BMC Teammachine £10,250 | 6.61kg

The Teammachine is the road race rouleur of BMC’s stable, it’s the bike all the GC players will be on and it’s designed to perform in the mountains. But in keeping with almost every launch of its kind this year, it’s had an aero update seeking to make it faster as well as lighter.

Our test model Teammachine SLR01 ONE sits at the very top of the tree, featuring the top tier frame which is lighter and stiffer than the SLR options (once called the SLR02 family), which start from £2,700.

For 2021, BMC has sought to improve the aerodynamics of the bike, decrease the weight and increase the stiffness. Aerodynamically, it’s a reported six per cent faster. The six per cent is an average of how much faster a group of pro riders were when lapping the velodrome