Two-time Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard is back in top form for 2026 having won the Giro d’Italia in May. Now the Dane is looking to challenge his arch rival, Tadej Pogačar, for overall honours at this year’s Tour de France.
To do so, Vingegaard has got a refined bike setup compared to last year, with lighter wheels and tyres that bring the overall bike weight down to a scant 6.8kg.
Could this be the bike to help Vingegaard reclaim the top step on the podium in Paris for the first time since 2023?
Aero without compromise
Vingegaard’s Cervélo S5 is aero without compromise. It takes advantage of the UCI’s recent regulation changes, which allow the length of a frame’s tubes to be eight times its width. This means the aero bike can have deeper, aerofoil tubes and a deep head tube, which is one of road cycling’s most recent trends.
As on his 2025 Tour de France bike, Vingegaard is running a SRAM Red 1x drivetrain with a 52-tooth chainring and 160mm cranks. The lack of a front derailleur will reduce aerodynamic drag on his bike.
Although Vingegaard might switch to a more conventional 2x drivetrain, there’s a strong possibility he’ll run a single chainring even on mountainous stages. After all, he used a 1x drivetrain to climb the Galibier in 2024.
As with his bike for last year’s Tour, Vingegaard is using Wahoo Speedplay Aero pedals, which have dimples on the underside to help reduce drag. His cockpit is also the same width, measuring 36cm centre-to-centre and 40cm at the drops.
Jonas Vingegaard's 2026 Cervélo S5
- Frame: Cervélo S5
- Size: 51
- Handlebar width (centre-to-centre): 36cm
- Stem length: 120mm
- Groupset: SRAM Red AXS (52t chainring, 10-36t cassette)
- Power meter: SRAM Red AXS
- Pedals: Wahoo Speedplay Aero
- Wheels: Reserve 42/49
- Tyres: Vittoria Corsa Pro Speed TLR
- Nominal tyre size (front / rear): 29c / 30c
- Measured tyre size (front / rear): 33.4mm / 29.9mm
- Total weight: 6.8kg
As light as possible
Although Vingegaard’s bike remains much like his 2025 Tour de France bike, there are a few differences that have made it as light as possible.
When we saw his bike at last year’s race, it was fitted with deep Reserve wheels, measuring 57mm at the front and 64mm at the back. This year, his bike is fitted with the shallow Reserve 42/49mm wheelset.
The wheels are wrapped in the lighter Vittoria Corsa Pro Speed TLR tyres, and Vingegaard is running a 29mm tyre on his rear wheel and a 30mm tyre up front. His front rim is wider than his rear rim, so this is possibly the ideal setup.
These changes mean Vingegaard’s bike for the 2026 Tour de France appears to be lighter than his bike from last year, which weighed 7.385kg with two empty bidons and an Edge 840 bike computer.
This year, without bidons or a bike computer, Vingegaard’s bike weighs 6.8kg. That’s spot on the UCI’s minimum bike weight limit, so he’ll need to be careful to avoid any measurement errors when the UCI comes knocking to check his bike. Only last month, Lorena Wiebes was disqualified from the Giro d'Italia Women after UCI commissaires reportedly determined her bike to be 20g under the limit.
Whatever happens during the next three weeks, Vingegaard can at least be confident his bike setup is dialled.
