This all-new Lapierre Xelius DRS combines the best of the French bike brand’s lightweight Xelius SL & aerodynamic Aircode DRS to create one, even faster flagship do-it-all road race bike to rule them all. Adopting their Drag Reduction System naming for what was their Super Light road race bike, Lapierre reimagines a new Xelius DRS that is a claimed 15% more aero than either of its predecessors. They call the new Xelius DRS, “the fastest bike ever designed for road racing”.
2025 Lapierre Xelius DRS all-rounder aero road bike

Much of the same all-rounder Xelius SL3 looks are still here in the new more aero Xelius DRS, just taken to the next level which is no surprise. That lightweight carbon road race bike in 2022 was already almost as fast as Lapierre’s previous fully aerodynamic Aircode DRS aero road race bike.

The same 3D Tubular seat cluster design carries over, extending the length of the seatstays into the middle of the toptube, and decoupling the stays from the seattube. Together, since the stays don’t join the seat cluster, the D-shaped aero seattube and seatpost have more possibility to flex, filtering out vibration and increasing rider comfort.
Faster on the flats, faster on the climbs




Tech details

- 2 levels of UD SLI unidirectional Toray carbon layup for both Xelius DRS frame & fork
- UD SLI mid-modulus >80% T800 & T700S mix for more rider comfort and lower price, suitable for all riders – amateur & racer
- unpainted Xelius DRS UD SLI frame weight of 908g (size M claim, raw frame without hardware)
- UD SLI Team hi-mod ~30% HM, >50% T800 & T700S mix for lighter weight & increased performance, but still rider comfort
- unpainted Xelius DRS UD SLI Team frame weight of 790g (size M claim, raw frame without hardware)
- UD SLI fork 425g, UD SLI Team fork 390g (claimed, uncut)

- 32mm max tire clearance, although for some reason they all come spec’d with 25mm tires
- same proven geometry as the previous Xelius SL3 & Aircode DRS, just with a new XXL addition
- fully internal integrated cable routing through the upper Acros headset bearing
- new light 325g 1-piece integrated Lapierre carbon handlebar cockpit with semi-integrated cable routing under the stem
- separate alloy stem & carbon bars for the same integrated routing (plus angle adjustability) on bikes 5.0-7.0
- new light 128g proprietary Lapierre D-shaped aero seatpost. 0mm or 15mm setback, 350mm or 400mm long
- all bikes include rear thru-axle with multi-tool AND out-front GPS mounts

2025 Lapierre Xelius DRS – Pricing, options & availability


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