CHLOÉ DYGERT RACES TROFEO ALFREDO BINDA ON WILD AEROAD CFR BIKE DESIGNED BY ELENA SALMISTRARO

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

Embargoed until 11:00 CET, Friday 14th February 2025: At this weekend's Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the women's World Tour spring Classic that takes place on the rolling hills of Lombardy, Italy, Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto's Chloé Dygert will debut a very unique bike.

From the MyCanyon customisation programme, launched by Canyon in February, comes a design by world-renowned 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 Trofeo Alfredo Binda 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 (N.B. it's likely that Chloe will ride Zipp 353 NSW wheels with 30 mm tyres for Trofeo Alfredo Binda)

• 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 Trofeo Alfredo Binda, 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.