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LEADOUT New gear

Pirelli P Zero Race TLR RS road racing tyre

$144.99, fesports.com.au

Pirelli’s latest tyre has all the claims you’d want to improve your speed. Before the P Zero Race TLR RS was even launched, Pirelli could boast it was ridden to 30 victories and 70 podiums at WorldTour level underneath the Lidl-Trek men’s and women’s teams. The brand burst with pride during this year’s Giro, finally able to say the Race TLR RS is the official tyre of Lidl-Trek.

Pirelli has borrowed compound technologies from its motorsport arm to create the SmartEvo2 rubber, which improves grip (and speed) in wet and dry conditions. It has also refined the SpeedCore casing to make it lighter than the predecessor while maintaining the same level of puncture

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