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TECH NEWS
2023 Bianchi Oltre RC Tour de France limited edition - 2Bianchi introduces Tour de France Oltre RC road bike
Italy’s Bianchi has unveiled a Tour de France version of its Oltre RC road bike in a limited edition run of just 176. Why 176? Because that’s the number of riders who’ll start the Tour in Bilbao on 1st July.
The Oltre RC was launched last October and hit the headlines for its removable Air Deflectors – said to improve the aero performance – attached to the sides of the head tube. Those Air Deflectors aren’t UCI-legal so you won’t see them on the Arkea Samsic bikes raced in the Tour.
> Bianchi unveils radical new Oltre road bike with ‘Air Deflector’ aero tech
“For this special occasion, the Bianchi Reparto Corse has developed a new exclusive colour scheme, starting with the unmistakable Celeste Bianchi and transforming it with shifting shades, adorned with metallic and iridescent effects,” says Bianchi.
“It is a modern version of the traditional Celeste Bianchi, harmoniously merging with the iridescent yellow-gold, the iconic symbol of the Tour de France. Each of the 176 models of the Oltre RC Tour de France Limited Edition is hand-painted in Italy, with the Grande Boucle logo positioned on the right side of the seat tube.”
The bike is built up with a Shimano Dura Ace Di2 groupset and Reparto Corse RC50 front and RC65 rear wheels.
Each bike comes in a box that contains a yellow jersey from Santini, a saddle cover, wheel bags, a letter signed by Bianchi's CEO, and “a book showcasing images and stories detailing all the aspects of the Oltre RC Tour de France Limited Edition”. You get an ownership card bearing your name and a number from 1 to 176, which is also displayed on the frame.
The price is €15,500 (around £13,280) + VAT. Well, it was never going to be cheap, was it?
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
Latest Comments
- qwerty360 4 min 50 sec ago
You can also get an electric company car and get what, ~1/3-2/5 off the lease costs......
- JEMVisser 13 min 55 sec ago
Seems an okay design to me, but I get the point where you are coming from, because it indeed seems weird. ...
- mdavidford 1 hour 2 min ago
More likely "cyclists dismount and use footway".
- Daclu Trelub 5 hours 56 min ago
They should lay off the pies, then.
- Jogle 9 hours 38 min ago
I bet those ambulances have never paid tax in their lives! They should get out of the way of hard working, tax paying, otherwise law abiding cars
- mark1a 10 hours 13 min ago
Have a like for using the word "profligate" 👍😁.
- Capt Sisko 11 hours 56 min ago
Just like folding helmets. Every couple of years someone thinks, that's a brilliant idea, I'll sell millions, I'll make a fortune. Erm, no.
- eburtthebike 13 hours 14 min ago
He understands it: his social media site is called Truth Social or somesuch.
- chrisonabike 14 hours 37 min ago
Because they can....
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I loved Bianchi. I have had 5. From a Via Nirone 7 to an Oltre XR4 and even saved up a long time fir a speciallisima only for it to be unavailable in my size in the end before the disc version only was replacing it. But this current Oltre offends my eyes. It is such an ugly angular totally un-Italian style looking thing I can't even bring myself to look at it.
Glad I bought my Oltre before you could only buy stamped out jelly mould disc brake models. Will be keeping it a looong time I image
Last shape Oltre was a great bike, its a shame the new one is so fugly.
well that's maybe a little unfair. at least up until they abandoned the ck-black colourway.