The bikes that pro triathletes are riding in 2025
What bikes are pro triathletes riding for the 2025 season? Find out below
Professional triathlon bikes are fast, brash, optimised to the max, and often extraordinarily expensive, so it’s always interesting to see which bikes pro triathletes are riding.
We can dream of owning one, try to mimic the pro setups on our own bikes, or just be stunned by the technological innovation on show.
Bike deals can be among the most lucrative sponsorships professionals can get. But they also don’t want to compromise any aspect of their performance, so finding the brand that will pay them top dollar and also deliver the free speed they require is a fine balance.
While many triathletes stay with a particular brand for years, 2025 has seen some changes to bikes and components. Read on to find out which bikes pro triathletes are riding in 2025, from Cassandre Beaugrand and Taylor Knibb, to Marten van Riel and Sam Laidlow.
Taylor Knibb
Taylor Knibb, who won her third consecutive Ironman 70.3 World Championship title last year, will ride the Trek Speed Concept SLR 9 again in 2025.
The American also became the inaugural T100 World Champion in 2024 while topping the earnings table.
Knibb’s Speed Concept SLR is specced with a Bontrager Aeolus front wheel, a rear disc wheel and the range-topping SRAM Red AXS groupset with double chainrings.
Flora Duffy
Olympic champion in Tokyo and fifth place in Paris, Flora Duffy rode a Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8, the American brand’s all-round race bike in 2024.
In order to transition to T100, Duffy will switch to the Specialized Shiv triathlon bike in 2025.
Videos posted to her Instagram account show the Bermudan practising her time-trial position on a Shiv with a 1x SRAM Red AXS groupset.
Lucy Charles-Barclay
Lucy Charles-Barclay, the 2023 Ironman World Champion, will ride her Cube Aerium C:68X in 2025 as she aims to bounce back from an injury-disrupted 2024.
Charles-Barclay’s Cube is built around a Shimano Dura-Ace R9200 Di2 12-speed groupset with pro 54/40T chainrings. The Brit usually runs a DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT Disc rear wheel and a DT Swiss ARC 1100 DICUT front wheel in a 62mm depth.
The Wahoo Speedplay Aero are Charles-Barclay’s choice of clipless pedals.
Emma Pallant-Browne
Emma Pallant-Browne will race the T100 Triathlon World Tour again this year following her fifth-placed finish in 2024.
The triple World Duathlon Champion will also race the Ironman World Tour, riding the Liv Advanced SL, the women-specific brand’s triathlon bike.
Pallant-Browne’s build rolls on a striking Cadex 4-Spoke aero wheel at the front and a Cadex disc wheel at the back. She runs a full Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 drivetrain.
Marten Van Riel
Marten Van Riel, the 2024 T100 Triathlon World Tour winner, is another Trek-sponsored athlete who will ride the brand’s Speed Concept SLR 9 again this year.
Unlike Taylor Knibb, the Belgian favours a single chainring and uses the SRAM Red AXS Aero power meter chainset.
Kyle Smith
New Zealander Kyle Smith, who finished second in the 2024 T100 Triathlon World Tour, will race his Canyon Speedmax CFR AXS again in 2025.
Smith’s Speedmax features a SRAM Red AXS groupset with a 1x Aero crankset, an 83mm deep Parcours Chrono Max front wheel and the brand’s disc rear wheel.
Sam Long
Nicknamed the ‘Big Unit’ on account of his 6ft 4in stature, American Sam Long also races the Trek Speed Concept SLR 9.
Long’s XL bike is sprayed in a glorious metallic pink and blue fade, one of Trek’s premium Project One colourways.
He pairs a massive 58T SRAM Aero chainring with a 10-33t SRAM Red AXS cassette. He runs DT Swiss ARC wheels (60mm deep front and 80mm deep rear).
The former Ironman champion perches on a Wove saddle and rests his arms on a custom Evolve cockpit. Both his Speedplay aero pedals and Bolt bike computer are from Wahoo.
Jess Learmonth
Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Jess Learmonth will ride her Argon 18 E119 Tri+ Disc again in 2025. She’ll make her debut in the T100 Triathlon World Tour this year.
Built around a SRAM Red AXS groupset, the Brit’s tri bike uses Evolve’s three-spoke front wheel and the brand’s rear disc wheel. Evolve also supplies the ErgoMono tri bar.
Hayden Wilde
Silver medallist behind Alex Yee in Paris, Hayden Wilde is a Canyon-sponsored athlete.
He’ll ride the German brand’s Speedmax CFR tri bike in middle-distance triathlons.
In sprint-distance races, such as the World Triathlon Championships Series, he’ll be aboard the Aeroad CFR aero road bike.
Léo Bergère
Léo Bergère, France’s leading male triathlete, will step up in distance to the T100 Triathlon World Tour in 2025.
Assuming he continues on Cervélo bikes, we assume he’ll switch from the Canadian company’s S5 aero road bike to the P5 triathlon bike.
The UCI-legal P5 is equipped with the 77/88 wheelset from Reserve, Cervélo’s in-house brand, and either SRAM Red AXS or Shimano Dura-Ace Di2. The P5 sacrifices in-built hydration storage for lower weight, which should suit the formats Bergère will race.
Vincent Luis
Vincent Luis is another short-course Frenchman jumping up to the T100 this year.
The double World Triathlon Champion will race the Specialized Shiv TT/tri bike in 2025 with a £2,280 Wattshop Anemoi cockpit.
A deep section Roval front wheel, rear Roval disc wheel and a 1x SRAM Red AXS drivetrain rounds off Luis’ build.
Kristian Blummenfelt
Norwegian Kristian Blummenfelt was rumoured to be considering a switch to professional road cycling. But he will contnue with multisport in 2025.
Blummenfelt raced the radical Cadex Tri bike last year. This does without a top tube while the down tube is oversized to maximise storage capacity.
The Norwegian used a SRAM Red AXS groupset and 56T single chainring, and Cadex 4-Spoke disc-brake wheels.
Giant, who own Cadex, announced a long-awaited update to their Trinity Advanced SL time-trial bike earlier this year.
While targeting another Ironman world title in 2025, it remains to be seen whether Blummenfelt will switch to the Advanced SL.
Gustav Iden
Blummenfelt’s friend and training partner Gustav Iden is also sponsored by Giant and Cadex.
Judging his Instagram account, he’ll ride the Taiwanese brand’s new time-trial bike this year. This is claimed to be a better option for hillier and more winding long–course triathlons.
The former Ironman and Ironman 70.3 world champion also opts for Cadex 4-spoke wheels. But he favours a 2x Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 groupset.
Kat Matthews
Long-course triathlete Kat Mathews, who has two Ironman World Championship silver medals, rides the Canyon Speedmax CFR Di2.
The Brit makes numerous optimisations to the already high-end triathlon bike.
In come a Carbon-Ti 56/44T chainset, a bling CeramicSpeed oversized pulley wheel and matching gold YBN waxed chain. She pairs a DT Swiss ARC DICUT rear disc wheel with a 60mm deep front wheel.
Anne Haug
Anne Haug, the winner in Kona in 2019 who combines T100 with Iron distance racing, set the long–distance world record last year.
The German pro triathlete will ride the Cervélo P5 tri bike. She uses a 155mm carbon Rotor Aldhu crankset and INspider power meter, DT Swiss ARC 1100 wheels, and a custom Speedbar tri bar.
Alex Yee
Alex Yee, the Olympic gold medallist in Paris, is preparing for the 2025 London Marathon.
When it comes to multisport, he’s set to race the Trek Madone SLR 9. He also piloted this to win the World Triathlon Championship Series.
Yee’s Trek is the range-topping Project One model with a 1x SRAM Red Aero chainset and carbon Bontrager Aeolus wheels.
Cassandre Beaugrand
Cassandre Beaugrand also won gold at her home games in Paris, while adding a world title to her trophy cabinet later in the year.
The Frenchwoman rides a Lapierre Xelius DRS 9.0 aero road bike fitted with the Mavic Cosmic SLR 45 carbon wheelset.
Beth Potter
Former track runner Beth Potter has a world championship and two Olympic bronze medals to her name.
The Scot is sponsored by Factor and rides the British brand’s Ostro Vam lightweight aero road bike. The wheels come from Cadex, another sponsor.
Georgia Taylor-Brown
Georgia Taylor-Brown has three Olympic medals and rides and was sixth in the Olympics. She then won the SuperTri World Championships in 2024.
The Specialized-sponsored triathlete will race the brand’s S-Works Tarmac SL8 in 2025.
Sam Laidlow
Long-course triathlete Sam Laidlow will T100 Triathlon World Tour again in 2025. The British-born Frenchman will also seek to regain his Ironman World Championships title on his Canyon Speedmax CFR.
He runs a monster 64-tooth single aero chainring from Sync, a custom Canyon cockpit, and will switch from HED to Swiss Side wheels for 2025.
Jack Evans
