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Tour de France gets special bikes and gear for the Champs-Élysées

Classification winners get custom paint jobs while other riders sport custom gear including Michael Woods

July 28, 2019
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One of the most exciting editions of the Tour de France in the last decade comes to an end on Sunday. Paris and the famed Champs-Élysées plays host to the most prestigious criterium in professional cycling. It’s a stage for the classification leaders to basque in the glory as they prepare to step onto the podium in Paris. For the sprinters, it’s their last opportunity to impose themselves on the French Grand Tour with a chance to win one of the most important sprinters rendez-vous on the calendar.

With all eyes on Paris, many riders will be on special bikes and sporting custom gear for the occasion. Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) will become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France. At 22-years-old, Bernal will be awarded the yellow jersey and best young riders white jersey in Paris. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) is on the verge of winning a record seventh green jersey as the leader, once again, of the points classification. The polka dots jersey goes to Romain Bardet (Ag2R-La Mondial), who benefitted from the truncated stages in the Alps.

Peter Sagan’s green Specialized Venge

A polka dot Merckx for Romain Bardet

A steel Merckx for Oliver Naesen

All yellow Pinarello Dogma F12 for Egan Bernal

Special Garneau shoes for Michael Woods