{"id":38807,"date":"2022-07-02T12:45:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T10:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeradar.com\/?p=686639"},"modified":"2022-07-02T13:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T11:04:14","slug":"continental-launches-its-fastest-ever-tyre-at-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/cyclingplus\/rss_feed\/continental-launches-its-fastest-ever-tyre-at-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Continental launches its \u201cfastest-ever\u201d tyre at Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By George Scott\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Saturday, 02 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The time trial tyre used by Ineos-Grenadiers and a host of other teams on the opening stage of the Tour de France<\/a> has been officially launched by Continental.<\/p>\n

Lurking around team hotels in the days leading up to the race, we spotted the Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF<\/a> mounted to wheels on Continental-sponsored teams ranging from Ineos to Intermarch\u00e9.<\/p>\n

With tubeless dominating tyre choices at the Tour de France and the opening stage a hot-bed of new tech<\/a>, the Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF arrives as a time trial version of Continental\u2019s popular Grand Prix 5000 S TR tubeless tyre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The existing tyre has been raced to victory by Filippo Ganna at the World Championships and Sonny Colbrelli at Paris-Roubaix (it also received five stars in our Continental Grand Prix 5000 S TR review<\/a>) but Conti says the TT version offers a 17-second saving over a 40 kilometre time trial.<\/p>\n

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We spotted the Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF on Filippo Ganna\u2019s Pinarello Bolide F ahead of the opening time trial.<\/span> <\/figcaption> George Scott \/ Our Media<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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The time trial-specific tubeless tyre has now been officially launched at the Tour de France.<\/span> <\/figcaption> George Scott \/ Our Media<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

The German brand says this has been achieved \u201cthanks to optimised tread thickness and construction to reduce material deformation at the contact point between road and tyre.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a claimed 25g lighter (215g per tyre) than the road tyre in a 25c size. That\u2019s the only width offered by Continental for the time trial tyre, with a narrow frontal aero often preferred when racing against the clock.<\/p>\n

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The Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF will be available to buy from July 1 for \u20ac99.99 per tyre.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

The Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF uses Conti\u2019s BlackChili compound and is said to include \u201cVectran Breaker\u201d liquid crystal-polymers for puncture protection and, according to Continental, five-times greater tear resistance than a comparable nylon breaker.<\/p>\n

The Continental Grand Prix 5000 TT TdF will be available to purchase from 1 July worldwide, priced at \u20ac99.99 per tyre. UK and US pricing is to be confirmed.<\/p>\n