CHLOÉ DYGERT RACES MILAN-SAN REMO ON AEROAD CFR BIKE DESIGNED BY MILAN-BASED ARTIST ELENA SALMISTRARO

Custom-painted MyCanyon bike for Dygert from world-renowned Italian artist

Embargoed until 17:00 CET, Friday 21st March 2025: At this weekend's Milan-San Remo, the women's World Tour spring Classic that takes place between the regions of Lombardy and Liguria in Italy, Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto's Chloé Dygert will ride a very special bike.

From the MyCanyon customisation programme, launched by Canyon in February, comes a design by Milan-based artist Elena Salmistraro.

Salmistraro, who lives and works in nearby Milan, is one of the two artists initially commissioned to design artwork for Canyon's bike customisation programme.

Riffing on the themes of colour and energy, Salmistraro's stunning design incorporates bright, bold fingerprints of colour in a colour kaleidoscopic palette, making for a "perfect combination of modernity and fun, ideal for attracting attention,” which it certainly will do in the Milan-San Remo peloton this weekend.

The frame itself comes from the brand's Canyon Factory Racing (CFR) marque, the elite arm of its frame development programme, designed for one main thing: winning bike races.

Canyon's Aeroad CFR lives up to that objective with aplomb. The frame has wind tunnel numbers to prove it's one of the very fastest bikes in the pro peloton - and with a benchmark stiffness-to-weight ratio, a lightweight 960g frame (size M), and a cutting-edge carbon layup, Dygert's CFR frame more than meets the demands World Tour level racing.

But when it's combined with SRAM's Red AXS groupset, Zipp wheels and Canyon's finishing kit, it's a true world-beater, as Dygert proved most recently at the Tour Down Under.

For more on Salmistraro's design, check out these exclusive close-ups - free for you to use - or scroll down for Dygert's full Aeroad CFR spec list.

• Frame: Canyon Aeroad CFR (size small)

• Groupset: SRAM Red AXS with XG 10-36T cassette, 52/39T chainring, 172.5 mm crank length

• Cockpit: Canyon CP0048 cockpit with nominal 120 mm stem length, 390 mm width

• Wheels: Zipp 454 NSW Tubeless wheels with Schwalbe Pro One TLE with 28mm tyres

• Pedals: TIME XPRO 12 SL pedals

• Bottles/cages: Elite Fly bottles and Elite Custom Race Plus bottle cages

• Saddle: Ergon SR Pro Women's saddle in S/M

• Seatpost: Canyon SP0077 seatpost with 1.5 cm offset

• Computer: Hammerhead Karoo

For behind-the-scenes the action from Milan-San Remo, check out CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto's Instagram page here: @wmncycling. Or for more on Salmistraro's MyCanyon design, which is currently only available for US customers, check out Canyon.com here.