80 years ago, Gaston Lapierre gave his new bike brand his surname: Lapierre. Today, on Bastille Day, Team Picnic PostNL will race Stage 10 of the Tour de France on custom-painted 80th anniversary Lapierre Xelius DRS race bikes to honour 8 decades of their sponsor brand's history and its French roots.
Cyclingnews was out at the Tour de France in the run up to the Grand Dèpart, visiting team hotels and looking at bikes and equipment. The Catalan sun was high in the sky and blazing down on us as we made our visit to Team Picnic PostNL to try and take a look at this bike ahead of the race.
