JAY VINE WINS VUELTA STAGE ON UNRELEASED CANYON ULTIMATE
Jay Vine produced a blistering solo effort as he rode to victory atop Pico Jano after 112 miles of racing on stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espana. The 26-year-old Australian is best known for winning the Zwift Academy to earn his pro contract with Alpecin Deceuninck in 2020. Vine took advantage of the 10-percent plus pitches on the 8-mile final climb to push ahead of EF’s Mark Padun and hold off a furious chase from Remco Evenepoel and Enric Mas.
Visibility neared zero as the riders covered the final miles, but we caught a glimpse of Vine’s frame earlier in the day and noticed a few differences between the current Canyon Ultimate available to the public and Vine’s rig for the mountain stage. It’s been publicly known since June that a handful of pros have been racing a new Ultimate in the WorldTour. However, Vine’s effort earned the first pro win for the (not-so) top secret German bike. Making the celebration that much sweeter for the Canyon team, was Enric Mas’ third place finish aboard the Ultimate for a double podium.
WHAT’S NEW
We can’t disclose too many details just yet but we’ve been able to get our hands on and test bike and have come away impressed. Aesthetic updates include fully-integrated routing and new frame shaping. Reinforcement is visibly easy to spot across the frame in areas where added stiffness was desired, like the bottom bracket and top tube/seat tube junction. Airfoil shaping is used liberally on tubes more so than the current Ultimate to improve aerodynamics. Vine’s Canyon was sporting a new D-shaped seat post with zero degrees of setback. It’s the first time the D-shape design joins the Canyon catalog as it is becoming mainstream for many of the big name brand’s flagship road bikes.
NEW CANYON ULTIMATE VUELTA RIDER GALLERY
ULTIMATES OF OLD
Canyon’s Ultimate has a history of success including Alejandro Valverde’s 2018 World Championship, Nairo Quintana’s 2018 Giro d’Italia and Cadel Evans’ 2009 Tour de France.
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