Giant unveils 10th generation TCR - but could this be its last?

With the new frame claimed to be 4.2 watts faster than the 9th gen TCR, the gap to Giant's Propel aero bike is starting to become marginal

Giant TCR
(Image credit: Future)

Twenty-eight years after the platform’s controversial debut for World Tour Team ONCE - as the first bike to feature a sloping top tube, which the UCI’s instinctively tried to ban - we are now on the 10th generation of TCR.

I've had the chance to spend 100km aboard the platform to bring you my first ride impressions. And, explain why this may well be the very last TCR.

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Stefan Abram
Tech features editor

After winning the 2019 National Single-Speed Cross-Country Mountain Biking Championships and claiming the plushie unicorn (true story), Stefan swapped the flat-bars for drop-bars and has never looked back. 


Since then, he’s earnt his 2ⁿᵈ cat racing licence in his first season racing as a third, completed the South Downs Double in under 20 hours and Everested in under 12.


But his favourite rides are multiday bikepacking trips, with all the huge amount of cycling tech and long days spent exploring new roads and trails - as well as histories and cultures. Most recently, he’s spent two weeks riding from Budapest into the mountains of Slovakia


Height: 177cm

Weight: 67–69kg