2023 Tour de France pro racing bikes photos reviews strengths defects prices technical specifications secrets all you need to know

Team Groupama FDJ has been racing Lapierre Xelius SL 10.0 2023 bikes since 2023, right before the 2023 Tour de France the new custom graphics were presented.

The frame is the same regularly for sale.

The price of the complete Lapierre Xelius SL 10.0 racing bike should be close to 20,000 euros.

The carbon fiber wheels are Dura-Ace, while the Shimano Dura Ace Di2 group.

The rest of the components are specific to this bicycle; to which are added the PRO components, the Prologo saddle and the Continental tyres.

A bike, which falls within the UCi limit of 6.8Kg, very stiff, light and of very high performance, perfect uphill.

It is no coincidence that it is used by the climbers of the team.

It doesn't have a weak point, perhaps sprint performance.

As in all teams, much attention has been paid to positioning the athlete in the saddle, in order to have an efficient pedaling from a biomechanical point of view.

Equal attention is paid to checking the smoothness of all moving parts: wheels, bottom bracket, chain.

At the end of each stage, all the bikes are disassembled, washed, serviced and checked in every detail.