CyclistStrade Bianche bikes 2026: Not as interesting as they once were but still nice to look atIm not going to dilly-dally, weve got a lot to get through and taking you astray like a motorbike at the womens Strade Bianche wouldnt help anyone as it turns out.We sent photographer Xavier Pereyron behind the scenes in Siena on Saturday to get a closer look at the best bikes in the pro peloton. We have a few separate galleries for some of the more noteworthy names, but Ive added links below so you can jump to those if you fancy. If not, buckle up for a heck of a lot of 30mm tyres. Related Posts Pro bike: Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney's Strade Bianche 2026 Canyon Aeroad CFR Pro bike: Tadej Pogaar's Strade Bianche-winning Colnago Y1Rs Pro bike: Paul Seixas's Strade Bianche 2026 Van Rysel RCR-R Pro bike: World Champion Magdeleine Vallieres's new Cannondale SuperSix from Strade Bianche 2026 The best photos from men's Strade Bianche 2026 Xavier PereyronWell start with a couple of teasers. For more on Tadej Pogaars Y1Rs check out our separate gallery.Xavier PereyronLikewise click here for our look at Paul Seixass Van Rysel RCR-R.Xavier PereyronThis is the nicest looking BMC Ive seen in years. Julian Alaphilippe was running 30mm Schwalbe Pro Ones and a 52/39T SRAM Red crankset. Interestingly, when our Sam Challis reviewed the Teammachine R 01, BMC said the bike was optimised for 26-28mm tyres and anything above that began to compromise aero performance. Thats confirmation that comfort trumps aero even for Alaphilippe.Xavier PereyronAside from the new colour scheme, the most interesting thing about Ineoss setup in 2026 is the move to Scope wheels, with their fish-scale texture.Xavier PereyronThe white paint makes it much easier to see their K-Edge chain catcher behind the crankset.Xavier PereyronThey attached what looks like sandpaper to the inside of the lightweight Elite bottle cages to keep the bottles secure over the bumpy gravel. This is something teams do throughout the cobbled Classics too.Xavier PereyronThe other Pinarello on display in the mens race was with Tom Pidcocks Pinarello-Q36.5, and the blue and gold looks excellent. Pidcock was running 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pro tyres on his Zipp 454 NSW wheels, though he might need to make some adjustments to his SRAM Red setup after his chain slipped twice at the decisive moment of the race.Xavier PereyronMoving from Q36.5 to NSN this season is Scott, and Pau Marti was the teams best placed rider at Strade in 41st. Xavier PereyronThe new Giant Propel was being ridden by Jayco-AlUla, this one belonging to Italian National Champion Filippo Conca. The team were running 30mm tyres and wouldve been hoping to avoid another hookless disaster on the Cadex setup after the disaster at Omloop.Xavier PereyronIts great to see Bianchi back competing at the pointy end of cyclings biggest races having joined Bahrain Victorious in 2026. They were running 30mm GP5000s on the full-carbon Vision Metron RS wheels and a lightweight Elilee crankset.Xavier PereyronUno X have made some big changes to their setup over the last couple of years, switching from Dare to Ridley which have equally crazy looking aero bikes and over the winter swapping over to SRAM. They even had the OSPW on display here.These are the biggest tyres weve seen so far at 32mm, and Fredrik Dversnes was also using DT Swisss GRC gravel wheels.Xavier PereyronWilier has to be pleasantly surprised with the returns its getting from the Groupama-FDJ United partnership. Yes the bikes bright red paintjob is eyecatching and theyre flying the flag for tanwall Contis here, but mainly because Romain Grgoire is a star.Xavier PereyronBen Healys EF team were another to have moved onto SRAM in 2026, though that wasnt enough to help him in this one. Healy and co. were on 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pros on the Vision Metron RS wheels with flashy pink Muc-Off valves.Xavier PereyronAfter Ridley ditched them for Uno X, Lotto-Intermarch are on Orbea bikes with the Basque brands Oquo wheels. Unfortunately Lennert Van Eetvelt crashed this one.Xavier PereyronGerman brand Rose makes an appearance in the top bike races this year with Unibet-Rose Rockets. Its certainly one of the nicest looking bikes on the circuit, and a little different to the others with the older Vision wheels and VIttoria Corsa Pro Control tyresXavier PereyronThis is as Italian as they come with good Campagnolo representation from Bardiani. The seat stays on this De Rosa 70 are certainly funky looking.Xavier PereyronFellow Conti team MBH Bank-CSB-Telecom Fort have done a good job in making you think this is Cinelli Aeroscoop is a more Italian bike, but this is actually the bike of Hungarian champion Mrton Dina. Still nice to look at though, and a second on our list of 32mm tyres.Xavier PereyronSolution Tech-Nippo-Rali have a very loud kit, so theyre forgiven for this muted colour scheme here. Its not all about paint though, this is one of the more noticeable setups at the race, with the frame from Italian brand Rali and the popular Drive wheels from Chinese brand Elitewheels.Xavier PereyronSpeaking of Chinese brands, XDS-Astanas X-Lab bikes continue to be one of the best looking in the peloton. Curiously they had GP5000 TT tyres on this spare bike.Xavier PereyronIneos arent the only ones on Scope wheels, Polti-VisitMalta were using non-scaly rims with 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pro Controls on their Aurum frames.Xavier PereyronAnd the winner for nicest paintjob goes toXavier PereyronAnd this man, Gianni Vermeersch, left those lovely Canyons behind for whatever this is. At least hes on new 32mm Specialized Cotton TLR tyres.Xavier PereyronI think its time for Trek to make some lightweight versions of these aero bottle cages. Theyre huge. Good angle to see that Matteo Sobrero joined the 165mm cranks club.Xavier PereyronMoving over to the womens side, its fantastic to see Shirin van Anrooij back competing at the front of a race. Her Madone continues the 30mm tyre trend on these Pirelli P Zeros.Xavier PereyronWorld Champion Magdeleine Valleries was riding the brand new Cannondale SuperSix Evo with a rainbow colour scheme. Thats worthy of a separate gallery.Xavier PereyronAs is Strade runner-up Kasia Niewidoma-Phinneys beautiful red Canyon Aeroad. Click here for more on that one.Xavier PereyronWhile Demi Vollering got caught up in the group led astray by a motorbike, we can still appreciate her European Champions paintjob, and for the full breakdown of her bike check out our gallery here.Xavier PereyronBoth Vollering and her former SD Worx teammates were using those new Specialized Cotton tubeless tyres, and both were on 32mms.Xavier PereyronThe other Specialized team is Volker Wessels, who have a much different setup with FFWD wheels and 30mm Schwalbe Pro One tyresXavier PereyronThis handlebar measuring nonsense can get in the bin.Xavier PereyronFocus on real safety issues for goodness sake.Xavier PereyronElisa Longo Borghini and her UAE Team ADQ colleagues were on the Colnago V5Rs bikes, which is good to see with the mens UAE team sticking to the aero Y1Rs. Sadly it wasnt enough to get on the podium but that was more to do with line choice than performance.Xavier PereyronDespite a new Liv EnviLiv launching last week, the Liv-AlUla-Jayco team seemed to be opting more for the Langma, and Monica Trinca Colonel rode it to a strong eighth place.Xavier PereyronWhile shes not on EF anymore, Alison Jackson stuck on Cannondale this year, which is good news for all of us because theyve done a great job on this Canadian National Champs colour scheme.Xavier PereyronMixed opinions on this, thinking is good sometimes.Xavier PereyronMie Bjrndal Ottestad took her Ridley to 14th in Siena. Maybe the trick for Uno X was sticking to road wheels after all. Xavier PereyronPicnic-PostNL are struggling for wins this season despite some good performances. Lapierre and Ursus wheels will get their time in the spotlight this season Im sure of it. Xavier PereyronThere arent many races that Factor-sponsored riders get the O2 Vam out these days with the Ostro and the One taking up a lot of spotlight. For that were thankful to Ma Petite Entreprise and Nomie Abgrall. Her 32mm Hutchinson Blackbird Race tyres are brand new too, with the French brand expanding the range after its tests suggested 32mm should be the go-to for performance-oriented riders.Xavier PereyronAnother team that got unlucky with the motorbike debacle was Visma-Lease a Bike, who were also on the 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pros.Xavier PereyronWere getting into the business end now and its about to get good. The last of our mainstream brands is another appearance for Pinarello, this time with Campagnolo wheels and a Shimano Ultegra groupset for the Top GIrls-Fassa Bortolo team.Xavier PereyronVini Fantini-BePink are all bling this year with these Officine Mattio bikes, though the SRAM Force groupset is slightly less bling but thats fine because the Deda wheels make up for it.Xavier PereyronTeam Mendelspek E-Work were also on Ultegra groupsets with their Dynatek bikes and Vittoria Corsa N.Ext tyres, though this 28mm setup is the narrowest weve spotted. The worst part about this is the font on those name decals.Xavier PereyronYes 3T bikes are still in the peloton thanks to Italian team Aromitalia Vaiano. The Miche chainrings are a nice touch, as are the Corima wheels.Xavier PereyronFinally we have the Vittoria queens at the Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria team. The sponsors on the chainstays are endless, the Coppi frame is chunky and the Vittoria rims are loud. This is ciclismo. 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