How do Tour de France Femmes riders get their custom bikes so fast?

by August 1, 2025

written by August 1, 2025

Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal) rode herself into the overall lead of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift after finishing third on Stage 2, and by the next morning, she was fully decked out in yellow. From her helmet to her race suit, and most notably her brand-new yellow Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8, everything was given some yellow flair.

SD Worx-ProTime sprinter Lorena Wiebes underwent a similar transformation just a couple days later. After taking the points jersey away from Marianne Vos on stage 3, the Dutch powerhouse rolled up to the start line the following day clad from head to toe in green. Again, with a freshly painted race bike to match.

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(Image credit: Specialized – @tornanti_cc)

Kim Le Court’s yellow Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8

Specialized is no stranger to rapid turnarounds on its custom painted bikes. It had two teams in the men’s Tour de France and four teams in the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift racing aboard the Specialized S‑Works Tarmac SL8. And with riders like Remco Evenepoel, Primoz Roglic, Lotte Kopecky, Demi Vollering, Lorena Wiebes and Anna van der Breggen among them, there was going to be a good chance that at least one of these athletes would be in a classification leader’s jersey at some point.

Some of you may remember the bike switcheroo debacle during the final stage of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, when Annemiek van Vleuten, racing in yellow as the overall leader. switched bikes no fewer than five times in the opening half of the stage. While one of the changes was due to a mechanical, most were intentional. The Dutch star didn’t want to race aboard the custom-painted yellow Aeroad her sponsor Canyon had presented that morning. Why? The paint, as it turned out, made the bike ever so slightly heavier than her usual race bike.

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How do Tour de France Femmes riders get their custom bikes so fast?

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