SRAM’s introduces Limited Tour Edition Groupset at 2010 Tour de France – the new groupset was just launched and will be available for a limited time to consumers starting late summer

Every former and current Tour de France champion racing in the 2010 edition will be equipped with SRAM’s new Limited Tour Edition (LTE) groupset – Alberto Contador (Astana), Lance Armstrong (RadioShack), Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TT), and Oscar Pereiro (Astana – here but not racing). The collective power of the last eleven Tour winners was a critical part of the launch, the aftermarket only groupset available for a limited time through SRAM dealers.

Alberto’s bike with SRAM’s Limited Tour Edition groupset, notice the number one on his frame

Lance chose SRAM, and now he will choose to ride the LTE groupset on his 2011 Trek Madone 6 Unity bike

This pic is similar to the one you will see on cyclingnews.com, editor James Huang will shoot product on any nearby surface, this was taken on the sidewalk just a few feet from the prologue startline in Rotterdam

Inspiration for the black anodized gruppo with yellow graphics was to pay tribute to the color of the Tour as well as reflect on SRAM’s 2009 success. SRAM RED not only won the Tour de France with Alberto Contador (Astana) but swept the podium with Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Lance Armstrong in third (Team RadioShack).

The black polished brake levers will feature the Tour issue oversized SRAM logo in yellow, as seen on Team Saxo Bank and Astana bikes at the 2009 edition. Silver becomes black, carbon remains carbon, and anything red becomes yellow. SRAM’s 1090 R2C and 900 aero shift levers will also get the black-yellow makeover. Features and benefits stay the same as the SRAM RED, and it remains the world’s lightest gruppo, approaching 1800 grams in the BB30 version.

This is the same “spycase” that we used to show off SRAM RED just prior to its launch in 2007

Commercial availability – September 2010.