Following the introduction of the all-electric crossover as a support vehicle in the world’s largest and most demanding cycling race, the Cadillac Lyriq successfully completed the Tour de France.
General Motors’ European subsidiary has highlighted the performance of the Cadillac Lyriq at the 2024 Tour de France, having helped ensure that the race’s support crews were electric-powered from start to finish for the first time in its 121-year history. The Lyriq played a starring role in this year’s edition of the Tour, which ushered in a new era of all-electric support vehicles in the race across the entire “grand circuit.”
“The Tour de France is the most demanding course we’ve put the Cadillac Lyriq through to date – testing its limits in the real world on all types of roads,” said President and Managing Director at GM Europe, Jaclyn McQuaid. “The Lyriq traversed nearly 3,500 km (2,178 miles) through all types of terrain, and we saw its sleek design, innovative technology, and performance shine throughout, loudly demonstrating that EVs can be the right choice for any type of journey,” she added.
The Cadillac Lyriq served as the EF Pro Cycling team’s support vehicle on every leg of the long 2024 Tour de France route, where Cadillac’s zero-emissions crossover demonstrated its strong performance and the remarkable capabilities of its all-electric powertrain. The Lyriq supported the EF Pro Cycling team through every bend, obstacle, and climb as rider Richard Carapaz won the yellow jersey on Stage 3 and the polka dot jersey on Stages 19 and 20.
In particular, the automaker highlights that the Cadillac Lyriq’s maximum interior cargo capacity of 1,751 liters or 61.8 cubic feet was just what the EF Pro Cycling team needed to transport critical equipment to support the riders on each stage. Additionally, the Ultium battery pack and its WLTP-estimated range of 530 km (329 miles) on a full charge, as well as advanced energy regeneration systems, made the Lyriq shine at the Tour de France.
In fact, one interesting detail about the Cadillac Lyriq’s participation in the 2024 Tour de France is that during Stage 3 – which is the longest – the Lyriq traveled 230 km (143 miles), less than half of its total range. Cadillac claims that this is just the beginning of future electrifying Tours and that the support Lyriq EV will return with the EF Pro Cycling team when the Femme Tour de France begins next month.
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Great article! As an EV, it did not emit any noxious fumes that the competitors would breath in from a gas car.
congratulations. a car literally managed to keep up with BICYCLES!
sometimes you need to step back and actually think if an ad is sending the right message or not. just saying
Slow rolling an automobile at the pace of bicycles is “testing the limits in the real world”? LMAO.
Also love the photo where the Lyriq is being plugged in to charge. What is marketing hiding by stretching the charging cord to its limit across a wide open parking space? That the Lyriq needed a gas powered support vehicle with a portable generator to keep the Lyric charged over its slow roll Tour De France?
I watched the Tour de France. The Lyriq was very visible and was a great opportunity for Cadillac. As a cyclist myself, I’d rather have an electric support vehicle than a gas one where I’m sucking down noxious fumes.
Hey, whypac and lol,
Don’t mock what you don’t know! The Tour de France challenges the bikes, riders, and the team cars. Climbing the mountains in the Alps and the Pyrenees is not like driving through Central Park. Some of those ascents and descents can be terrifying for any vehicle – bike, moto, or car. 90 degree heat puts a strain on any fully-packed car. But add in the steep climbs the cars are asked to navigate, a lot of cars can be compromised! The descents are equally treacherous, with the cars trying to keep up with the bikes that are flying down those slopes!
My husband and I watched this year’s Tour and we commented to one another about the EF car and how well we thought it performed. We’ve followed the Tour for 25 years and we’ve seen plenty of cars over those years. I have no skin in this game commenting about the Cadillac EV, the Audis or VWs used in the Tour. I do know the cars that follow the racers have to be top notch or they wouldn’t be used under any circumstances.
If Cadillac wants to promote what their car did for three punishing weeks they earned the privilege.
LoL is spot on. My immediate reaction upon reading the headline was “big deal, an automobile (itself supported by a large factory effort) manages to travel a course that people on bicycles have been conquering for decades.” The propagandists really have given up on intelligent arguments and gone fully for emotional appeals. Unfortunately we can see that such approaches work on a large number of folks who similarly have abandoned reason.
This piece of advertising completely backfires in how I receive it. Associating the EV with the bicycle equates their utility and reminds me how our overlords ultimately think we should all be obedient peasants happy to squander all of our wealth while accepting a less useful piece of conveyance in return .
Drive the thing 450 miles with 4 passengers, a kayak on the roof and a jetski on a small trailer, charge it back to 100% in 10 minutes without going more than 5 minutes off the route. Do this with a single example (not a pink one and a polka dot one) and without an entourage of gm folks following in the shadows to “support” and then I’ll be impressed that it has demonstrated its worth and capability to serve.
Nicely said, Bike Fan. I race triathlons, and wish the motorcycles (police, marshals, support, medics) were EV so that I don’t breath in the fumes. BTW, the cars and motorcycles in Le Tour can’t keep up with the cyclists on descents, for those of you that think the EV Caddy was just on a Sunday drive.