2024 Women’s WorldTour bikes, wheels and groupsets: A complete guide

Specialized commits to a long-term deal with SD Worx while Canyon is the most popular bike brand

Updated 05:45, Monday 15th April 2024. Published 18:00, Tuesday 21st November 2023

Tom Hallam-Gravells

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A selection of the bikes that will be in action in the Women's WorldTour in 2024

With 28 events spread across 82 days of racing, the Women’s WorldTour is set to deliver another blockbuster year of racing in 2024.

As is usual when a new season begins, there will be a period of acclimatisation as fans get used to the changes in kits, riders and, in some instances, bikes too. While most teams are tied into long-term partnerships with their brands and will be sticking with the same bikes for 2024, there are a few who will be sporting new equipment.

To help, we've pulled together this complete guide to the bikes, groupsets, wheels and tyres every Women’s WorldTour team will be using during the 2024 season.

Read more: 2024 Men's WorldTour bikes: A guide to the bikes, groupsets, and tech of the top-tier teams

Factor on the move, Specialized here to stay

The start of a new season can be a confusing time for fans. There are new names and kits to get used to, not to mention all of the rider transfers to remember. There will also be new teams on the WorldTour roster in 2024, with AG Insurance-Soudal and Ceratizit-WNT being awarded the two free WorldTour licences. Those spots became free following the closure of the EF Education-TIBCO-SVB team and the merger between Jayco-AlUla and Liv Racing TeqFind to form Liv AlUla Jayco.

Things are much simpler in the world of bike tech where, barring the odd change, most things stay the same season-to-season. 2024 is no different and the majority of teams will be using the same bikes and equipment as they did in 2023.

One of those teams is SD Worx whose all-conquering exploits in 2023 bagged them an incredible 40 WorldTour wins. At the end of the season they topped the UCI rankings, finishing over 10,000 points clear of second-placed Lidl-Trek. Those victories and points were delivered atop Specialized bikes and they’ll be linking up for plenty more wins over the coming season, having extended their partnership with the American brand until the end of 2028.

SD Worx will ride Specialized bikes in 2024

Only two team has swapped bike brands for the 2024 season, with Human Powered Health agreeing a three-year deal with Factor, bringing to an end their five-year partnership with Felt. Roland Cycling, meanwhile, will step off their Factor bikes and use Pinarello, which marks a historic moment as the Italian brand is used by a Women's WorldTeam for the first time in history.

Elsewhere, Liv will only sponsor one team after Jayco-AlUla and Liv Racing TeqFind - both of whom it sponsored in 2023 - merged to form Liv AlUla Jayco.

Similar to the men’s peloton, Canyon is the most popular brand in the Women’s WorldTour, used by three different teams: Canyon-SRAM, Fenix-Deceuninck and Movistar. Specialized follows closely behind with two teams, along with the aforementioned Factor. Orbea is a new addition to the list for 2024 following Ceratizit-WNT's step up to the highest tier.

Read more: Which bikes won the most races in the 2023 Women’s WorldTour?

Shimano edges SRAM, Campagnolo absent from Women’s WorldTour

Shimano dominates the men’s WorldTour, but in the women’s peloton there’s a slightly more even split with SRAM, although the Japanese brand still enjoys the slight upper hand.

It currently sponsors nine of the 15 Women's WorldTour teams, while SRAM lays claim to the remaining six. Campagnolo will once again be absent from the Women’s WorldTour in 2024. That’s indicative of its wider woes in elite cycling and the historic Italian brand will also be absent from the men's WorldTour peloton after AG2R Citroën moved across to Shimano.

While it loses out on the numbers stake, SRAM currently sponsors SD Worx who won virtually everything in 2023. That’s a slight exaggeration as Movistar halted that progress at two of the three Grand Tours, but the Spanish outfit also uses SRAM components, as do Lidl-Trek who finished second in the UCI rankings in 2023.

Read more: UAE Team Emirates and SD Worx top UCI world rankings

AG Insurance-Soudal Team

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio atop the Specialized Tarmac SL8

Fresh off the back of their most successful season to date, AG Insurance-Soudal are stepping up to WorldTour level in 2024. The team’s tally of seven wins in 2023, or 10 if you include National Championships, were taken atop the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 and S-Works Shiv TT bikes. Since they last triumphed in June, the team has moved over to the new Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8 which they’ll hope will propel their star riders, including Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, to the team's first WorldTour win.

Road bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8
Time Trial bike: Specialized S-Works Shiv
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Roval
Tyres: Specialized

Canyon-SRAM

As always, the team's bike is sporting a bold design for 2024

Canyon-SRAM and - no points for guessing this one - their Canyon bikes teamed up to claim three WorldTour wins in 2023. Two of those were stage wins at Grand Tours, but their biggest victory arguably came after the road season when Kasia Niewiadoma was crowned the gravel world champion atop the then-unreleased Canyon Grail. Just as unsurprisingly, the team uses the SRAM Red groupset along with Zipp wheels and Schwalbe tyres.

Road bikes: Canyon Ultimate CFR and Aeroad CFR
Time Trial bike: Canyon Speedmax CFR
Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Zipp
Tyres: Schwalbe

Ceratizit-WNT

Orbea wasn’t present in the Women’s WorldTour in 2023 but that will change in 2024 with Ceratizit-WNT making the jump from the Continental ranks.

Willing to buck common trends, the Spanish brand launched its latest Orca climbing bike in 2023. Purely built to be lightweight, it wasn’t accompanied by any aero claims - a rarity in modern cycling. It made its racing debut at the Tour de France Femmes where Ceratizit-WNT’s Cédrine Kerbaol won the best young rider’s white jersey.

Road bikes: Orbea Orca and Orca Aero
Time Trial bike: Orbea Ordu
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace, FSA cranksets
Wheels: Oquo
Tyres: Vittoria

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Charlotte Kool atop the Scott Foil at Paris-Roubaix Femmes

2023 could have been a tricky year for dsm-firmenich. The team had lost talismanic sprinter Lorena Wiebes to SD Worx, who claimed the majority of their wins in 2022. If that left question marks over the team’s winning potential, they were quickly answered by Charlotte Kool who teamed up with the Scott Foil to devastating effect. By the end of the season, the flying Dutchwoman had 13 wins and she’ll be hoping to take many more in 2024, once again atop Scott’s bikes.

Road bikes: Scott Addict RC and Foil RC
Time Trial bike: Scott Plasma RC
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace / Syncros
Tyres: Vittoria

FDJ-SUEZ

Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig riding aboard the team's Lapierre Xelius

In the world of cycling tech, the biggest surprise of the off-season came when Lapierre and Groupama-FDJ ended their 22-year collaboration. That doesn’t extend to the women’s team who are also supported by FDJ, as they will continue to use the French brand’s bikes in 2024. Their riders will use the Xelius SL, which will be paired with Shimano’s Dura-Ace groupset and wheels.

Road bikes: Lapierre Xelius SL3 and Aircode DRS
Time Trial bike: Lapierre Aérostorm DRS
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
Tyres: Continental

Fenix-Deceuninck

Puck Pieterse tackles the cobbles of the Tour of Flanders with the help of the Canyon Ultimate

Fenix-Deceuninck’s upwards trajectory continued in 2023 as the team made the step up to WorldTour level, along with their Canyon bikes. Yara Kastelijn’s stage victory at the Tour de France Femmes was the pinnacle of the team’s year on the road, but it was an equally seismic moment for Canyon who shared a clean sweep of stage wins at the French Grand Tour with Specialized. By the end of the race, both brands had four stage wins apiece, although Specialized also claimed the overall yellow jersey through Demi Vollering.

Road bikes: Canyon Ultimate CFR and Aeroad CFR
Time Trial bike: Canyon Speedmax CFR
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Shimano Dura-Ace
Tyres: Vittoria

Human Powered Health

Human Powered Health have switched to Factor bikes for 2024

It’s was a hectic year in 2023 for the Human Powered Health umbrella whose men’s team folded. Things are more stable for the women’s team which continues in 2024, although they've done so atop Factor bikes having ended their long five-year partnership with Felt. The American outfit will get to choose between the aero Ostro VAM and lightweight O2 VAM which was released in 2023 with claims that it’s “the world’s lightest climbing bike”. The team will also make the switch to Black Inc wheels for 2024.

Road bikes: Factor O2 VAM and Ostro VAM
Time Trial bike: Factor Hanzo
Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Black Inc
Tyres: Goodyear

Lidl-Trek

Lidl-Trek riders will choose between the Emonda (pictured) and the Madone

With one of the strongest rosters in the WorldTour, Lidl-Trek are a powerhouse of women’s cycling, although they struggled to convert that into WorldTour wins in 2023 against the might of SD Worx. Their six WorldTour wins isn’t too shabby, but they’ll hope to take more in 2024 atop their Trek bikes. Those bikes are the now-familiar Émonda and Madone which have both been around for a while, although they’ve adapted over the years. Most recently the Madone has undergone a makeover, leading to a hole in its seat tube that helps it to stand out from the WorldTour crowd.

Road bikes: Trek Émonda SLR and Madone SLR
Time Trial bike: Trek Speed Concept
Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Bontrager Aeolus
Tyres: Pirelli

Liv AlUla Jayco

Liv will provide bikes for the Liv AlUla Jayco team

Mergers between teams can be chaotic, especially when there are conflicting brands to accommodate. Of course, a team can only have one bike sponsor, so one brand usually loses out. Things were much simpler in the merger between Jayco AlUla and Liv Racing TeqFind who both rode Liv bikes in 2023, and the Giant-owned brand will continue to serve the newly merged Liv AlUla Jayco outfit.

Liv is the only women-specific bike brand in the pro peloton, with the team choosing between the Langma Advanced and EnviLiv advanced bikes for road stages, and the Avow Advanced for time trials.

Road bikes: Liv Langma Advanced and EnviLiv Advanced
Time Trial bike: Liv Avow Advanced
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Cadex
Tyres: Vittoria

Movistar

The Canyon Aeroad has proven to be one of the most successful bikes in the WorldTour over recent years

SD Worx’s all-conquering 2023 season went almost unchecked, except for at the Grand Tours where Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten provided stern resistance. The Dutchwoman and her Canyon bikes won every Grand Tour in 2022, and she defended both the La Vuelta Femenina and Giro Donne titles in 2023, although the Tour de France Femmes was a step too far. Even so, it was enough to continue Canyon’s dominance in Grand Tours in recent years. It will struggle to continue that record as the Dutchwoman retired at the end of the 2023 season and the team and its Canyon bikes will need to find a new source of victories.

Road bikes: Canyon Ultimate CFR and Aeroad CFR
Time Trial bike: Canyon Speedmax CFR
Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Zipp
Tyres: Continental

Roland

The Pinarello Dogma is a new addition to the Women's WorldTour peloton for 2024

Israel-Premier Tech partnered with the Roland team for the 2023 season to create Israel-Premier Tech Roland, bringing Factor bikes with them. However, Israel Cycling and Premier Tech have dropped out as co-title sponsors for 2024 and Factor has disappeared too, replaced by Pinarello. That means that the team will ride the Dogma F in 2024, which is also used by the Ineos Grenadiers men's WorldTour team.

Road bikes: Pinarello Dogma F
Time Trial bike: Pinarello Bolide
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: Vision
Tyres: Maxxis

SD Worx-Protime

SD Worx-Protime have enjoyed plenty of success atop the Specialized Tarmac

It will take some time to fully process SD Worx’s dominance in the 2023 season. Seemingly unstoppable, the team completely dominated the season, only finding their progress hampered by the aforementioned Annemiek van Vleuten at the Grand Tours. By the end of the season, they topped the UCI rankings having taken a staggering 40 WorldTour wins.

Those victories were also enough to make Specialized the most successful brand in the women’s WorldTour in 2023, and by some distance. Clearly happy with this success, the American brand has extended its partnership with the team until the end of 2028, in one of the longest bike deals in women’s cycling history.

Road bikes: Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8
Time Trial bike: Specialized S-Works Shiv TT
Groupset: SRAM Red AXS
Wheels: Roval
Tyres: Specialized

UAE Team ADQ

The Colnago V4Rs at Paris-Roubaix Femmes

Colnago bikes have spent plenty of time in the spotlight in recent years, mainly thanks to Tadej Pogačar’s relentless winning. The Italian brand has also taken plenty of victories in the women’s peloton at the hands of UAE Team ADQ who clocked up a tally of 14 wins in 2023. Most of those were delivered atop of the V4Rs which was only released ahead of the season, and it’ll be the bike the team will rely on once again for road stages in 2024, while the riders will team up with the TT1 in time trials.

Road bikes: Colnago V4Rs
Time Trial bike: Colnago TT1
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: ENVE
Tyres: Continental

Uno-X Mobility

Uno-X have used Dare bikes since joining the WorldTour in 2022

Uno-X Mobility lay claim to arguably the least known bike brand in this list in the form of Dare. The Taiwanese brand may not be well known but it doesn’t lack pedigree and has been partnered with the Uno-X men’s team since 2018, playing a key role in the team’s continuing rise through the ranks. It’s also been an ever-constant since the women’s team made its debut in 2022. While the team is yet to claim a WorldTour win atop their Dare bikes, it’s surely only a matter of time.

Road bikes: Dare MA-AFO and VSRu
Time Trial bike: Dare TSRf
Groupset: Shimano Dura-Ace
Wheels: DT Swiss
Tyres: Schwalbe

Visma-Lease a Bike

Visma-Lease a Bike will sport similar colours in 2024 despite a change in sponsorship

It has been a chaotic off-season for Vimsa-Lease a Bike who were seemingly very close to merging with Soudal Quick-Step. Any doubts about the team's future sponsorship were quashed in late November when the team confirmed that Lease a Bike had hopped aboard.

The change in sponsorships doesn't affect the team's tech as they will once again work with Cervélo in 2024, along with SRAM for their groupsets and Reserve for their wheels.