With the UCI World Championships already underway and the men's road race just around the corner, new technologies are being introduced all the time.

We've already introduced Hope's new track bike with a novel design and double the number of seatposts. Elsewhere, Canyon announced Chloe Dygert's new Canyon Speedmax CFR Track, and shortly afterwards announced the discovery of an unexpected tartan check paint job.

Today it's Colnago's turn. Sponsor Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogachar will ride his new "Glass-wegian" edition V4RS race bike on Sunday's 271km Scottish straights between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

The limited edition colors were designed by Pogachar himself with the help of the Colnago team. Described as "prismatic varnish," it features holographic pigments that create a special color-changing effect.

Like all iridescent designs, the paint on the frames appears different colors depending on the direction the light hits it, creating a rainbow-like effect.

If he is to return to Slovenia wearing this striped jersey, he will have to beat the talented Belgian trio of Wout Van Aert, Remco Evenpool, and Yasper Philipsen, as well as the in-form Dutchman Mathieu Van Der Pol.

He also has to overcome the hardship of finishing second in the finale of the Tour de France in July by 7m21s to the dominant Jonas Vingegaard, the biggest margin since Vincenzo Nibali won in 2014 when Chris Froome crashed early in the race. must.

Pogachar enters the race as the outside favorite. The flatter course in the second half of the race, which is 10 laps around Glasgow, will look to favor the rulers such as the aforementioned Van Aert and Van der Pol, or Danish Mads Pedersen, who won the 2019 title at Harrogate, England, a few hours south of Glasgow.

Of course, it is impossible to rule out the 24-year-old, whose resume includes two Tour de France overall classification wins, monumental victories at the Tour of Flanders and Il Lombardia, other one-day classics, and countless overall stage race wins.