Lotto NL-Jumbo is the second team in the World Tour whose name sponsor is a lottery, the other being Lotto Soudal. The team is sponsored by the Dutch Lottery, along with co-sponsor Jumbo, a supermarket chain. Bianchi bicycles was founded in Italy in 1885, and the brand’s Celeste paint color is recognized worldwide. For 2017, the team’s go to bike is the Oltre XR4, the replacement for last year’s XR2. This example of the XR4 is piloted by Robert Gesink aka “The Condor of Varsseveld”. Robert’s palmarès is stacked with top results, including Grand Tour stage wins, and overall wins at events like the 2012 Tour of California.
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Bianchi have made many aerodynamic improvements to the Oltre XR4; the frame is more aggressively profiled than its predecessor.
The wedge-style seatpost clamp securely holds the aerodynamic carbon seatpost in place, and helps keep this area of the bike smooth and clean.
Tube shapes are a little deeper around the fork and downtube of the XR4 versus its predecessor.