If Pogačar takes back the yellow jersey at the 2023 Tour de France, he will likely do it on Colnago’s revised, pro-spec roadie.
Updated testing methodology, a comprehensive approach to weight reduction, and race-vetted carbon layup structures — Colnago poured them all into its newest thoroughbred, the V4Rs.
UAE Team Emirates contributed to testing, which took place both on the road and in the lab. The main testing objective was to land on the proper stiffness, and the company’s approach resulted in geometry and sizing tweaks.
Colnago said in a press release the testing accounted for “both stress factors (static and dynamic conditions)” and helped create a “perfectly balanced frame” in terms of stiffness and rideability in variable race conditions. New seat stays are significantly more resistant to bending and impacts. They’re also more aerodynamic — for speed gains.
UAE Team Emirates riders also helped test multiple approaches to carbon layup in the frame throughout last season. The carbon test project occurred under the name “Colnago Prototipo.” In it, the company scrutinized various carbon layering methods to land on the carbon the team would eventually ride in the 2022 Tour.
Colnago said that elsewhere in the design process, it struggled to cut weight from the previous V3rs.
