New bikes, new wheels, a new 13-speed groupset, and more: there’s plenty of tech that’s making its Tour de France debut in 2025, and we’ve rounded up the standouts below.
Some of these products are brand-spanking new, and others have been around a little longer. The common denominator is that this is their first appearance in the Tour de France.
Factor’s radical new road bike
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart Israel-Premier Tech new Factor.JPG (credit: road.cc)
Israel–Premier Tech’s Jake Stewart rode a wild-looking new aero bike from Factor at the Critérium du Dauphiné and took the Stage 5 win on it.
> Wild unreleased Factor aero bike spotted at Critérium du Dauphiné
Dauphiné 2025 Jake Stewart unreleased Factor.JPG (credit: road.cc)
At the time of writing, this bike remains unreleased. We don’t even have a name for it yet. All we really know is that the bike is track-inspired with a wider fork and seatstays. A formal launch can’t be far off.
Cervelo’s brand-spanking new S5
2025 Dauphine Visma-Lease a Bike unreleased Cervélo S5 (credit: road.cc)
Visma–Lease a Bike riders have been racing the updated Cervelo S5 for a while now, including an appearance at the Critérium du Dauphiné, although it was only officially released earlier this week.
> Cervelo says new S5 is “at least 5 watts faster than the bikes of our competitors”
Cervelo says the new S5 is significantly quicker than its predecessor and models from competitor brands, not surprisingly, primarily thanks to changes at the front end of the bike, but also because of the integration of asymmetric profiles for the seat tube and rear wheel.
Updated Ridley Noah Fast
Dauphiné 2025 Markus Hoelgaard UNO-X Ridley Noah Fast (2).JPG (credit: road.cc)
Images of the new Ridley Noah Fast were leaked last November before the bike was officially unveiled back in January. Ridley reckons that the design used by Uno-X Mobility “pushes the limits of UCI regulations” that cover tube ratios
That super-deep head tube certainly looks like it has been borrowed from a time trial bike. It’s mammoth.
> Why the aero road bike is making a comeback
Like the Cervelo and Factor bikes above, this one is all about aerodynamics.
Colnago V5Rs and Y1Rs bikes
Colnago rolled out two new bikes for the 2025 season, both now being raced by UAE Team Emirates and UAE Team ADQ: the Y1Rs, a fully-fledged aero bike, and the V5Rs, an all-rounder. This is the first time we’ve seen either of them in the Tour.
Dauphiné 2025 Tadej Pogačar Colnago V5RS.JPG (credit: road.cc)
According to Colnago, the Y1Rs is the “most aerodynamic road bike in the WorldTour”, designed specifically for UAE Team Emirates and Tadej Pogačar. Meanwhile, the V5Rs (above) is said to be both lighter and more aerodynamically efficient than its predecessor, the V4Rs, while matching it for stiffness.
Colnago Y1Rs WC livery (credit: Colnago)
You can buy a Y1Rs on Colnago’s website with prices starting at £11,701. V5Rs prices start at £9,000.
BMC’s updated Teammachine SLR 01
Tudor Pro Cycling riders will use the just-released fifth-generation BMC Teammachine SLR 01 on important Tour de France mountain stages, after some raced it at the Dauphiné and the Tour de Suisse.
> BMC’s all-new lighter, “faster” Teammachine SLR 01: first ride
BMC reckons the new version is a whopping 16% lighter than its predecessor. That’s a big old chunk when we’re talking about an already lightweight climbing bike.
X-Lab bikes
2025 XDS X-Lab AD9 (credit: Astana Qazaqstan)
> The bikes of the 2025 Tour de France
Bikes from a Chinese brand have entered the WorldTour for the first time with the XDS Astana Team now riding XDS Carbon-Tech bikes. Following Mark Cavendish’s retirement, the team underwent a number of changes, including switching its bike sponsor from Wilier to the Chinese brand XDS.
Astana riders are racing mostly on the X-LAB AD9 aero road bike, which is available to UK customers as a frameset through CycleGears, priced at £2,748. Okay, they’re hardly giving it away, but that’s significantly less expensive than many comparable WorldTour framesets such as Specialized’s S-Works Tarmac SL8 (north of £4,000 depending on where you buy), Giant’s Propel Advanced SL (£3,799), and Trek’s Madone (£4,475).
Loads of new paint jobs
2025 Trek Madone SLR Lidl-Trek Tour de France (credit: Trek)
Bike brands often use the Tour de France as an opportunity to grab some attention with a new paint job. If you’re not launching a new bike, it’s the next best way to make sure that plenty of eyes point in your direction.
Trek, Specialized, Factor, Wilier, and Look (and probably more brands) have all put their sponsored teams on bikes with new finishes. Check them all out in our feature about Tour de France bikes you can buy yourself.
Enve 4.5 Pro wheels
Enve Foundation 45 wheelset (credit: ENVE)
UAE Team Emirates and Total Energies have used Enve wheels for ages, but the SES 4.5 Pro is new, launched just ahead of the start of the 2025 Tour de France.
The SES 4.5 Pro looks very similar to the existing (non-Pro) SES 4.5, but you get lighter rims and hubs. With a 49mm-deep rim up front and a 55mm-deep rim at the rear, Enve claims a complete wheelset weight (including valves and tape) of just 1,295g (compared with 1,450g for the standard SES 4.5)
We’re likely to see these used on hilly/mountainous stages.
New Roval wheels
2025 Roval Rapide CLX III wheels (credit: Roval)
Although the pros have been riding them for a few months, Roval only launched its new range of Rapide wheels last month.
> Roval releases “the fastest road race wheels in the world”
Roval says that Remco Evenepoel rode the (at the time unreleased) Rapide CLX III in last year’s Tour de France, but this year’s race will see their first widespread use.
Miche wheels
2025 Groupama FDJ Miche Kleos RD 62 wheels (credit: Groupama FDJ)
For over a century, Italy’s Miche – now owned by Wilier – has been designing, developing and manufacturing high-performance components, but this is the first time its wheels have been used by a WorldTour team.
Groupama–FDJ are riding Miche Kleos RD wheels this season, which are available in depths of 36mm, 50mm and 62mm, as well as a tri-spoke and disc wheel. The team are also using components from Miche’s Race Division product line.
Ursus wheels
2025 Ursus wheels (credit: Tornanti.cc)
Italian wheel brand Ursus is also making its Tour de France debut as the official wheel supplier for Team Picnic PostNL.
While less well-known than some of the peloton’s major wheel brands, Ursus has been producing carbon race wheels since 1996. The team is racing on the Proxima Team Edition wheels, available in a range of rim depths of 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, and 60mm.
Campagnolo’s 13-speed Super Record groupset
2025 Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset chainring (credit: road.cc)
Italian component manufacturer Campagnolo returned to the WorldTour peloton this season as a groupset and wheel sponsor for Cofidis, following a one-year hiatus, with the team initially using the flagship 12-speed Super Record Wireless groupsets.
Campagnolo has since launched Super Record 13, the world’s first wireless 2×13-speed groupset for road cycling. As well as that extra sprocket, Campagnolo says that Super Record 13 is the lightest 2x (double chainset) groupset available and the fastest-shifting on the market.
> Campagnolo launches overhauled 2×13-speed Super Record
It got a first outing at the Giro d’Italia, but this is the first time that Super Record 13 has made an appearance in the Tour de France.
Continental Archetype tyres
2025 Continental Archetype tyre (credit: Continental)
Continental recently launched the Archetype top-tier tubeless-ready racing tyre, said to have been developed specifically for UAE Team Emirates-XRG to use in the Tour de France.
Continental says the Archetype is its fastest and lightest 30mm tyre to date, shaving 35g off the existing Grand Prix 5000S TR.
Available in a limited edition and just that 30mm width, the Continental Archetype is priced at £94.99 per tyre.
No rim brakes in the Tour de France
2025 Bianchi Aquila TT bike (credit: Bianchi)
Disc brakes have been taking over for years – that’s not news – but with the launch of Bianchi’s updated Aquila RC time trial bike in early 2025, rim brakes have officially disappeared from the men’s WorldTour.
The Bianchi Aquila remained one of the few time trial bikes running rim brakes, and with the update to the model for 2025, the Italian brand has moved to disc brakes.
For those looking to ride the same frame, the Aquila RC frameset will set you back £4,799.
New aero sunglasses and helmet from Oakley
2025 Oakley Velo Kato and Velo Mach head system (credit: Oakley)
Oakley has introduced two new products to the WorldTour peloton this season, which have been developed in collaboration with Tudor Pro Cycling.
Jonas Vingegaard and several of his Visma–Lease a Bike teammates were spotted during winter training wearing a new pair of Oakley sunglasses, now officially launched as the Velo Kato.
Released alongside the sunglasses is Oakley’s new Velo Mach helmet, which the brand claims is “one of the fastest head systems in cycling”. Both products are available to consumers with prices starting at £261 for the Velo Kato sunglasses, and £255 for the Velo Mach helmet.
MAAP cycling kit
MAAP enters WorldTour with GreenEDGE Cycling (credit: road.cc)
Often mentioned as one of the best-looking kits out there, Australian apparel brand MAAP has made its WorldTour debut with both the men’s and women’s squads of Team Jayco AlUla and Liv AlUla Jayco. In my opinion, they’ve nailed the aesthetic brief.
MAAP previously sponsored teams like Lifeplus-Wahoo and Trinity Racing, but this marks their first outing in the Tour de France, secured through a multi-year deal with GreenEDGE Cycling.
We’ve highlighted a range of new bikes, components, and kit making their debut in this year’s Tour de France, but fresh tech in the peloton never really stops. If you spot anything new being used in the race, let us know in the comments section below.