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Three riders are set to use the new, long-awaited, FSA groupset during stage 17 of the168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Tour de France, a few weeks before a formal presentaꦕtion at the Eurobike trade show in Germany at the end oꦬf August.

According to images and a published by Italian website Tuttobiciweb, the new FSA groupset will be ridden by 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cyril Lemoine of Cofidis, and a rider from each of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bora-Argon 18 and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Direct Energie teams. All three teams are sponsored by FSA or✃ sister brand Vision and are using some FSA components such as chainsets and stems mixed with Shimano gears this season. Several teams are expected to use the new groupset in 2017.

The Tour de France will act as a late test for the groupset before an official presentation🐓 laꦑter in the summer.

FSA has been a long-standing component maker but will finally go head to head with the likes of Shimano, Campagnolo and Sram thanks to its new groupset. A prototype FSA groupset was first revealed on the s𓂃econd rest day of the 2015 Tour de Fr🎃ance and fitted to Michal Kwiatkowski's spare bike w🦹hen he was riding for the Etixx-QuickStep team. Another similar prototype was fitt𒆙ed to an Astana team bike but neither were used in the race.

The new FSA groupset appears to be electronic with Tuttobiciweb suggesting𒁏 it could even be wireless like the Sram e-tap groupset that is being used by Katusha and AG2R La Mondiale this season. Howeve,r a video posted by FSA brand ambassador Ivan Basso clearly shows a wire connected to the rear derailleur. The bulk around the front mechanism indicates an electronic motor of s🧔ome kind.

Tuttobiciweb said the FSA groupsets were taken to Berne from FSA’s European headquarters in Italy over night and team mechanics 🍌build the bikes during the second rest day.

Look out for a full gallery of the new FSA groupset here on Cyclingnews...

no more rest day for me . Time to develop with🐻