This year’s UCI Road World Champions were crowned racing over the Flemish cobbles & short, steep climbs of northern Belgium. And besides winning the honor of racing for the next year in rainbow-striped kit, both Cannondale & Specialized have outfitted their 2021 Elite Road World Champions with custom rainbow-themed aero road bikes, which they’ve already started racing.
So fitting for bikes earned in Flanders just over a month ago, it was fitting to see Elisa Balsamos leading out her Valcar T&S team over the cobblestones of the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes…
Rainbow custom Cannondale SuperSix Evo of Elisa Balsamos

Previously a multiple Junior Track and Junior Road racing World Champion, Flanders 2021 was Elisa Balsamos’ first elite World Champion title, winning a sprint finish out of the peloton, head-to-head against 2x former road champion Marianne Vos.
Fitting for her first elite World Championship title, Cannondale painted the 23-year-old Italian’s SuperSix Evo road bike in simple rainbow stripes over a classic white frameset.
Rainbow custom Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL7 of Julian Alaphilippe


