What are they riding now? popular
Written by: Herbert Krabel
Date: Fri May 29 2009
Most Pros by now are settled in on their rides for the 09 season, but more news along those lines is still coming in. We are keeping a log of which Pros are using which bike in 2009.
This weekend at Ironman Brasil, Oscar Galindez will be showing off the new Merida Time Warp. This fairly unknown new bike looks quite interesting and replaced a Cervelo P3C. The 2005 Ironman Hawaii champion Faris Al-Sultan switched from a Cannondale Slice to a Storck Aero.
Just a little while back Rasmus Henning went from his short course French MBK bike to a British "long course" Boardman TT bike, winning Ironman China on it. Michael Lovato traded in his Javelin for a Kestrel Airfoil Pro and Kate Major is now on a Wilier. Prior to the Wilier, Kate was aboard an Orbea. We also just got word from one of our regular readers that 2x XTERRA World Champion Julie Dibens just switched from Planet X to Trek. She confirmed this on her website, writing about racing the recent XTERRA Guam on a Trek Top Fuel.
More to come, stay tuned.
We also link back to the slowtwitch profiles of those Pros who have added their bike fit numbers and a few pictures. You will see a hyperlink in those cases.
This weekend at Ironman Brasil, Oscar Galindez will be showing off the new Merida Time Warp. This fairly unknown new bike looks quite interesting and replaced a Cervelo P3C. The 2005 Ironman Hawaii champion Faris Al-Sultan switched from a Cannondale Slice to a Storck Aero.
Just a little while back Rasmus Henning went from his short course French MBK bike to a British "long course" Boardman TT bike, winning Ironman China on it. Michael Lovato traded in his Javelin for a Kestrel Airfoil Pro and Kate Major is now on a Wilier. Prior to the Wilier, Kate was aboard an Orbea. We also just got word from one of our regular readers that 2x XTERRA World Champion Julie Dibens just switched from Planet X to Trek. She confirmed this on her website, writing about racing the recent XTERRA Guam on a Trek Top Fuel.
More to come, stay tuned.
We also link back to the slowtwitch profiles of those Pros who have added their bike fit numbers and a few pictures. You will see a hyperlink in those cases.
| Previous ride | New ride | Date of change | |
| Oscar Galindez (BRA) | Cervelo P3C | Merida Time Warp | May 09 |
| Faris Al-Sultan (GER) | Cannondale Slice | Storck Aero | May 09 |
| Leon Griffin (AUS) | Cervelo P3C | Orbea Ordu | April 09 |
| Rasmus Henning (DEN) | MBK | Boardman | March 09 |
| Michael Lovato (USA) | Javelin | Kestrel Airfoil SE | March 09 |
| Timo Bracht (GER) | Cucuma | Giant | March 09 |
| Rutger Beke (BEL) | Cervelo P3C | Ridley Dean | March 09 |
| Benjamin Sanson (FRA) | Look 596 | Suplicy | March 09 |
| Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI) | BMC | Cannondale Slice | February 09 |
| Luke Bell (AUS) | Look | Giant | February 09 |
| Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL) | Kuota Kueen K | Scott Plasma 2 | February 09 |
| Mathias Hecht (SUI) | Kuota Kueen K | Scott Plasma 2 | February 09 |
| Andy Potts (USA) | Felt DA | Kuota Kueen K | January 09 |
| Jonathan Caron (CAN) | Cervelo P3C | Cervelo P2C | January 09 |
| Thomas Hellriegel (GER) | Look | Planet X | January 09 |
| Andreas Raelert (GER) | Pearl | Blue Triad | January 09 |
| Alex Taubert (GER) | Wave | Planet X | January 09 |
| Richie Cunningham (AUS) | Trek TTX | Ridley Dean | January 09 |
| Mike Aigroz (SUI) | Stoeckli | Look KG596 | January 09 |
| Brent McMahon (CAN) | Trek | Blue Triad | January 09 |
| Jonas Colting (SWE) | QR Lucero Ti | Ridley Dean | November 08 |
| David Thompson (USA) | Litespeed Saber | Felt DA | November 08 |
| Fraser Cartmell (GBR) | Ceepo Venom | Felt DA | October 08 |
| Luke McKenzie (AUS) | Litespeed Saber | Scott Plasma 2 | August 08 |
| Maximilian Longrée (GER) | Giant | Look 596 | July 08 |
| Kieran Doe (NZL) | Cervelo P3C | Argon18 E-114 | July 08 |
| Simon Whitfield (CAN) | Litespeed Archon | Cervelo S 3 | July 08 |
| Bjorn Andersson (SWE) | QR Lucero | Cervelo P3C | July 08 |
| Frank Vytrisal (GER) | Walser Cucuma | Cervelo P3C | June 08 |
| Normann Stadler (GER) | Kuota Kueen K | Scott Plasma 2 | June 08 |
| James Bonney (USA) | Kuota Kalibur | Giano | April 08 |
| Jarrod Shoemaker (USA) | Kuota KOM | Orbea Orca | April 08 |
| Sergio Marques (POR) | Isaac | Trek TTX 9.9 SSL | March 08 |
| TJ Tollakson (USA) | Guru Crono | Specialized Transition | February 08 |
| Jordan Rapp (USA) | Trek TTX | Felt DA | January 08 |
| Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN) | Argon 18 Mercury | Argon 18 E-114 | January 08 |
| Paul Amey (GBR) | Giant | Kuota Kueen K | January 08 |
| Cam Brown (NZL) | Scott Plasma | Pinarello FT3 | January 08 |
| Kate Major (AUS) | Orbea | Wilier Cento Crono | March 09 |
| Julie Dibens (GBR) | Planet X | Trek | March 09 |
| Chrissie Wellington (GBR) | Cervelo P2C | Cannondale Slice | March 09 |
| Desiree Ficker (USA) | Guru | Specialized Transition | March 09 |
| Rebekah Keat (AUS) | Planet X | Cervelo P2C | January 09 |
| Sarah Gross (USA) | Blue | Ceepo | January 09 |
| Bree Wee (USA) | Scott Plasma | Argon 18 E-114 | January 09 |
| Sandra Wallenhorst (GER) | Trek TTX | Cannondale Slice | January 09 |
| Dede Griesbauer (USA) | Guru Crono | Kestrel Airfoil Pro SE | January 09 |
| Heather Wuertele (CAN) | Trek | Blue Triad | January 09 |
| Linsey Corbin (USA) | Orbea | Scott Plasma 2 Contessa | February 08 |
| Leanda Cave (GBR) | Elite | Pinarello FM1 | n/a |
| Erika Csomor (HUN) | Corratec | Cervelo P3C | n/a |
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Comments
Changes in Pro Bike Sponsorships
KevinMc
Reviewed by: Kevin McMahon , Mar 4 2009 9:33AM
Amazing to see how many pros are changing their rides in a given year. I'm sure this only scratches the surface. Such constant movement makes one wonder about the value of sponsorships at all. Surely the athletes are just chasing the best deals. Given that the bike is a major element of performance, the logical conclusion is that, within a considerable range, the particular bike you ride doesn't matter. The small points of differentiation from one ride to the next have limited impact on the pros' finishing times. I guess the summary is buy a good bike, train hard.
Bike swap
Reviewed by: Michael, Jan 22 2009 9:48AM
this is not a review, but rather a comment. I'd like to see the list in the order of the swap date instead of alphabetical by rider. Better yet, if you could make the list interactive so that I could sort by rider, bike manuf, or date of swap, but for a static table, listing by date of swap might be better.
Luke Drgastra is Canadian not German
Reviewed by: Syd, Jan 22 2009 8:06AM
Great article, just a little mistake.
Bike changes
Reviewed by: Herbert, Nov 22 2008 2:13PM
The bike change reasons vary completely and range from "bad communication" to "ends of deals not upheld" to "better offers."
Bike changes
Reviewed by: Alf Duez, Nov 21 2008 1:19AM
In response to a couple of the points raised. The great road champion Sean Kelly summed it up well when asked what was the best bike he had ever ridden and he replied 'The one I was being paid to ride at that particular time.'
