From: http://road.cc/...ery-stage-and-jersey
Having ridden Campy, Shimano and SRAM, I have somewhat conflicted feelings on this.
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It’s been another successful Tour de France for Shimano, the Japanese company winning the race outright with Team Sky’s Chris Froome, but it went a step further this year and bagged every single stage and jersey in the race. That’s quite some feat and we’re pretty certain it’s the first time Shimano has managed it.Quote:
Shimano’s domination was helped by the fact it sponsors and supplies groupsets to more of the teams than Campagnolo and SRAM combined. Of the 22 teams racing in this year’s race, 17 were using Dura-Ace Di2 - Campagnolo had three teams and SRAM just two.Quote:
Shimano doesn’t sponsor all of those teams, some choose to buy Shimano, but the company offers support to any team using its equipment.Having ridden Campy, Shimano and SRAM, I have somewhat conflicted feelings on this.
- Does Shimano heavily target tour teams?
- Is Shimano throwing way way more dollars at this than SRAM and Campy?
- Is Di2 R9150 road group that much better? I've never ridden it, but it looks pretty sweet.