Do you want the bike with which Pogačar dominated in 2025? The original Colnago Y1Rs from the Tour de France is being auctioned and is already going for over €30,000

During the Tour de France, the UAE Team Emirates-XRG clearly opted for Colnago's aerodynamic model, the Y1Rs introduced by the Cambiago firm at the beginning of the season, believing that the aerodynamic gains it provided more than compensated for the extra weight. Midway through the Tour de France, they went a step further by debuting a lighter version of the same bike, which you can now bid on at the famous auction house Sotheby’s.

Bike collectors bid for the Colnago Y1Rs with which Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France

The problem with using an aerodynamic bike in the mountains of the Tour de France has been the typical issue with these machines: the extra weight that comes with having profiled tubes and very tall wheels to gain those advantages against the wind. However, even while in the midst of the Tour de France, Colnago prepared a lighter version of the Y1Rs for Tadej Pogacar with the sole purpose of having the best of both worlds, both aerodynamic and a weight of 6.9 kg, close to the UCI limit, to face the decisive time trial climb to Peyragudes with all the aces up his sleeve, where the Slovenian crushed his rivals.

Tadej Pogacar liked the performance of this unit with a minimalist carbon design, seen to save a good amount of grams by forgoing paint, so much that he continued to use it for the rest of the Tour de France in stages such as, for example, the one at Mont Ventoux or the queen stage finishing at Col de la Loze.

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Pogacar continued using a bike like this in the final stretch of the season to win in the Canadian classics, the World Championship in Kigali, or in Il Lombardia, although not exactly the same unit from the Tour de France, as the one used in the last part of the season differed slightly in decoration.

Now this first Colnago Y1Rs lighter version from the Tour de France becomes a coveted piece for cycling collectors as it goes up for auction at the renowned Sotheby’s. An auction that started on Monday, December 1, and will remain open until 16:34 on the upcoming December 5.

In the first hours of the auction, bids rose to nearly €13,000, but the price has skyrocketed over the hours, and at the time of writing these lines, it had reached almost €33,000. Who knows where it will end up in the remaining three days. If any of you decide to bid and have a sufficiently healthy account, here you can access the auction link.