2014 Pro Team Bikes

Here is the list of who is riding what in 2014. You’ll find all the pro team bikes for the 18 World Tour teams and the 17 Pro Continental teams.

Team Frame Components Wheels Ag2r La Mondiale Focus Campagnolo Fulcrum Argos – Shimano Giant Shimano Shimano Astana Specialized Campagnolo Corima Belkin Pro Cycling Bianchi Shimano Shimano BMC Racing BMC Shimano Shimano Europcar Colnago Campagnolo Campagnolo FDJ.fr Lapierre Shimano Shimano Garmin – Sharp Cervélo Shimano Mavic Katusha Canyon Shimano Mavic Orica – Greenedge Scott Shimano Shimano Lampre – Merida Merida Shimano Fulcrum Cannondale Cannondale SRAM Vision Lotto-Belisol Ridley Campagnolo Campagnolo Movistar Canyon Campagnolo Campagnolo Omega Pharma-Quick Step Specialized SRAM Zipp Team Sky Pinarello Shimano Shimano Tinkoff-Saxo Specialized SRAM Zipp Trek Factory Racing Trek Shimano Bontrager

What’s new for 2014?

There’s been a Dutch merry-go-round as Giant swaps Belkin for Argos-Shimano and Belkin pick up the Bianchi sponsorship left by Vacansoleil-DCM

Germany’s Canyon now has two teams. It has been supplying Katusha but now sponsors Movistar after Pinarello decided to focus on Team Sky only

Specialized supplying three teams; the US brand is part-owned by Merida who co-sponsor Lampre

Have you heard of Pon? Probably not but the Dutch firm is the parent company of Cervélo and Focus meaning it’s behind two teams

Colnago returns to the top thanks to Europcar

As for groups, Shimano supplies 10 teams, Campagnolo five and three for SRAM. A contrast to 2011 when SRAM was the largest supplier of components with eight teams

As ever these deals are commercial and those adverts saying “the choice of” such and such rider? More like the sponsor offered the largest sum of money to the team and management said yes, riders rarely get a say in what they ride.

Note the other corporate relationships. Fulcrum is brand belonging to Campagnolo. SRAM owns Zipp and Quarq so a team sponsored by SRAM will normally use their sister components too. Similarly those with full Shimano sponsorship have to take the full package of Pro components and Shimano wheelsets.

Overall there’s doesn’t seem to be a big change in bike technology for 2014, just a few new frame models. We’ve still got €10,000 top of the line bikes that rely on 10 cent cable ties to strap the CPU for electronic gearing to the stem.

UCI Pro Continental teams

Team Frame Components Wheels Androni Giocattoli Bianchi FSA Vision Bardiani-CSF Cipollini Campagnolo Campagnolo Bretagne – Séché Environnement Kemo FSA Vision Caja Rural – Seguros RGA Vivelo Rotor FFWD CCC Polsat Polkowice Guerciotti Shimano – Cofidis Look Shimano Mavic Colombia Wilier Triestina FSA Vision Drapac Professional Cycling Swift SRAM Zipp IAM Cycling Scott Shimano DT Swiss MTN – Qhubeka Trek SRAM Zipp Neri Sottoli Cipollini Shimano Ursus Rusvelo Colnago Campagnolo Campagnolo Team NetApp – Endura Fuji Shimano Oval Team Novo Nordisk Colnago Shimano Shimano Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise Merckx Campagnolo 3T United Healthcare Wilier Shimano Shimano Wanty – Gobert Kuota – Fulcrum

Note several teams don’t have comprehensive sponsorship deals to cover everything and consequently they use a mix-and-match of parts, for example Rotor chainsets with Campagnolo gears and brakes for Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise and Garmin-Sharp are sponsored by Mavic and Rotor and buy their Shimano parts.

On the subject of incomplete sets, the list above is provisional and based on a mix of enquiries, and trawling Twitter and Facebook in the last few days and the info might be out of date. Suggestions for updates and corrections are welcome.