If it ain't broke, don’t fix it, right? Well, that’s exactly the approach Cannondale seems to have taken in what appears to be the fifth-generation SuperSix Evo Lab71. The bike was raced by EF Education-Oatly at the Tour Down Under and has already notched up its first victory of the season, following Noemi Ruegg's sprint finish to win stage three and secure the overall title for a second time.
While Cannondale has been tight-lipped in sharing any details around the bike, a new SuperSix Evo wouldn't come as a shock based on the 3-4 year model lifecycle most brands employ, and the fact that at the 2023 product launch, Cannondale's senior design engineer, Dr Nathan Barry told me the design team was already making plans to start work on the fifth-generation SuperSix Evo.
