PROS – Pirelli and Trek-Segafredo strengthen their partnership for 2022

The collaboration with the Trek-Segafredo team will be fundamental for the development of new Pirelli road tires. Mads Pedersen and Elisa Longo Borghini completed a lap of honor on the famous Circuit of the Americas, on the eve of the 2021 Formula 1 Aramco United States Grand Prix.

Source: Press Release

First signed in 2020, Pirelli’s technical partnership with Trek-Segafredo has already yielded excellent results. In just two racing seasons with Pirelli’s flagship P Zero tire range, the team has won several major races. These include Milan-San Remo, the Women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and the very recent Women’s Paris-Roubaix, inaugurated this year for the first time, where tire choice played a crucial role.

In 2022, the World Tour team will once again ride on Pirelli tires, and technical development will remain a central aspect of the collaboration. As part of this partnership, the Pirelli logo will be prominently featured on the jerseys of both the men’s and women’s teams.

From Races to Tires

Pirelli’s racing matrix is a constant in all its forms, whether it’s road cycling, mountain biking, motocross, or Formula 1 tires. Technological evolution explains Pirelli’s decision to be present in competitions, which represent a true open-air laboratory where products are developed and made available to cycling enthusiasts. In this context, the partnership with the athletes of the Trek-Segafredo team is fundamental, especially for the feedback it generates. For example, the P Zero Race TLR, Pirelli’s first tubeless tire for road bikes, is a direct result of the technical collaboration with the team.

In 2022, Trek-Segafredo riders will continue to provide feedback on a variety of terrains throughout the extensive men’s and women’s race calendar. The ultimate goal is to offer consumers the best possible experience with Pirelli tires.

Matteo Barbieri, Head of Pirelli Cycling: “The partnership with a leading company like Trek and the athletes of the Trek-Segafredo team is crucial for Pirelli, to further raise the technological level of our cycling tires, designed with the quality and performance required by professionals and the adaptability and versatility needed by amateurs. Today, the collaboration continues and expands, confirming our mutual satisfaction with the journey we have taken together so far.“

Roger Gierhart, Vice President of Trek Bicycle, stated: “Pirelli has a decades-long history in producing race tires, victorious on multiple occasions. We are proud to work with a company that has played such an important role in the rich history of cycling. Pirelli is an invaluable partner for Trek-Segafredo, especially for their way of working with our riders and staff, to manufacture products that excel within the World Tour peloton.“

Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini concluded: “We are proud to race with Pirelli and to work with their technicians. Thanks to the intensive and extensive use of technology that Pirelli puts into its cycling tires, the development work is constant and we always have the certainty of being able to count on the most advanced equipment. Moreover, it’s exciting to think that our cycling tires are designed, manufactured, and tested with the same technology used by Formula 1 drivers every weekend!“