2023 men’s WorldTour team bikes and equipment | Who’s riding what?

With the Tour Down Under about to kick off the 2023 WorldTour racing season, teams are making final preparations and tweaking their equipment. For many, that’s a continuation of their 2022 setups – it’s easier for both riders and mechanics to change a few things between seasons rather than make wholesale changes.

However, there are some significant swaps from 2022, which we’ve highlighted in our 2023 WorldTour team bikes round-up below.

Bike brand ins and outs

In previous years, we’ve seen several teams swap bike providers, often with one team handing over its bike brand to another of the WorldTour teams.

This year, the new relegation/promotion cycle has been more significant, with Factor leaving the WorldTour (again – it was the bike sponsor for AG2R for a period from 2017) along with Israel-Premier Tech. Also absent this year is Ridley, which had been a feature of top-tier racing with Lotto-Soudal (now renamed Lotto Dstny) and its predecessors since 2005.

In their place has come Alpecin-Deceuninck, which alongside Movistar is on Canyon bikes. Team Arkéa-Samsic has also been promoted to the top table and will be riding Bianchi bikes in place of the Canyons it was on last year, seeing a return of the Celeste brand after a year’s absence.

Another brand to return to the WorldTour this year is Look, which has a yet-to-be-launched new aero/lightweight bike that will be ridden by Cofidis.

Besides Canyon, the only other brand to sponsor two WorldTour teams is Specialized, with Bora-Hansgrohe and Soudal Quick-Step, both of which will be riding the S-Works Tarmac SL7.

New bikes

There are a smattering of new bikes about to make an appearance that have not yet been officially announced and, in some cases, don’t yet appear on the UCI’s approved frame list.

Principal among them is an update to the new Cannondale SuperSix EVO ridden by EF Education-EasyPost. It appears to feature small changes to aerodynamics, larger tyre clearances and a threaded bottom bracket, further signalling the demise of the Press-fit standard that Cannondale pioneered, even if BikeRadar still likes it.

There’s also a new, unreleased Look aero/lightweight machine, which will be seeing action under Cofidis, while Arkéa-Samsic’s Bianchi Oltre RC has had its headset fairings hastily removed and in December the Colnago V4Rs finally stepped out of its Prototipo guise in which it was raced all last year by UAE Team Emirates.

Equipment swaps

The other main change is in groupsets, with Shimano gaining one team by taking over from Campagnolo on UAE Team Emirates’ bikes… and losing one with Jumbo-Visma swapping to SRAM.

That’s left Campagnolo, which once dominated top-tier racing, represented in the WorldTour by only one team – AG2R-Citroen.

SRAM, meanwhile, has three teams on its books (Jumbo-Visma, Movistar, Trek-Segafredo). Everyone else is on Shimano Dura-Ace R9200.

Again, Shimano dominates wheel choice, although there’s a bit more variety here. The swap to Shimano has also seen UAE Team Emirates switch from Campagnolo to ENVE wheels, while Reserve wheels make an appearance at the top table under Jumbo-Visma. Two teams each roll on Corima, Vision and Roval wheels, while one team each is using Bontrager, Zipp and Newmen.

Wahoo has nine teams using its Elemnt bike computers, beating out Garmin on seven, with Bryton and Giant also making an appearance. Time pedals return to top-tier racing and are used by Trek-Segafredo this year, while other minor swap-outs include Syncros saddles in place of PRO for Team DSM.

Sunglasses have also been swapped out: Ineos Grenadiers riders are now wearing SunGod (which has scotched Geraint Thomas’s beloved white Oakley Jawbreakers) and Trek-Segafredo is swapping to 100% sunnies.

After that sartorial diversion, let’s take a look at the bikes and equipment we’ll see in action in 2023.

2023 WorldTour bikes | Who’s riding what?

AG2R Citroen Team

• Framesets: BMC Teammachine SLR01 / Timemachine Road / Timemachine (TT)
• Drivetrain: Campagnolo Super Record EPS
• Wheels: Campagnolo Bora WTO / WTO Ultra
• Components: BMC integrated bars
• Pedals: Look Kéo Blade Ceramic
• Power meter: Power2Max
• Tyres: Pirelli P Zero
• Other: Fizik saddles, Fizik bar tape, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo Elemnt computers

AG2R Citroen Team will ride BMC bikes with Campagnolo wheels and drivetrains again for a third year in 2023.

The rest of its sponsor line-up stays the same too, with Power2Max continuing to supply the team’s power meters and Fizik another major supplier, offering five different saddle models to the team.

Alpecin-Deceuninck

• Framesets: Canyon Ultimate CFR / Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CFR Disc (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano
• Components: Canyon
• Pedals: Shimano
• Power meter: Shimano
• Tyres: Vittoria
• Other: Canyon, Selle Italia, Elite, Wahoo

Newly elevated to the WorldTour, Alpecin-Deceuninck and its star rider Mathieu van der Poel continue to straddle cyclocross and road racing in 2023.

Canyon supplies the team’s bikes, which are fitted with Shimano Dura-Ace drivetrains and wheels.

Astana-Qazaqstan Team

• Framesets: Wilier Triestina Filante SLR / 0 SLR / Turbine SLR (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace/SLF Motion jockey wheels and bottom bracket
• Wheels: Corima
• Components: Wilier integrated handlebars
• Pedals: Look Kéo Blade
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Vittoria Corsa Speed
• Other: Prologo saddles, Tacx bottle cages, Prologo handlebar tape, Garmin computers

Astana-Qazaqstan continues on Wilier bikes this year, a partnership that started in 2019. Wilier provides its Filante SLR aero bike, 0 SLR lightweight bike with aero features and the Turbine SLR time trial bike to the team. They get a great new paintjob.

Wheels come from Look-owned Corima, while the go-faster fancy bits – jockey wheels and bottom bracket bearings – are from the US-based WorldTour newcomer SLF Motion.

Bahrain Victorious

• Framesets: Merida Scultura Disc Team / Reacto Disc Team / Time Warp TT
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Vision Metron 45SL/60SL
• Components: Vision Metron handlebars and stems, FSA seatpost (Scultura only)
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Continental Competition Pro LTD
• Other: Prologo saddles and bar tape, Elite bottle cages, Garmin computers

Bahrain Victorious continues its tech setup from previous years, with an array of Merida bikes headlined by the Scultura Team lightweight/aero bike with the latest-generation Reacto providing a more aero alternative.

The FSA/Vision component mix continues too, with Vision providing wheels and FSA, its parent, adding other components. Team leaders get custom 3D-printed bar extensions on their Time Warp time trial bikes.

Bora-Hansgrohe

• Framesets: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 / Roubaix / Shiv TT
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Roval
• Components: Pro handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Specialized S-Works Turbo
• Other: Specialized saddles and bottle cages, Wahoo Elemnt computers

Bora-Hansgrohe continues to ride Specialized bikes with Roval wheels, Specialized tyres and Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 drivetrains in 2023, although there’s a swap-out for Pro bars and stems again this year.

It’s again one of two WorldTour men’s teams supplied by Specialized, which also sponsors the second-tier Total Energies men’s team and the SD Worx and AG Insurance – Soudal Quick-Step women’s teams.

Cofidis

• Framesets: Look TBA
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Corima
• Components: Look bar/stem
• Pedals: Look Kéo
• Power meter: Shimano
• Tyres: Michelin Power
• Other: Selle Italia saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo Elemnt computers

Cofidis has swapped from De Rosa bikes to Look for 2023. There’s also a switch from Campagnolo to Shimano, although the Corima wheels with Michelin tyres remain.

What we don’t know yet is the model name (or rather, number) for the Look bike the team will ride, which is a new model that fits into the aero/lightweight genre. It’s not yet on the UCI-approved list, although it does appear to have a UCI sticker on the frame.

EF Education-EasyPost

• Framesets: Cannondale SuperSix EVO / SystemSix / SuperSlice (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Vision Metron
• Components: FSA/Vision K-Force / Metron 5D, 6D
• Pedals: Wahoo Speedplay
• Power meter: Power2Max NG Road Cannondale
• Tyres: Vittoria Corsa / Corsa Speed
• Other: Prologo saddles, FSA chainrings, Tacx bottle cages, Wahoo computers

There’s an update of the SuperSix EVO this year, judging by shots from the team’s pre-season training that have been posted by EF Education-EasyPost.

The new bike is intended to evolve the current model, with a redesigned rear triangle, more aero head tube and new bar and stem, as well as that threaded bottom bracket. As with Cofidis’s Look bikes, there’s no new entry on the UCI’s approved frame list yet.

We speculated last year that the team would move to Wahoo Powrlink Zero pedal power meters, but it appears to still be using the German Power2Max crank-based meter that its bikes have been fitted with since 2019.

Groupama-FDJ

• Framesets: Lapierre Xelius SL3 / Aircode DRS / Aérostorm DRS (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / PRO
• Components: Pro handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Continental Competition Pro Ltd
• Other: Prologo saddles and bar tape, Elite bottle cages, Garmin computers

Groupama-FDJ continues on Lapierre bikes this year. It’s a partnership that started in 2002, and its choice of other components and accessories remains the same as in 2022.

Shimano and PRO provide wheels, drivetrains and other components, and the team uses Continental tyres.

Ineos-Grenadiers

• Framesets: Pinarello Dogma F / Bolide F (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / Princeton Carbonworks
• Components: MOST handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Continental Competition Pro Ltd
• Other: Fizik saddles, Elite bottle cages, Garmin computers

Ineos-Grenadiers is again on the Pinarello Dogma F aero/lightweight bike this year, although its Bolide time trial bike got an upgrade midway through last year. The team had been spotted on Princeton Carbonworks time trial wheels for years and Filippo Ganna used the brand’s wheels to smash the hour record in October 2022.

That relationship looks set to continue in 2023 and the team’s other suppliers appear to be staying on board for 2023 too; the biggest change is to SunGod eyewear.

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

• Framesets: Cube Litening Aero C:68X Pro / Aerium (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Newmen Advanced SL
• Components: Cube integrated bar/stem
• Pedals: Look Kéo
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Continental
• Other: Prologo saddles and bar tape, Elite cages, CeramicSpeed OSPW, Bryton computers

A slight name change marks the start of 2023 for Intermarché-Circus-Wanty, which remains on Cube bikes this year. The team looks to be on the Litening Aero, although Cube also has the Litening Air available, which it says can be built up to a UCI regs-busting 6.6kg.

The riders have new wheels from Cube’s Newmen brand too. These hide a Schrader valve within the rim, which is covered by a cap to make a smooth rim profile. The team says this will save it around one watt over an exposed valve.

It does mean there’s a screw-in adaptor needed to re-inflate the tyre and we’re not sure what you do when you need to top up your sealant level. A new marginal gain that others will follow, or too much work for the mechanics?

Jumbo-Visma

• Framesets: Cervélo R5 Disc / S5 / Caledonia / P5 (TT)
• Drivetrain: SRAM Red eTap
• Wheels: Reserve 52/63
• Components: Cervélo handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Wahoo Speedplay
• Power meter: SRAM/Quarq
• Tyres: Vittoria
• Other: Fizik saddles, Tacx bottle cages, Garmin computers

Although Jumbo-Visma continues on Cervélo bikes this year, it has made some major component swaps. Out has gone Shimano in favour of SRAM drivetrains and it is riding wheels from Reserve, part of the same family as Cervélo.

It’s quite a departure for the team, which was one of the star Shimano partnerships a few years ago, using its complete kit, right down to its clothing and sunglasses.

However, key Jumbo-Visma athletes have been longtime SRAM users, including Wout van Aert, who was a pre-launch user of SRAM eTap 12-speed on his cyclocross bikes, so we’d guess the switch to SRAM won’t need too much adjustment.

Movistar Team

• Framesets: Canyon Aeroad CFR / Speedmax CF SLX (TT)
• Drivetrain: SRAM Red eTap
• Wheels: Zipp
• Components: Canyon handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Look Kéo
• Power meter: SRAM/Quarq
• Tyres: Continental Competition Pro Ltd
• Other: Fizik saddles, Canyon bottle cages, Lizard Skins bar tape, Garmin computers

Movistar is entering 2023 without any changes of equipment from 2022. It’s another team using SRAM gearing, but in this case complete with wheels from Zipp for an all-SRAM package on its Canyon bikes.

It does look as if the team might be pre-release testing an upgrade of SRAM’s top-tier groupset though, with what appears to be a new, less chunky shifter body. The rest of the groupsets on Movistar’s bikes looks similar to the current Red, launched in early 2019, although the smaller levers suggest SRAM may have miniaturised its brake system.

Soudal Quick-Step

• Framesets: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 / Roubaix / Shiv (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Roval
• Components: PRO/Roval handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Specialized S-Works Turbo
• Other: Specialized saddles, CeramicSpeed bearings, Tacx bottle cages, Supercaz bar tape, Garmin computers

Soudal Quick-Step is, like Bora-Hansgrohe, on Specialized bikes again this year. The rest of the team’s equipment hasn’t changed from last year, although Specialized has some new products up its sleeve, with Project Black saddles, tyres and time trial bars spotted at its pre-season training camps.

Riders can apparently choose between PRO and Roval bars for their Tarmac SL7 bikes; Remco Evenepoel uses PRO Vibe bars, whereas Yves Lampaert’s bike has the Roval bars that come as standard on the top-spec S-Works bike.

Team Arkéa-Samsic (ARK)

• Framesets: Bianchi Specialissima / Oltre RC / Aquila (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano/Vision
• Components: FSA Vision/Bianchi bars
• Pedals: Shimano
• Power meter: Shimano
• Tyres: Continental
• Other: Selle Italia saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Newly elevated to the WorldTour, Arkéa-Samsic has also swapped from Canyon bikes this year, with Bianchi now back to top-tier sponsorship as the team’s bike provider. Alongside the lightweight/aero Specialissima is the new aero Oltre RC, although minus its air deflector wings that had the UCI in paroxysms.

The rather unusual-looking stem assembly on the Oltre RC remains though (shouldn’t an aero bike encourage you to hunker down low?) and we’re not sure how well the Bianchi Celeste bikes work with Arkéa-Samsic’s bright red jerseys.

Team DSM

• Framesets: Scott Foil RC / Plasma RC (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Components: Syncros handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Vittoria
• Other: Syncros saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

Team DSM is keeping almost the same supplier set as last year. That does include the latest-generation Scott Foil RC though.

Last year, Scott’s aero bike played second fiddle to the Addict RC, but with its promise of greater comfort than the previous model Foil and better aerodynamics, it looks to be the star ride in 2023, supplanting the Addict RC.

Other suppliers stay the same as last year, with the exception of the team’s saddles, where Scott’s Syncros sub-brand has displaced PRO.

Team Jayco-AlUla

• Framesets: Giant Propel Advanced Disc / TCR Advanced SL Disc / Trinity Advanced Pro (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: Cadex 36, 50, 65
• Components: Cadex bars, Giant SLR stems
• Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Tyres: Cadex
• Other: Cadex saddles, Giant bottle cages, Giant computers

Team Jayco-AlUla’s current partnership agreement with Giant bikes, which began last year, lasts until the end of the 2024 season. 2022 saw the launch of the new-generation Giant Propel, which made its appearance in advance of the Tour de France.

With a sub-7kg weight and aero features aplenty, there’s really no reason why any member of the team should want to ride the TCR Advanced SL Disc that was the bulwark of the team’s bikes for the early part of 2022. So although it’s still an option, we’d not expect the TCR Advanced platform to see much action in 2023.

Trek-Segafredo

• Framesets: Trek Madone SLR / Émonda SLR / Domane / Speed Concept (TT)
• Drivetrain: SRAM Red eTap
• Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
• Components: Bontrager handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Time
• Power meter: SRAM/Quarq
• Tyres: Pirelli
• Other: Bontrager saddles, Wahoo computers

Trek-Segafredo is another team keeping almost the same setup as last year, although the launch of the head-turning, lighter seventh-generation Madone saw it take over from the Emonda as the team’s star bike last season. Even the latest Domane saw action last year, with Elisa Longo Borghini winning the women’s Paris-Roubaix aboard.

Time, whose pedal business is now owned by SRAM, is a team sponsor, which represents a return to top-tier racing for a brand that has long been absent.

UAE Team Emirates

• Framesets: Colnago V4Rs / K.one (TT)
• Drivetrain: Shimano Dura-Ace
• Wheels: ENVE
• Components: Colnago integrated handlebars and stems
• Pedals: Look Kéo
• Power meter: Shimano
• Tyres: Continental
• Other: Prologo saddles, Elite bottle cages, Wahoo computers

UAE Team Emirates narrowly beat Jumbo-Visma at the top of the UCI WorldTour rankings last year. In 2022, its main bike was the Colnago Prototipo, which has now been launched officially as the Colnago V4Rs.

Like Jumbo-Visma, it’s another team that has made large changes to its component setup. Out goes Campagnolo in favour of Shimano groupsets with ENVE wheels. The swap to Dura-Ace also sees a change of power meter and a switch to Wahoo computers from SRAM. The team has also moved from Pirelli to Continental tyres.