Vincenzo Nibali is riding something special for the 2018 Tour de France - a custom, super-light Merida Reacto. The Reacto, updated ahead of last year's Tour, may be Merida's aero bike, but this one-off KOM frame has had more than 100g stripped away by using the lightest possible carbon fibre. That, along with a selection of featherweight components and a stripped-back finish, knocks a total of 400g off the total build and brings the bike weight down to 6.8kg, right on the UCI's weight limit.
The frame has a naked carbon finish, again to keep the weight down, but is finished with pink, yellow and red stickers to celebrate Nibali's overall victories in cycling's three Grand Tours: the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana.
Nibali won the Tour in 2014 - can the Shark of Messina add a second triumph this time out?
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