Aleix Espargaró, the MotoGP rider and former Lidl-Trek racer, has acquired the Colnago Y1Rs that Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) rode to win the 2025 Tour de France.
Espargaró announced the acquisition on social media on Monday, describing Pogačar as "the greatest cyclist in history" and thanking the Slovenian personally for helping him secure the bike. He did not disclose whether the frame was purchased or gifted.
The bike is a raw-carbon Colnago Y1Rs, the all-round aero-climbing frame Colnago supplied to UAE Team Emirates-XRG for the 2025 season. The unpainted finish, which exposes the carbon weave beneath, was chosen specifically to save weight, bringing the complete build close to the UCI minimum of 6.8kg.
Pogačar used the frame during his Stage 13 time trial victory to Peyragudes and across the mountain stages that sealed his fourth Tour de France title. It is identical to the rainbow-liveried version he raced later in the season after winning the World Championships in Kigali.
That rainbow model sold for $190,500 at the Sotheby's "Colnago: Legends & Icons" auction in December, ten times the initial high estimate of $20,000, according to the auction house's catalogue. The sale price is among the highest recorded for modern cycling memorabilia, according to Sotheby's.
Espargaró's collection
The Y1Rs joins a private collection that already includes a Trek ridden by Lance Armstrong during his Tour de France wins and a Bianchi used by Marco Pantani at the 2000 Tour, Espargaró said. The Spaniard has collected bikes from different eras of Tour history.
Espargaró, who raced briefly as a professional cyclist within the Lidl-Trek structure in 2025 while maintaining his MotoGP commitments, has since returned to full-time test rider with Honda for the 2026 season.
The acquisition comes amid rising demand for race-used equipment from Pogačar's 2025 campaign, a season in which the 26-year-old also won Il Lombardia for a fifth consecutive year.
