Tour de France gold rush in Tech round up this week with special edition bikes from Bianchi, Look, Factor and more 'attainable' kit from Ribble

Tour de France always generates plenty of buzz - for new tech, it's the moment when the world's most famous brands get creative to mark the moment

Factor OSTRO VAM Watercolour edition
(Image credit: Factor)

While the race for yellow doesn’t start until Saturday, the contest for the best looking bike and accompanying kit at this year’s Tour de France has begun in earnest. We’ve got a couple of contenders here in the name of Cofidis and its special edition Look 795 Blade RS, and IPT's Factor Ostro VAM.

It’s been close to thirty years since Marco Pantini’s Giro-Tour double, so while it’s not quite the anniversary of that historic feat, Bianchi felt it was close enough to celebrate it with a stunning limited edition Specialissima RC…and it is the Italian marque’s 140th anniversary, after all.

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Luke Friend has worked as a writer, editor and copywriter for over twenty five years. Across books, magazines and websites, he's covered a broad range of topics for a range of clients including Major League Baseball, Golf Digest, the National Trust and the NHS. He has an MA in Professional Writing from Falmouth University and is a qualified bicycle mechanic. He has been a cycling enthusiast from an early age, partly due to watching the Tour de France on TV. He's a keen follower of bike racing to this day as well as a regular road and gravel rider.

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