CyclistPro bike: Tadej Pogaars Strade Bianche-winning Colnago Y1RsTadej Pogaar has won Strade Bianche on four occasions, but 2026 was the first on board the Colnago Y1Rs. The Italian brands aero bike was first piloted in competition by the four-time Tour winner at last years UAE Tour, but has since been the bike of choice for the World Champion across all profiles, including the Alps and Pyrenees at the 2025 Tour de France.At Strade Bianche Pogaars first race of the 2026 season he opted for the stripped back, exposed carbon look previously seen in the Tour de France mountain time-trial. Balancing aero gains with weight savings, the Slovenian has managed to drop some precious grams from the Y1Rs, which usually comes to around 7.2kg. Photographer Xavier Pereyron managed to get up close and personal with Pogaars 2026 Y1Rs before he rode to another solo Strade victory. Related Posts 6 talking points from Strade Bianche The best photos from men's Strade Bianche 2026 Tour de France bike: Tadej Pogaar's new raw-carbon Colnago Y1Rs All the WorldTour team bikes, tech and kit 2026 Tadej Pogaars Colnago Y1RsXavier PereyronBefore last years Tour de France, Pogaar was riding with a white and rainbow-accented colourway. Since the Tours mountain time-trial last year, he has opted for an unpainted frame to save extra grams and make the aero Y1Rs an even better all-round race bike.Xavier PereyronPogaar was using Fiziks 3D printed Argo R1 Adaptive saddle, which is custom-made for the Slovenians derrire. Xavier PereyronThe Y-shaped handlebar hence Y1Rs offers just enough space for the custom Wahoo mount as well as the World champions Hulk sticker. This is also a great angle to see the details of the raw carbon on the head tube. Its estimated that around 100g is saved by stripping off the white paint job.Xavier PereyronPogaars bike was fitted with a pair of ultra-light Elite bottle cages. Usually, the Y1Rs is set up with a pair of custom aero cages, but with the amount of climbing on the Strade route it was all about saving weight.Xavier PereyronFor the gravel, Pogaar was running 30mm Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR tyres, which seemed to be the consensus on tyre width throughout the peloton.Xavier PereyronOne minor detail thats different one most teams setups is the attachment for the rider numbers, UAEs is one of the cleanest looking mounts.Xavier PereyronLightweight Carbon-Ti chainrings have become a staple of Pogaars bike in recent years. Though he often has his personal logo cut out of the outer chainring, not this time. He was running the 55/38T that Carbon-Ti developed in collaboration with the UAE team.Xavier PereyronAfter spending most of 2025 on Enves SES 4.5 Pro wheelset, Pogaar began the new season by riding a deeper pair of Enve SES 6.7wheels. Thats despite the UCI banning rims deeper than 65mm and the 6.7 classically having a 67mm deep rear rim. Dont worry though, Cyclingnews reported that this is a 65mm UCI-legal prototype. The post Pro bike: Tadej Pogaars Strade Bianche-winning Colnago Y1Rs appeared first on Cyclist.