Built for one thing only: the front of the race.
The days of casual gravel riding are over. Today, high-level races average over 35 km/h, with up to 40% spent on tarmac. The RCR-G wasn't designed for touring, but for pure performance. Road-racing DNA injected into an off-road chassis to deliver the ultimate race weapon.
"As soon as I got on the RCR-G, I immediately felt the Van Rysel DNA. It responds the moment I get out of the saddle, and at high speed, I was impressed by its stability."
Tiesj Benoot, DECATHLON CMA CGM Professional Rider
Slice through the air. Tame the dirt.
Before even hitting the track, the RCR-G was sculpted using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and battle-tested in the wind tunnel. Building on the RCR-R's aero platform, engineers mapped airflow to seamlessly adapt it to gravel tires. Precision work on the head tube and seat tube delivers an unmatched aerodynamic edge: an 8.6-Watt saving at 45 km/h compared to the GCR.
366 pieces of pure power.
Every watt pushed into the pedals must translate into pure speed. Sculpted from 366 pieces of High Modulus carbon incorporating 60T fibers, the RCR-G frame features a surgically precise lay-up. This tailored architecture locks in stiffness in critical torsional zones to deliver instant acceleration, without yielding a single unnecessary gram.
Peloton demands in every fiber.
Lab calculations can never replace the reality of racing. For two years, riders from the DECATHLON CMA CGM professional team hammered the RCR-G across the roughest sectors. By blind-testing eight prototypes with distinct carbon lay-ups, the athletes fine-tuned the frame's handling until achieving the exact balance: pure explosiveness during accelerations, paired with total control at over 45 km/h. The result isn't a theory, it's the undeniable verdict of the peloton.
The Lightest Gravel Frame Ever Designed.
Thanks to a featherweight 885 g frame in size M and a selection of lightweight components, the RCR-G slashes numbers on the scale. In the SRAM RED setup, the complete weight adapts to every rider's build with zero compromises:
7.5 kg in XXS
7.6 kg in XS
7.65 kg in S
7.7 kg in M
7.9 kg in L
8.0 kg in XL
"Once above 25 km/h, it holds speed remarkably well and accelerates thanks to its aerodynamics."
Aubin Sparfel, DECATHLON CMA CGM Professional Rider
