Egan Bernal became the seventh Team Ineos (formerly Team Sky) rider to win the Tour de France in eight years when he rode onto the Champs-Élysées on this custom-painted Pinarello Dogma F12.
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It has become something of a tradition for the champion elect to ride a yellow bike on the final stage and Ineos’s mechanics built Bernal’s Dogma F12 ahead of the final stage. Oh, and Fausto Pinarello signed the top tube to mark the occasion.
Peter Sagan also rode into the French capital on a custom-painted bike, his Specialized S-Works Venge, to celebrate his seventh trip to the Tour de France podium in the green jersey, while King of the Mountains winner Romain Bardet completed the set on an Eddy Merckx StockEU60 frame in a polka-dot finish.
With the yellow jersey all but confirmed at the end of stage 20, Team Ineos’s mechanics set about building Egan Bernal a machine worthy of a Tour de France champion.Leon van Bon
A yellow Pinarello Dogma F12 for the yellow jersey.Leon van Bon
Shimano has sponsored Team Ineos since the WorldTour squad was established in 2010.Leon van Bon
Bernal’s Dogma F12 uses a direct mount Shimano Dura-Ace R9150 Di2 rear derailleur.Leon van Bon
Dura-Ace R9150 Di2 shifters on a Most Talon Ultra 1K Aero integrated cockpit.Leon van Bon
Team Ineos remains committed to the humble rim brake.Leon van Bon
A fresh wrap of yellow handlebar tape for the ride into Paris.Leon van Bon
Pinarello has provided bikes for seven of the past eight Tour de France winners.Leon van Bon
Bernal started the 2019 Tour with the race number 2 but will return in 2020 as number 1. Note how the Colombian’s race number has been trimmed to sit flush with the Dogma F12’s aero seatpost.Leon van Bon
Park Tool provides the tools of the trade for Ineos’s mechanics.Leon van Bon
A final wipe down before the celebratory ride to the Champs-Élysées.Leon van Bon
‘Grazie, Egan’ – Fausto Pinarello signs the top tube.Pinarello
The finished product, complete with a yellow Fizik Antares 00 saddle and yellow Elite Vico Carbon bottle cages. The Elite Fly bidons are yellow, too, of course.Leon van Bon
Bernal is the youngest rider to win the Tour de France since Francois Faber in 1909.Leon van Bon
A closer look at the Dogma F12’s front-end, including the fork flaps, designed to offer a little aero advantage (marginal gains and all that).Leon van Bon
A bike fit for a Tour de France champion.Leon van Bon
