The dust has settled on the 2014 season, with Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) crowned as champions of the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana respectively.

Quintana rode the super-light Canyon Ultimate CF SLX to the top step of the podium at the Giro, while Nibali and Contador both piloted Specialized’s revamped S-Works Tarmac to victory at the Tour and Vuelta in a year in which Michał Kwiatkowski also won the World Championship on the same machine.

We’ve already brought you the best sprinters’ bikes in the peloton, now check out our round-up of the machines at the disposal of the WorldTour’s GC contenders over the following pages.

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