Just before the start of the 2025 Critérium du Dauphiné, several Visma-Lease a Bike riders were spotted on what appeared to be a marginally different version of the team's aero bike offering, the Cervélo S5.
Traditionally kept for flatter stages with less elevation gain, this bike quickly became the only bike of choice for the men's team, and it was used to great effect to achieve a podium finish in the Tour de France, as well as taking a mountainous stage win. It then continued this success by taking the overall title at the 2025 Vuelta a España for Jonas Vingegaard.
