In the wake of revealing that both Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert have made the team's Tour de France roster, the Visma-Lease a Bike news continues apace, as the team has today revealed the custom-painted bikes on which they'll be racing. The news of the team was teased on Monday , with a 'postcard from Tignes' posted on social media. Days later, amid confirming the selection , the team also revealed a special blue 'Renaissance' design kit, created to avoid a clash with the Tour de France's maillot jaune, the yellow jersey worn by the race's general classification leader .
Today, detailed images of the team's Cervélo bikes, in matching blue designs, have been shared. Complete with a complex patterned dark blue base coat, remnants of yellow still shine through via the sizeable Cervélo logo on the down tube and the 'C' emblem on the head tube, but in a more luminous hue, rather than the team's usual darker palette. A Renaissance design sits atop the top tube just behind the stem, which is overlaid with the phrase "In the spirit of limitless thinking.
" The team says the design was "inspired by the spirit of this remarkable period of development." The 2024 Tour de France is unique in finishing outside Paris for the first time since 1975. Due to the clash with the Paris Olympics , the Tour de France route instead finishes with a time trial in Nice on the south coast.
To honour the change, the team highlights the race's journey from the Grand Départ in Florence, which it .
