Peloton switches to SRAM, outpacing Shimano once again

For years, Shimano was the undisputed king in both the WorldTour and the Women's WorldTour, but SRAM could very well surpass Shimano in the coming years. By 2026, just over half of the men's teams will ride Shimano. In the Women's WorldTour, eight of the fourteen teams already ride SRAM.

This means SRAM is making a significant advance. In 2025, thirteen of the eighteen men's teams rode Shimano and its flagship Dura-Ace groupset, four used SRAM, and one used Campagnolo (Cofidis).

Among the women in 2025, nine teams rode Shimano and six rode SRAM. After the disappearance of Roland and Ceratizit, the number of teams in the Women's WorldTour riding Shimano has declined, while EF Education-Oatly (promoted to the Women's WorldTour) and Uno-X (switched to SRAM) have joined.

Four new teams with SRAM in the WorldTour
In the WorldTour, Visma | Lease a Bike, Lidl-Trek, Movistar, and Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe have already been riding SRAM in recent years, but four more teams will join in 2026. Again, this comes at Shimano's expense, though Shimano still has ten teams in the WorldTour. The most notable switcher is perhaps EF Education-Easy Post, which after more than a decade leaves Shimano behind and is riding SRAM RED this season.

Decathlon CMA CGM also makes the switch to SRAM after years of using Shimano. It is notable that neither of these teams were official Shimano partners. Of the remaining WorldTour teams, only Bahrain Victorious and Lotto-Intermarché continue as Shimano teams without an official partnership.

The last two new SRAM-using teams in the men's peloton are NSN Cycling Team and Uno-X Mobility. Uno-X Mobility stepped up to the WorldTour this year, while NSN underwent a complete rebranding. Where the team was Israel Premier-Tech last year and rode Factor bikes with Shimano groupsets, this year they ride Scott bikes equipped with SRAM groupsets.

Not the first time
Why SRAM is making such a surge is not entirely clear. It's not the first time SRAM has challenged Shimano in the peloton. In 2011, eight teams rode SRAM in the WorldTour, followed by six with Shimano and four with Campagnolo.

Back then, SRAM only kept the lead over Shimano for one year, because Shimano subsequently released the 11-speed version of Dura-Ace Di2, and a large part of the peloton then switched to Shimano. In recent years, the picture has mostly remained the same.