Electronic Campag spotted at Tour of Flanders

Campagnolo’s electronic shifting components made an appearance at last weekend’s Tour of Flanders and we’ve got our hands on some spy shots. Spain’s Team Movistar, previously Caisse d'Epargne, will be using the equipment this year – the only team to do so before it goes on sale to the public.

Campag have released few details but, on the face of it, the system appears to be vaguely similar to Shimano’s Di2 system with a comparably sized battery sitting on the down tube between the bottom bracket and the bottle cage.

The shifters stick with Campag’s existing mechanical strategy in having the down lever tucked behind the brake lever and a thumb-operated button on the inside of the lever body for upshifts.

The derailleurs appear to be carbon fibre as far as the eye can see with the wire for the rear mech travelling internally, breaking cover at the top of the chainstay just ahead of the rear dropout.

Whereas the Di2 system is 10-speed, Campag’s – in line with their existing top end groupsets – goes up to 11. One louder.