WorldTour Trends

Chinese bikes, Campagnolo's return and Shimano domination - we take a look at the big 2025 bike and team changes

- Simon von Bromley

The UCI WorldTour is road cycling's top-ranking race series, comprising the sport's 36 most important events. These include stage races such as the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, as well as single-day events including Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders and Milan-Sanremo. As the sport's premier shop window, the riders and teams use some of the best equipment available, typically (although not always) supplied by sponsors looking to promote their kit to the viewing public. From the first WorldTour team to ride bikes from a Chinese brand to the return of Italy's legendary groupset manufacturer Campagnolo, let's dive into the big equipment and team changes for the 2025 season…

01 Bentornato Campagnolo!

After a year out of the WorldTour, Campagnolo are back. Many lamented the apparent decline of one of cycling’s most acclaimed brands, but after rejoining the top level of the sport alongside Cofidis, could the Italian brand’s fortunes be starting to turn around? After two years using Shimano drivetrains, the long-standing French team will be using Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupsets for 2025 and will also be using the brand’s Bora Ultra WTO wheels for both road and time trial events.

Campagnolo say they have a four-year agreement with Cofidis, signed after “an extensive period of testing conducted by the Team Cofidis technicians”, so the brand’s future in the men’s WorldTour appears to be secured for now. However, they’re yet to return to the women’s WorldTour peloton. Shimano remain the dominant groupset supplier in both series, with 13 men’s teams and 10 women’s teams using their Dura-Ace Di2 R9200 groupset. SRAM, meanwhile, supply their flagship Red AXS groupset to four teams in the men’s peloton and five in the women’s.

02 Chinese bikes reach the top level