LA BAULE, France — In the modern era of the Tour de France, the race leader's team often gives him a custom-painted yellow bike to ride, and sometimes, frankly, teams go overboard with yellow handlebar tape, yellow wheels, a yellow saddle, and even a full yellow kit for the rider. Thankfully the US-registered BMC Racing Team of Greg van Avermaet is keeping it classy with a simple, elegant yellow frame and fork. It's befitting of the classy Belgian, who took over the race lead on Monday after his squad won the team time trial in Cholet.
Before stage four of the Tour got underway on Tuesday, BMC let Business Insider have a quick close-up look of the race leader's Teammachine SLR01. See the photos below:
Van Avermaet, 33, is a veteran pro who has won a slew of the world's biggest races, including the Paris-Roubaix. He's also the reigning Olympic road-race champion.
The saddle is a nod to the Olympic champ, known as GvA, who won gold in Rio.
This is the Teammachine SLR01, BMC's flagship road-race bike.
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