Cycling: At this year's Tour de France, all stage victories and jerseys, as well as the team classification, went to athletes equipped with Shimano components. Already at the start in Düsseldorf, Geraint Thomas won the time trial and on the final stage the circle was closed with Dylan Gronewegen's victory.
Team Sky's Chris Froome, who relied on Shimano Dura-Ace shifting components, brakes, wheels and pedals, as well as the PRO handlebar-stem combination, asserted himself in the overall ranking for the 4th time. A total of 14 of 21 days in the yellow jersey go to the account. The other jerseys went to Team Sunweb's Michael Matthews and Orica-Scott's Warren Barguil and Simon Yates. At Shimano one is sure that this speaks for the diversity of the components. One of the most successful riders was Marcel Kittel with five stage wins, including the first on Shimano's Dura-Ace R9170 hydraulic disc brakes. “Disc brakes are a big step forward in the technological developments that we have ahead of us. Especially in the wet, it helps drivers to brake better. "
In the mountains, the Barguil, equipped with Shimano's FC-9100 P power meter, was convincing. “My first impressions of the Shimano Power Meter are very good. The data is consistent, it's very easy to use, and there's almost no extra weight. Magnificent! "
The final stage of this year's Tour was won by Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen, who not only uses Shimano Dura-Ace on his Bianchi, but also wears Shimano's S-PHYRE RC9 shoes, S-PHYRE Custom Race clothing and Shimano R-Series goggles .
Of the 22 teams competing this year, eight were kitted out directly by Shimano including: Francaise Des Jeux, Trek-Segafredo, LottoNL-Jumbo, Team Sunweb, Orica-Scott, BMC, Bora-Hansgrohe and Team Sky.
Shimano Europe Sport Marketing Manager Rudy Bouwmeester: “We are incredibly proud to work with the best teams and drivers in the world. Forming a close partnership with such a high caliber of teams and riders is an important part of our product development strategy. We supplied Dura-Ace R2017 to World Tour teams in early 9150 and it's stunning to see all the races and classifications our partners have won since then. "
