Egan Bernal is back at the Tour de France for the first time since 2020, although it’s clear he’s not back to the form that saw him win the 2019 Tour and the 2021 Giro d’Italia.
That follows a long recuperation from a bad accident in his native Colombia in early 2022, when he ran into the back of a stationary bus.
As with the rest of the Ineos-Grenadiers team, he’s riding the Pinarello Dogma F aero/lightweight bike. It’s a bike that has shed some weight from its predecessors, which has prompted Ineos-Grenadiers to swap to disc brakes from rim brakes for its Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 12-speed electronic groupsets.
At the Grand Départ in Bilbao, Bernal was running the more-or-less standard 54/40t crankset along with an 11-34t cassette, rather than the narrower-ratio 11-30t Dura-Ace option. His pedals and power meter were also in-series Dura-Ace and a K-Edge chain catcher was mounted with the front derailleur.
Tubeless wheelset
The Shimano Dura-Ace theme continues with the brand’s Dura-Ace C50 tubeless clincher wheelset.
Bernal is running Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR tyres set up tubeless, pairing a 25c tyre at the front and 28c at the rear.
On the 21mm internal-width rims, the tyre widths come up at 27mm for the front and 29.8mm at the rear.
Mixing tyre widths is not uncommon, because it can improve front-wheel aerodynamics. Sticking with a wider tyre out back can provide extra grip and comfort with minimal aerodynamic penalty.
While there’s potentially some weight to be saved by running traditional clincher tyres with an inner tube, tubeless tyres are generally regarded as having lower rolling resistance. This is due to the absence of frictional losses between the tyre and the inner tube.
Of course, tubeless sealant can also help guard against inopportune punctures.
Custom size MOST cockpit
The Pinarello Dogma F has an integrated cockpit from the brand's in-house MOST marque.
This fully encloses the brake hoses, giving a neat front end.
We measured the bars at 38cm width centre-to-centre, following the broader (narrower?) pro trend towards skinnier bars.
As with its frame sizing, Pinarello does things differently and measures the total width at the tops, which for Bernal’s bike is 40cm.
This isn’t a stock size option for MOST bars, which start at 42cm, suggesting these could be a custom option for sponsored riders.
Other finishing kit includes the latest Fizik Vento Antares R1 saddle, with Bernal's marked to ensure it’s positioned correctly on the 3D-printed titanium clamp of the Pinarello seatpost.
How much does Egan Bernal’s Pinarello Dogma F weigh?
We weighed Bernal’s Pinarello Dogma F at 7.385kg. That’s competitively light for a race-ready bike, complete with race number, pedals and bottle cages.
At 1.75m, Bernal is riding a mid-sized frame though (Pinarello has its own sizing system).
Egan Bernal’s Pinarello Dogma | Specs
- Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 (54/40t crankset, 11-34t cassette)
- Wheelset: Shimano Dura-Ace C50 tubeless disc brake
- Power meter: Shimano Dura-Ace
- Cycling computer: Garmin Edge 840
- Tyres: Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR tubeless clincher, 25c front (measured width 27mm), 28c rear (measured width 29.8mm)
- Handlebar: MOST Talon Ultra Light one-piece (40cm handlebar width, outside-to-outside, 13cm stem length)
- Seatpost: Pinarello Aero carbon
- Saddle: Fizik Vento Antares R1
- Bottle cages: Elite Leggero Carbon
- Bottles: Elite Fly
- Pedals: Shimano Dura-Ace
- Weight: 7.385kg
