You have to learn to ride an old bicycle. Colnago, the iconic Italian cycling brand, has seen Tadej Pogacar string together prices on their product for years. Yet the guests saw in our new podcast Wielerclub Wattage that the Slovenian loses some power just there. “Colnago remains a bit one old school bike,” he said.
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“If Tadej Pogacar gets on a bicycle from Jumbo-Visma, Ineos or Soudal-Quick Step tomorrow, the rest will have no chance”, Dirk De Wolf was adamant in our new podcast Wielerclub Wattage. “On those bikes he will pedal another 2 kilometers per hour faster.”
The Slovenian is currently driving around on a Colnago. “They undoubtedly have a good product there, but it is like a Ferrari and a Porsche: there is still a difference between the brands.”
Tom Boonen also knows from experience that one steel steed is not the other. “With the top 5 manufacturers there is still little contrast, but when you compare those five with the 10 manufacturers that follow, there is still a difference in quality.”
Colnago is catching up, but it remains a bit one old school-bicycle
The iconic Italian brand was taken over by an investment company from the United Arab Emirates two years ago and thus found its way to the UAE cycling team.
“Colnago did indeed have a dip a while ago,” Boonen says. “It’s still a bit one now old schoolbicycle and the aero thing they have not quite mastered yet. They’re catching up now, though.”
