Tadej Pogačar will trip a particular restricted version Colnago V4RS in the course of the elite males’s highway race on the World Championships in Switzerland on Sunday.
Colnago launched the bike on Thursday night in Switzerland on the Slovenian federation’s press convention forward of the weekend’s motion. The colorful livery is alleged to be impressed by Pogačar’s intensive record of successes in the course of the 2024 season.
Based on Colnago, the bike’s specification is essentially the identical as the standard V4RS that Pogačar rides whereas competing for UAE Crew Emirates. The colourway, nevertheless, is much completely different to the black, purple and white that function on his normal crew challenge machine.
The setup consists of the standard Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 groupset that Pogačar races on all yr spherical, Enve wheels and 28mm Pirelli race tires. However it’s the colourway which is probably going to attract probably the most consideration when Pogačar seems on the startline on Sunday.
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Gold, pink, blue and purple and white polka-dots all function on the body. Colnago say that the paint-job remembers the work produced by the pop artwork motion born within the mid Nineteen Fifties within the USA and UK, of which Pogačar is alleged to be an enormous fan.
The chosen colors all symbolize the Slovenian’s multitude of victories since his WorldTour debut. A gold tinted yellow for the yellow jersey of the Tour de France, pink for the chief’s jersey on the Giro d’Italia, blue to symbolize his successes at Paris-Good and Tirreno-Adriatico, and white to symbolize one of the best younger riders classification on the Tour, which Pogačar gained throughout 4 successive years between 2020 and 2023.
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Pink polka dots are additionally included to symbolize the king of the mountains jerseys on the French Grand Tour. Bronze additionally options to symbolize his Olympic medal in Tokyo in 2021 and his World Championships bronze medal achieved in Glasgow final August.
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Based on the model, Pogačar was consulted in the course of the design course of and likewise requested for purple to be included within the design as a result of “you at all times want one thing purple in your life.”
Pogačar’s private TP emblem is seen on the body on the horizontal tube and on the intersection with the seat tube. The emblem can be printed on the chainstays.
Crankset, wheels and saddle
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Colnago collaborated with fellow Italian model Carbon-Ti to supply the design of the crankset which is made from aluminium alloy and carbon fibre with X-rotor metal carbon 3 Centre Lock discs.
The superlight weight threaded thru-axles are an anodized gold colourway and the graphic which reads “Colnago-TP-Carbon-Ti” was etched on by laser.
An analogous graphic may also be seen on the screws of the bottle cages that are the identical gold color. Total, the light-weight thru-axle and bottle cage screws contribute to the bike’s general weight saving, in line with Colnago.
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The Enve SES 4.5 wheels carry the identical colourway and design that function throughout the body.
Lastly, the bike is accomplished by a restricted version Prologo saddle, the Prologo Nago R4 Nack 147 Tadej Pogačar. A few of the Giro-Tour double winner’s most well-known victories are emblazoned throughout the design.
You’ll be able to take a look at the bike in full on the Colnago web site the place it is usually obtainable to buy solely between 26 September-14 October. It can then be obtainable in chosen shops throughout Europe for a value of €17,200 (£14,326/$19,223).
