Bikes of VIA Race 2025

Jair Hoogland

Age: 41

Location: Utrecht

Bike: I ride a J. Guillem Orient Dura Ace Di2 Disc Titanium Road Bike. Tyre choice: Continental 5000 GP 32mm. The bike is equipped with SON Dynamo hub and Supernova Lights.

Key items of kit: I stow my luggage in three different bags:

• Handlebar Aero Bag of Cyclite.cc which contains mostly food.
• Cyclyte Framebag Large which contains electronics, repair kits and some stuff for personal hygiene
• Cyclite Saddle bag which contains extra clothes in case of bad / cold weather.

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Marc Büchel

Age: 41

Cap number: 182

Location: Switzerland

Bike: Koba Protool

Key items of kit: Black Inc bar and stem with extensions

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 25-29mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Paul Buckley

Age: 66

Cap number: 35

Location: Chester

Bike: Kinesis RTD, Zipp Firecrest wheels, 32ml Pirelli tyres tubeless. SRAM group set and shifters. Zipp bar extensions. Infinity saddle. Tailfin top tube bag and frame bag. Jango roll front bar bag, Apidura saddle bag. Exposure front light.

Key items of kit: Main items carried - outdoor sleeping gear, waterproofs, extra layers for when temperatures drop. Small hygiene bag. B&B charging bag. Small on the go charging bag. Will be carrying an hydration pack.

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Cesare Pedrini

Age: 44

Cap number: 196

Location: Valsamoggia

Bike: Salsa Stormchaser frame

Key items of kit: Single speed cyclocross 42/16 gear ratio, same bike I used last year, new front wheel without dynamo hub, new bullhorn handlebar, increased rear disk diameter from 140 to 180mm.

Frame type: Other

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Andy Georges

Age: 47

Cap number: 120

Location: Oostende, Belgium

Bike: I'm riding my Jaegher Stainless steel bike. Groupset is a 12-speed Shimano 105 di2, with 50-34 on the front and 11-36 on the back. I have a SON dynamo, SON front and rear lights and a Cinq 5 plug to hopefully keep power banks charged. I'm riding hand built wheels with 35 mmm René Herse Bon Jon Pass tires.

Key items of kit: Trying to keep it light, so I've got an Apidura saddle bag with long sleeve jersey, rain jacket, spare socks, spare base layer. My tailfin handle bar bag holds the bivy bag (I plan on using hotels, but just in case ...), the non-cycle clothing for the finish, a down jacket, meds, emergency blanket, water filter. Tailfin top tube bag has the leatherman, pump, multitool, power banks, cables, glue for patches, tracker, ... Apidura frame bag has spare tubes, charger, oil, sunscreen, tooth brush, some spare gels, chamois creme, etc. I'm taking three bidons: two 950 ml ones and an 800 ml one. Downtube pouch has some tools, patches, ... Snack pouches have more gels, one bidon, ...

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Laurens Wolting

Age: 40

Cap number: 190

Location: Zwolle

Bike: Van Nicholas Rowtag

Key items of kit: Shimano GRX Di2. Deda parabolica aero bars.

Tailfin Aeropack, Blackburn Framebag, Rab Ultrasphere Sleeping mat, SOL "Emergency" sleeping bag, Sea to Summit reactor sleep ling bag cover, and Down Pillow for comfy nights.

Gorewear rain jacket. Gribbgrib shoe covers

Son 28 dynamo hub. With NC-17 power Converter. Supernova front and rear lights.

Apidura food pouches and top tubebag.

2x Eline 1L water bottles and 1x Naglene* 1L bottle. (*Not in the picture)

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Rupert Robinson (Roo)

Age: 53

Cap number: 128

Location: Hove, UK

Bike: Kinesis GTD v2

Key items of kit: My key items of kit are the Restrap Bags and the Profile extensions.I'm only taking what 'I think' I will need to complete the 4000km route.

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Steven Bishop

Age: 50

Cap number: 301a

Location: Travelling home to NI from Rome

Bike: Modified Cube Cross Pro, now with dropper post and Ride Farr bars plus Hunt Wheels dyno for power. Used previously on TCR No 9 but now with Shimano GRX groupset 1x and hydraulic discs because stopping on alpine descents is much less scary than double brake failure!

Key items of kit: Hunt front wheel with SON dynamo paired with Supernova E3 pro lights front and rear. Alpkit bags throughought and Alpkit cloudbase sleeping mat.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Aluminium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Philpp

Age: 36

Cap number: 177

Location: Germany

Bike: Open U.P size L, Duke Rims with Son Hub Dynamo + DT Swiss 350, 32mm Schwalbe Pro one, Garmin 1040 for navigation

Key items of kit: Apidura bags, Supernova lights, Sinewave revolution to keep things charged,Full sleeping Kit

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Juri Zani

Age: 50

Cap number: 46100

Location: Italy

Bike: Salsa cuttroath

Key items of kit: Rusjan and ortlieb bag and 15€ saddle

Frame type: Hardtail - Fully Rigid

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 50mm+

Electronic shifting: No

Sam Muscat

Age: 34

Cap number: 201

Location: Footscray

Bike: Cannondale LAB71 SuperSix EVO, Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 2x12 groupset, 50/34 x 11–34 gearing, SLF Motion OSPW, DT Swiss ARC 1100 wheels (with DT Swiss dynamo hub), Continental GP5000 S TR 32mm tyres, Vision aerobars, Fizik Argo saddle, Cannondale SAVE cockpit, custom leopard-print frame bag.

Key items of kit: DTSwiss dynamo, Sinewave Revolution, Wahoo Roam, Apidura bags.

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Jens

Age: 42

Cap number: 155

Location: Cologne

Bike: Canyon Endurace CF

Key items of kit: somewhat overloaded

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Francis Barnett

Age: 41

Location: London

Bike: Open W.I.D.E frame, Zipp 353 Wheels, GP 5000 ASTR 35, Enve Finishing Kit, Deda Carbon Jet Aerobars, Ingrid Crankset, Garbaruk Cassette, SRAM Red / Eagle Group set, with Climbing and Aerobar shifters, Custom printed Posedla Saddle.

Key items of kit: Full Restrap Race Bags, including custom Frame with 3L hydration bladder. Sleep system comprised of Sea to Summit Spark 0, Thermarest Neoair Uberlite and Rab Survival Zone Lite Bivi. Waterproof kit (7 mesh) strapped to rear for quick transition.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Giampiero Monti

Age: 67

Cap number: 141

Location: Forli

Bike: Trek Domane SL 5 disk 105 -12 V

Key items of kit: Borse bikepacking Rhinowalk Portapacchi Ortlieb Quick Rack Set Luci Gaciron GPS Wahoo Elemnt Bolt 2

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Hasan Baqer

Age: 34

Cap number: 102

Location: Germany

Bike: Scott addict gravel 20

Key items of kit: Sattel bag, handbar bag, TT handbar

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Simone Pasqualetti

Cap number: 214

Location: Barberino Val d'Elsa (FI)

Bike: colnago c64

Key items of kit: tailfin apidura restrap son

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Johannes Z

Age: 45

Cap number: 178

Location: Berlin

Bike: 8bar Grunewald

Key items of kit: Tailfin Aeropack Carbon Apidura Racing Long Tube Pack Apidura Racing Aerobar Pack

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Christof

Age: 38

Cap number: 123

Location: Bern, CH

Bike: I built my bike around a BMC Roadmachine frame set.

• Koba Carbon wheels
• René Herse Orondo Grade tires
• Shimano ultegra di2
• 46/30 chainrings and a 11-34 cassette
• Infinity bike seat
• VAP cycling Butterfly 3 Aerobars

Key items of kit: - Tailfin top tube bag

• Tailfin Framebag
• Evoc Saddle bag
• Revelate Designs feed bag
• Lupine Blika front light
• Magicshine Seemee300 rear light
• mini blackroll for self-care 😀

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Harry Johnson

Age: 24

Cap number: 87

Location: Southampton

Bike: Handmade steel Alfano frameworks

Key items of kit: My nice Tailfin frame bags, a chopped toothbrush and extra chamois cream

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Ole Hilbert

Age: 33

Cap number: 45

Location: Cologne

Bike: Veloheld iconX ti with complete Shimano Ultegra 2x12 Di2, a lot of purple stuff like custom wheelset (SON 28, White industries, light bicycle rims, 35 mm tubeless conti 5000 AS),Alugear chainring, tubelesvalves and bottlecagebolts. SON Ladelux frontlight and charger, SON rearlight, profiledesign aerobars with custom 3d-printed barends, a lot of funny reflecting stickers, spare front and backlight by lezyne. 3d printed specialized saddle.

Key items of kit: Ortlieb Seat Pack S and Ortlieb Frame Pack. Tailfin Top tube bag. Cumulus sleepingbag (Magic 100 ZIP) sleeping pad (NEMO tensor trail mummy, with custom footprind) rainjacked (arcteyx Beta) 10000 mAh powerbank, fast charger, petzl headlight, elecronic pump, Aipidurq racing vest.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Magnus Eveman

Age: 44

Cap number: 303

Location: Järfälla

Bike: Trek Boone cx

Key items of kit: SRAM Red Xplr 10-45 Son hub, purpledog headlight, son rear. Ortlieb saddlebag Custom THLP framebag, cyclite toptube, Apidura aerobag & pouches Zipp TT bars

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 35mm-39mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Rasmus Lyshöi

Age: 29

Cap number: 303

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Bike: •Sram AXS 46/33-10/36 •160mm cranks to help with poor hip mobility • 2 pair of wireless blips(❤), aero bars and on the tops. •Continental GP5000 AS 32mm (measure 34mm on id25) •SON Deluxe laced to a Bontrager Aeolus Pro 37V rim. •Kerrigan v2 front light from Purple Dog Custom, pair with SON rear light + Wahoo radar •Custom made Dyneema frame bag by my friend Lukas from THLP bags. Rest is a mix from Cyclite, Apidura and Ortlieb.

Key items of kit: Sleeping kit including Gram Expert Bivy, Exped Sleeping pad, Sea to Summit pillow, Cocoon sleeping bag liner and a Patagonia puffy jacked for when it gets chilly. Sub 850g excluding puffy jacket.

I tend to overpack, so i might try to ditch some stuff.. 16.40kg as pictured

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Francesco Fumanelli

Age: 39

Cap number: 112

Location: Verona

Bike: BMC Roadmachine

Key items of kit: Miss Grape Bags Deda Aerobar Lezyne Lights

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Steven Bishop

Age: 50

Cap number: 301a

Location: Leaving Rome(back to UK)

Bike: Cube Cross Pro with Ridefarr aero bars, dropper post and Hunt 4 seasons wheel set with Dyno hub.

Key items of kit: SON dyno hub with SuperNova lights, Coros Dura GPS ( because it never needs charging) Bush & Muller USB charger @Alpkit bikepacking bags

Frame type: Other

Frame material: Steel

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Gert Jan Schilder

Age: 52

Cap number: 199

Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands

Bike: Giant Defy Advanced Pro Giant aero bar Son Dynamo Hub Sinewave Beacon front light (usb hub) Schwalbe Pro RS 34mm tires Kings Cage bottle cages

Key items of kit: Tailfin Aeropack (carbon) Tailfin toptube bag Tailfin framebag (3.5 L Wedge) Food pouch Lezyne Apidura downtube bag I will be carrying an Albin reflective vest with a 1.5 L bladder

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Rudy Rollenberg

Age: 60

Cap number: 203

Location: Belgium

Bike: Van Nicholas Zephyr

Key items of kit: - Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace/Ultegra.

• Wheelset: Fast Forward Ryot.
• Tyres: Continental Grand Prix 4 season 32mm with TPU inner tubes.
• Dynamo hub Shutter Precision.
• Lights: Exposure dynamo Front/Rear.
• Hub dynamo powerbank: NC-17 Apcon3000.
• Aerobars: Syntage.
• Bikepacking bags: Revelate Design (front roll, Restrap Look reflective).
• Pedals: Crankbrothers.
• Helmet: Lazer Genesis.
• Glasses: Evileye prescription.
• GPS: Garmin 1040 Solar (Sigma ROX 12.0 and iPhone backup).
• Clothing: Velocio Concept Radiator.
• Rain gear: GoreTex and Vaude.
• Shoes: Shimano ME7.
• Watch: Hamilton Khaki field titanium mechanical.

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Sebastian Restrepo

Age: 35

Cap number: 110

Location: Berlin

Bike: Giant Revolt with Shimano GRX / XT Di2 48/32T at the front and 11-40t at the back. Continental GP5000 AS 35mm

Key items of kit: Clothes: 2 bib shorts, jersey, down jacket, arm/leg warmers, rain jacket, gloves. Electronics: Battery pack 20,000mah, Garmin Edge, Lezyne macro/lite drive, phone and cables. Sleeping mat and bag.

Frame type: Gravel

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: Yes

Wout Jacobs

Age: 36

Cap number: 143

Location: Utrecht

Bike: Carbonda CFR505 with Sram Rival group set H+Son the Hydra rims with Son Dynamo and Hope rear hub Igaro USB-charger on the dynamo Brooks saddle Profile Design aerobars

Key items of kit: Coros Dura Apidura bags Outdoor Research Helium bivy and Nemo mattress Quoc shoes and two pairs of Assos bibs

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 30-34mm

Electronic shifting: No

Moritz Schneider

Age: 28

Cap number: 161

Location: Giovinazzo

Bike: Simplon Kiaro

Key items of kit: Repair stuff, Drinks, Food, Sleeping bag + mat, Rain jacket, trousers & gloves, Down jacket, Charging devices, Hygiene products

Frame type: Road

Frame material: Carbon

Wheel size: 700c (29")

Tyre width: 25-29mm

Electronic shifting: No

Em Wilson

Age: 32

Cap number: 16

Location: Zurich

Bike: Omnium Cargo V3ir Titanium with Carbon Rack. Sram Eagle X0 AXS Transmission Rear Derailleur and Casette SON Dynamo Hub Chris King R45 Rear Hub Klite Race Light and Charge System Sram Force Levers Sram Force XPLR Crankset

Key items of kit: Tailfin Top Tube Bag. Hyperlight Mountain Gear Pack Sacks on the Rack. Cheezy Snack Bags

Frame type: Other

Frame material: Titanium

Wheel size: Other

Tyre width: 40-44mm

Electronic shifting: Yes