Cervélo
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Cervélo Cycles is an American manufacturer
History
In May 2011,
A book titled, To Make Riders Faster, by Anna Dopico, was released in April 2018. The book tells the story of Gerard Vroomen and Phil White meeting at McGill University and taking their company from a school basement project in Montreal, Canada, to their bikes winning in the Tour de France, the Olympics and Ironman.[12][13]
Professional sport
Cervélo's sponsorship of elite athletes has led to widespread recognition of the brand.
In 2003, Cervélo became the bike supplier to
In 2009, Cervélo became the first bike manufacturer in the modern era to have its own cycling team at the highest levels of racing,
In 2010, Emma Pooley and Thor Hushovd won the UCI Women's Timetrial and UCI Men's Road Race respectively. Success was also achieved in a number of ITU Triathlon Races and the Ironman 70.3 and long-distance events.
For the 2011 season, Cervélo joined forces with Slipstream sports to form the
For the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 season, they provided bikes to MTN-Qhubeka that turned into
For the 2021 season, Cervélo began a partnership with
International racing success
In 2006 Team CSC rider Fabian Cancellara won Paris–Roubaix[17] on a Cervelo Soloist. In 2007 Team CSC rider Stuart O'Grady won Paris–Roubaix on a Cervelo Soloist.[18]
On 13 October 2007 triathlete Chrissie Wellington of the UK won the Ford Ironman world championship in Kailua-Kona, HI. Her bike in the 180 km ride was the Cervélo P2C[19] with which she posted the quickest split time [for pro women] of 5:06:15; four minutes faster than her nearest opponent.
On 27 July 2008, Carlos Sastre of Spain won the Tour de France on Soloist SLC-SL and R3-SL Cervélo framesets. It was Cervélo's first Tour win.[20]
From 2003 to 2008, Cervélo enjoyed the partnership with team CSC/Saxobank with whom they achieved a number of wins on the professional racing circuit. Wins from Fabian Cancellara in the UCI World Timetrial championships, Olympic road and timetrial podium finishes for both Fabian Cancellara and tradeteam teammate Gustav Erik Larsson. In addition to these high-profile victories, Cervélo bikes were also ridden to overall success in the Tour de France team classification and ProTour team classifications.
Cervélo are one of the few manufacturers who have produced an aluminium frame that achieved success against carbon fibre road bicycles, with the Soloist. The Cervelo Soloist Team from the 2003–2005 UCI ProTour season was ridden to success by Team CSC in some of the historical cycling races held in Europe, such as the Critérium International and the Paris–Nice stage race. The Soloist Carbon from the 2006–2007 UCI ProTour season was ridden to success in the Giro d'Italia and Paris–Roubaix twice.
Cervélo are the only manufacturer to produce an aero-road frame (Soloist) that has won on the cobbled road race classics, with additional wins from the S-series bicycles notably in the 2009 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and 2010 Tour de France (Stage 3) by Thor Hushovd.[21]
In 2011, Garmin–Cervélo rode the updated (BBright bottom bracket and tapered head tube) R3 frame in the cobbled classics, with Johan Van Summeren winning Paris–Roubaix.
Today, Cervélo is the world's largest manufacturer of time trial and triathlon bikes[citation needed], as determined in industry counts including decisive wins for the past fifteen[22] years at the prestigious Kona bike count. The winner of the 2008 Tour de France, Carlos Sastre, did so on a Cervélo. At the Beijing Olympics Cervélo bikes were ridden by over forty Olympic athletes, resulting in three Gold, five Silver and two Bronze medals – a record.[23] In 2011, the Cervélo S3 received numerous awards from cycling publications including being selected as Editors' Pick in VeloNews' Aero Road Bike Test and Best Race Bike in the Bicycling Magazine Editors' Choice Awards.
Models
Soloist
The Cervélo Soloist is the brand's all-round road bike. Representing a balance in aerodynamics, weight, and price.[24]
R-Series
The Cervélo R-Series is the brand's climbing road bike. The R5 is the lightest of the brand's road offerings.[24]
S-Series
The Cervélo S-Series is the brand's aerodynamic road bike. The S5 is the most aerodynamic of the brand's road offerings.[24]
P-Series
The Cervélo P-Series is the brand's time trial and triathlon bike series.[24]
T-Series
The Cervélo T-Series is the brand's track bike.[24]
Road | Time trial / Triathlon | Track | Gravel | Cyclocross | Mountain | E-Bike | |||
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Soloist | R-Series | S-Series | C-Series | P-Series | T-Series | Áspero | CX | Z-Series | Rouvida |
Soloist[N 1] Soloist Carbon[N 1] Soloist Team[N 1] |
RS R2 R3 / R3d R5/R5D RCA |
S1[N 1] S2 S3 / S3d S5 |
C2 C3 C5 |
P1[N 1] P2 P3 P3X P4[N 1] P5-three[N 2] P5-six[N 3] P5X |
T1[N 1] T3 T4 T5GB |
Áspero
Áspero-5 |
R5-CX | ZHT-5
ZFS-5 |
Rouvida |
Awards, sponsorship and victories
Awards
- 2016
- Gran Fondo Design & Innovation Award: Cervélo S5 DA DI2[25]
- 2018
- Red Dot Design Award: Cervélo P5X[26]
- 220 Triathlon: Bike Brand of the Year[27]
- VeloNews Gear Awards 2018 | For the speed demon: Cervélo S5[28]
Sponsorship
- Team CSC (2003–2008)[29]
- CSC–Saxo Bank (2008)
- Cervélo TestTeam (2009–2010)
- Team Garmin−Cervélo (2011)[30]
- Team Garmin−Barracuda(2012)
- Garmin−Sharp(2012–2014)
- MTN–Qhubeka (2015)[31]
- Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka (2016–2018)
- Team Sunweb (2019–2020)[32]
- Team Jumbo–Visma (2021-current)[33]
Significant victories
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- 2003
- Tour de France
- 1st Team CSC, Team classification
- Stages 10, 13 & 16
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Tyler Hamilton, General classification
- National road cycling championships
- 2004
- Tour de France
- Stage 12
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Jörg Jaksche, General classification
- Critérium International
- 1st Jens Voigt, General classification
- Stage 1
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Jörg Jaksche
- National road cycling championships
- 2005
- Giro d'Italia
- Stages 17 & 18
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 18
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Bobby Julich, General classification
- 1st Jens Voigt, Points classification
- 1st Team CSC, Best team
- Stage Prologue
- Critérium International
- 1st Bobby Julich, General classification
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Lars Michaelsen, General classification
- Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Jens Voigt
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Lars Bak, Denmark Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Michael Blaudzun, Denmark Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Fränk Schleck, Luxembourg Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Andy Schleck, Luxembourg Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2006
- Tour de France
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Ivan Basso, General classification
- Stages 5, 8, 16 & 20
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 1
- UCI Road World Championships
- Paris–Roubaix
- Critérium International
- 1st Ivan Basso, General classification
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Martin Pedersen
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Jens Voigt, Gelbes Trikot (General classification)
- Stages 2, 6 & 7
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Peter Luttenberger, Austria Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Brian Vandborg, Denmark Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Kurt Asle Arvesen, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st David Zabriskie, United States Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2007
- Tour de France
- UCI Road World Championships
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 8
- 1st Fabian Cancellara, Men's time trial
- Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Stuart O'Grady
- Critérium International
- 1st Jens Voigt, General classification
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Jens Voigt, Gelbes Trikot (General classification)
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Fabian Cancellara, Switzerland Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2008
- Tour de France
- 1st Carlos Sastre, General classification
- 1st Carlos Sastre, Mountains classification
- 1st Andy Schleck, Young rider classification
- 1st CSC–Saxo Bank, Team classification
- Stages 11, 17 & 20
- Summer Olympic Games
- 1st Fabian Cancellara, Men's time trial
- 1st Joan Llaneras, Men's points race
- 2nd Roger Kluge, Men's points race
- 2nd Fabian Cancellara, Men's road race
- 2nd Simon Whitfield, Men's triathlon
- 2nd Antonio Tauler), Men's Madison
- 1st Kristin Armstrong, Women's time trial
- 3rd Karin Thürig, Women's time trial
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Matthew Goss, Points classification
- 2009
- Tour de France
- 1st Thor Hushovd, Points classification
- Stages 6 & 13
- Giro d'Italia
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Heinrich Haussler, Points classification
- 1st Heinrich Haussler, Youth classification
- 2010
- Tour de France
- Stage 3
- UCI Road World Championships
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Heinrich Haussler, Points classification
- 1st Cervélo TestTeam, Team classification
- 2011
- Tour de France
- 1st Garmin–Cervélo, Team classification
- Stages 2, 3, 13 & 16
- 1st
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 21
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 9
- Paris–Roubaix
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Heinrich Haussler, Points classification
- 1st Garmin–Cervélo, Team classification
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Cameron Meyer, General classification
- 1st Cameron Meyer, Young rider classification
- Stage 4
- 2012
- Tour de France
- Stage 12
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Ryder Hesjedal, General classification
- 1st Trofeo Super Team (Team points classification), Team Garmin−Barracuda
- Stage 4
- Summer Olympic Games
- 2nd Lizzie Armitstead, Women's road race
- 2nd
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Nathan Haas, General classification
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Ramūnas Navardauskas, Young rider classification
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Fabian Wegmann, Germany Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Robert Hunter, South Africa Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Ramūnas Navardauskas, Lithuania Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st David Zabriskie, United States Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2013
- Tour de France
- Stage 9
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 11
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Dan Martin, General classification
- 1st Garmin–Sharp, Team classification
- Stage 4
- Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Dan Martin
- 2013 Paris–Nice
- Stage 3
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Rohan Dennis, Young rider classification
- 2014
- Tour de France
- Stage 19
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 14
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Andrew Talansky, General classification
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Dylan van Baarle, General classification
- 2014 Paris–Nice
- Stages 4 & 7
- Giro di Lombardia
- 1st Dan Martin
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Sebastian Langeveld, Netherlands Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Ramūnas Navardauskas, Lithuania Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Steele Von Hoff, Australia National Criterium Champion
- 2015
- Tour de France
- Stage 14
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 10
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Daniel Teklehaimanot, Mountains classification
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, General classification
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Natnael Berhane, Eritrea Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Jacques Janse van Rensburg, South Africa Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Daniel Teklehaimanot, Eritrea Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2016
- Tour de France
- Vuelta a España
- Summer Olympic Games
- 1st Great Britain (GBR) (Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull & Bradley Wiggins), Men's team pursuit
- 1st Great Britain (GBR) (Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny & Callum Skinner), Men's team sprint
- 1st Jason Kenny, Men's keirin
- 1st Jason Kenny, Men's sprint
- 2nd Callum Skinner, Men's sprint
- 2nd Mark Cavendish, Men's omnium
- 1st Joanna Rowsell Shand), Women's team pursuit
- 1st Laura Trott, Women's omnium
- 2nd Becky James, Women's keirin
- 2nd Becky James, Women's sprint
- 3rd Katy Marchant, Women's sprint
- Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Points classification
- 1st Daniel Teklehaimanot, Mountains classification
- Stages 4 & 7
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Steve Cummings, General classification
- Tour of Qatar
- 1st Mark Cavendish, General classification
- Stages 1 & 3
- Track Cycling World Championships
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belarus Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Daniel Teklehaimanot, Eritrea Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Jaco Venter, South Africa Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Kanstantsin Sivtsov, Belarus Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Daniel Teklehaimanot, Eritrea Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Adrien Niyonshuti, Rwanda Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2017
- Tour de France
- Stage 19
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 11
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Youcef Reguigui, Algeria Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Steve Cummings, Great Britain Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, South Africa Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Steve Cummings, Great Britain Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Mekseb Debesay, Eritrea Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Adrien Niyonshuti, Rwanda Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2018
- Vuelta a España
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Nicholas Dlamini, Mountains classification
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Merhawi Kudus, Eritrea Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2019
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 21
- Vuelta a España
- Stage 8
- Deutschland Tour
- 1st Marc Hirschi, Young rider classification
- 2020
- Tour de France
- Marc Hirschi, Combativity award
- Stages 12, 14 & 19
- Giro d'Italia
- Stage 18
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Juliette Labous, France Women's Elite Time Trial Champion
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Tiesj Benoot, Points classification
- 1st Team Sunweb, Team classification
- Stages 4 & 6
- Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Jai Hindley, General classification
- 1st Jai Hindley, Mountains classification
- 1st Team Sunweb, Team classification
- Stages 1, 2 & 4
- La Flèche Wallonne
- 1st Marc Hirschi
- Bretagne Classic Ouest–France
- 1st Michael Matthews
- 2021
- Tour de France
- Vuelta a España
- 1st Primož Roglič, General classification
- Stages 1, 11, 17 & 21
- Summer Olympic Games
- Paris–Nice
- 1st Primož Roglič, Points classification
- Stages 4, 6 & 7
- Tour of the Basque Country
- 1st Primož Roglič, General classification
- 1st Primož Roglič, Points classification
- 1st Primož Roglič, Mountains classification
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard, Young rider classification
- 1st Team Jumbo–Visma, Team classification
- Stage 1
- Tour of Britain
- 1st Wout van Aert, General classification
- Stages 1, 4, 6 & 8
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Wout van Aert, Belgium Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Timo Roosen, Netherlands Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st George Bennett, New Zealand Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Tobias Foss, Norway Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Tony Martin, Germany Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Tom Dumoulin, Netherlands Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Tobias Foss, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 2022
- Tour de France
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard, General classification
- 1st Wout van Aert, Points classification
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard, Mountains classification
- 1st Wout van Aert, Combativity award
- Stages 4, 8, 11, 18 & 20
- Vuelta a España
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Koen Bouwman, Mountains classification
- Stages 7 & 19
- UCI Road World Championships
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Pascal Eenkhoorn, Netherlands Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Tobias Foss, Norway Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Rohan Dennis, Australia Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Riejanne Markus, Netherlands Women's Elite Road Race Champion
- 2023
- Tour de France
- 1st Jonas Vingegaard, General classification
- 1st Team Jumbo–Visma, Team classification
- Stages 16 & 20
- Giro d'Italia
- 1st Primož Roglič, General classification
- Stage 20
- National road cycling championships
- 1st Dylan van Baarle, Netherlands Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Attila Valter, Hungary Men's Elite Road Race Champion
- 1st Wout van Aert, Belgium Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Jos van Emden, Netherlands Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Attila Valter, Hungary Men's Elite Time Trial Champion
- 1st Riejanne Markus, Netherlands Women's Elite Time Trial Champion
See also
- Cervélo TestTeam
- Team Jumbo–Visma
References
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External links
- Media related to Cervélo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website