The dust has now settled, the bell-lap completed, and after many months of testing and hours of discussion, the results are in for Cycling Weekly’s 2023 Race Bike of the Year award – but we won’t be giving them away quite so quickly. This is a test.
First, let’s back up to the criteria for entry. Our first stipulation for Race Bike of the Year was that each model must be raced at WorldTour level. Vitus, for instance, produces some excellent bikes – and at particularly keen price points – but none of its models met our first criterion.
Second, where a brand produces multiple models that are raced at