Cannondale officially launched its much anticipated SuperSix EVO road bike and SuperSlice time trial bike yesterday, and so EF Pro Cycling’s fleet of team bikes has been updated for the 2026 season.
While many bike brands have tacked towards creating race bikes that cater to a broader audience, Cannondale seems to have moved in the other direction with the new SuperSix EVO.
Cannondale SuperSix EVO
Cannondale designed the fifth-generation, all-round race bike with the specific input of EF Pro Cycling’s roster of riders. Cast your mind back to the 2025 Tour de France, and you’ll remember Ben Healy animating much of the race with long-distance attacks and a stint in the yellow jersey.
The geometry of the SuperSix has been made more aggressive with a lower stack – although one that’s now more in line with bikes such as the Specialized Tarmac SL8 – which it’s hard to image hasn’t been done to accommodate Healy’s exploits (Road World Championships 2027, anyone?).
You might have to look twice to tell the difference between the new SuperSix and the previous generation, with Cannondale making only small changes to the exterior of the bike for marginal gains in the wind tunnel.
Instead of a radical overhaul, Cannondale focused on reducing the weight of the bike. For EF Pro Cycling’s top-spec SuperSix EVO Lab71 bikes, this means a frame that weighs 728g in a size 56cm. And with changes made elsewhere, including a new cockpit, the new Lab71 bike weighs a claimed 148g less than the fourth-generation SuperSix.
That frame is under snazzy new paintwork for EF’s men’s and women’s teams that sees it keep its unmistakable pink and more mistakable black colour scheme.
Elsewhere, EF Pro Cycling’s new road bike is equipped with a SRAM Red groupset, Vision wheels, a Fizik saddle, Vittoria Cora Pro tyres and Wahoo Speedplay pedals.
New Cannondale SuperSlice
The WorldTour team has also revealed its latest time trial bike, the Cannondale SuperSlice. We saw the new SuperSix in January at the Tour Down Under, but a new SuperSlice seems to have been out in the world far longer.
In fact, we first spotted an unreleased SuperSlice way back at the 2021 Tour de France before it was later ‘leaked’ as part of the 2022 Palace X Rapha Tour de France collaboration.
Whether this is exactly the same bike, we don’t know, but EF Pro Cycling’s latest SuperSlice has a far more modest black paintjob than the over-the-top Rapha x Palace bike.
The most important part, however, is that it‘s part of Cannondale's ”fastest fleet ever”. The new SuperSlice is said to save 10 watts at 50kph over Cannondale’s previous time trial bike. This 14 per cent drag reduction has meant a weight increase of 60g due to the deeper tube profiles, but that’s only a small change and aerodynamics takes precedent in the race of truth.
Alongside a similar spec list to the SuperSix, EF Pro Cycling’s SuperSlice has Vittoria’s new 30mm Corsa Pro Speed tyres. According to Vittoria, this new size was requested by pro riders, but as Simon von Bromley wrote, it points to the confusion around tyre widths.
EF Pro Cyling team bike specifications
Cannondale Lab71 SuperSix EVO
- Frame/fork: Lab71 SuperSix EVO, Gen 5, Ultralight Series 0 Carbon
- Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
- Rims: Vision Metron RS
- Tyres: Vittoria Corsa Pro
- Bar and stem: Cannondale integrated SystemBar Road, ultralight, full carbon
- Saddle: Fizik
- Pedals: Wahoo Speedplay
Cannondale Lab71 SuperSlice
- Frame: Lab71 SuperSlice, Gen 3, Ultralight Series 0 Carbon
- Fork: Deep aero-section SuperSlice Gen 3 Delta Steerer fork
- Drivetrain: SRAM Red AXS
- Rims: Vision Metron RS
- Tyres: Vittoria Corsa Pro Speed, 700x30c
- Bar and extensions: SystemBar TT integrated full carbon base bar with Vision MonoRiser and Vision custom extensions
- Saddle: Fizik
- Pedals: Wahoo Speedplay
