Colnago and Team Europcar cel­e­brated another hugely suc­cess­ful Tour de France thanks to an aggres­sive race by the French team that saw Colnago bikes in vir­tu­ally every break­away attempt, win three stages vic­to­ries, fin­ish eighth over­all thanks to Pierre Rolland, and win the hugely pres­ti­gious polka-dot jer­sey with Thomas Voeckler.

The Team Europcar rid­ers used the new Colnago C59 Team Edition and Colnago M10 S Team Edition bikes, show­ing the beauty and qual­ity of our 2013 bikes to the world.

Thomas Voeckler sparked Voeckler mania in 2011 when he fin­ished fourth over­all in the Tour de France and wore the race leader’s yel­low jer­sey for ten days. This year he started the Tour de France with a knee prob­lem and knew he would have lit­tle chance of repeat­ing his suc­cess. However this did not stop the much-loved Frenchman from going on the attack and he pulled out two inspired per­for­mances to win stages 10 and 16 and also took the climber’s polka-dot jer­sey. He rode into Paris cov­ered head to tail –includ­ing his Colnago c59 Team Edition bike, in polka dots and savoured his well-deserved moment on the final podium.

Pierre Rolland con­firmed his huge tal­ent with another stage vic­tory to La Toussuire after win­ning at L’Alpe d’Huez in 2011. Rolland also fought hard to fin­ish eighth over­all, the best Frenchman at this year’s Tour de France.

“I’m proud of my Tour de France and that of every­one in the team. It’s been fan­tas­tique!” Rolland said.

“Every Tour is emo­tion and this one espe­cially so. I enjoyed the joy of win­ning a stage, but also the pain of crash­ing. Some things went well, oth­ers didn’t but that’s Le Tour. It’s always three weeks of emotions.”

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