TdF winner bikes

[sTEVE]

When and who was the last one to win the TdF on a metal frame on any or all
stages? Also, how about excepting their TT bike.

That would include steel, titanium and Aluminum. It seems like most have
molded carbon fiber frames.

IIRC, Lance used a rebadged Litespeed Ti TT bike in 99.

 

[Omar Abukar]

sTEVE wrote:
> When and who was the last one to win the TdF on a metal frame on any or all
> stages? Also, how about excepting their TT bike.
>
> That would include steel, titanium and Aluminum. It seems like most have
> molded carbon fiber frames.
>
> IIRC, Lance used a rebadged Litespeed Ti TT bike in 99.


Marco

 

[Tuschinski]

Omar Abukar wrote:
> sTEVE wrote:
> > When and who was the last one to win the TdF on a metal frame on any or all
> > stages? Also, how about excepting their TT bike.
> >
> > That would include steel, titanium and Aluminum. It seems like most have
> > molded carbon fiber frames.
> >
> > IIRC, Lance used a rebadged Litespeed Ti TT bike in 99.
>
>
> Marco

Alu = Marco (Very light Bianchi)
Steel = Indurain (Pinarello, Later on the Alu Pinarello Paris)
Titanium=noone?

Pinarello won 7 times in a row (5xIndurain, 1xRiis, 1xUllrich), as did
Trek.

I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
Fibre:

Lemond (repainted Calfee)
Lance (Trek OCLV)

MAYBE Hinault in 1985 when they rode " Hinault" bikes (No idea wich
brand that really was). I also remember Lemond using a Huffy that year.
But all the pictures I have seen suggest that that was Steel or Alu.


Fignon=Steel
Delgado=Steel and Alu (I think he used a repainted Vitus)
Roche=Steel

 

[Donald Munro]

Tuschinski wrote:
> I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
> Fibre:
>
> Lemond (repainted Calfee)
> Lance (Trek OCLV)

Yes but in the 7 seven years HE won carbon has gone from being a niche
market to being the standard amongst higher end bikes. Offhand I can't
think of any non-carbon bikes being ridden this year.

 

[Tuschinski]

Donald Munro wrote:
> Tuschinski wrote:
> > I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
> > Fibre:
> >
> > Lemond (repainted Calfee)
> > Lance (Trek OCLV)
>
> Yes but in the 7 seven years HE won carbon has gone from being a niche
> market to being the standard amongst higher end bikes. Offhand I can't
> think of any non-carbon bikes being ridden this year.

Julich sometimes used an Alu Cervelo

But yeah, can't readily think of any other examples^^ (though I'm sure
there are Alu bikes in the TdF)

 

[Simon Brooke]

in message <[email protected]>, Donald
Munro ('[email protected]') wrote:

> Tuschinski wrote:
>> I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
>> Fibre:
>>
>> Lemond (repainted Calfee)
>> Lance (Trek OCLV)
>
> Yes but in the 7 seven years HE won carbon has gone from being a niche
> market to being the standard amongst higher end bikes. Offhand I can't
> think of any non-carbon bikes being ridden this year.

Bianchi.

Magnus Backstead's is definitely all aluminium. Don't know about others.

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[Brian Phillips]

The LiquiGas team is riding Aluminum Bianchis, some with carbon stays, some
without. There's another thread here in this NG about it.

"Donald Munro" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Tuschinski wrote:
> > I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
> > Fibre:
> >
> > Lemond (repainted Calfee)
> > Lance (Trek OCLV)
>
> Yes but in the 7 seven years HE won carbon has gone from being a niche
> market to being the standard amongst higher end bikes. Offhand I can't
> think of any non-carbon bikes being ridden this year.
>
>

 

[Scott Johnson]

Brian Phillips wrote:
> The LiquiGas team is riding Aluminum Bianchis, some with carbon stays, some
> without. There's another thread here in this NG about it.

I'm glad I was too cheap to switch from
all-aluminum just in time for it to come back into
style.

--
Scott Johnson / johnson dot sa at comcast dot net

 

[Donald Munro]

Tuschinski wrote:
>> > I think are only there two or three riders who won the TdF on Carbon
>> > Fibre:
>> >
>> > Lemond (repainted Calfee)
>> > Lance (Trek OCLV)

Donald Munro wrote:
>> Yes but in the 7 seven years HE won carbon has gone from being a niche
>> market to being the standard amongst higher end bikes. Offhand I can't
>> think of any non-carbon bikes being ridden this year.

Brian Phillips wrote:
> The LiquiGas team is riding Aluminum Bianchis, some with carbon stays, some
> without. There's another thread here in this NG about it.

That's appaling. Fortunately the tour doesn't last 365 days.

 

[Geraard Spergen]

[email protected] wrote:

>
> You can't very well have your rider in a Pantone Yellow 116
> TdF yellow jersey riding around on a team-issue green and
> Pantone Yellow 102 bike. Ugh. Clash city. It's this kind of
> attention to the little details that you expect from the Swiss.

What was up with Landis's black shorts today? I guess they decided
green and yellow shorts clash with a yellow jersey? Or were they
special hip support shorts?

 

[[email protected]]

Geraard Spergen wrote:
> [email protected] wrote:
>
> >
> > You can't very well have your rider in a Pantone Yellow 116
> > TdF yellow jersey riding around on a team-issue green and
> > Pantone Yellow 102 bike. Ugh. Clash city. It's this kind of
> > attention to the little details that you expect from the Swiss.
>
> What was up with Landis's black shorts today? I guess they decided
> green and yellow shorts clash with a yellow jersey? Or were they
> special hip support shorts?

Special Mennonite black bike shorts. Floyd isn't the type
to forget his roots.

 

[Donald Munro]

[email protected] wrote:
>> You can't very well have your rider in a Pantone Yellow 116
>> TdF yellow jersey riding around on a team-issue green and
>> Pantone Yellow 102 bike. Ugh. Clash city. It's this kind of
>> attention to the little details that you expect from the Swiss.

Geraard Spergen wrote:
> What was up with Landis's black shorts today? I guess they decided
> green and yellow shorts clash with a yellow jersey? Or were they
> special hip support shorts?

Colour clashes never seemed to bother Phonak before. Has Floyd hit it off
with a podium girl ?

 

[Michael Press]

In article
<[email protected]>,
Donald Munro <[email protected]> wrote:

> [email protected] wrote:
> >> You can't very well have your rider in a Pantone Yellow 116
> >> TdF yellow jersey riding around on a team-issue green and
> >> Pantone Yellow 102 bike. Ugh. Clash city. It's this kind of
> >> attention to the little details that you expect from the Swiss.
>
> Geraard Spergen wrote:
> > What was up with Landis's black shorts today? I guess they decided
> > green and yellow shorts clash with a yellow jersey? Or were they
> > special hip support shorts?
>
> Colour clashes never seemed to bother Phonak before. Has Floyd hit it off
> with a podium girl ?

He wore the matching yellow shorts on the podium.

--
Michael Press

 

[Ewoud Dronkert]

Donald Munro schreef:
> Colour clashes never seemed to bother Phonak before. Has Floyd hit it off
> with a podium girl ?

Floyd's so ugly, podium girls hit him when he goes for ze kiss-kiss.

--
E. Dronkert