The Tour de France has become a melting pot for experimentation - not just from manufacturers and teams, but the riders, too, who sometimes implement some ingenious hacks and adaptations to gain an advantage over their chief adversaries. While we expect to see a host of new bikes at this year's edition - the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL9 and new Orbea Orca Aero have already officially broken cover - there’s always an unexpected prototype or two lurking in the paddocks and peloton, and we’ll break that news as we spot it.
New frameset liveries have already started to break cover with none other than Tom Pidcock and Pinarello Q36.5 doubling up with a limited-edition Tour de France kit, too. As the race unfolds, we’ll see more special colorways as riders vie for the various Tour de France jerseys - Green (points), Polkadot (mountains), and White (best young rider) jerseys. We expect the GC leader after Stage 1 to be kitted out in yellow-themed paraphernalia come Stage 2.
