Aelion SLR and Adrenaline SLR, giving the Spanish team aero and lighter-weight road options. Beyond that, this is a pretty straightforward WorldTour setup. Nothing especially exotic. Nothing that needs explaining late at night in the truck.
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MMR Aelion SLR
Frame: MMR Aelion SLR / Adrenaline SLR
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Vision
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Gsport
Helmet: Spiuk
Eyewear: Spiuk
Nutrition: Scientiffic Nutrition (brand spells it with two f’s)
Look Cycles
The just released Look 795 Blade RS 3.
Cofidis
Cofidis remains the lone Campagnolo team in the TdF peloton, which still feels unusual now that Campagnolo has gone from Tour regular to genuine outlier. The bigger news is Look’s new 795 Blade RS 3, a cleaner, sharper third-generation aero bike. Look is making the usual performance claims, but the more interesting part is that it seems to have put real thought into rider position and fit, not just tube shapes. That matters more than another tunnel number in isolation.
Frame: Look 795 Blade RS 3 / 796 Monoblade RS (TT)
Drivetrain: Campagnolo Super Record 13
Wheels: Campagnolo
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: Look Keo Blade Power
Clothing: Etxeondo
Helmet: Uvex Sports
Eyewear: Uvex
Nutrition: 226ERS
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Van Rysel RCR
Decathlon CMA CGM Team
Decathlon CMA CGM stays on Van Rysel, though this is one to watch closely. Paul Seixas has already been seen on what looked like an updated RCR prototype, with visible aero changes around the front end. That does not confirm a new platform, but it does suggest there is something coming. The other big change is drivetrain: Decathlon moves from Shimano to SRAM Red AXS for 2026. For now, the confirmed race bikes remain the current RCR and RCR-F.
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Unreleased Van Rysel prototype.
Frame: Van Rysel RCR / RCR-F / XCR (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Swiss Side
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Fizik
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Van Rysel
Helmet: Van Rysel
Eyewear: Van Rysel
Nutrition: Decathlon
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Cannondale SuperSix Evo
EF Education-EasyPost
EF rolls into the Tour on Cannondale’s new SuperSix Evo, which is the main bike story. But there is also a major sponsor change around it: the team moves to SRAM Red AXS and Quarq power meters for 2026. So EF is not just showing up with a new road bike, but with a meaningfully different equipment package around it, too. Given how EF tends to race, it will probably all get plenty of airtime.
Frame: Cannondale SuperSix Evo / SuperSlice (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Vision
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Fizik
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Assos
Helmet: POC
Eyewear: POC
Nutrition: Amacx
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Wilier Triestina Filante SLR ID2
Groupama-FDJ United
Groupama-FDJ United keeps things pretty settled. The confirmed road bike is the Filante SLR ID2, with the Supersonica SLR for time trials. Miche wheels, owned by the same parent as Wilier, came on in 2025.
Frame: Wilier Triestina Filante SLR ID2 / Supersonica SLR (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Miche
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: iGPSPORT
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Bioracer
Helmet: Julbo
Eyewear: Julbo
Nutrition: Winforce
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Trek Madone Gen 8
Lidl-Trek
Lidl-Trek is one of the more stable equipment programs in the race. Madone for the road. Speed Concept for time trials. The current Madone effectively killed off Trek’s old split between the Madone aero bike and Émonda climbing bike and is now Trek’s one race bike for everything. Based on where pro equipment has gone, that looks less like a gamble and more like the obvious answer.
Frame: Trek Madone / Speed Concept (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Bontrager
Tires: Pirelli
Saddle: Trek
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Santini
Helmet: Trek
Eyewear: 100 Percent
Nutrition: Gatorade (hydration) / Unbroken (recovery drink)
IVAN ARRIBAS
Orbea Orca Aero
Lotto Intermarché
The formerly separate Lotto and Intermarché-Wanty teams of 2025 merged into the unified Lotto Intermarché of 2026. Orbea, which sponsored Lotto in 2025, won the bike contract (Intermarché-Wanty’s bike sponsor, Cube, has moved to TotalEnergies for 2026). The notable bike update is the new Orca Aero, which Orbea is selling less as a faster frame and more as a complete rider-bike system. Everybody is saying some version of that now because it happens to be true. The details matter, but the larger point is simple: Orbea is taking aero, fit, and rider stability much more seriously than “Orbea team bike” might have suggested a few years ago.
Frame: Orbea Orca Aero / Orca / Ordu (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Oquo
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Vermarc
Helmet: EKOÏ
Eyewear: EKOÏ
Nutrition: Precision Fuel & Hydration
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Canyon Aeroad CFR
Movistar Team
Movistar stays in the Canyon/SRAM/Zipp universe, with the updated Aeroad CFR as the most important bike in the lineup. This is not a clean-sheet replacement, but Canyon has made the right kind of changes: a more aggressive race cockpit, UDH, and more flexibility around fit and setup. So the Aeroad gets a little faster, a little more adaptable, and a little easier to live with, while still being the bike Movistar will likely use most often.
Frame: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Ultimate CFR / Speedmax CFR (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Zipp
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Fizik
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Gobik
Helmet: Abus
Eyewear: 100 Percent
Nutrition: 226ERS
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Pinarello Dogma F
Netcompany INEOS
The name changes again, but the Pinarello part does not. Netcompany INEOS is still on the Dogma F and Bolide (for time trials), still very much operating inside the same equipment logic it has lived in for years. The interesting change is wheels: Scope replaces Shimano. For a program this consistent, even that counts as real news.
Frame: Pinarello Dogma F / Bolide (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Scope
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Gobik
Helmet: Kask
Eyewear: SunGod
Nutrition: Maurten
NSN Cycling Team
Scott is back in the men’s Tour, this time under NSN Cycling Team. That alone makes this team worth a look. The Foil RC is still a very credible modern race bike, and the Addict RC gives the team a lighter option if the race finally gives weight a day in court.
Scott Bicycles
Scott Addict RC in limited NSN TdF 2026 paint.
Frame: Scott Foil RC / Addict RC / Plasma RC TT
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Zipp
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Hammerhead
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: EKOÏ
Helmet: EKOÏ
Eyewear: EKOÏ
Nutrition: NDURANZ
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Pinarello Dogma F
Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
After years of tying its Tour identity to one team—with all the success and baggage that came with that—Pinarello is back to sponsoring two teams in the race: the established Netcompany INEOS, formerly INEOS Grenadiers and Team Sky, and the young, scrappy Q36.5 squad. Even the drivetrains reflect the split, with the traditionalists at INEOS on Shimano and the upstarts at Q36.5 on SRAM.
Pinarello
Switchout colorway for 2026 Tour de France.
Frame: Pinarello Dogma F / Bolide (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Zipp
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Q36.5
Helmet: Abus
Eyewear: React Eyewear
Nutrition: AMACX
Maximiian Fries
Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL9
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe gets Specialized’s brand-new S-Works Tarmac SL9 for the 2026 TdF. Specialized is pitching the bike as a broader performance answer, not just a lighter bike or a slipperier bike, but a more complete one. Which is what every big brand is chasing now. The details are very Specialized, meaning many claims, much science, and at least one feature that sounds slightly absurd until you remember this is pro racing.
Frame: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL9 / S-Works Shiv TT
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Roval
Tires: Specialized
Saddle: Specialized
Computer: Hammerhead
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Specialized
Helmet: Specialized
Eyewear: 100 Percent
Nutrition: MNSTRY
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Specialized Tarmac SL8 shown; the team moves to the Tarmac SL9 for 2026
Soudal Quick-Step
Soudal Quick-Step also moves to the new S-Works Tarmac SL9, but with Shimano rather than SRAM. That makes this one of the cleaner comparisons in the 2026 peloton: same new frame platform, different drivetrain partner, different team personality. Specialized’s core argument is that the bike is meant to be its one-bike answer for nearly every kind of road racing, which is exactly where the top end of the market keeps heading.
Specialized
The new Tarmac SL9
Frame: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL9 / S-Works Shiv TT
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Roval
Tires: Specialized
Saddle: Specialized
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Castelli
Helmet: Specialized
Eyewear: Oakley
Nutrition: 6D Sports Nutrition
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Giant Propel Advanced SL
Team Jayco AlUla
Jayco AlUla stays with Giant, using the Propel and TCR on the road. The Propel will likely do most of the work, because again: modern Tour, modern speeds, modern logic. The TCR still has a place, but probably a smaller one than it would have had a few years ago. Also, yes, Giant is still out there with integrated seat masts, because Giant does not care if your travel case is annoyed.
Giant Bicycles
Giant TCR Advanced SL.
Frame: Giant Propel Advanced SL / TCR Advanced SL / Trinity (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Cadex
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Cadex
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: MAAP
Helmet: Giant
Eyewear: Giant
Nutrition: 6D Sports Nutrition
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Lapierre Xelius DRS
Team Picnic PostNL
Team Picnic PostNL remains on Lapierre’s Xelius DRS, with the Aerostorm DRS for time trials. The most notable change is Michelin replacing Vittoria as the tire sponsor.
Frame: Lapierre Xelius DRS / Aerostorm DRS (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Ursus
Tires: Michelin
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Nalini
Helmet: Lazer
Eyewear: Driive
Nutrition: up4
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Cervélo S5
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
Visma | Lease a Bike stays with one of the most refined setups in the race. Riders have the S5 and R5 available, which means the old categories still exist inside the team truck even if the race keeps making the S5 aero bike the obvious answer. Whether the R5 gets much use is another question. Recent races keep suggesting the answer is: not much.
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The Cervélo R5 ridden by Pauline Ferrand-Prévotat the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.
Frame: Cervélo S5 / R5 / P5 (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Reserve
Tires: Vittoria
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Quarq
Clothing: Nimbl
Helmet: Giro
Eyewear: Oakley
Nutrition: Amacx
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Unreleased version of Cube’s Litening Aero C:68X
TotalEnergies
TotalEnergies has one of the bigger bike changes for 2026, moving from Enve to Cube, which was in the 2025 Tour under the now-merged Intermarché-Wanty program. There is also a prototype wrinkle, because Cube has shown a new Litening Aero shape with the team, and it looks meaningfully different from the current bike.
Frame: Cube Litening Aero C:68X / Aerium C:68X (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Newmen
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Bioracer
Helmet: HJC
Eyewear: 4KAAD
Nutrition: 226ERS
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BMC Teammachine R 01
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
Tudor’s Swiss-forward identity remains intact, with BMC frames, DT Swiss wheels, and, of course, a Swiss watch brand as title sponsor. Equipment is little changed from last year, with the Teammachine R 01 for road stages and the Timemachine for time trials. The standout detail is Schwalbe: Tudor is the only team in the peloton riding the brand’s tires.
Frame: BMC Teammachine R 01 / Timemachine (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: DT Swiss
Tires: Schwalbe
Saddle: Selle Italia
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Sportful
Helmet: Oakley
Eyewear: Oakley
Nutrition: NDURANZ
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Colnago Y1Rs
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
UAE Team Emirates-XRG again has two of the most talked-about bikes in the race: Colnago’s V5Rs and Y1Rs. The V5Rs is the lighter all-rounder. The Y1Rs is the aero bike that looks like it was designed to exploit the gray areas of the UCI’s rule book. Tadej Pogačar will make whatever he rides look inevitable, which is unfair to the rest of us and probably unfair to the bikes, too.
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Colnago’s V5Rs under a UAE ADQ Rider
Frame: Colnago V5Rs / Y1Rs / TT1 (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Enve
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Fizik
Computer: Wahoo
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: Pissei
Helmet: MET
Eyewear: Scicon
Nutrition: Enervit
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Ridley Noah Fast 3
Uno-X Mobility
Uno-X Mobility stays with Ridley, but the interesting bike might not be the Noah Fast 3. A Ridley prototype has been spotted under Uno-X riders, and it looks much more like a new all-rounder than another pure aero bike. Until Ridley says more, the confirmed setup remains the Noah Fast 3 and Dean Fast. But if the prototype appears in the mountains, Uno-X suddenly becomes a much more interesting bike-spotting team.
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Unreleased Ridley all-rounder.
Frame: Ridley Noah Fast 3 / Dean Fast (TT)
Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: DT Swiss
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Garmin
Power Meter: SRAM/Quarq
Clothing: Fusion
Helmet: Sweet Protection
Eyewear: Sweet Protection
Nutrition: Maurten
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XDS X-Lab AD9
XDS Astana Team
XDS Astana is no longer the novelty act it was a year ago. The surprise now is that the setup is starting to feel settled. The bikes still bring a stronger Chinese-brand presence than most of the WorldTour, but the overall package looks less like an experiment and more like a real program finding its footing.
Frame: XDS X-Lab AD9 / DB01 (TT)
Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace Di2
Wheels: Vision
Tires: Continental
Saddle: Prologo
Computer: Magene
Power Meter: Shimano
Clothing: EKOÏ
Helmet: XDS
Eyewear: EKOÏ
Nutrition: SYFORM
A gear editor for his entire career, Matt’s journey to becoming a leading cycling tech journalist started in 1995, and he’s been at it ever since; likely riding more cycling equipment than anyone on the planet along the way. Previous to his time with Bicycling, Matt worked in bike shops as a service manager, mechanic, and sales person. Based in Durango, Colorado, he enjoys riding and testing any and all kinds of bikes, so you’re just as likely to see him on a road bike dressed in Lycra at a Tuesday night worlds ride as you are to find him dressed in a full face helmet and pads riding a bike park on an enduro bike. He doesn’t race often, but he’s game for anything; having entered road races, criteriums, trials competitions, dual slalom, downhill races, enduros, stage races, short track, time trials, and gran fondos. Next up on his to-do list: a multi day bikepacking trip, and an e-bike race.