The 2021 Tour de France was won by Tadej Pogačar using a Colnago with disc brakes! Or was it? This week on the tech show, Alex and Ollie take a closer look at the bikes used by the young Slovenian who stormed to his second consecutive victory at the biggest bike race in the world. We also have your usual favourites: Hot tech, upgrades, and the bike vault!
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00:00 Intro
00:35 Last week's poll results
01:26 Main talking point
07:50 This week's poll
08:17 Hot tech
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